October 2023 - August 2024
Drum Theatre, Corner Walker and Lonsdale Streets, Dandenong
Currently on display at the Drum Theatre, Hanging by a Thread, is an impressive culturally significant public artwork that is not to be missed.
"Hanging by a Thread" Mosaic for Afghan Women - consists of two public artworks, which incorporate works of Victorian Afghan Women, produced here in Dandenong and facilitated through Afghan Women's Organisation Victoria.
Council is honored to be part of this global project drawing attention to the social and economic conditions of Afghan women and girls after the Taliban takeover.
Over 1200 participants from 46 countries have created individual glass mosaic panels to be assembled as mosaic scarves exhibited worldwide in public spaces. These Mosaic scarves works are being made and displayed in different parts of the world and represent the resilience of Afghan culture beyond its own borders. They remind us how 20 years of hard-won freedoms can, in a short time, come to be hanging by a thread. The scarves created across Australia will be joined together for a collective display in Canberra in August 2024 at the Glassworks Museum.
The artwork has recently been displayed at the Immigration Museum and will be heading to Canberra Glassworks once it completes its display time at Greater Dandenong.
For more information visit Hanging by a Thread Mosaics for Afghan Women website.
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Hanging by a Thread Mosaics for Afghan Women
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Drum Theatre foyer with the mosaic
