Judy Watson at 'Zero Metres Above Sea Level' - CrossArts Projects

 

Posted 16/09/2016

Zero Metres Above Sea Level presents an inter-tidal world where different cultures and sciences meet. It brings together artwork from two sites located at mean sea level: Blue Mud Bay, a famous place in Northeast Arnhem Land, home to the respected Yolngu clans, and Heron Island, a respected research station on the Great Barrier Reef. Both centres are bastions of cultural, biological and scientific knowledge.  It is also historically famous for the High Court decision in 2008 to give traditional owners exclusive rights over tidal waterways fringing Aboriginal Land.

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