Alana Hunt

Alana Hunt writes and makes art. In recent years, much of her work has come about through long conversations – listening to and speaking – with the sounds and currents that emanate from Indian-occupied Kashmir. Alana lives in the remote East Kimberley region of Western Australia where she continues to learn about the contemporary legacies of colonisation, the ambivalent nature of modernity and the fabric of community.

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16 April 201429 April 2014 · Reflection

‘We turn heads when we hold hands in the street’

Alana Hunt

After my partner left the room, the man in the mechanical repairs shop went on to tell me that one particular machine was ‘idiot and blackfella proof – you can’t break this baby’. He had no idea I was the partner of the Aboriginal man he had just been speaking to. And why would he: in Kununurra in 2014, how many people are in interracial relationships? We turn heads when we hold hands in the street. And that is why I am writing this. I need to call a spade a spade.