‘Nguraku’ / ‘A Tjuntjunjara Story’ at WA Museum Boola Bardip
Produced by Milpa / Spinifex Arts Centre
Post-Production by Steven Alyian
Two digital screen works produced for Milpa at the Spinifex Arts Centre, commissioned by the WA Museum that tell the story and history of the people of the Tjuntjunjara community. I was honoured to work alongside Milpa director Ange Leech, travelling out the community to help edit and animate the projects with the help of the local artists, incorporating their paintings, drawing, sculpture and performances into a multi-faceted digital screen work that extends 24 meters down the side of the Museum alongside a short documentary being screened as part of ‘The Spinifex People’ exhibition at the museum which opened in December 2024.
‘Nguarku’ - Preview Clips
Note: Video clips are small selections from a 24m x 1.2m format video installation
‘A Tjuntjunjara Story’ [Documentary]
CREDITS
‘Nguarku’ / ‘A Tjuntjunjara Story’
A Digital Artwork created by the Milpa, Spinifex Arts Project
Produced on Spinifex Country, Western Australia
Directors
Gregory Donaldson, Ningbell Lyons, Dianne Thompson, Susan Young
Co-Directors
Kendrea Hogan, Janine Hogan and Maureen Donegan
Executive Producer and Producer
Ange Leech
Producer
Erin Coates
Cinematographer
Dion Borrett
Animatior, Editing and Postproduction
Steven Alyian
Performers
Dion Borrett
Erin Coates
Jarrod Currie
Gregory Donaldson
Maureen Donegan
Janine Hogan
Ange Leech
Dianne Thompson
Ningbell Lyons
Saphrina Lyons
Vincent Walker
Susan Young
Illustration Artists
Jarmin Goodwin
Suzina Goodwin
Kendrea Hogan
Dianne Thomson
Ningbell Lyons
Susan Young
Esther Hogan
Regina Lyons
Gregory Donaldson
Lily Goodwin
The following members of the Tjuntjuntjara contributed to the production of this film
Gregory Donaldson,
Maureen Donegan,
Nancy Donegan
Susan Young,
Donna Brown,
Cheryl Grant
Valerie Green,
Debbie Henson
Janine Hogan
Kendrea Hogan
Pamela Hogan
Olive Nelson
Shonna Jamieson,
Loretta Stevens,
Dianne Thompson,
Kumanara M.Walker
Susan Young
Drawings Inspired by photographs from the
Ara Irititja, a digital archive of Anangu photographs, Jon and Sarah Lark
And Western Australia State Library, Robert McKeich and Frank Bunny Collection of Photographs
Special Thanks to
AngloGold Ashanti Australia
Midnight Oil
Pila Nguru Aboriginal Corporation
Stewart Ennis, Mask Training
The Tjuntjuntjara Community School
Tjuntjuntjara Community Members
A Milpa, Spinifex Arts Project Production
Milpa is a multimedia artists group from Great Victoria Desert, Tjuntjuntjara, WA
Commissioned by the Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip (WAM), funded by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and developed in consultation with Aboriginal Art Centre Hub Western Australia (AACHWA).
