EVENT: Mowaljarlai Vision and Voice: Storytelling and Keeping of Stories

Writer and editor Peter Bibby was founding editor of Broome’s Magabala Books, when they first published Yorro Yorro by David Mowaljarlai and Jutta Malnic in 1993. He has recorded and published experiences of travelling to country with Mowaljarlai and with other senior Aboriginal people in the Kimberley and Kakadu, and recorded and published their stories.

Dr Richard Walley OAM is a leading Aboriginal performer, visual artist, writer, educator and cultural leader. His incredibly diverse life, contributions and achievements have led to many awards and recognition nationally and internationally. He is committed to delivering cultural awareness and learning programs across community, business and government sectors and is an advisor and consultant to several agencies, including UWA.

Join both Peter Bibby and Richard Walley in conversation as they share their experiences and insights about the place of story telling in sustaining and documenting Aboriginal culture.

Campus Partner: School of Indigenous Studies

This event forms part of the public program accompanying the exhibition MOWALJARLAI VISION AND VOICE from the Berndt Museum taking place at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

MOWALJARLAI VISION AND VOICE

23 April - 17 September 2016

A Berndt Museum exhibition within the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

Honouring the life and legacy of lawman, philosopher, artist, activist, storyteller, bush professor, and statesman, David Mowaljarlai.

Ngarinyin Lawman Bungal (David) Mowaljarlai, OAM (c.1925-1997) was an artist, philosopher and distinguished advocate for the land rights and culture of the Kimberley Wandjina peoples. Through images and sound, the exhibition will introduce audiences to Mowaljarlai’s gift to the world - his extraordinary commitment to communicate with the younger generation across cultures.