Queen Victoria Gardens

Join a participatory and interactive yarn with the creative team behind ‘HOME’ as they prepare for the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale

Celebrate the opportunities of understanding and shared perspectives on what ‘home’ means with Bradley Kerr and the 2025 Creative Directors of the Venice Architecture Biennale‘s Australian Pavilion as they share insights on their upcoming exhibition HOME.  HOME will present an immersive, culturally rich experience grounded in Indigenous Knowledge systems and architectural innovation.

“HOME is a generous and timely offering to the Venice Architecture Biennale that will welcome visitors as active contributors and participants.

Through design, enlivened public conversations, cultural practice and ceremony, we will facilitate a shared and collective experience that resonates with international audiences and recognises the criticality of First Nations knowledge.”

– Emily McDaniel, Co-Creative Director  

MPavilion’s annual BLAKitecture forum aims to centralise Indigenous voices in conversations about architecture, the representation of histories, and the present and future states of our built environments. The eighth BLAKitecture series features three talks responding to our program series, curated by Bradley Kerr, a member of MPavilion’s Curatorial Collective. 

HOME is supported by the Australian Institute of Architects, Brickworks and Creative Australia.

Collaborators

Speakers: Emily McDaniel, Michael Mossman, Jack Gillmer
Moderator: Bradley Kerr

Emily McDaniel is a Sydney-based independent curator, writer and educator from the Kalari Clan of the Wiradjuri Nation in central New South Wales. She consults on curatorship, engagement and interpretation in the public domain, the museums and galleries sector, and in media. With a background in learning and public programming, Emily works across organisations to connect Country, community and change.

Michael Mossman is a Kuku Yalanji man, born and raised in Cairns on Yidinji Country. He now lives and works on Gadigal land and is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Sydney School of Architecture Design and Planning, where he has just been awarded his Doctor of Philosophy with the topic of his thesis: ‘Third Space, Architecture and Indigeneity’. He is also a registered architect who champions Country and First Nations cultures as agents for structural change in the broader architectural profession at educational, practice and policy levels.

Jack Gillmer is an Architect and proud Worimi and Biripi Guri who centers his practice around Country as the driver of his architectural narrative. His work explores the tangible and intangible, negotiating multi-sensory outcomes and narratives that deliver projects of place, rejuvenating the senses and latent knowledges of Country. 

In his role as First Nations Lead, Jack leads and facilitates caring, designing, and connecting with First Nations on projects, developing frameworks and methodologies to establish processes that are respondent to Country, and empowering First Nations community Voice, collaboration, and co-design throughout SJB’s work and beyond.

Bradley Kerr is a Quandamooka man and an architect living, working and learning on Wurundjeri Country. Bradley is Director of design studio Winsor Kerr, a member of the Australian Institute of Architects’ First Nations Advisory Working Group, Victoria Chapter Council, the AACA’s Accreditation Standing Panel and the 2023 Australian Architecture Conference Committee.