Mandurah will be welcoming a touring exhibition this month with a series of evocative Indigenous portraits highlighting the cultural significance of languages.
Ngala Wongga meaning Come Talk is a collaboration with the Goldfields Aboriginal community, Margaret River photographer and sound designer Martine Perret and digital production technician Jonathan Mustard.
The conceptual body of multimedia work goes beyond documentary and photojournalism creating an aesthetic and creative platform highlighting the elders connection to land whilst illuminating the cultural significance of Australia's endangered languages.
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The work invites the audience to engage with each individual and their personal stories enhanced through a poignant and haunting storytelling installation.
Capturing the essence of each elder, Ngala Wongga shares the uniqueness and significance of their experiences and stories through an immersive and multi-sensorial journey.
The exhibition also includes other photographs in series Gungurrunga Ngawa meaning Look Above featuring aerial photographs capturing the ethereal beauty and unique shapes and textures of the Goldfield's salt lakes.
This exhibition highlights the importance of preserving the endangered languages of the Goldfields.
Using landscapes, portraiture and multi-media Perret's work intertwines the story of an extraordinary and ancient land, people, culture and language.
Examining the connectedness of people with the land, this exhibition highlights the importance of preserving the endangered languages of the Goldfields.
Perret is a French-born, Australian photographer based in WA whose professional career in freelance photojournalism took her to Timor-Leste in 2003.
For the next decade, Perret worked for the United Nations as a peacekeeping mission photographer documenting life in conflict zones.
This took her to all over the world to Burundi, South Sudan, East Timor, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and most recently West Africa.
The exhibiton will be held at Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery from July 27 to September 1, 2018.
The project was produced by ART ON THE MOVE and supported by Department of Local Government and Sport and Cultural Industries.
ART ON THE MOVE is a not-for-profit visual arts organisation encouraging connections and fostering a sense of belonging, creativity and a greater understanding of ourselves and the world through visual art.