Mapping South: Journeys in South- South Cultural Relations
With an international editorial collective led by arts writer/researcher Anthony Gardner, Mapping South explores the South as a complex platform for regional identity and cultural provocation through essays, interviews and artworks by contributors from Australia and around the world.
The commissioned works in the publication and accompanying online material reflect the diversity of cultural production across the South, emphasising new ways of understanding global cultural diversity. Mapping South interweaves visual and textual reflections on the regions of the South by artists, theorists, curators, designers and other cultural facilitators to explore the question: What is the South? Is it a place, a voice or a perspective? A specific site or a mobile culture?
At once a reflection on the histories of The South Project’s exchanges of cultural histories, knowledge and creativity across the region, and a launching pad for new initiatives, Mapping South is an ambitious exploration of what it means to think from, through and ultimately about the South.