Er Pavilion | vittinoAshe with Brendan Moore, Melissa Cameron, Syrinx and ICS Australia

Under the shadow of the Roundhouse and adjacent to the swelling wardan (ocean) sat the 2023 Fremantle Biennale pavilion, ‘Er’ – a design collaboration between architects vittinoAshe, Whadjuk Noongar Traditional Owner Brendan Moore, jeweller Melissa Cameron, Syrinx Environmental, sustainability and green infrastructure company, environmental scientist Dr. Linda Davies and ICS Australia. The bilingual text embodied the conceptual facets and formation of the Er pavilion:

the void’s salt stories
carved into constellation
Djallam bardip
kodjat walyalup boodjarak

a series of notes drawn
ephemeral structures traced
Koora wirnt
kwornt ngaran–iny

disparate fragments announced
a lightness of presence layered
Kendjil karda
biargar nidja

Mother/Sun
Ngarngk

concentrate elements to belong
koorliny gep ngan–iny gep

a collective composition repairs
Nidja kwoornt daan did–iny

before and after its being
koora wer korliny

together spaces
where one hesitates
Ngalla nidja
windji noonook kaatidj

in a place and time drink
Yeyi Nidjak ngan–iny gep

a natural utterance
Er.
Dtabakarn

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