Vernon Ah Kee
waru (production still) 2009—10
Producer and director/editor: Suzanne Howard
Camera: Jason Hargreaves, Justin Cerato
single-channel HD video
colour, sound
13:30 minutes
© Courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane
waru (production still) 2009—10
Producer and director/editor: Suzanne Howard
Camera: Jason Hargreaves, Justin Cerato
single-channel HD video
colour, sound
13:30 minutes
© Courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane
Ah Kee presents a single-channel video with sound titled waru. The film documents the social dynamics of the Innisfail Waru cricket team, an all-indigenous team who are based in Innisfail, north Queensland. Footage of the cricket game and accompanying social interactions at a local park are interlaced with footage of the waru (turtle), which gives the team its name. Many of the people featured in the film are members of the artist’s extended family, and Ah Kee saw this work as a special opportunity to connect his art practice with the lives of his family.