Aboriginal artists, Paddy Garrol Tjungarrayi and Dinni Nolan Tjampatimpa, demonstrate the making of a sandpainting - a traditional art form intended to be impermanent. The paintings are made in a ritual manner and then destroyed as they are danced upon during a corroboree. Shows the adaptation of western technology by the Papunya people to this traditional art form.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
303305
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Western Australia
Aboriginal Australia → Art, Aboriginal Australian
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Papunya (N.T.)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Aboriginal Australian
Crafts & Visual Arts → Sandpaintings
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
People → Tjampatimpa, Dinni Nolan
People → Tjungarrayi, Paddy Carroll
Places → Papunya (N.T.)
Short films
Short films → Short films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)