Pocket Park

There’s always something to discover in Fish Lane. This pocket park offers shade, respite & a rotating gallery wall.

Darren Blackman, “Very Disco”, 2025, Digital Artwork (printed vinyl banner). Curated by Aboriginal Art Co.

“Very Disco” continues Darren Blackman’s practice of using text, humour and sharp wordplay to create work that is both playful and political.

The original artwork was created from LED neon and mirrored surfaces, and transforms the word “discovery” into “Very Disco”, collapsing a loaded colonial term into something glamorous, humorous and unexpected. The work speaks to the enduring myth of the “discovery” of Australia, despite this continent never being terra nullius.

By removing and rearranging the letters, Blackman undermines the authority of that narrative and exposes its absurdity. Rendered in bright yellow neon, “Very Disco” is full of joy and irreverence. The work invites us to consider our own relationship to these histories and whose perspective is privileged.

Through wit and visual seduction, Blackman turns a word associated with colonisation into an act of resistance, resilience and self-determination.