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Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)

For the opening week of Queer PHOTO, I worked with artists Derik Lynch and Matthew Thorne to produce and presented a four-channel immersive installation of their Berlinale Silver Bear Winning Documentary, Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) at Footscray Community Arts.

Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in black) follows Yankunytjatjara man Derik Lynch's road trip back to Country for spiritual healing, as memories from his childhood return. A journey from the oppression of white city life in Adelaide, back home to his remote Anangu Community (Aputula) to perform on sacred Inma ground.

Inma is a traditional form of storytelling using the visual, verbal, and physical. It is how Anangu Tjukurpa (story connected to country / dreaming / myth / lore) have been passed down for over 60,000+ years from generation to generation.