Professor Barry Godfrey and Professor Paul Cooke, using his experience as a participatory filmmaker, produced "The Art of Fremantle" - a documentary film - thanks to follow-on-funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
The film tells the story of indigenous prisoners at Fremantle Prison who together created astounding internationally significant art.
Our intention has been to explore the ways in which arts and humanities research can inform approaches to inclusive participatory decision-making, community engagement, co-production, and human rights.
At the same time, deeply moving and wonderfully inspirational
In all of our collaborations we have acknowledged the traditional owners of the land, paying respects to their Elders, past and present. We continue to create exhibitions, films, discussions, and forums for debate about inequalities and the uses of imprisonment.
Watch a short documentary film
The Art of Fremantle Prison from Paul Cooke on Vimeo.
Exhibitions
Professor Caroline Wilkinson and Face Lab analysed photographic portraits of Victorian convicts to digitally create average faces, which formed the basis of exhibitions in Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral and Hobart Penitentiary Church (in collaboration with National Trust Australia: Tasmania).
Great to see an exhibition like linking the past with the present… Brings dead people alive… I shall never look at criminals in the same way!
Read about 'Georgia Prisoners in Black and White' and see Caroline Wilkinson's 'Facial Identity and Cognitive Bias' lecture on the Digital Humanities, University of Georgia website.
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