Kang Guru went to Jakarta in very early July to join in with activities for NAIDOC Week and the celebration of contemporary Australian Indigenous culture. Talented indigenous Australians artist, Reko Rennie, and award-winning didgeridoo player, Lucas Proudfoot, were there from Australia especially for the the first week in July activities.
Kang Guru went to Jakarta in very early July to join in with activities for NAIDOC Week and the celebration of contemporary Australian Indigenous culture. Talented indigenous Australians artist Reko Rennie and award-winning didgeridoo player Lucas Proudfoot were there from Australia especially for the first week in July activities. These two Indigenous Australian artists made their first visit to Indonesia to share stories about the positive contribution of Indigenous culture to Australia's modern identity.
Through striking visual art and stirring musical performances, Reko Rennie and Lucas Proudfoot have been giving Indonesian audiences a taste of modern Indigenous Australian culture.
The Australian Embassy presented collaborative work by Reko Rennie and renowned Jakarta street artist Bujangan Urban at Kommunitas Salihara on 5 July. This was added to by didgeridoo performances and workshops by Lucas Proudfoot and a photographic exhibition by leading Australian Aboriginal photographic artist, Wayne Quilliam. The Australian Embassy hosted interactive music and cultural workshops for schoolchildren with Lucas Proudfoot and screenings of a short animated film series “The Dreaming Stories”, based on Australian Aboriginal oral histories maintained for over 40,000 years.
Lucas Proudfoot
This year celebrates the theme of “Change: the next step is ours” which encourages Indigenous people to
shape the changes they want to see in their own communities. Did you know that contact between
Australian Indigenous people and Indonesians dates back to the sixteenth century when Makassan
traders and fishermen first visited northern Australia?
