Name: Curtis Taylor
Language: Manyjilyjarra
Community: Parnngurr
Biography:
Curtis Taylor is a filmmaker and screen artist. Growing up in the remote Martu desert communities and in the city, Curtis has gained both traditional Martu knowledge and a Western education. After finishing school in 2008, Curtis worked as Community Coordinator and Youth Development Officer at Martu Media (a division of Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa), where he also spent 18 months working on Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route as a filmmaker and youth ambassador. Curtis was the recipient of 2011 Western Australian Youth Art Award and Westfarmers Youth Scholarship and his screen work has been shown in international film festivals, including the 2012 Nepal International Indigenous Film Archive Festival. Currently Curtis is undertaking film and media studies at Murdoch University in Perth.
The stripes of life “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters Read more…
Tali, Tuwa (Sandhills) The traditional lands of the Martu people encompass the Great Sandy Desert and Rudall River regions of Western Australia, an enormous tract dominated by distinctive red tali, or tuwa (sandhills). These sandhills Read more…
Family Groups “The shapes represent the family groups from different regions. It’s been really good, reconnecting with family and getting to know which family member is who. Getting to know my uncles, telling me about Read more…