Milpa Film Screening

Join us on March 4 from 5:30-6:30 pm on Grounds at UVA, Campbell Hall, Room 158 (Architecture School) for a screening of stop-motion animation by the Milpa Project (Tjuntjuntjara, Western Australia) and short films by UVA students in Federico Cuatlacuatl's class. The screening will be followed by a short Q & A with Federico Cuatlacuatl and Kluge-Ruhe curatorial fellow Katina Davidson. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.

This screening is scheduled in conjunction with the exhibition Milpa: Stop-motion animation by Spinifex Artists on view at Kluge-Ruhe December 13, 2024 – June 15, 2025.

Located in the remote Western Australian town of Tjuntjuntjara, Milpa (est. 2018) is a small, creative studio operated by Spinifex Arts Project for the local community to experiment with film, animation, model making, and more.

Through digital media, young artists have produced artworks that capture and express their ideas, cultural values, and humor under the cultural guidance of senior artists and community members. They are narrated almost exclusively in a dialect of Pitjantjatjara, a prominent and thriving Indigenous language spoken in the region. These short films, created by and for the community, are an important creative and contemporary record of what it means to be a Spinifex artist living and working in one of the most remote areas of Australia.

Images: From Putikutu Ananyi: Bush Trip (2021). Image provided by Milpa, Spinifex Arts Project.

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