Emoh Ruo: Homage to the Art of the Home

The alphabet was invented, so they say, in Lebanon. To some Lebanese, their country represents an un-broken link with the birth of human history. Non-Aboriginal Australians, by contrast, share stories of interrupted family ties, of exile and forgetting. How then do these Lebanese relate to life in Australia?

Published June 1991

Concept of Country

Feature

Fiona Foley

Looks at the art practice of Fiona Foley (Thoorgine Country), Terry Ganadilla (Mewenbi Country) and Dale Yowingbala (Gamerdi Country), three aboriginal artists who worked together on an unusual project in Maningrida during 1991.

Published June 1991

List of Resource Material for the Arts in Multicultural Australia

Feature

Helen Andreoni

A great starting point for more research in this area. List prepared by Dr Helen Andreoni, of the School of Aboriginal and Multicultural Studies, University of New England.

Published June 1991

Multicultural, Aboriginal or Just Plain Australian

Feature

James Jupp

A great deal of agonising has gone on since the 1988 Bicentenary about the nature of Australian identity and therefore the nature of our distinctive culture.

Published June 1991

Arriving at a Sense of Position

Feature

Christl Berg

At times, life feels like a collection of unrelated events, a necklace without the string. Christl Berg writes of her experiences of leaving Germany when she was 25 and having lived in three different continents with three different cultures at varied stages in her life.

Published June 1991

Setting an Agenda for the Arts in Tasmania

Review

Sandi Young

Review: State Arts Conference
Tasmanian Arts Industry Council
April 1991
Photographs of delegates to the conference included.

Published June 1991

Interview with James Mollison

Feature

Meredith Smith

The Office of Multicultural Affairs talks for Artlink with James Mollison, Director of the National Gallery of Victoria March 1991.

Published June 1991

Alike/Unalike: Cultural Diversity in Australian Independent Film

Feature

Bill Mousoulis

Cultural diversity is crucial. Film makers may be unlike (in terms of cultural background) but they are also alike (in terms of their value.) In the area of independent film, there are a number of films which deal with multicultural themes and/or give non Anglo film-makers the opportunity to express themselves. One hopes that mainstream film can take up on this lead, because, from all apparent evidence, it remains sorely imbalanced.

Published June 1991

Elizabeth Gertsakis

Artist Profile

Elizabeth Gertsakis

Illustration of her current art practice. Includes images of her work 'The Boys in the Band' from 1989.

Published June 1991

Understanding/Misunderstanding

Feature

Jenny Zimmer

A reference to Wittgenstein's Zettel.

Published June 1991

Mixing it in Broome and Darwin

Feature

Kerry Davies

The Broome Mix is useful to bear in mind when thinking on all things multicultural - cultural diversity. In Broome that's culture - a mix of Aboriginal, Asian and European.

Published June 1991