What’s on in May – Koorie Heritage Trust
SMAPUX – The turning power of medicine
Occupying Peter Waples-Crowe’s constructed stage for his exhibition insideOUT, will be a pop-up performance by Taiwanese artist Dondon Hounwn for the City of Melbourne’s YIRRAMBOI First Nations Arts Festival.
SMAPUX (meaning Shaman in Truku language) is a deep spiritual healing ritual developed from the resonation of Dondon’s healing power and Peter’s stream of consciousness.
There are three stages in this ritual. The first stage is ‘conversation’, to have a dialogue with local spirits. ‘Release’ is the second stage, inciting subconscious information through the dialogue with local spirits. At the third stage, ‘balance’, the balanced spiritual power of two parties will be constructed.
Healing Ritual:
Tuesday 7 May, 1:00pm-1:40pm
Wednesday 8 May, 1:00pm-1:40pm
Thursday 9 May, 1:00pm-1:40pm
Friday 10 May, 1:00pm-1:40pm
Cross-Cultural Performance:
Saturday 11 May, 1:00pm-1:40pm
The Yarra Building, Federation Square, Cnr Swanston & Flinders Streets, Melbourne.
All events are FREE
03 8662 6300
For more information visit the YIRRAMBOI First Nations Arts Festival website.
Community only weaving with Donna Blackall
Join us for a yarn and weave with Yorta Yorta/Taungurung woman, Donna Blackall.
Donna has been weaving for over 10 years and was taught by Gunditjmara woman and master weaver Bronwyn Razem and continues to share her knowledge.
The technique Donna uses is a Satin Stitch basket weave that she uses to make both traditional pieces such as eel traps and baskets as well as exploring some of her own designs, weaving totems like platypus and other animals.
Saturday 25 May 2019
11am – 1pm
The Yarra Building, Federation Square
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Tea & coffee provided
*This workshop is for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community only.
Visit our website for more information.
For enquiries contact Carissa Watts on 03 8662 6334 or [email protected]