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A pair of new exhibitions opened this past week at the University of Queensland Anthropology Museum. One extends established queries about the nature of objects stored in museums and their relationships to the people they purport to represent. The other makes … Continue reading
Music of the Spinifex Country
A few weeks ago, thanks to my friends Deb and Matt, I had the chance to view Mick Angus’s 2006 film from Marcom Projects, Ooldea. It tells the story of a collaboration between composer Iain Grandage and a group of … Continue reading
Gapuwiyak Calling
Save the date! On Friday, March 14, 2014 a pair of exhibitions opens at the Anthropology Museum at the University of Queensland. Written on the Body is curated by Waanyi artist Judy Watson and Diana Young. But what I’m really … Continue reading
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Redfern Revisited
The second series of Redfern Now was a stunner. I’d had high hopes and high expectations for the return of this highly acclaimed television drama, and I was not disappointed. I’d like to say that I enjoyed watching it as much as … Continue reading
Big Name No Blanket
At the end of May 2007, I found myself in Alice Springs for a couple of days as part of a tour of Aboriginal communities and art centres sponsored by Austrade. We had an afternoon free and so I made … Continue reading
At Last, The Sapphires Play the States
We finally got to watch The Sapphires last night. I expect that everyone in Australia who’s reading this saw the film a long time ago, but it had very limited theatrical release in America. It is, however, out on Netflix now, so … Continue reading
Coniston
It came as a bit of a surprise to see Frances Jupurrula Kelly on screen in the documentary Coniston (PAW Media, 2012). For one thing, I’m not used to documentaries that include the story of their creation as part of the … Continue reading