WILLIAM SAVAGE | 'Kulap (Gorr) keyring' | Red / whiteThese Kulaps are woven from rope and made with seeds from Matchbox Bean (Burny Bean) tree. Traditionally the dry seeds are cut in half, then strung on to vines to make a traditional musical instrument . Kulaps are used as a musical instrument (rattle or shaker) in the Torres Strait during traditional ceremonies and dancing, also complementing singing, drumming and chanting. WILLIAM SAVAGE 'Kulap (Gorr) keyring' Red white Burney bean seed + rope 5 (h)

Aamu gapunu kunumzinga

It represents the common need to protect threatened sea turtles – Warr

DARREN BLACKMAN | 'Land Belonging to Nobody: Falsehood' | 2020 | 56 (h) x 76 (w) cm | Acrylic / Wu (Ochre) / Charcoal on Hahnemuehle paper

Details: 'Soft Rain' | 2023 | Acrylic + mixed media on canvas / framed | 33 (h) x 43 (w) cm

CHOLENA HUGHES | ‘Clay Weaving #5 |  Wood-fired mixed clay / woven Madagascan raffia | 12 (dia) x 6 (h) cm

apiya anarayka a matha kedha dhamuka pudayka midha thonarnu

a bamboo scoop (weres) was used

Our dogs and corollas have a rivalry

Printed by Paloma Ramos for Editions Tremblay Artist: Doris Ned

Artwork story:During the rainy season we would dig out mud from the side of creeks or slope or where ever we could find them and play mud fight

and in her Far North Studio nestled on the dividing line of the Far North tropical rainforest and the dry eucalypt forest

and the spirit becomes a device linking these elements