Aboriginal Dream Paintings

Aboriginal People

Lived 40,000 years ago

Had over 250-300 spoken languages with 600 dialects (less than 200 today)

Colonized by Europeans in 1788

Smallpox wiped out 50% of the population (over 150,000 people)

1939

Aboriginal People

Given civil rights in the 1960’s

Contemporary music uses old methods mixed with new sounds

Cricket & Rugby

Face racism today

Difficult living conditions

Johnathan Thurston, professional Rugby player

Australia before Colonization:

Today, Aborigines only make up 2.6% of the Australian population.

The dreamtime- “Tjukurrpa”

•Formation Myth

•The way religion and culture is represented

•Use art and music to depict these stories

The dreamtime

•Dreamtime was in the past, but it is Aborigines present religion and culture

•Ceremonies and rituals

•Clans: have sacred sites/areas

What is a myth?• a traditional or legendary story, with some being or hero or event, that may or may not be based on fact or a natural explanation. A myth usually explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.

Some Famous Myths:

Didjeridoo MusicAs you’re listening,

what kind of sounds do you hear?

What does it remind you of?

List the differences between sounds 1, 2,

and 3 in your sketchbook.

Aboriginal man playing the Didjeridoo in Sydney, Australia, 2009

Dot paintings

• Way of telling a story and recording ritual practices

• Pictures as a guide while telling the story

Characteristics of Dot Paintings:

Repeating Patterns

Symbols

Simplistic Objects

Earth Tones

Types of Dots

• Overlapping: to give appearance of lines

• Separation of dots

• Overlapping colors

Aboriginal art and history

How the Kangaroo got it's pouch

Contemporary Aboriginal Art: FIONA FOLEY

• Explores racism in Aboriginal culture

• Challenges Aboriginal people have faced

• Displacement

• Labels

Contemporary Aboriginal Art

Contemporary Aboriginal Art: RICHARD BELL

“It’s a White Thing”- 2003

Contemporary Aboriginal Art: RICHARD BELL

“Wewereherefirst”, 2007

Your Project:

Create a Dot Painting …based on your own Myth

• You will use the dot painting technique

• You will use traditional aboriginal symbols

• Earth tones

• You will write your own myth to represent in your painting

Sources:Slide 1: Kreft, Linda. “Aboriginal Dreamtime.” 2004. 24 November 2009. <”http://www.lindakreft.com/dreamtime.html>.

Slides 4- 6: “Aboriginal Australia: History, Culture, and Conflict.” 22 November 2009.<http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aboriginal1.html>

“Aboriginal Settlement: About New South Wales.” 18 November 2009.<http://about.nsw.gov.au/encyclopedia/article/aboriginal-settlement/>

“Vancouver Island Statistical Profile of Aboriginal Peoples.” 2001. 20 November 2009. <http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=aboriginal+demographics&d=4607172807625447&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=ecff4776,e7a7db3f>.

Slide 11-16: Harris, Eddy. “Australian Aboriginal Dot Paintings.” 1998. 24 November 2009. <http://www.albury.net.au/~tim/chdoma7.htm>.

Slide 19: “Aboriginal Dreamtime Story.” 22 November 2009. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sle62XV0BO0>.

ドリームタイム

• ドリームタイムは、過去にあったが、それはアボリジニー現

在、宗教と文化です セレモニーや儀式

氏族は：聖地 /面積を有している

The dreamtime- “Tjukurrpa”

• フォーメーション神 話 ウェイ ·宗教と文

化が表現され これらの物語を描写するためにアートや音楽を使用してください

神話とは何ですか？•

• あるいは事実や天然の説明に基づいていてもいなくてもよい、いくつかの幸福や英雄やイベント、

伝統的あるいは伝説的な物語、 。神話は、通常天然のいくつかの練習、儀式、または現象を説明しています。

Some Famous Myths:

ドット絵

• 儀式慣行を話をして 、記録の道 ガイド

としての写真は、話をしながら、

ドット絵の特徴：

• パターンの繰り返 し

• シンボル

• 単純なオブジェク ト

• 地球トーン

あなたのプロジェクト：ドット絵を作成します ...あなた自身の神話に基づく

• あなたは、ドット絵の技法 を使用します

• あなたは伝統的な先住民のシンボルを使用しま

• す アーストーン

• あなたの絵で表現するために、独自の神話を書きます

“Dreamtime”

• Dreamtime fue en el pasado , pero es aborígenes presentes religión y cultura

• Ceremonias y rituales

• Clanes: tienen lugares sagrados / áreas

The dreamtime- “Tjukurrpa”

• Mito Formación Se representa

• La religión y la cultura forma

• Utilizar el arte y la música para representar estas historias

¿Qué es un mito ?•

• una historia tradicional o legendaria , con un ser o un héroe o un evento , que puede o no basarse en hechos o una explicación natural . Un mito suele explicar un poco de práctica , rito, o fenómeno de la naturaleza .

Some Famous Myths:

pinturas Dot

• Camino de contar una historia y grabar las prácticas rituales

• Fotos como una guía mientras le contaba la historia

Las características de pinturas Dot :

• Repetición de patrones

• Símbolos

• simplistas Objetos

• La tierra entona

Su proyecto: Crear un Pintura Dot ... basado en su propio mito

• Que va a utilizar la técnica de la pintura del punto

• Que va a utilizar símbolos tradicionales aborígenes

• tonos de la tierra

• Usted tendrá que escribir su propio mito de representar en su pintura