| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (39 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time |
003855 |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in 1981. |
| Summary |
In 1978 Narritjin Maymuru and his son Banapana were awarded fellowships as Visiting Artists to the Faculty of Arts at the Australian National University in Canberra. For three months they and their families worked in their campus studio.. In the film, Narritjin conducts a seminar for anthropology students. He explains his technique of bark painting and discusses some of the meanings behind the paintings.. At the end of their stay in Canberra, Narritjin and Banapana hold an exhibition of their Manggalili art. Some see the official opening as typical of any art gallery opening night; others may feel a certain ambivalence towards this strange cultural mix. However, for Narritjin, the occasion is simply another opportunity to present his message to a non-Indigenous audience. Furthermore, the exhibition itself establishes him and his son as significant artists within a wider Australian context. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Indigenous peoples--Cross-cultural studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Australian Studies
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Education films.
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| Added Author |
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
3393994 Kanopy |
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