Pressrelease | 25. May 2022
The Songlines exhibition brings one of the great Indigenous Australian creation narratives to the Humboldt Forum.
Multimedia scenography in dialogue with an over 60,000 year old culture — the next special exhibition at the Humboldt Forum is based on an extraordinary curatorial model. Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters was conceived and curated exclusively by a team of Indigenous Australian representatives, headed by Margo Neale, Senior Indigenous Curator of the National Museum of Australia, Canberra. With its innovative multimedia design, contemporary art and performance Songlines tells one of the central creation stories of the Australian continent.
The complete press release is available for download below.
The Songlines exhibition brings one of the great Indigenous Australian creation narratives to the Humboldt Forum.
Pressrelease | 25. May 2022
Images
Traditional Owners of Cave Hill (Seven Sisters) 2017
© the artist / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Image: Brenda Douglas
A performance of the Kungkarangkalpa: Seven Sisters songline inma (ceremony) at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 2013
© Image: National Museum of Australia
Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters) Ceramics, 2016
© the artists / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Image: National Museum of Australia
Seven Sisters Dream path (Songline), 1994, Painting from Josephine Mick, Ninuku Arts
© the artist / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Image: National Museum of Australia
Artists (l-r) Ngamaru Bidu, Kumpaya Girgirba and Nola Ngalangka Taylor standing in front of Yarrkalpa (Hunting Ground) 2013 at Martumili Art Studio, Parnngurr
© Gabrielle Sullivan, Martumili Artists / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Kungarangkalpa walka board by Malya Teamay, Maṟuku Arts
© the artist / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Image: National Museum of Australia
Kata Tjuṯa (the Olgas), south-west of Alice Springs
© Christiane Keller, National Museum of Australia
Artists from Tjanpi Desert Weavers let their tjanpi sisters fly, Papulankutja, Western Australia, 2015
© Image: Annieka Skinner, Tjanpi Desert Weavers
Anawari Inpiti Mitchell at the Tjanpi Desert Weavers camp at Papulankutja, Western Australia, 2015
© Image: Vicki Bosisto, Tjanpi Desert Weavers
Kuru Ala, 2013.0013.0001 (Vorderansicht)
© the artist / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Image: National Museum of Australia
Visitor stands in front of Minyipuru 2015 by Mulyatingki Marney, Martumili Artists
© the artist / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Image: Nathan Mewett
The Seven Sisters and Wati Nyiru, 2018, detail, sculptures by Tjanpi Desert Weavers
© Tjanpi Desert Weavers: “Seven Sisters und Wati Nyiru”, 2018, Detail, courtesy of NMA / © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Image: Nathan Mewett
The Seven Sisters and Wati Nyiru, 2018, detail, sculptures by Tjanpi Desert Weavers
© the artists / Tjanpi Desert Weavers / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Image: Nathan Mewett