Brunswick Women's Theatre

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The rock art that redraws our history

Ship-shape … Daryl Guse, from the Australian National University, with the long-hidden rock art at Djulirri in the Wellington Range, Arnhem Land.
Photo: Rick Stevens

HIDDEN in rugged ranges in north-west Arnhem Land, a spectacular treasure-trove of Aboriginal rock art is set to rewrite the history of Australia.

In a find that has stunned archaeologists and anthropologists, a vast wall of about 1500 paintings chronicles the history of Aboriginal contact with outsiders, from Macassan proas and European sailing ships to 19th-century steamships and a World War II battleship.

Alongside exquisite rock art more than 15,000 years old are paintings that capture some of the 19th and 20th centuries' most important technological innovations - a biplane, bicycle, car and rifle - as well as portraits of church ministers, sea captains and traders.

This indigenous version of a history book rivals anything similar in the world and holds the key to Australia's ancient and modern history, according to scientists who have just returned from an expedition to the Djulirri rock shelter in the Wellington Range. The Griffith University archaeologist Professor Paul Tacon, one of five scientists who travelled to Djulirri, said it was of international significance, unprecedented in artistic and technical merit and telling a new story of contact between Aboriginal people and the world.

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Posted by Isabel loves design at 6/09/2009 12:50:00 PM | Links to this post    
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Finding Leichhardt in Arnhem Land

Traditional owner Fred Hunter with rock paintings in Arnhem Land. Photo: Glenn Campbell

HIDDEN for almost 200 years, a rock painting of an early Australian explorer, believed to be Ludwig Leichhardt, is to be exposed to non-Aboriginal people for the first time.

The Aboriginal artist who drew the painting on the ceiling of a rock shelf in rugged stone country in Arnhem Land had never before seen a horse or a white man, experts believe.

The artist reveals his fascination with a four-legged animal that lifts its tail to urinate, has knee and chest guards and has a weird-looking figure sitting on its back.

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Posted by Isabel loves design at 6/09/2009 12:47:00 PM | Links to this post    
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Davin Ellicson (b. 1978) is working on a long-term project about the transformation of rural life in Eastern Europe as the European Union expands. He lived and farmed with a peasant family for a year in the Maramures region of northern Romania, the most traditional area of Europe, and is now pursuing stories throughout the Balkans. Davin received a BA in Modern European History from Carleton College in 2001 and earned an MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from The London College of Communication in 2006. He has completed assignments for The International Herald Tribune, Courrier Japon, Bloomberg News and Intermediair Magazine and his work has appeared in the books ‘East’ and ‘This Day of Change’, The New York Times, Der Speigel, TAZ, Die Presse, Vision Magazine, Blueeyes Magazine and du Magazine. Davin is based in Bucharest, Romania and represented by the Anzenberger Agency and Wonderful Machine (US).

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Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil (*1927)

At the end of the forties Sergio Rodrigues, while still at the School of Architecture in Rio de Janeiro, perceived that Brazilian architecture was experiencing a moment of major signifi cance. At the same time, he realised that the interiors of these groundbreaking houses and buildings, designed by great architects such as Oscar Niemeyer, Lúcio Costa and their colleagues, did not live up to the buildings’ innovative spirit. “They used colonial-style furniture or imported pieces. Furniture was lacking the national identity achieved in architecture”, he recounts. In 1956, Rodrigues founded ‘Oca Industries’in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, a brand that for two decades was the hallmark of modern furniture in Brazil. ‘Oca’ was conceived as a studio of interior design, decoration and set design, combined with an art gallery and a showroom for furniture designed by Sergio Rodrigues. Seeking a personal means of expression, Rodrigues took recourse to traditional materials such as leather, bamboo and the wood of the Jacaranda tree. The proximity of his creations to icons of Brazilian culture and his self-assured evocation of the contemporary spirit were factors that prompted the jury at the ‘IVth Concorso Internazionale del Mobile’ in Italy in 1961 to award fi rst place to his ‘Mole’ chair (also marketed under the name ‘Sheriff’) and MOMA in New York to add the chair to its permanent collection. Rodrigues left Oca in 1968 and since then has been working for his own design studio, creating furniture for industrial production, along with architecture and interior concepts for hotels, residences and offi ces. During a half century of work and research Sergio Rodrigues has produced more than 1,200 furniture models. His overt passion for wood led him to create a versatile modular architecture system that permits assembly of the most simple constructions as well as highly complex buildings. Among Rodrigues’ many design projects, the most notable include the Brazilian Embassy in Rome, the Universidade de Brasilia, the Palacio des Arcos, the Teatro Nacional in Brasilia and the headquarters of Editora Bloch in Rio de Janeiro.

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Na Hale 'o waiawi
(Roughly translated from the Hawaiian language to mean: Wild Dwellings Built from Strawberry Guava).
The Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2003.
Photographer: Paul Kodama.


{I can imagine myself as a child playing in this cubby houses}
Around the Corner
University of Southern Indiana, New Harmony Gallery, New Harmony, IN, 2003.
Photographer: Doyle Dean



Close Ties
Brahan Estate, Dingwall, Scottish Highlands, 2006.
Photographer: Fin Macrae.


Childhood Dreams
Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona, 2007.
Photographer: Adam Rodriguez.


Crossing Over
American Craft Museum, New York, New York, 1996.
Photographer: Dennis Cowley.


Doin' the Locomotion
Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, 2004.
Photographer: Ricardo Barros.


Nine Lives
Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, Ohio, 2006.
Photographer: Greg Sailor.


Holy Rope
Chiba, Japan, 1992
Photographer: Tadahisa Sakura

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dietmar busse photographer

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More videos from Animals Australia

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In December 2007, Animals Australia conducted a fifth investigation in the Middle East, exposing industry claims of 'improvements' and 'isolated incidents of animal cruelty' as just another desperate attempt to defend a brutal trade in animal misery.

We have spared you from the worse images (no slaughter footage is shown).
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