Wilurarra Creative, Art and Technology

Symposium:

• ISEA2011: 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art
• More presentations from ISEA2011:  

• Collaborating as Social Work

• Wilurarra Creative, Art and Technology

• Ben Fox

Venue(s):

• Sabanci Center, Istanbul, Turkey

• Ben Fox (trained engineer and artist) and Kate Fielding (Writer and designer) present on how art and technology are working in one of Australia’s most remote desert communities to enable Indigenous cultural maintenance and diverse literacies.

  Wilurarra Creative is a one-of-a-kind program. It facilitates a diverse range of creative programs and provides space for self directed learning for Ngaanyatjarra people 17-30.

  Part arts space, part library, part internet café, part hair salon, part music studio: part workshop; all creativity, all community. Wilurarra Creative is bursting at the seams; full of people, ideas and action.

  Wilurarra Creative is a community hub and incubator. It provides activities for the large demand from post school age adults in remote communities. Wilurarra Creative is excelling where many projects struggle; consistently engaging people in meaningful projects and providing real pathways to new opportunities through community building, learning, mentoring and employment.

  Wilurarra Creative:
  Works with adults
  Achieves a high level of engagement from this demographic who are notoriously hard to engage
  Involves supervision of self directed training
  Trains participants to run the equipment (reducing bottlenecking and reliance on particular staffers)
  Shares models with other Ng communities, providing employment to young people trained through the program to train others
  Fosters intergenerational support
  Models best practice community development

  Wilurarra Creative’s home is Warburton Community, W.A, on the Ngaanyatjarra Lands.

• wilurarra.com.au

Category:

• Paper