Vicki Grima

artist & curator & teacher

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SHIFTING GROUND

SYDNEY: LINES OF MEMORY

GARLAND MAGAZINE ARTICLE

SMALL PLEASURES

FOSTER A POTTER

FACTS OF MATTER video

FACTS OF MATTER … an exhibition

FIRE & ICE … a group exhibition

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I acknowledge and pay my respects to the Country on which I create, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who have never ceded ownership.
I honour and respect their continuing connection to country, arts and culture, community, land, sea and sky.
I acknowledge that sustainability is not a new concept for First nations people and that many areas of thinking sustainably are built on indigenous thinking and practice.
I live on Gadigal/Bidgigal Land in Botany NSW.

More Marrakesh, Essouria and Casablanca Marrakesh part 1 … sound on 🔈 On our way to Marrakesh … Sound on 🔉 … I think you’ll like what you hear. We have spent the last 2 days in the south-eastern corner of Morocco, close to the Algerian border, near Merzouga. The Erg Chebbi (erg = sea of dunes) glows orange-red, especially around sunrise and sunset. The performance in a Berber (Amazigh) village was by local Gnawa musicians; just stunning 😍 Fabulous Fez … the old medina, piles of fresh food, spicy Moroccan coffee, the smelly Chouara tannery, exquisite enclosed riads, and more than 9000 laneways with makers galore. We drove about an hour away into the Rif mountains to have lunch with a local Berber family at Gite El Houmar (father, mother and 2 daughters). We picked cabbage and coriander then prepared chicken tajine. We walked with Ahmed through the fields to pick his daughters up from school. We then ate lunch, however the family didn’t eat due to Ramadan. The cabbage was steamed then cooked with a marinade we prepared. The chicken tajine was stacked with potatoes, turnips, carrots etc. All delicious!!!! Why blue in Chefchaouen? It’s not clear but the primary theory is that 1930s Jewish refugees painted the town blue to symbolise heaven and sky. Other reasons include repelling mosquitoes, keeping houses cool, or simply to attract tourists. The painting is mostly done annually as summer approaches. We arrived yesterday in Morocco, minus our luggage … retrieved today after a trip back to Casablanca airport from Rabat. A big nuisance!!!
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