Published in Overland Issue 227 Winter 2017 Uncategorized Guest artist for Overland 227: Yee I-Lann Yee I-Lann Cover: Picturing Power: Wherein one, in the name of knowledge, measures everything, gives it a name and publicises this, thereby claiming it Essay artwork for ‘Resisting the institution’ Nakata Brophy Prize artwork for ‘Muyum: a transgression’ Fiction artwork for ‘Broken zippers’ Fiction artwork for ‘Magpie’ Read the rest of Overland 227 If you enjoyed these pieces, buy the issue Or subscribe and receive four outstanding issues for a year Yee I-Lann Yee I-Lann was born in Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia. She graduated in visual arts at the University of South Australia, and later studied painting at Central St Martins School of Arts in London. I-Lann’s primarily photomedia-based practice speculates on issues of culture, power, neo-colonialism and the role of historical memory in our social experience. For more, visit yeeilann.com More by Yee I-Lann Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays First published in Overland Issue 228 7 February 2023 Aboriginal Australia Victoria police back down, is this a case for defunding? Crystal McKinnon and Meriki Onus After three arduous years, Victoria Police have today withdrawn their charges against two organisers of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protest. Whilst we welcome their decision, we note that their mediocrity gave them no other option. Emboldened by their state-sanctioned impunity, Victoria Police’s ineptitude hit a dead end. Pigs cannot fly. First published in Overland Issue 228 6 February 20237 February 2023 Aboriginal Australia Winaga-li Gunimaa Gali: listen, hear, think, understand from our sacred Mother Earth and our Water Winaga-li Gunimaa Gali Collective To winaga-li, Gomeroi/Kamilaroi people must be able to access Gunimaa. They must be able to connect and re-connect. Over 160 years of colonisation has privileged intensive agriculture, grazing and heavily extractive water management regimes, enabled by imposed property regimes and governance systems. Gunimaa and Gali still experience the violent repercussions of these processes, including current climate changes which are exacerbating impacts, as droughts become longer, floods and heat extremes become more intense, and climatic zones shift, impacting on species’ viability and biodiversity.
