The Art of Healing
Clip 3: Jesus’s belly button
3 min 19 sec
Taken from the documentary The Art of Healing (2005)
Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be G
Availability of the complete title
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
The artists talk about the response to the paintings on the Santa Teresa church wall. We see an Aboriginal interpretation of biblical characters such as Jesus and Moses.
Curator’s notes
The interpretation of the Bible by the Indigenous artists brings a lot of the characters from the natural environment into the interior of the Santa Teresa church. The goanna, galah, magpie, along with Indigenous people making camp as well as an Aboriginal Jesus gives a unique interpretation of the biblical text, and the Indigenous artists weaving the ancient stories of the Dreaming through and into the biblical stories gives a refreshing understanding not only of the Bible, but of the country.
Romaine Moreton, curator
