Kunmanara (Mumu Mike) Williams, Pitjantjatjara language group. We don’t need a map (Mapa Wiya), 2017. Ink and acrylic on found map, 59 x 90cm. Image courtesy of Fondation Opale, Lens, Switzerland.
Public Opening Celebration of exhibition Mapa Wiya (Your Map’s Not Needed): Australian Aboriginal Art from the Fondation Opale.
The public are invited to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Mapa Wiya (Your Map’s Not Needed): Australian Aboriginal Art from the Fondation Opale, on view September 13, 2019 – February 2, 2020 in the Menil Collection main building.
Join them for an evening of music and dance performances by David Williams, Stanley Gawurra Gaykamangu, and Amrita Hepi.
The main museum building will stay open late until 9 p.m.
Food trucks will be available.
The evening will begin with a welcome and performance by David Williams, a descendant of the Wakka Wakka people from central southwest Queensland. Williams will play the didgeridoo, a wind instrument originating from Arnhem Land in Northern Australia. The celebration will continue with an outdoor musical performance by Stanley Gawurra Gaykamangu, a Yolngu professional performing artist hailing from Milingimbi (Yurrwi), North East Arnhem Land. With an emotional and resonant voice, Gawurra’s performances deliver a masterful musical sensitivity. Following Gawurra will be a performance by choreographer and dancer Amrita Hepi, from Bundjulung (Aus) and Ngapuhi (NZ) territories. Hepi’s outdoor installation, An Occupation, is part sculpture and part performance, in which she uses an inflatable structure.
Schedule of events:
6–9 p.m.
The public are invited to celebrate the opening of the exhibition. Join us for an evening of music and dance performances by David Williams, Stanley Gawurra Gaykamangu, and Amrita Hepi. The main museum building will stay open late until 9 p.m. Food trucks will be available.
6 p.m.
Foyer
David Williams, a descendant of the Wakka Wakka people from central southwest Queensland, will play the didgeridoo, a wind instrument originating from Arnhem Land in Northern Australia.
7 p.m.
Front Lawn
Stanley Gawurra Gaykamangu is a Yolngu professional performing artist hailing from Milingimbi (Yurrwi), North East Arnhem Land. With an emotional and resonant voice, Gawurra’s performances deliver a masterful musical sensitivity.
8 p.m.
Choreographer and dancer Amrita Hepi, from Bundjulung (Aus) and Ngapuhi (NZ) territories, will present An Occupation. This outdoor installation is part sculpture and part performance, in which she uses an inflatable structure.
This event is free and open to everyone.
SOURCE: The Menil Collection.