IWIRI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION
2024
Iti Mamu tells the story of an Anangu mother and mamu child’s long journey together across various landscapes to return the child home to it’s mamu family and for the mother to retrieve her baby. Narrated in Pitjantjatjara and recorded on the Country of the Kaurna people.
Narrated by B. M. Baker.
Coming soon.
YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS
2024
In the "bright lights, big city of Alice Springs", two soft sculptures try to impress each other with their dance moves. It’s an unfortunate accident that finally brings them together as they discover they both have a talent for fixing things. Artwork by the Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, renowned for their beautiful soft sculptures, comes alive in this gentle funny tale of love and connection.
Written by Rhonda Sharpe with Courtney Collins.
Showing at Flickerfest in Sydney, January 2025.
HERMANNSBURG POTTERS ABORIGINAL CORPORATION
2022
Hermannsburg Potters’ artists have collaborated together for 'Clay on Country', an exhibition presented by Artback NT to create a large pot and accompanying animation which tell stories surrounding weather and seasons on Western Aranda Country.
The work provides a glimpse into the artists’ profound knowledge of and connection to Country.
The animation depicts the various animals, abundant bird life, reptiles and plants that can be found at different times throughout the year. Over 6 months, artists painted each scene onto terracotta tiles using underglazes in Hermannsburg Potters’ distinct style.
This project was made possible thanks to Desart.
Now touring nationally as part of the Clay on Country exhibition.
ENGAWALA WOMEN’S ART GROUP/MEGAFAUNA CENTRAL
2021
Written and illustrated by the Engawala Women’s Art Group, Tim’s Journey Back in Time is a story of adventure and megafauna inspired by the Alcoota fossil dig site which lies a few kilometres from the Engawala Community.
Produced into an animated film in collaboration with the Engawala Women’s Art Group and Batchelor Institute and narrated in Eastern Anmatjere, Tim’s Journey Back in Time is a delightfully fun journey illustrated through original artwork.
Produced by Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
Currently showing at Megafauna Central Alice Springs.
ORIGINAL POWER
2021
The Electric Superhighway is a proposal for a high-voltage transmission link connecting existing and new electricity networks in the Northern Territory, powered by community-generated solar energy. The initiative is backed by Northern Territory energy workers, communities and renewable energy experts and has been endorsed for further study by the NT's Economic Reconstruction Commission in 2020.
More info at Original Power.
Narrated by Damien Williams.
Illustrated by Beth Sometimes.