WATA (WIND): Songs that map the Roper River region, South East Arnhem Land

In association with the 2010 Adelaide Festival
WATA (WIND): Songs that map the Roper River region, South East Arnhem Land


EXCLUSIVE OPENING EVENT

3 March, 7.30pm
Artspace Gallery, Adelaide Festival Centre (Upstairs Dunstan Playhouse)

Traditional ceremony fromthe South East Arnhem Land people.
Never before seen in South Australia.

To be opened by Djon Mundine OAM, Indigenous Curator - Contemporary Art.


In Ngukurr, South East Arnhem Land, land is still intimately understood by the songlines that describe it. The importance of the Wata (wind) is never far from peoples' minds as they paint and sing to announce its arrival. Through photographs, paintings, maps, film and stories, this exhibition charts the ancestral importance of the wind that keeps culture alive at Ngukurr.

Curated by Simon Normand with works by artists and song men from Ngukurr, South East Arnhem Land and Simon Normand, Victoria.
 
Image courtesy Simon Normand.