“Why did Amungme elders put border markers all the way around the Ertzberg mountain of ore in 1967 during the exploration phase? Because that was a sacred area. Indonesian law considers the deep jungle to be empty, to have no…
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The social and environmental impacts on Nemangkawi, 2015
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Posted in Australian Politics, Documentaries, Events, Human Rights, Sampari Art Exhibition
Melbourne poets for West Papua in ACU Art Gallery, Dec 2015
On 6 December 2015, during the Sampari Art Festival, a host of celebrated Melbourne poets assembled in the ACU Art Gallery for a night of ‘the spoken word’ about the occupied territory. The poets included Di Cousens, Randall Stephens, Lana…
Hand-hewn bass, heart and soul of Black Orchid String Band, 2017
A hand-hewn old-wood ‘sten bass’ features on several recordings on a new CD released in Melbourne on 1 July 2017 by West Papua’s Black Orchid String Band. The bass was brought to Melbourne in 2003 by Black Paradise, another West…
Professor Paul James, George Mason University, 2010
George Mason University, 9 November 2010 Democracy and Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific: The Washington Solution convened by Professor Lester Kurtz, and Herman Wainggai from the West Papua National Authority. Professor Paul James (video, 35min) http://youtu.be/OqXVvM8So4c Summary Paul…
Chilean artist intrigues West Papuans with cardboard art
I first noticed RAIMUNDO MACKENNA sitting on the floor of the National Gallery in Federation Square. He was sketching in his notepad. He was focussed, his scribbling was deliberate; maybe professional I thought. So I asked him if he would…
West Papua: 2017 Sampari Art Exhibition
The 2017 Sampari Art Exhibition and Sale for West Papua opens at 6pm on Friday 8 December, and closes at 5pm on Sunday 17 December<. The rich and complex exhibition features inspiring art about West Papua created for the exhibition,…
Chicken & Corn soup in coconut bowls, Timorese coffee & Papua cupcakes, plus book launch
Bonded through Tragedy, United in Hope Hilton Deakin with Jim and Therese D’Orsa May 2017, Garratt Publishing, Victoria (Australia) BOOK LAUNCH Cardinal Knox Centre, 383 Albert St, East Melbourne, Thursday 1 June 2017 : 6pm Special Guest: Bishop of Parramatta,…
What Sampari artists in 2017 need to know about West Papua
The West Papua Women’s Office in Docklands is asking Visual, Sculpture, Jewellery and Craft Artists to consider entering work in the 2017 SAMPARI ART EXHIBITION FOR WEST PAPUA, including the special category of Melanesian Art. The exhibition is showing in…
Emma Thurlow wins West Papua’s 2016 Sampari Art Award
EMMA THURLOW: My highland warrior is seen through the telescopic sights of a rifle, his head surrounded by the leaves of his homeland, which also reference organisations that ignore the atrocities committed against these owners of the land PNG born…
Melanesian artists in solidarity for 2016 WP Art Exhibition
The 2016 Sampari Art Exhibition and sale for West Papua in the Australian Catholic University’s Art Gallery in Fitzroy in December 2016, hosted by the Federal Republic of West Papua’s office in Docklands, included a special Wall of Melanesian prints. The…
Saluting Melanesia at the ACU Art Gallery, Melbourne, 2016
Saluting Melanesia was an exciting ceremonial occasion, beginning with a solemn kava ceremony, which invited Oceanic communities to celebrate their origins and living cultures, including young Melanesians born or living in the diaspora talking about their cultural experiences, dancers performing…
West Papua Exhibition: cartoons in australian media in 2006
West Papua: exhibition of cartoons published in the Australian media in 2006 ACU Art Gallery, 26 Brunswick St, Fitzroy (2-11 December 2016) This is an exhibition of twenty-nine works by Australia’s most gifted and beloved cartoonists published in 2006, after…
Sampari 2016: art, poems, cartoons, film, melanesian culture
SAMPARI 2016 ART EXHIBITION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS ACU Art Gallery, 26 Brunswick St, Fitzroy OPENS Friday 2 December 2016 : 6pm CLOSES Sunday 11 December 2016 : 5pm GALLERY HOURS Monday-Wednesday 11-6pm Thursday-Friday 11-8pm Saturday-Sunday 10-4pm Sampari, the name of…
Melanesian Wall of Art: Callout, 2016 Sampari Art Exhibition
In recognition of the Melanesian nations success in winning a bitterly contested battle over West Papua’s inclusion in the Melanesian Spearhead Group, Sampari 2016 has created a special Melanesian Wall of Art for artists who live in the Solomon Islands,…
Peter Woods wins 2015 Sampari Art Exhibition for WP
PETER WOODS won the People’s Choice Award at the 2015 Sampari Art Exhibition for West Papua, with his Papuana Nymphaea. The work brings to light the suffering of the West Papuans in the setting of Monet’s famous Nymphaeas series of…
Lance Collins, Author, Critical analyst, WP Rent Collective
Lance comes from the bush, and has a deep love for the environment and a lot of respect for humanity. He has a deeply ingrained sense of what’s right and wrong, of what’s moral and ethical, and what should be…
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