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EXHIBITIONS
Yuṯaguma
Make it New
Paintings and Poles from Yirrkala N.E. Arnhem Land
“...unless you put the knowledge you hold into a living mind it will die with you.
The designs in these paintings are each a cryptic code that holds the text of hundreds of songs particular to that place and clan in the context of a state of water. A literate person will read that design and sing for hours without repetition. A second person with the ability to read will sing those exact same words. You can record that epic song poetry and transcribe it into Yolŋu matha writing. You could even attempt to find English concepts to match and translate that text to English. Then it would have the weight of a book and we could accept it as knowledge.”
Will Stubbs
Co-ordinator
Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre
“...unless you put the knowledge you hold into a living mind it will die with you.
The designs in these paintings are each a cryptic code that holds the text of hundreds of songs particular to that place and clan in the context of a state of water. A literate person will read that design and sing for hours without repetition. A second person with the ability to read will sing those exact same words. You can record that epic song poetry and transcribe it into Yolŋu matha writing. You could even attempt to find English concepts to match and translate that text to English. Then it would have the weight of a book and we could accept it as knowledge.”
Will Stubbs
Co-ordinator
Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre