2023 | IWIRI ARTS - PULKULPA
2023
GROUP SHOW BY IWIRI ARTISTS
Flinders Medical Centre - Arts in Health
KEEPING OUR CULTURAL ROOTS STRONG IN THE CITY
Iwiri is a member-based Aboriginal Corporation for Anangu (Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people) who live in Adelaide. Iwiri brings the Anangu community together through the lenses of: The Arts, Language, Knowledge, Culture and Community.
Many Anangu live in Adelaide to access health and other opportunities. Iwiri strengthens the community through cultural activities, language and enterprise development. We want our young people to be strong in their language and culture and to take up opportunities to work in our community.
Exhibition: Pulkulpa
"Panya walka palyarala kulilpai nganampa Tjukurpa tjuta munu nganampa ngura munu walytjapiti kutjupa ngurawanungku. Walka wiru tjuta palyarala pukularipai munu kurunpa unngu kanany-kananyaripai. Walka nyanga paluru tjana nganampa ara tjuta Tjukurpa tjuta witini, ka malatja malatja tjutangku kulira tjana ngapartji arkara palyani Tjukurpa ara tjuta kulira nintiringkula. Walka kutju wiya, palu Tjukurpa pulka paint-amilara pulkara alatji pukularipai mununa alatji kulilpai, kurunpa unngu. Nganana wirura tjungu warkarira nganana walytjapititjara wangkara kulira nintiringkupai kutjupa tjutangka munu ara tjutaku. Alatji nganana nintiringkupai."
When we are painting, we are thinking about the creation stories (Tjukurpa), our home and all of the family who are connected through this Country.. We feel happy and proud in our spirit as we create the beautiful designs. These motifs hold our Tjukurpa, our histories, lore and culture. Future generations will come to understand and then it will be their turn to take on the work as they hear and learn the Tjukurpa. These paintings are not just designs, as I paint these significant creation events, I am overwhelmed with joy and this is the way I feel in my spirit.. It’s great to paint together, we talk with each other about family and learn from others, as well as histories and events. This is how we learn.
-KATRINA TJITAYI, IWIRI ARTS AND CULTURE, 2023
Nganana canvas-angka walkatjura pukularipai Nganampa Tjukurpatjara, tjamuku ngura Tjukurpatjara walkatjura, munu kamiku, tjamuku, mamaku Tjukurpatjara walkatjura kulu Alatji palyarala kurunpa unngu pulka pukularinyi, tjamutja ngurara munu kamitja ngurara palyara munu mamaku ngunytjuku ngura kulu palyantjatjanu.
We find joy in painting on canvas and painting our Tjukurpa (creation stories). Painting the Tjukurpa of our grandfather’s Country, grandmother’s Country and our father’s Country.. When we do this, there is a great joy inside our spirit, reconnecting with the land of our grandfathers, grandmothers, and our parents.
-TJULYATA TJILYA, IWIRI ARTS AND CULTURE, 2023
Ngayulu painting wiru palyara ngayulu unngu nyakula, kulira pukularipai.
When I have painted a really beautiful painting, I look at it and I reflect on it, and it makes me happy.
-AUDREY BRUMBY, IWIRI ARTS AND CULTURE, 2023
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