Art Museum

Accessibility information: Mare Amoris | Sea of Love

We provide general accessibility information for visitors. The Mare Amoris | Sea of Love Accessibility Guide is focused on the exhibition and includes the following:

  • Audio descriptions
  • Artwork labels
  • Audio labels

If you need assistance navigating the exhibition while you're here, please ask our friendly staff.

Themes  

Mare Amoris addresses some difficult but important issues. Some artworks address race, effects of colonisation, violence, displaced peoples, native title sea rights, environmental concerns, grief, depression and suicide.  
  
If you are distressed by the themes brought up in our exhibitions, support is available.  

Sensory considerations  

Mare Amoris features some artworks that contain video and sound components, which are audible throughout the exhibition.

You may like to bring ear plugs or noise cancelling headphones for your visit. 

We also have free Sensory Kits available (subject to availability).

Artwork labels 

You can find a text version and audio recordings for all artworks on the Mare Amoris | Sea of Love Accessibility Guide. They are also available via QR codes at our reception desk and throughout the exhibition.

Please bring your own device and headphones to access audio labels during your visit. 

Video captions  

The following artworks have closed captions:

  • Seba Calfuqueo, Kowkülen (Liquid being), 2020
  • Santiago Mostyn, DREAM ONE, 2022
  • Leyla Stevens, GROH GOH (Rehearsal for Rangda), 2023

Audio descriptions

Audio descriptions can be found on the Mare Amoris | Sea of Love Accessibility Guide. The following artworks have audio description:

  • Judy Watson, sacred water, 2010
  • Judy Watson, scared ground, 2010
  • Djambawa Marawilli AM, Yathikpa, 2011

Open sound

The following artworks have open sound:

  • Seba Calfuqueo, Kowkülen (Liquid being), 2020
  • New Mineral Collective, Pleasure Prospects, 2019
  • Santiago Mostyn, DREAM ONE, 2022
  • Unbound Collective, PERMEATE, 2023
  • Mariquita ‘Micki’ Davis, Magellan doesn’t live here, 2017
  • Leyla Stevens, GROH GOH (Rehearsal for Rangda), 2023
  • Shannon Te Ao, what was or could be again(today), 2019
  • Chun Yin Rainbow Chan, The novice, fry and fledging我全未曉, 2023
  • Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Pretty Beach, 2019