Medium

Ink on paper.
Limited edition of 20.

Description

This is the story of Tjilkamala – the porcupine man. He is travelling around Talaalpi, west of Kintore and is looking for ants. He digs for them in the ground and creates holes. Meanwhile tracking behind him are women out hun􏰀ting, hoping to make the porcupine their tucker for the evening. These holes fill with water a􏰂er the rain and with the morning dew. Over many years they have become rockholes.

This work is the story of Alice’s personal Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) – the Porcupine. The setti􏰃ng is the rockholes in and around the swamp of Talaalpi in Western Australia.