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*View from the Docks, Sam Wallman, artist, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, 4 December 2025 to 21 February 2027.
(Review)
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SSGAVXUMN9RCTAXIAT2B/full?
*https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/sam-wallman-view-from-the-docks
https://overland.org.au/2026/04/peering-into-the-docks-a-conversation-with-the-wharfies-mural/
#art #dockworkers #illustration #labourmovement #MUA #Murals #samwallman #wharfies
People are deeply curious about the docks. The port is right there, the cranes are giant shapes looming, so often visible, stretches of landscape inviting reflection and curiosity. But the docks are also completely inaccessible. They are non-spaces really, to most people. Exclusion zones.
Sam Wallman at Australian National Maritime Museum on Thursday 4 December 2025 launched exhibition “View from the Docks”. The exhibit sits directly opposite the historic “Wharfies Mural”, the main focus of the talk. The entry is free at 2 Murray street, Darling Harbour, Sydney, #Gadigal Country.
https://overland.org.au/2026/04/peering-into-the-docks-a-conversation-with-the-wharfies-mural/
#art #illustration #LabourMovement #Organize #Wharfies #SamWallman
People are deeply curious about the docks. The port is right there, the cranes are giant shapes looming, so often visible, stretches of landscape inviting reflection and curiosity. But the docks are also completely inaccessible. They are non-spaces really, to most people. Exclusion zones.
“ If you sit still and quietly in a natural environment for twelve minutes, then the animals there will go back to how they were acting before you arrived. “
Note Law & Order “Conservative” Politicians in Queensland ran for State election on a four word slogan “Adult Crime, Adult Time” (imprisonment or electronic ankle bracelet for 10 year old children).
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/qld-adult-crime-adult-time-laws-victim-numbers/106304110
Predictably Absolutely no interest in “Adult Work, Adult Wages” from the same pro-business lobby of course.
#LabourMovement #Organize #RAFFWU #Solidarity #Unions #YouthWages
#Art by #SamWallman
Peter Riley
