00:02From the block in Redfern to a power station in Roselle.
00:06What I'm exploring through this work is the bricks that once stood as the Aboriginal flag
00:12and we were right down the bottom of Beverly Street.
00:14Stories of Sydney and beyond told through dozens of installations.
00:19Celebrating community and our own identity to create these red, black and yellow beads
00:24to thread through a silhouette.
00:26This year's show is titled Rememory, focusing on First Nations creatives
00:31carrying almost 70,000 years of history.
00:34These are artists who make the Renaissance painters look like contemporary artists.
00:39There was one key absence from today's launch.
00:42Artistic director Hoor al-Kasimi, who'd faced criticism for her pro-Palestine views,
00:48chose not to attend.
00:49Hoor would be up here right now with me, but she wants the attention of this biennale
00:54finally to be on the artists and their work.
00:57After being shut for decades and surviving calls for it to be knocked down,
01:01White Bay Power Station is now playing host to the biennale for the second time.
01:05It's one of five venues exhibiting artworks this year,
01:08spanning from Sydney's CBD to galleries in Campbelltown and Penrith.
01:12Our stories, they can become a way to see beyond the pain and the horror of today.
01:19And how do we move past that and survive far into the future?
01:23A message of hope in an increasingly uncertain world.
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