Big stories run through the exhibition
Big Weather and other works in the NGV Collection, serving as a reminder of our reciprocal relationship with the weather, as well as the continuous and important nature of storytelling. As Dr Jared M. Field says, stories need to be told and retold, enabling us to both carry responsibility and pass it on. He shares a few of the works whose big stories resonate with him.
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Wanjina of Alec Mingelmanganu creep me out. But goodways, you know? They remind me of childhood and long hours listening to ghost stories. Stories that were told always in the same setting: a thin sheet on the floor, a pack of cards, and tea aplenty. And always by the same people: mum, aunties, and aunties that aren’t aunties but definitely are. These stories often left me scared, but also feeling protected. Protected, of course, because of who was doing the telling: there is no safer place than the arms of an old Black lady. These stories now also provide comfort, in t
Stockman s cottage transformed into charming farm stay
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Voices of resistance in the Pilliga
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