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ngaratya—
(together, us group, all in it together)

Artists: Nici Cumpston, Zena Cumpston, David Doyle, Kent Morris, Adrianne Semmens, Raymond Zada

Curators: Nici Cumpston and Zena Cumpston  

Barkandji/Barkindji artists share travels together on Country.

ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together) brings together six Barkandji/Barkindji artists: Nici Cumpston, Zena Cumpston, David Doyle, Kent Morris, Adrianne Semmens, and Raymond Zada.

Several trips together on Country provided a rich foundation for the collective to create newly commissioned works that explore and illuminate their Ancestral connection and homelands. The artists spent time travelling together, engaging with cultural landscapes, their Elders, community, and each other, resulting in an immersive installation that comes collectively from their hearts. Featuring soundscape, moving image, screendance, carving, weaving, printmaking, and photography, ngaratya offers a warm invitation into Barkandji/Barkindji Country and belonging.

ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together) is a Bunjil Place Gallery exhibition, curated by Nici Cumpston and Zena Cumpston, toured by NETS Victoria.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program and has received development assistance from NETS Victoria’s Exhibition Development Fund, supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

Explore the digital catalogue: ngaratya.com.au

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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program as well as receiving development assistance from NETS Victoria’s Exhibition Development Fund, supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.  

Nici Cumpston 
Barkandji people  
Old Mutawintji Gorge I-VII, from the series mirrimpilyi, happy and contented, 2023  
Adelaide, Kaurna Country 
pigment inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper, hand coloured with PanPastel, crayon and pencil  
(I-II) (VI-VII) 44 x 120 cm (each); (III-V) 120 x 44 cm (each) 
 
Nici Cumpston, Zena Cumpston, David Doyle, Kent Morris, Adrianne Semmens, Raymond Zada  
Barkandji/Barkindji/Malyangapa people 
nets, 2023 (detail)  
Broken Hill, Wilyakali Country; Adelaide, Kaurna Country; Melbourne, Wurundjeri Country  
spiny-headed sedge (Cyperus gymnocaulos)  
50 x 300 cm (each) (variable)   
 
Courtesy the artists, Michael Reid Gallery and Vivien Anderson Gallery  
Photo: Christian Capurro