Yennaga Yettang/Come See Launch @ Powerhouse Place

Friday 24 November
6.30pm to 11pm
Powerhouse Place – Hugh King Drive, Mildura

The Yennaga Yettang/Come See Project reflects on women's ‘connection to country’ and their role as knowledge holders of customs and traditions. This beautiful film piece, created by Maree Clarke, was shot on Latje Latje and Ngintait Country in the Mildura Rural City Council Local Government Area.

Accompanying the visuals is a unique sound choral arrangement developed with local young women under the guidance of local musical talents Catherine Threlfall and Merilyn Air.

Come along and celebrate the launch of this visual piece, which will be displayed on the Powerhouse Building using the on-site projector!

Live entertainment

Food

Meet the artists behind the work!

Creators

• Maree Clarke, Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung woman- Lead Artist
• Aunty Janine Wilson - Latje Latje, Cultural Advisor
• Jill Antonie - Project Manager
• Jennifer Douglas – Filming
• Catherine Threlfall - Sound Composition and Direction
• Merliyn Air - Sound Direction and Engineering

About the lead artist

Maree Clarke is a Mutti Mutti, Yorta Yorta, Wamba Wamba, Boonwurrung woman from Mildura and is a multi-disciplinary artist.

Her career spans more than 30 years as an artist/curator and Artistic Director working with, and nurturing and promoting, the diversity of contemporary southeast Aboriginal artists.

Maree is a pivotal figure in the reclamation and promotion of southeast Australian Aboriginal art practices. Her continuing desire to affirm and reconnect with her cultural heritage, has seen her revivification of traditional material culture, such as possum skin cloaks, together with the production of contemporary necklace designs, using kangaroo teeth, river reeds, echidna quills, as well as more contemporary materials, including glass.

Her multi-media installations including photography, sculpture and video, further explore the customary ceremonies and rituals of her ancestors.

Maree’s work has featured centrally in many exhibitions across Australia and is the focus of a major career survey, 'Ancestral Memories', currently at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Funding

Victorian Women's Public Arts Project Grant: $109,000

Regional Tourism Investment Fund: $89,926

Mildura Rural City Council: $23,737

Yennaga Yettang/Come See was supported by the Victorian Government through the Community Support Fund and the Mildura Rural City Council

When

Location

Powerhouse Place, 122 Hugh King Drive, Mildura, 3501, View Map