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Murrŋiny – A story of metal from the east

When

-
Wed-Fri, 10am-4pm | Sat, 10am-2pm

At

Northern Centre for Contemporary Art (NCCA)

Cost

Free

Hit by shotguns, burnt by Dry season fires, rusted by monsoonal rain, discarded signs litter Territory roadsides. The power of the rules and warnings they once shouted have faded like their glossy reflective paint. A group of seven Yolŋu artists from Yirrkala have come to rescue, recycle and rework these battered warriors in new ways which have never been seen before. Murrŋiny is the Yolŋu word for steel. It is also the name by which this nation was known by its neighbours and the first Europeans who encountered them. This name references the shovel nosed spears made here since pre-Cook times. Old signs are new again.

A partnership between Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Salon Art Projects and the Northern Centre for Contemporary Art.

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Info

Contact name
Matt Ward & Paul Johnstone
Phone
08 8941 2220

 

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