Strait Home in the slq Gallery
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Welcome home to Torres Strait
Strait Home in the slq Gallery is an immersive digital installation. Using the Torres Strait Island collections of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, the installation will provide the visitor with a rich experience of Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage through a curated visual and aural landscape.
The collections of the John Oxley Library include the Margaret Lawrie Collection of Torres Strait Islands Material and the Dr Wilhelm Lorenz Rechnitz Papers. Both collections are of national significance and contribute to the understanding of Torres Strait Islander history, languages, material and social culture and knowledge systems.
Utilising never-before-seen photographic and film recordings from these collections, and overlaid with a soundscape that includes the original wax cylinder Torres Strait Islander voice recordings from the 1898 Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait, Strait Home in the slq Gallery is a unique opportunity to experience village life in the Torres Strait.
This exhibition is part of Strait Home, celebrating the history and culture of the Torres Strait.
- Starts:
- 1st Jul 2011 10:00am-5:00pm
- Runs:
- Every day, until 23rd Oct 2011
- Venue:
- slq Gallery, level 2, State Library, Stanley Place, South Bank
- Cost:
- Free
- More information:
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Exhibitions
07 3840 7768
learningparticipation@slq.qld.gov.au
