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1 online resource (streaming video file) (58 min. 11 sec.) ; 351365618 bytes |
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art + soul ; Series 2, Episode 1 |
| Summary |
In this second series of art + soul, a diverse group of outstanding contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists reveal to pre-eminent curator Hetti Perkins how their art practice is driven by culture and heritage, political and personal preoccupations, dreams and imagination. With the National Gallery of Australia's extraordinary Indigenous collection as the springboard, wherever we travel with Hetti - from cities to desert communities, museums and artists' private spaces - the threads running through the art are coloured with connection to land and family, and stories of displacement. It is thrilling to see the diversity and beauty of the art and learn of its genesis, through the prism of Hetti's knowledge, insight and passion. She and filmmaker Rachel Perkins (First Australians, Bran Nue Dae), both daughters of activist Charles Perkins, are Eastern Arrernte/Kalkadoon desert women.In the first of three episodes, entitled Pride and Prejudice, Daniel Boyd paints Captain Cook as pirate, not explorer, and his large dot paintings ask big questions about past actions of the church. Yolngu man Wanyubi Marika's art proudly tells ancient stories of law and land. The past is embedded in the light installations of Jonathan Jones, proclaiming that Australia's rich Aboriginal past can't be extinguished, even within a metropolis as dominant as Sydney. Demonstrating cultural resilience, Esme Timbery adapts the shell work traditions started by her great-grandmother.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Writer/presenter Hetti Perkins; Director Steven McGregor; Producers Bridget Ikin and Jo-Anne McGowan. Screen Australia and Hibiscus Films in association with the ACT Government, Screen ACT, Screen Territory and the National Gallery of Australia. Developed and produced in association with the ABC |
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Broadcast 2014-07-08 at 20:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: PG |
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Art, Aboriginal Australian.
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Artists -- Psychology.
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Artists, Aboriginal Australian.
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Creative ability.
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Portrait painting.
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Visual perception -- Psychological aspects.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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McGregor, Steven, director
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Perkins, Hetti, host
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Boyd, Daniel, contributor
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Jones, Jonathan, contributor
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Perkins, Charlie, contributor
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Russell, Marilyn, contributor
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Timbery, Esme, contributor
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