The Aboriginal Robot

This exhibition expands Mia Boe’s science fiction story The Aboriginal Robot, first presented at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery in 2024. Developed in collaboration with April Widdup at Canberra Glassworks, the exhibition leans into the science fiction aesthetic of the figurine, bringing its speculative world into material form. Through flame-worked glass sculpture, canvas painting and window painting, the lore of The Aboriginal Robot unfolds across the university walls. Boe imagines a future in which technology, Country and consciousness converge, transforming this science fiction story into a message of resistance, responsibility and urgency.