Listen to WILAM BIIK music playlist
Get into the spirit of WILAM BIIK, curated by Stacie Piper, with a special playlist of Indigenous music.
As you listen, picture yourself resting by a river, the surface of the water gently rippling as it flows past you. Breathe in the minty aroma of the Coranderrk bush. Rub the rich, warm earth between your fingers.
Catch a glimpse of WILAM BIIK, and meet some Yalingwa artists, over at the Museum’s Instagram account.
WILAM BIIK, curated by Stacie Piper, is an exhibition of cultural consciousness and knowledge, of an unsevered connection between First Peoples of South East Australia and their Country, over thousands of generations.
Listen to our WILAM BIIK playlist on Spotify (new window) or below.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at TarraWarra Museum of Art
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Songlines
Discover how songlines are woven through WILAM BIIK as First Nations Curator Stacie Piper shares what songlines mean to her and explains how these Ancestral routes informed her curatorial work for WILAM BIIK. WILAM BIIK is an exhibition of cultural consciousness and knowledge, of an unsevered connection between First Peoples of South East Australia and their […]