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early 2006 we have been the principal designers for Ngapartji
Ngapartji, a long-term inter-generational arts project
based in Alice Springs. An initiative of Big
hART, this multi-faceted project includes
an online Pitjantjatjara language course where young people
and their families become language tutors for the national
and international audiences of the Ngapartji Ngapartji
theatre production. The touring theatre piece, based on
the life of Spinifex man Trevor Jamieson, has so far attracted
critical acclaim at the Melbourne International Arts Festival,
the Perth International Arts Festival and the Sydney Opera
House.
Our design work to date has included logo and visual identity,
the Ngapartji Ngapartji website, the self-contained Ninti
Ngapartji language and culture website, foyer posters
for the Sydney Opera House and a swathe of theatre programs.
At the moment we are producing a series of maps and downloadable
resources for the project. |
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program (front cover) |
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the Pitjantjatjara concept of reciprocity and exchange, ngapartji
ngapartji ('I give you something, you give me something')
at the heart of this project, we were keen to directly involve
the participants and community in the construction of its
online presence. |
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do this, we travelled to Alice Springs to run a series of
workshops in which participants made collages and drawings
representing their experiences of the project. These images
then fed directly into the web graphics we produced for the
site.
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Makeshift is always interested in exploring new models of collaborative
production and cultural exchange (see
Karl’s honours thesis on this topic), which is why
we’ve found this project so inspiring. |
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