Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cancels pianist’s performance after dedication to journalists killed in Gaza - eviltoast
  • EurekaStockade@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Nah it wouldn’t be that, those sorts of land acknowledgements are very common in Melbourne, especially in the Arts, that would have been perceived as utterly uncontroversial by the MSO

    • Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
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      4 months ago

      Land acknowledgements devoid of teeth are common, where someone flaccidly admits that Indigenous people exist and have some unspecified connection to the land, not where someone actually states out loud the crimes that put their opera house on that land.

      This was a good acknowledgement that actually implicates the current ruling class. That’s why they cancelled him.

      Edit: he actually went on to say more, but I stand by the fact that this wasnt just a standard acknowledgement.