This exhibition will take place in Charenton-le-Pont near Paris, France. It is organized by “Espace Art et Liberté” of Charenton and Mr Luc Berthier. The artworks come from Luc Berthier’s collection (Minnie Pwerle, Lorna Fencer, Rover Thomas, Dr George or Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, etc.).
‘12 Canoes’ refers to the sequential naming of each new project springing from the 2005 Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr Co-directed film, ‘Ten Canoes‘ in which they maintain an ongoing role. It also refers to the number of portals on the site, each presenting a different aspect of Yolgnu culture: creation, ancestors, kinship, seasons, first contact, nowadays and so on.
What makes the site unique is that the richness of the Yolgnu culture is revealed by combining video, photography and spoken first-person narrative available in both English and Yolgnu.