- The WA Museum
Boola Bardip launches a new season of exciting exhibitions and experiences
- The feature exhibition Three Journeys opens the season
with a celebration of contemporary Aboriginal storytelling
- The 2024 season features stories from locally and internationally
acclaimed exhibitions
Led by an exhibition
that takes you on a transformative journey, celebrating Aboriginal voices, culture and stories, WA Museum Boola
Bardip's 2024 season includes new and powerful perspectives on Aboriginal
culture combined with contemporary storytelling.
Opening the exhibition
program for the coming year is Three Journeys - a collection of three exhibitions that coalesce to celebrate the art of storytelling
through filmmaking, television, music, and art.
The off-beat television
series Bush Mechanics, ABC
Television's critically acclaimed sci-fi dramaCleverman, and Warnarral
Ngoorrngoorrool - an old car wreck transformed into a sonic sculpture
musical instrument and memorable artistic creation -combine to celebrate resilience, innovation, creativity and the enduring spirit of Aboriginal peoples
through culture and storytelling.
Through Western Australian, and wider
Australian Aboriginal stories, the 2024 WA Museum program will bring a
collection of experiences to WA audiences that is profound, inspiring and imaginative.
The whole season program, which commences on Saturday,
18 November 2023 with Three Journeys, continues with a
diverse mix of exhibitions across the State, including:
- Challenging the Deep, featuringthe extraordinary
exploration and filmmaking of James Cameron, this
exhibition was created by the National Maritime Museum Australia. It focuses on
Cameron's passion and pursuits in deep ocean scientific, technical innovations,
and creative achievements.
- To the Moon! explores our historical fascination with the
Moon, showcasing the Museum of the Moon installation, created by world
renowned artist Luke Jerram.
- Art of the Spinifex People is a beautiful and powerful exhibition of the incomparable artworks of
the Spinifex people, and the story of the triumph of a dispossessed
people. Driven off their land to
accommodate the notorious Maralinga nuclear weapons trials, the Spinifex people
eventually returned to secure the first Native Title settlement to be completed on the
Australian mainland, using artworks as the legal documents to support their
claim.
- Josephine's
Garden is an immersive
exhibition which documents the story of Napoleon Bonaparte's wife, Josephine de
Beauharnais, and the extraordinary garden she established containing many plants
and animals collected from Australia.
- Kimberley
VR: The Last Great Wilderness
is a first for the WA Museum with a simultaneous launch across WA Museum Boola
Bardip, and three regional museums – it is a virtual reality experience created
by White Spark Pictures explores the dramatic and breathtaking landscapes of
the Kimberley region.
For information about all WA Museum
exhibitions and experiences: visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip
Comments attributed to Culture and the Arts Minister David Templeman:
"Three Journeys is
a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices and perspectives.
Each of the respective exhibitions gives a wonderful insight into contemporary
Aboriginal storytelling and cultural expression.
"Western Australians will
be able to enjoy another exciting array of experiences and installations
throughout the WA Museum's 2024 season that includes an eclectic mix of
science, culture, and art, from locally and internationally acclaimed
exhibitions.
"Everyone should explore Three
Journeys and all the associated programs, events and activities on offer at
WA Museum Boola Bardip and our regional museums throughout 2024."
Comments attributed to
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Dr Tony Buti:
"I am looking forward to
seeing these exhibitions and enjoying the many perspectives on our Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander voices.
"Aboriginal culture and
storytelling is rich and diverse, and there will be something for everyone in
these exhibitions."
