Stage 2 Launch

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WA Museum Boola Bardip

Digital Art Project

In July 2020, AACHWA was contracted by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries to provide curatorial and cultural advice on a unique four year public artwork commission at the WA Museum Boola Bardip (from 2020 – 2023).

AACHWA’s role in this project is to prepare curatorial proposal briefs for the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries WA which present recommendations for artworks to be displayed at the WA Museum Boola Bardip for this public art commission each year. The project brief is to celebrate the diversity of Aboriginal art and artists in Western Australia.

This commission will see different digital artworks presenting WA Aboriginal art to be on the WA Museum Boola Bardip building’s two screens over the course of 2020 – 2023. The commissions will create a digital display designed specifically for the WA Museum screens.

In 2022, Sohan Ariel Hayes and their team travelled around the state filming as part of their proposal for Stage 2 of the project. Sohan’s project centred around the importance of storytelling for community, Country and continuity of culture. This approach culminated in a series of film titled Artist in Focus to feature on the Hacket Hall screens. Accompanying the films, Sohan and his team also developed a series of short animation loops displaying simultaneously along the Francis Street ribbon screen at the museum.

The four stunning short films featured the following artists:

These Stage 2 digital artworks went live on the WA Museum Boola Bardip screen on Tuesday 28 February 2023.
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AACHWA is thrilled to be involved in this incredible project, which will provide greater visibility for Western Australian Aboriginal artists by showcasing their artwork on the WA Museum Boola Bardip public facing large-scale screens in the Perth Cultural Centre and along Francis Street. We look forward to seeing the impact it will have on the artists and the broader community.

For more information contact AACHWA Projects Coordinator Grace Connors projectscoordinator@aachwa.com.au or (08) 9200 6248.
Behind the scenes for WA Museum Digital Art Project, Christopher Pease, Noongar Boodja, Dunsborough, WA, 2022. Image courtesy of Sohan Ariel Hayes & Devris Hasan.
Behind the scenes for WA Museum Digital Art Project, Daniel Walbidi painting at Bidyadanga, WA, 2022. Image courtesy of Sohan Ariel Hayes & Devris Hasan.
Behind the scenes for WA Museum Digital Art Project, Dora Griffiths (left) and Jan Griffiths (right), Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Miriwoong Country, Kununarra, WA, 2022. Image courtesy of Sohan Ariel Hayes & Devris Hasan.
Behind the scenes for WA Museum Digital Art Project, (left to right) Devris Hasan, Judith Coppin, Wendy Hubert and Sohan Ariel Hayes, Juluwarlu Art Group, Ngurrawaana Community, WA, 2022. Image courtesy of Sohan Ariel Hayes & Devris Hasan.
Behind the scenes for WA Museum Digital Art Project, Cathy Ward (left) and Delaney Griffiths (right), Waringarri Abo-riginal Arts, Miriwoong Country, Kununarra, WA, 2022. Im-age courtesy of Sohan Ariel Hayes & Devris Hasan.
AACHWA Board visit the WA Museum Boola Bardip Digital Art Project, Boorloo (Perth), WA, 2022. Photograph by Chad Creighton.

 

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AACHWA respectfully acknowledges the Whadjuk People of the Noongar Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which AACHWA’s office is located. AACHWA extends its Acknowledgement to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of this country and its waters. We wish to pay respect to the Elders past and present and extend this to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Art and storytelling have been practised by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on these lands for tens of thousands of years, and we at AACHWA are privileged to be able to promote, empower and connect Aboriginal artists and art centres across the region. This always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.

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