AFTRS

 

Indigenous Art - an integral element of AFTRS new home

 

Anticipating the move to Moore Park, in 2008, AFTRS wanted to incorporate an indigenous artwork into the fabric of the School's new home at The Entertainmnet Quarter in Syndey's Moore Park, seeing Hetti Perkins, the Senior Curator Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and co-curator of landmark Aboriginal art commission for the Musee du Quai Branly in Paris, take on the challenge of finding an artwork for a supersized external wall

Hetti Perkins commented at the time:

"AFTRS is charged with a mission to foster the creation of national stories through screen and broadcast productions - which are a significant vehicle for cultural expression. As a national institution AFTRS' decision to choose to incorporate 'another voice' and mode of narrative, via the commissioning of an indigenous artwork that will be located in a public context, is very significant."

Today in Gadigal country - the indigenous name for the area where the School is located - there are still many connections to an ancient and indigenous past.

Positioning contemporary Indigenous art into the heart of the screen arts and broadcast precinct connects contemporary storytelling to that of the past.

 

 

Read more about the artist Kurltjunyintja Giles Tjapaltjarri & the artwork >

 

Image: Tjamu Tjamu 2009 by Kurltjunyintja Giles Tjapaltjarri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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