Join us to celebrate the opening weekend of ACCA’s new exhibition Tennant Creek Brio: Juparnta Ngattu Minjinypa Iconocrisis.
Featuring artist talks in the gallery followed by a live music performance by Eleanor Jawurlngali Dixon in the ACCAxMalthouse courtyard.
The event is free and open to all, registrations are encouraged. Read more about accessibility at ACCA here.
Event details
3.00pm: Smoking Ceremony
3.30–4.30pm: Artist talks in the gallery featuring Fabian Brown Japaljarri, Rupert Betheras, Jimmy Frank Jupurrula, and other collaborators
5.30–6.15pm: Live music performance by Eleanor Jawurlngali Dixon in the ACCAxMalthouse courtyard
6.30pm: Event concludes
Eleanor Jawurlngali Dixon
Eleanor Jawurlngali Dixon is a Mudburra and Garrawa woman from Marlinja in the Northern Territory, a small outback community almost exactly halfway between Alice Springs and Darwin.
She is a member of the highly critically acclaimed Kardajala Kirridarra and the father/daughter duo Rayella. In 2024 she appeared at the St. Kilda Festival, Mona Foma, the NIMAs and supported Kim Gordon and The Dirty Three on their national tour.
Her music melds the contemporary with the traditional, singing in both traditional languages and English. Her voice is beautiful and ethereal and together with her collaborators Mick Turner form The Dirty Three and multi award winning cellist Stephanie Arnold, they bring the listener on a journey following the spirit of the music grounded in ancient language, deep listening, and imagination.
Tennant Creek Brio
Encompassing contemporary artists from Northern Central Australia and Melbourne, Tennant Creek Brio includes key members Fabian Brown Japaljarri, Lindsay Nelson Jakamarra, Rupert Betheras, Joseph Williams Jangarrayi, Jimmy Frank Juppurla, Clifford Thompson Japaljarri and Marcus Camphoo Kemarre, and other occasional collaborators. The group first converged in 2016 when the artists initiated an outreach program at the local men’s centre, Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation.
Since 2016, Tennant Creek Brio has exhibited widely with recent solo exhibitions including Tennant Creek Brio: Cross Section, Cassandra Bird Gallery, Gadigal Country/Sydney, 2024; Remember Now Old Man Nomad, cbOne Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2023; Papulu-ku Nyinjjiki (seeing houses), OFFICE, Naarm/Melbourne, 2023; Radioactive Anomalies, Niagara Galleries, Naarm/Melbourne, 2023; Shock and Ore, Charles Darwin University, Garramilla/Darwin, 2023; and Tennant Creek Brio: The Myth Makers, Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, 2022.
