Exhibition explores Indigenous identity

12 Jul 2011, 10:38 am   -   Source: Katrina Yu, SBS
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'Blak Side Story' asked different Indigenous generations: 'What does it mean to you to be Aboriginal?'. (SBS)

'Blak Side Story' asked different Indigenous generations: 'What does it mean to you to be Aboriginal?'. (SBS)

A multimedia exhibition brings together different generations to answer the question 'What does it mean to you to be Aboriginal'?, Katrina Yu reports.

Indigenous culture is traditionally passed down and preserved through spoken word. Now a community in the Victorian suburb of Footscray are marking a new generation in Indigenous story-telling.


Using the latest app technology they are reaching out to new audiences and challenging old stereotypes about Aboriginal identity.

Multimedia exhibition ‘Blak Side Story’ brings together traditional owners, elders and different generations of Indigenous Australians to answer the question: “What does it mean to you to be Aboriginal”?.

No answer is the same. Participants speak proudly of their Indigenous heritage, but also often of rich multicultural and migrant backgrounds, reflecting the diversity of contemporary Australia.

Twenty-two personal stories are told through interactive digital displays, android tablets and large-scale portraits. From home viewers can engage with the project via its companion website which features a ‘digital quilt.’

Artist Tamsin Sharp and photographer John Sones from ‘Singing Bowl Media’ collaborated with the Footscray Community Arts Centre to produce the exhibition which is currently showing in Melbourne’s west.

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" Being Aboriginal "

Lorna - from Penrith, 2 years ago

Being Aboriginal to me is being "PROUD" of where I come from. I love the stories and the wisdom that has been passed onto me from my loving elders. If anything, I have learnt that we are all from a big extended 'family'.

Details..?

Vee - from Deer Park, 2 years ago

When does this exhibition close? And is there an admission feeopening hours?

Kevin... You're Invited...

Jennifer Barry - from Footscray, 2 years ago

Hi Kevin, This is Jennifer Barry, Director & CEO, Footscray Community Arts Centre. This is an open invitation to come along to see the exhibition BLAK SIDE STORY for yourself. If you keep an open mind, I believe your assumptions will be challenged. Are you up for it? The coffee's on me.... Jen

Understanding is key.

Frank - from Northcote, 2 years ago

Wow Kevin from Armidale, was that a comment from your own experience of being an indigenous Australian, or a comment from a person with a non-indigenous background with absolutely no understanding of what it means to actually come from the place you call home?

“What does it mean to you to be Aboriginal”?.

Kevin - from Armidale, 2 years ago

“What does it mean to you to be Aboriginal”?. More handouts.

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