Nyinkka Nyunyu in collaboration with Barkly Regional Arts are presenting Ankkinyi Apparr, Ankkinyi Mangurr (Our Language, Our Designs) an exhibition celebrating Warumungu language and culture.

Ankkinyi Apparr, Ankkinyi Mangurr was motivated by the work of Linguist Prithvindra Chakravarti who came to Warumungu country in 1966. Chakravarti made audio recordings of Apparr (language) and Winkarra (dreaming, stories and law), helping to preserve the language and culture of the Warumungu people. After listening to these recordings, local artists Gladys Anderson, Heather Anderson, Lindy Brodie, Ruth Dawson, Penny Kelly, Susannah Nelson and Joseph Williams were  inspired to create a series of paintings depicting ancestral stories, traditional healing, the arrival of whitefellas and station life. The artworks are accompanied by the recordings Chakravarti created in 1966 along with two films.

The exhibition was shown in the Tarnanthi festival at the Art Gallery of South Australia and has now been brought home for local Warumungu people.

Ankkinyi Apparr, Ankkinyi Mangurr will be shown at Nyinkka Nyunyu Arts and Culture Centre from the 18th of November 2020 until March 2021

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