Past Programs
Arts and Culture - 1999
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A Yidaki Masterclass
26/11/1999
Yidaki fans from around the world gather for a lesson from the inventors.
For a unique learning experience, join the Garma Festival of Traditional Culture hosted by the Yothu Yindi Foundation in July this year, and sit in on a Yidaki masterclass with participants from around the world.
At the festival the Yolgnu people of Arnhem land asserted their rights to the invention and ownership of the Yidaki and want to be recognised and respected for their custodianhip of the instrument. Native American, Japanese, German, Swiss, Australian and African Americans pariticipants found that they all had different expectations of what they'd get from a Yidaki masterclass.
The National Label of Authenticity
19/11/1999
From the official launch, hear artists Bronwyn Bancroft and Banduk Marika speak along with festivities and the music of legendary performers Leah Purcell and Jimmy Little. Afterwards National Indigenous Arts Advocacy Association (NIAAA) Board Member, Lydia Miller explains how the label works.
Later, Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre founder and Director, Christine Donnelly, talks about this weekend's National Indigenous Dance Conference.
And, of course, there's always deadly music on Awaye!
Art Mark
12/11/1999
There is much to talk about when, after 12 years, the Australia Council hosts only the 2nd National Indigenous Visual Arts Conference in a rapidly developing industry. Awaye! finds that the Label of Authenticity is the major drawcard for stakeholders.
We bring you highlights from the Conference in Cairns, where the hot topic was the impending launch of the Label of Authenticity, an 'art mark' designed to help sort the genuine art from the fakes. Communities and artists will pay a licensing fee to put the label on their art and craft.
Arts in Reconciliation
05/11/1999
A form about the role of arts in reconciliation.
The Desert Hip Hop Project
29/10/1999
Young Aboriginal people in Central Desert are forging new music that reflects their environment and the issues that arise when living in remote Australia.
This program looks at issues of racism, substance abuse, land rights, suicide and police harassment from the perspective of young Aboriginal people in Alice Springs. Producer Tony Collins spent a month or so with the young people in this program, recording their music and listening to their stories. The program looks at how the young people use hip hop as an artistic expression of the joys and frustrations of everyday life. It looks at how black American pop icons have inspired a generation of black Australians to express themselves - who also have to rid themselves of the trappings: American gangsta slang, sexism and violence, and the accents - and develop their own styles.
