Esquisse 01

Week one esquisse required us to visit the Melbourne Museum. At the museum we were to explore the First Peoples Tour: Bunjilaka; and listen and explore the many artefacts on display (audible and visual). Tasked to select two physical artefacts and one non-artefact (audio/video) and to then extract the key inspiring features of the selected items and turn those inspirations into a paper maquette. I attended the exhibition and spent a considerable amount of time wandering through the many displays and listening to the story of Bunjil. I was particularly taken by the idea of a message stick, possum cloaks, and reeds children would use to flick mud at each other. However, due to having just moved cities I wasn’t prepared to complete the first esquisse. I did however complete the RMIT indigenous orientation task and locate which language groups land I currently reside on. Unfortunately, my photos of the museum trip were lost on my broken phone, but the memories and experience heavily remain on my mind.

Womin Djeka Indigenous Orientation Badge Location Language Map First Peoples Tour: Bunjilaka Melbourne Museum