18 Summers Left
Artist: Jason Wing
Aboriginal people have lived sustainably for hundreds of thousands of years since the beginning of time. We warned you all about the this tragedy of the commons and you ignored our Lore and disrespected nature, now we are going to lose oxygen. This western dominant framework is destroying human civilisation for what ? money and power? you can not eat or drink money and power. We are all now faced with no viable alternative to fossil fuels, no clean water, and a world that can not feed its own population. When we witness the extinction of the last whale from over fishing – we will be next.
Jason Wing
Jason Wing the son of a Biripi mother and Chinese father. Influenced by his bi-cultural upbringing, Jason explores the ongoing challenges that impact his wider community. His work explores the duality of caring for one’s country while fighting injustice and questioning established socio-political realities.
This artwork talks to food sustainability, contrasting traditional collaboration with contemporary conflict. This place has long exhibited this contrast. Originally providing seafood via sustainable techniques of First Australians, in early days of colonisation the main function of its myriad wharves was to bring fresh produce, grown under European methods of the day, downriver to Sydney’s market from farms in Parramatta and the Hawkesbury.
First Nations Audio Narrative: With thanks to our Indigenous Cultural Advisors, Aunty Jo Selfe and Uncle Graham Toomey, and special contributors who have generously shared important stories of place. Listen to the First Nations Audio Narrative here.
Charity Auction
Love Whale Tales? Want to keep one?
You can! After the Waterfront Whale Tales trail concludes, all 30 sculptures will be offered for purchase at a dedicated art auction at Sydney Maritime Museum, Terrace Room.
The net proceeds from the auction will go to The Kids’ Cancer Project.
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