sun02oct10:3012:00Kids workshops10:30 - 12:00

sun02oct11:0012:00ROUNDTABLE: meeting with artists from Arnhem Land11:00 - 12:00

Event Details

Zac Yarrang Escobar and Leonard Bowaynu of the Yolngu nation will discuss their culture, the importance of their art and ceremonies with Max Moon, coordinator of the Art Centre on their island of Milingimbi in Arnhem Land. In Yolngu culture the land, sea, ceremony, song, law and sacred clan designs are inseparable. Art making is rarely an individual hobbyist pursuit, but rather an act of reflection and revelation of the ancestors that handed down the foundational designs and objects.

Zac Yarrang Escobar is a young emerging leader from the Mälarra clan of the Yolngu nation. He works for the Crocodile Island Rangers caring for his land and sea country and guides their junior ranger program. Alongside learning from his elders about Yolngu environmental and cultural knowledge, he is trained in conservation, biodiversity and fire management. Zac is also a budding videographer.

Leonard Bowaynu is a Gooriyindi and Djinang clan senior elder and ceremonial leader from the Yolngu nation in north-east Arnhem Land. He is respected for his broad ceremonial and environmental knowledge and holds ritual responsibilities for many clans, including as senior djungaya (custodian) for his mother’s Walamangu clan and liyaman (ceremonial singer) for his and several related clans. Born and raised in the bush according to traditional Yolngu law, Leonard has a deep connection to his Country, including the extensive sea country of the Crocodile Island rangers.

Discussion in English, consecutive translation into French
Free event, booking required: info@fondationopale.ch or +41 (0)27 483 46 10