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“Studying performance was a critical moment for me as an artist,” University alumna says Rachael Swain believes that performance can cross political boundaries. Pictured: Rachael Swain. Courtesy of Marrugeku. May 15, 2021 At an outdoor theatre in Broome, a dancer paces around a restraining chair in a lifelike prison cell. CCTV video projections paint the stage, evoking harrowing images of Don Dale Youth Detention Centre. Jurrungu Ngan-ga a Yawuru kinship concept meaning ‘Straight Talk’ is a hybrid work of contemporary dance, spoken word and multimedia. Through its chilling performances, it defiantly confronts Australia’s crises of Indigenous incarceration and offshore detention. “We wanted to create a conversation about Australia’s incredible capacity to lock up that which it fears,” says Director Rachael Swain. ....
Where the World Was Born Newly discovered rock art panels depict how ancient Aboriginal ancestors envisioned climate change and creation By MATT STIRN May/June 2021 Along the northern coast of Australia’s Arnhem Land, the Alligator Rivers wind among towering sandstone outcrops, forming a maze of estuaries that eventually empty into the Timor Sea. Kangaroos hop alongside fish-filled rivers, through tropical savannas, and into thick forests of eucalyptus where dingoes, lizards, wallabies, pythons, and more than 100 species of birds make their home. Entwined with the natural landscape, evocative images of both animals and people painted on rocky crags and inside shallow caves appear as evidence of the region’s human past. West Arnhem Land is home to one of the world’s largest collections of rock art, a testament to the relationship between humans and nature that has thrived here since the Paleolithic era, more than 30,000 years ago. The region remains one of the ....