National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA)
NFSA presents Carriberrie, an immersive website celebrating Indigenous Australian song and dance in 360 degrees.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) marks NAIDOC Week 2020 with the release of Carriberrie, a breathtaking online journey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander song and dance from the traditional to the contemporary, set across stunning Australian landscapes.
Carriberrie features 156 dancers, 23 performances and nine cultural groups, and is available online now at https://www.nfsa.gov.au/carriberrie.
The new Carriberrie website has been reimagined from the Carriberrie VR experience, which was initially conceived by producer and director Dominic Allen.
Carriberrie was developed in extensive consultation with Aboriginal cultural advisors and produced by a team featuring multiple Indigenous key crew members. The VR experience received rave reviews in Canberra (NFSA), Sydney (Australian Museum), Melbourne (MIFF), Cannes (Marche du Film), Guanajuato (Mexico) and Toulouse (France). The VR version has also been preserved in the NFSA’s new media collection.
NFSA Digital Engagement Manager Doug Newton-Walters said: “The NFSA is proud to be the presenting partner in launching an online version of the Carriberrie VR experience. This will give the Australian public a unique opportunity to explore Indigenous cultures around Australia, from home or through school. We are excited to help share these rich and diverse stories through our online platforms as part of our commitment to share Australia’s audio-visual heritage.”
Filmmaker and Carriberrie director Dominic Allen said: “After two years of extensive exhibition of the VR headset and Planetarium versions at film festivals, galleries and museums worldwide, I’m thrilled that the extensive uncut dance pieces that went into making Carriberrie will now be available for all, for free and in such an immersive and engaging world as that which our developers have created.”
Carriberrie features, among other performers, the work of Bangarra Dance Theatre, Bunyarra Dubay Dancers, The Lonely Boys, Joey Nganjmirra, Mayi Wunba, Nayaygayiw Gigi Dance Troupe Mua Island with Hans Ahwang, and Marliya with Spinifex Gum. Locations range from the Sydney Opera House to Uluru and the Arnhem wetlands.
A Carriberrie teacher’s guide will be available in January 2021; interested parties are invited to sign up to be notified when the guide is released.
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that Carriberrie may contain images and voices of deceased persons.
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