Goŋ Wanhurr Indigenous Corporation
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ISEA2024
Building on 10-years of collaborative cultural activities in Yolŋu Homelands, InDigiMatha – a Homeland Studio model developed by Goŋ Wanhurr through the formation of the Nambara Arts and Cultural Heritage Centre at Dhalinybuy – promotes educational and immersive curatorial engagements with the GLAM sector. Through the work of InDigiMatha Immersive Lab we have identified the infrastructural developments required to better equip communities (Elders, Artists, Art workers) with the requisite skills and training for curating Metaverse Mala – the transmission of immersive interactive cultural events and engagements direct from Homeland to Exhibition.
InDigiMatha is an East Arnhem Homeland community program and Industry engagement strategy that has been developed by Goŋ Wanhurr Corporation over the past decade in partnership with local, regional and national partners. Our most recent project, Miny’tji Immersive Mapping, presented at the Purrumpa Conference in Adelaide, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Australia Council’s ATSI board, and on a second exhibition launch held at the CDU Waterfront Campus in Darwin, elicited an impressive public response.
The Darwin CDU Waterfront event was featured by NT media channel and press. The InDigiMatha Homeland Studio model and the InDigiMatha immersive Lab programs connect remote homeland communities in East Arnhem to the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museum (GLAM) exhibition and event sector through the use of digital XR technologies.
The InDigiMatha Homeland Studio model runs three core programs: Elder-in-Residence, Artist-inResidence and Curator-in-Residence for the creation and co-curation of cultural digital art and immersive exhibitions for the GLAM sector.
This innovative Homeland engagement program has been developed over the past decade by East Arnhem Yolŋu Aboriginal Corporation, Goŋ Wanhurr working with local, regional and interjurisdictional partners. It builds on successful national and international engagements through the presentation of our unique immersive AR and VR content. From a community perspective the initiative’s main objective is to promote sustainable outcomes through the intergenerational engagement transmission and preservation of cultural knowledge, and the production of digital art and cultural content within and between communities.
