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13 Canoes 21 April 2006
The exhibition 13 Canoes is one of the many multimedia projects inspired by the new film 10 Canoes about the Ganalpingu, the 'magpie goose people' of the Arafura Swamp in north central Arnhem Land. We meet Bobby Bunungurr, one of the artists whose work is represented in the exhibition, a collaboration between Ramingining's Bula'bula Arts and the South Australian Museum. And – Judy Watson talks about the permanent site-specific artwork she has been commissioned to create for the new Musee du Quai Branly in Paris.

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• 13 Canoes Friday 21 April
  
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  The exhibition 13 Canoes is one of the many multimedia projects inspired by the new film 10 Canoes about the Ganalpingu, the 'magpie goose people' of the Arafura Swamp in north central Arnhem Land. We meet Bobby Bunungurr, one of the artists whose work is represented in the exhibition, a collaboration between Ramingining's Bula'bula Arts and the South Australian Museum. And – Judy Watson talks about the permanent site-specific artwork she has been commissioned to create for the new Musee du Quai Branly in Paris.

• Songlines and zinc mines Friday 14 April
  
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  In the remote Gulf country of the Northern Territory, the Swiss global zinc giant Xstrata wants to transform the McArthur River mine from an underground operation into open cut, diverting the river in the process. The Environmental Protection Agency has rejected Xstrata's application - but the Northern Territory Mines Minister has thrown the company a lifeline. While its future hangs in the balance, traditional owners in the region are divided over whether the expansion should go ahead. A special feature produced by Carmel Young and Tony Collins.

• Ngapartji Ngapartji and from the edge Friday 7 April
  
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  Ngapartji Ngapartji ('I give you something, you give me something') debuted at the 2005 Melbourne Festival as a performance work in progress. The Pitjantjatjara language project is now being taught online and we'll be joined by one of the teachers, Lorna Wilson as well as Ngapartji Ngapartji's creative producer Alex Kelly. Stephen Hagan talks about his new book and we explore the themes of displacement, loss and diaspora in the work of young and emerging indigenous artists from across the Asia-Pacific region, including urban Aboriginal artists Karen Reys and Tony Albert.

• Weaver Jack: "this is me... the whole lot is me" Friday 31 March
  
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  An elderly Aboriginal artist from the remote community of Bidyadanga has managed to raise the ire of critics, traditionalists and art conservatives by being shortlisted for the Archibald Prize. That's because the artist represents herself in her traditional country as an X or cross - depending on whether she sits or stands. Her self-portraits have been described as "egoless" and conceptual. This week on Awaye! we consider the wider cultural debate - self-representation in Aboriginal art and how - for many practising Aboriginal artists - the self and country are one and the same.

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