Black Capital is a collection of performances, seminars and exhibitions co-presented by CarriageWorks and the Sydney Festival as a major part of the 2012 programs of both. The decorated caravans and projection works of Brook Andrew's Travelling Colony project will make their debut moving through the city on Festival First Night and then take up residence and be open to explore at CarriageWorks for the rest of the month. Another major new work featured in the program is I Am Eora, a performance work directed by Wesley Enoch in which the stories of Pemulwuy, Bennelong and Barangaroo for the basis for an exploration of Sydney's spatial identity and history through music, dance and storytelling. The Barefoot Divas, a group of singers and songwriters from Australia, NZ and Papua New Guinea, will debut Walk A Mile In My Shoes.
Alongside these landmark premiere performances, which incorporate the talents of emerging art and theatre makers alongside those of established performers headlining the works, there's also an exhibition at and a symposium on Addressing Black Theatre at 181 Regent St, founding home of the National Black Theatre, a Family and Culture Day. Together, this program is a celebration of the vitality and virtuosity of contemporary Aboriginal practice and an exploration of the histories and identities of Redfern as that 'Black Capital'.