Kuluntjarra World Map : The Nine Collaborations
Jonathan Kimberley, Ngipi Ward, Nancy Carnegie, Norma Giles, Pulpurru Davies, Manupa Butler, Jodie Carnegie and Paul Carnegie.
Jan Manton Art, Brisbane, 2009.
to give time to time project, Mildura, Australia 2010.
Kuluntjarra World Map : The Nine Collaborations (2008-09) is a series of nine collaborative works made by Jonathan Kimberley, Ngipi Ward, Nancy Carnegie, Norma Giles, Pulpurru Davies, Manupa Butler, Jodie Carnegie and Paul Carnegie, during numerous shared journeys over two years in 2008/09 around the shores of the dry salt lake Kuluntjarra, near Patjarr in Ngyaanyatjarra / Pintupi Country, Gibson Desert, Western Australia.
The work was shown at Jan Manton Gallery, Brisbane, Australia (2009); Bett Gallery Hobart (2009); and as part of the to give time to time project in Mildura, Australia (2010).
The project also became integral to the discussion in Jonathan Kimberley’s MFA titled, Country Unwrapping Landscape (Kuluntjarra World Map (The Nine Collaborations), University of Western Australia (2008 – 2010), as the practice-as-research component accompanying the written thesis. Supervisor: Ian McLean.
Special thanks to Kayili Artists, Mike Stitfold, Anisha Angelroth, Tim Acker.
© Jonathan Kimberley, Ngipi Ward, Nancy Carnegie, Norma Giles, Pulpurru Davies, Manupa Butler, Jodie Carnegie and Paul Carnegie (2009).