Our Projects
Through inspiring art projects, ONDRU gives a voice to those often left silent, unheard or misunderstood.
Our Projects
Through the use of inspired art, Ondru invites everyone to challenge how they perceive the world and what goes on within it.
Engaging in dialogue with those who’ve experienced social injustice is the only way to bring light to the depths of darkness.
Ondru has a philosophy that underpins each project. This philosophy has been broken down into four pillars:
Evoke human senses to challenge perception in order to gain a deeper awareness
Question and challenge how we and others view and experience society
Build all activities with an open mind and an open heart. To serve others with compassion and deliver art projects that invite deeper inquiry into issues of social injustice
Respect that all art first begins with an individual; a personal experience but is conveyed using a universal narrative.
Feature Project
The Dhum-Djirri Ngagu (Speak, Hear & Understand) project is a collection of Indigenous stories of connection to country, community and culture.
The tapestry of visual and spoken stories knitted together in the form of an artistic book that captures knowledge, the strength of identity and the depth of connection.
The project positions the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at the centre of the Australian narrative and provides a space for individuals and families to share unheard stories,encourage collective recognition and dignified reconciliation.
Ondru seeks to emphasise the importance of storytelling as a vehicle to work through the injustice faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Dhum-Djirri Ngagu reflects the importance of truth telling and accentuates the Indigenous experiences and challenges of finding human dignity on their own lands. It also attempts to redress the disadvantages and challenges from historical colonisation with the intention of moving towards stronger and more harmonious relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Aboriginal Australians. The project is funded with the generous support of the City of Whittlesea who are deeply committed to truth telling and reconciliation.
Feature Project
We are currently working on the Human Thesis: Afghan Stories. Hand-woven stories of enduring human displacement.
A multidisciplinary art project that aims to express past and ongoing displacement experienced by people of Afghanistan.
The stories are shared collectively as a family or a group, where a hand-made sculpture of each group is created with woven stories of all the members and their own experiences of enduring human displacement. The project will embody the themes of identity, freedom, and home.
The aim is to provide a voice for those who have been displaced, build solidarity, create a pathway for healing and generate awareness amongst non-Afghan people.
In developing this project, Ondru and Zsofia Samu have drawn inspiration from her previous project titled Thoughts Are Free that was created in collaboration with Riccardo Armillei in 2018 and Ondru’s Tears & Iron project funded by the City of Whittlesea.
Your Support
We rely on the generous support of many organisations and individuals to create art that evokes, challenges and inspires positive social change, and your donation really matters.