proppaNOW in conversation

A conversation with Vernon Ah Kee and Gordon Hookey, two members of the Brisbane-based innovative Aboriginal artist collective proppaNOW. Cheryl Leavy leads the conversation delving into the collective’s residency plans and upcoming work.

The collective is off to New York later this year after winning the 2022–2024 Jane Lombard Prize for Art and Social Justiceopen_in_new. The prize was awarded following the OCCURRENT AFFAIR exhibition which was originally held at the UQ Art Museum in 2021, currently touring Australia in partnership with Museums & Galleries NSW.

Filmed onsite at State Library of Queensland on Thursday 29 June 2023.