August 2024

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Goannas

Gapu is a series of limited edition fine prints created in a long standing a collaboration between Basil Hall Editions and Beswick artists. Gapu Series XI uses, for  the first time, the Collograph technique and features 23 prints by 14 senior and emerging artists from Beswick.  Gapu (Water) features life and cultural practice around the water ways of both Beswick and the ancestral homelands of the artists, from hairy yams to woven string bags, sitting ducks on the billabong to fish hiding in the lily roots, ceremonial dilly bags to the mythical Mimis that share country.

Editions are limited to 30 prints, printed on Hahnemuhle paper.

By CompNet Systems, ago

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Pool On The Edge Of The Reef Tere Keper (Erub Mer) Thera Kaper (Kulkalgau Ya)

This artwork is a representation of our many colourful reefs in the Torres Strait. The reefs of our region is so beautiful and is admired by all. Since I was a child; I have always enjoyed walking on the reef with my family. Even now that I have family of my own, I continue to do so with my grand children. The reefs of the Torres Strait has always been a place for cultural practices and a source of inspiration for songs and dance since time immemorial. I have always been fascinated by the creatures and inhabitants of the reef. In my time, I have seen a lot of changes on the reefs. With the effects of global warming and marine pollution, the reefs are dying. We need to start caring more for our sea country. It affects the ecosystems, reefs and the creatures that inhabit them. If we want our future generation to enjoy what we have, then we must make a change today.

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CYCLE OF LIFE

The coconut tree has a big impact towards the people of the Torres Strait. The coconut fruit provides food for eating and cooking, the leaves of the coconut tree provide thatching for shelter and shade for the islander on a sunny day or when it’s time for bed. Also, the leaves are used for weaving baskets and making toys for the village children to play with. This also helps with the cycle of life, because the knowledge is passed down from generation to generation. When the fruit falls from the tree it rolls into the sea and starts drifting with the tide and the current out to the open sea, then eventually the fruit gets washed up onto a sand cay and few years down the track the sand cay will turn into a deserted island.

By CompNet Systems, ago

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WAHMERE (Black Tail)

The Wahmere (Frigate Bird) is a part of my traditional totem. It is also a very important and a very helpful animal, because the people of the Torres Strait can tell how the weather will be just by looking at what level the Wahmere (Frigate Bird) is flying or gliding up in the sky.

By CompNet Systems, ago

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WAHMERE (Yellow Tail)

The Wahmere (Frigate Bird) is a part of my traditional totem. It is also a very important and a very helpful animal, because the people of the Torres Strait can tell how the weather will be just by looking at what level the Wahmere (Frigate Bird) is flying or gliding up in the sky.

By CompNet Systems, ago

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WAHMERE (Red)

The Wahmere (Frigate Bird) is a part of my traditional totem. It is also a very important and a very helpful animal, because the people of the Torres Strait can tell how the weather will be just by looking at what level the Wahmere (Frigate Bird) is flying or gliding up in the sky.

By CompNet Systems, ago

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BLAIK

Blaik Blaik is an eagle ray that glides on the reefs edge off Kemus, unlike all the other rays, Blaik likes to do things on his own and in his own type of way. Blaik has limited friends but is always available when others are in need of help, when Blaik goes looking for food he not only finds food for himself but he makes sures his friends and family get something to eat as well. Blaik is a kind hearted and helpful ray, all his fellow friends and family adores that about him. Some even gave him a nickname “ The Kind Hearted Mr Blaik”

By CompNet Systems, ago

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ARIEL THE RAY

I enjoy making Ghost Net sculptures to raise awareness about the dangers of Ghost nets and ocean pollution. I hope it inspires people to create something with whatever marine debris they find on the beach or in the ocean. We all have the duty of care to protect the ocean and the environment around us, for our children and their children. One piece of artwork is one piece of abandon net that’s not floating in the ocean killing many marine species. The Eagle ray is a totem to many Torres Strait Tribal groups. The colours and patterns I use on my artworks are the colours and patterns I see in and around the ocean. Patterns of the corals, the sand line, the waves and how the tide moves.

By CompNet Systems, ago

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GENUA

My name is Genua the ray. My home is far away on a little island called Nowhere. The reason why my island is called “Nowhere” is because it’s far away from civilisation, that only few of my friends and family knows about my island. Even though my home is isolated from the rest, me and my family still take care and look out for families that visits or are passing through. One day a massive storm had hit my island and destroyed my area, so my family made the decision to find a new home that will be safe for me. We searched and searched until we found this small area on the island of Erub where the water is nice and clear.

By CompNet Systems, ago

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EL-LEE-ZAA

Hello my name is El-Lee-Zaa I am a very colourful Turtle that leaves not far from here. I love my ocean and my ocean family, me and my fellow friends like to spend the day just playing and telling each other about the pros and cons of ocean life, only because we are passionate about our ocean.

By CompNet Systems, ago