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View Of Country

This shows the layered landscape of Alyawarr, Central Australia. Knowing your country is an important part of living in a remote community like Ampilatwatja.

Knowing when and where to go hunting and gathering, knowing where there is ‘soakage’ (where you can dig for water), travelling with family for ceremonies, and maintaining a connection with the land.

“This is my country, my view of country.”

The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint altyerr (dreaming stories). The artists paint their country where those stories sit.

 

Name: Chanelle Kemarre Holmes


Language: Alyawarre


Community: Ampilatwatja


Biography:

I was born in Alice Springs and I grew up and went to school in Ampilatwatja.  I started to  learn to paint from my grandmother Eileen Kemarre Bonney from the age of 15.  My paintings are of bush medicine and Ntanga Native seeds.  I am very busy with my two young children who I hope to teach to paint when they are older.   


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