image credit: Madi (Ghostgum) The rain and the sun, 2024, digital print
Memory, Time and Country presents different approaches to storytelling through digital art mediums by three First Peoples artists; ENOKi (Darcy McConnell), Madi (Ghostgum), and Savi Ross.
Each of the artist’s works explore connections to family, community, Country and memory. Sharing their unique stories through colourful, 2D animation, and moving image, featured inside the galleries and throughout the Kingston Arts Precinct.
Join us on Thursday 15 May from 6-8pm (doors open 5.45pm for a 6pm Welcome to Country).
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Delve deeper into the meaning behind the artwork and meet the artists through our program of exhibition talks and workshops.
IDAHOBIT Day Panel Discussion with ENOKi (Darcy McConnell): Thursday 15 May, 6pm at Kingston Arts Centre
Weaving workshop with Madi (Ghostgum): Thursday 15 May, 7pm at Kingston Arts Centre
ACCESS
G1, G2 and G3 Galleries are wheelchair accessible and accessible toilets are available.
Artists
ENOKi (Darcy McConnell)
ENOKi (they/them) otherwise known as Darcy McConnell, is a proud Dja Dja Wurrung and Yorta Yorta Blak Fulla based on Wurundjeri Country (Melbourne). They’re a multi-media artist with a focus on digital media. ENOKi’s previous work includes the First People’s RISING art tram “My Auntie Once Told Me” (Routes 58 & 59) and Apple’s 2023 World Pride Campaign. They also contributed to Solid Lines, a Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (2022) sponsored report on fostering First Nations involvement in the design and commercial art industries.
Instagram: @grumpyenoki
ENOKi (Darcy McConnell) Strung Out (Part 1), 2025, digital print
Madi (Ghostgum)
Madi (she/they) otherwise known as Ghostgum, is a proud Wadawurrung person living and creating on Boonwurrung Country, in Naarm. She grew up on Boonwurrung, Wurundjeri, Wiradjuri, Gadigal and Wadawurrung Countries with her family, but has been based back in Naarm for university.
Madi's artistic practice stems from cultural identity, connection to Country, and art as a personal exploration. She creates to facilitate healing, reconnecting to self, and as a form of intuited therapy. Madi's works aim to highlight the importance of acknowledging and respecting the beauty, history, and Cultural significance of all levels of Blak Country, expressed within the multi-disciplinary outputs and materials she explores.
Instagram: @_ghostgum
Madi (Ghostgum) Soft, healing, Country, 2024, digital print
Savi Ross
Savi Ross (they/them) is an African American, Torres Strait Islander illustrator based in Narrm Melbourne.
As a queer, non-binary artist, their work celebrates the joy, relationships, and identities of queer people of colour.
Savi’s illustrations often feature intimate scenes, playful colour, and, most importantly, people of colour loving themselves, each other, and their bodies.
Instagram: @sureasshit
Savi Ross His Wife Her Mum (Zine page 19), 2025, digital print