The Art of Healing
Clip 1: Creation story
3 min 30 sec
Taken from the documentary The Art of Healing (2005)
Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be G
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Please be aware that this clip may contain the names, images and voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who may now be deceased.
Curator’s clip description
Agnes Palmer, or Lyaakiye as she is also known, sits facing camera. Agnes is an Arrernte and Kngwarraye woman. Agnes talks about being raised in the mission. Agnes is struck by the bareness of the white walls of the church and has an idea to paint the story of what God did during the Dreaming.
Curator’s notes
Agnes Palmer, or Lyaakiye, talks about the experience of growing up on the mission, a time during which the influence of the old people or the Aboriginal elders was still current. The idea of painting the Christian creation story by using Indigenous characters and story is a fusion of these two concepts.
Romaine Moreton, curator
