Home and Away
Description
What does "home" mean for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? Is it a place of residence or a land made inaccessible by colonization and bureaucracy? In this program, curator Hetti Perkins introduces viewers to Australian artists who wrestle with the theme of displacement. At the newly-built headquarters of the Papunya Tula Artists co-operative, artist Bobby West Tjupurrula helps shed light on the genesis of the influential Western Desert painting movement. Brisbane-based Judy Watson incorporates drawings of objects that were once part of ancestors' lives into her work, and in Arnhem Land, mischievous mimih spirits dwell in rock art galleries and appear in Crusoe Kurddal's elegant carvings and dances. Flinders Island-based photographer Ricky Maynard, Torres Strait-born photo-collage artist Destiny Deacon, and numerous others are also profiled.
Runtime
55 min
Series
Subjects
- Language and culture (189)
- Culture (254)
- Folklore (119)
- Art, Modern (388)
- Race discrimination (130)
- Art, Aboriginal Australian (4)
- Ethnicity (289)
- Art and society (57)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2012], c2010
Database
Films on Demand
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