Mandy Martin, Puritjarra 2, 2005. For further information on MANDY MARTIN, refer here: http://www.mandy-martin.com/
If there are diverse kinds of knowledge and ways of knowing place, then we need to learn to value the different ways each of us sees a single place that is significant, but differently so, for each perspective.
adrift on a sea of information at a time when the world's night is a destitute time. In the age of the world's night, the abyss of the world must be endured.
--Adelaide is home. Relaxation is Victor Harbor. I'm a frustrated photographer who has lost his way in life.I have trouble coping in the technological mode of being of our complex digital world.
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, a former member of Yothu Yindi, now with Saltwater Band, also has a solo profile. On 'Djarimirri', which is about Gurrumul's spiritual connection with the land, Geoffry is supported by bassist Michael Hohnen, the producer of Yunupingu's new album, Gurrumul.
The album Gurrumul is on Skinnyfish Music. He is using a modern medium - an voice and guitar plus the musical styles of gospel, soul and folk - to tell the traditional stories of his people and his culture.
What is produced is a form of Aboriginal music that is accessible to Western audiences.The effect is often very emotional--people get goosebumps or cry.
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