Artist Tarsha Cameron, wearing a navy jumpsuit, is looking down to the left holding carefully a bundle of white crochet in hands. This crocheted artwork, "With these hands (2023)", is made from donated white yarn, and buttons and lace from her late mother. She is walking in front of a brown and cream wall. Cameron is in a reflective state looking down to the left hand corner of the screen. Photo credit: James Field

Artist Tarsha Cameron is walking her spiral artwork "Walk as if your feet kiss the Earth (2023)." We can see the back of her right foot as she moves it forward to step onto the lush green grass that the spiral of sandstones is upon. Some of the stones are visible. Navy pants envelop the artists legs which are seen from calf down. Photo credit: James Field.

This is a close-up of Tarsha Cameron's crocheted artwork "With these hands (2023)" which is made from donated white yarn, and buttons and lace from her late mother, in the artist's hands. You see the spiral work "Walk as if Your feet kiss the Earth (2023) on the lawn in the background. Photo credit: James Field

Hag-ia

Visual Arts and Design • Workshop

South Australia • Adelaide Fringe Premiere

Hagia means holy.
Hag: a once sacred word, turned into a slur by powerful men of history who disparaged, demonised and burned women at the stake because they had the temerity to be independent. Their knowledge was erased.
In this workshop we reclaim this word and ask ourselves: can we recover a sense of connection to our women ancestors whose voices were silenced? Can we uncover their lost wisdom? This is a remembering. A relearning. You will gain the language and the time to connect to those who informed who you are. You will experience a successful method of dialogue, making, journalling, and embodying to encounter the stories and wisdom of our women ancestors.
We, our conversations, and what we create together, is the art.
"Tarsha is producing important work." - Artist Daniel Connell.

Presented by: Tarsha Cameron

Tarsha is an emerging multidisciplinary artist working across installation and performance.Her work explores interpersonal relationships-not only with each other but across place and ancestry(time),and species.Tarsha created and performed her first performance art work,Together We Are Apart, at the 2019 Adelaide Fringe.This was soon followed by Peggy Buxton (2019) during History Month.Have You Seen What I See? (2020-2),aninterdisciplinary full-length show, was created in partnership with Dance Hub SA and Arts SA.Tarsha’s performance drawing installation,Unseen/seen (2021) was shortlisted for a SALA prize. One(2022) was exhibited the Mill. Her debut cabaret,Unapologetic,was first shown in 2022. Tarsha's graduate work,Embracing Unravelling(2023), led to the year-long artwork Hag-ia(2024-).

You will be invited to bring an object, memory, or food from a recipe that belonged to one of your women ancestors. This is not compulsory. Yourself and your stories are enough. Please allow space for the entire time in your schedule. Thank you.

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