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Aboriginal animations on show at USC
An exciting exhibition of stop-motion, hand-drawn, computer-generated machinima and other animation techniques will open at the University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery on Thursday 14 July at 6pm.
The touring Big Eye Aboriginal Animations exhibition, from QUT Precincts and CyberTribe online gallery, presents a diverse collection of short films by Canadian and Australian Indigenous artists as part of NAIDOC celebrations.
Cybertribe curator Jenny Fraser said the works in the exhibition highlighted current issues important to Indigenous people in Canada and Australia, the only two First Nation Peoples described as Aboriginal.
“We strive to honour the past as our teacher, honour the present as our creation, and honour the future as our inspiration," Ms Fraser said.
“This is ‘dreaming’ in action. Big Eye features the latest animation techniques such as computer-generated imagery (CGI), second-life machinima, as well as more traditional animation techniques like claymation, where scenes are created from plasticine.
“The artists draw on digital techniques as a part of ongoing cultural maintenance.”
Guest speakers at the exhibition opening on Thursday 14 July will be Gubbi Gubbi man Kerry Neil and former USC Vice-Chancellor Emeritus Professor Paul Thomas AM.
Big Eye Aboriginal Animations will open on the same night as two other exhibitions: Portraits: Lisa Maree Williams; and Feeling Safe from USC’s engage research lab.
The engage research lab team, headed by Dr Christian Jones, will present ongoing research into the use of technology to address challenges facing society.
All three exhibitions will be at the USC Gallery until Saturday 20 August.
The gallery is located at the University campus on Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs. It is open free to the public from 10am to 4pm Monday to Saturday.
The Gallery is closed Sundays and public holidays.
The 2011 University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery program is proudly supported by Coastline BMW and the Kurtz family.
— Terry Walsh