Gallery 2
Savas
Ash Tumer
As an Australian with a Turkish background I have always felt conflicted by the glorification of ANZAC Day. Savas, literally meaning war in Turkish, explores how the ANZAC legend and myths pertaining to it have been used as a historical precedence in forging Australia’s ethno-nationalist identity and more recently, unjust border security laws. Constant evocation and glorification of war promotes a sentiment that has been thriving in recent years through the promotion of the ‘war on terror’ and has lead to a surge in ordinary Australians viewing ‘the border’ as a necessary form of exclusion which must stand to maintain White Nationalist Australia and save it from the racialised ‘others’.
This exhibition is proudly supported by Prism Imaging
