Event | Ochre and Dust | |||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Club 1518, Port Augusta, SA | |||||||||||||||||||
Umbrella Event | The Telstra Adelaide Festival 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||
First Date | 26 February 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Last Date | 28 February 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Dates Estimated | No | |||||||||||||||||||
Status | Professional | |||||||||||||||||||
World Premiere | No | |||||||||||||||||||
Part of a Tour | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
Description | Powerful landscape, timeless songs, immediate stories. This installation created by Batjala artist Fiona Foley, combined with Heidrun Lohr's monochrome and colour photos, provides an evocative stage setting for two Anangu-Pitjantjatjara storytellers. Nura Ward and Nelli Patterson are senior law women and ambassadors for Anangu-Pitjantjatjara culture. These dynamic women recount tales of their lives, the pervasive influence of the land upon their lives, and their Tjukurpa*. The nature of this installation at once provides a soundscape and photo journey through the Pitjantjatjara homelands as w | |||||||||||||||||||
Description Source | Brochure | |||||||||||||||||||
Primary Genre | Music Theatre | |||||||||||||||||||
Secondary Genre |
Indigenous
Storytelling Installation First Nations |
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Subjects |
Biography
Environment History |
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Text Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
Production Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
Further Information | In cooperation with Country Arts Trust SA, Australian Major Events and The Australia Council, we welcome country South Australia into the Festival for the first time. We encourage you and all of our visitors to get out and see that Adelaide is much more than a pleasant city with a great Festival - it is at the geographical centre of some of Australia's most exciting lands and waters. | |||||||||||||||||||
Event Status | Completed | |||||||||||||||||||
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Event Identifier | 100567 | |||||||||||||||||||
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