For the 25th Biennale of Sydney, DAAR has been collaborating with Think+DO Tank Foundation on HAṢĪRA, a series of gatherings in Sydney.
The ḥaṣīra, a simple and readily available woven mat, has provided a shared surface on which different people have come together to speak, listen, remember, and imagine possible forms of action. Over the past months, these gatherings have opened conversations around home, displacement, colonial legacies, memory, return, and the fragile but necessary work of being together. They have also created a space where multilingual conversations, personal stories, and collective reflections could become the beginning of future relations.
We are now approaching the final gathering of this chapter, which will take place on Saturday 20 June 2026 in Fairfield. This last open gathering will reflect on what has emerged so far, what remains unresolved, and how the conversations carried by HAṢĪRA might continue beyond the Biennale.
The previous gatherings have been documented by Think+DO Tank Foundation and can be revisited here through photos and video
HAṢĪRA Final Gathering
Saturday 20 June 2026
10.45am for 11.00am start, until 3.00pm
TDTF Community House
2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield, Sydney