WEEK 1
Esquisse 1: Solo Work
Bunjilaka Gallery - First People’s Exhibition Shields - Defend the clan and country - Made and used by warriors - Powerful marker of cultural identity - Visual language that conveys stories - Show clan affiliations (who you are and where you come from) The idea of telling stories through visuals. So much can be understood with out a word being said Gunditjmara kooramookyan Possum Cloak - cultural practice - Single possum skin when born and added onto as you grow older - Buried in the cloaks - story told after death - Story told through life journey and portrayed through the cloak - fibers are hollow - don’t freeze Designs related to place 32
