Modern technology meets ancient story telling in Adelaide
A new exhibition is transporting visitors nearly 500 kilometres from Adelaide to Adnyamathanha country while telling stories from Australia’s colonial past. The artists say they're hopeful it can spark respectful conversations about reconciliation following the failed Voice Referendum.
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00:00 Portugal Aboriginal artist Lavina Tokoroa wants to share her cultural knowledge.
00:07 So she's taken her photography to the screen.
00:10 There's a layer here that the oldest continued living culture has and that it has been passed down
00:19 and we want you to experience what we see.
00:24 Called Rising Sun, it's a collaboration between Wanganuru, Koojani, Adnyamatna and Laritja woman Lavina Tokoroa,
00:32 arts worker Kyra Hertzfeld and her late husband, the celebrated photographer and cameraman Chris Hertzfeld.
00:39 It's the last project Chris Hertzfeld worked on before a brief 75-day battle with cancer.
00:45 In this exhibition, modern technology means ancient storytelling.
00:49 The 150 square metre LED screen behind me tells Aboriginal stories dating back thousands of years.
00:56 It's being held at Lightroom Studio in Adelaide, the largest curved LED screen in the state.
01:02 You go to the Flinders, you see the topical beauty, but when you go with Lavine and you hear the stories
01:09 and you start to understand the relevance of different parts of country.
01:14 One of Rising Sun's images tells the story of a 19th century massacre of Adnyamatna people at Aruna.
01:21 That story needed to be told because a lot of my people, the pain is still there
01:29 and the country is still the witness to what happened and it runs deep.
01:37 And I think at this moment in time it's also a fantastic work to talk about reconciliation in Australia
01:46 where it can be, even post-referendum, if we all sit down and be respectful.
01:55 A new way for Aboriginal storytelling.
01:57 storytelling.
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