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The Journey Down

Presented by Tura in partnership with Western Australian Museum

The Journey Down was an animated and vibrant celebration of dance, song, projections and otherworldly sound coming together to transform an old bush wreck into a travelling canvas of story and culture.

Six years in the making, The Journey Down tour featured the sonic sculpture Warnarral Ngoorrngoorrool (Gija for old car), on tour from Kununurra through the expanse of regional and remote WA to its final destination in Perth, where it forms part of the permanent collection at Boola Bardip WA Museum after being acquired in 2020. Warnarral Ngoorrngoorrool includes paintings depicting stories of dreaming, vehicles and journeys by significant Gija artists including Shirley Purdie, Gabriel Nodea and Gordon Barney.

Warnarral Ngoorrngoorrool was accompanied on its journey to Perth by powerful performances by Miriwoong and Gija songmen and dancers including Chris Griffiths, Andrew Daylight, Preben Ningarmarra, Yamatji didjeridu virtuoso Mark Atkins with leading Australian musicians Aviva Endean, Tristen Parr and Vanessa Tomlinson. The performance was interwoven with animation and video design from Sohan Ariel Hayes.

The Journey Down transported audiences to new worlds in a celebration of intercultural collaboration, the vibrancy of our regional communities and the stories and sounds that connect us.

Journey Down Creative Team

Madeline Purdie

Gija Producer and Cultural Advisor

Chris Griffiths

Miriwoong and Ngali-wurru dancer, singer, storyteller/ cultural advisor

Andrew (Pelican) Daylight

Gija dancer, singer, storyteller and painter

Vernon Nulgit

Dance (Gija)

Preben Ningarmarra

Dance (Miriwoong)

Mark Atkins

Didjeridu (Yamatji)

Vanessa Tomlinson

Performer/composer, percussion

Aviva Endean

Performer/composer, clarinet, built instruments

Tristen Parr

Performer/composer, acoustic and electric cello

Sohan Hayes

Video and animation

Tos Mahoney

Creative Producer

Journey Down Production Team

Melanie Naumoff

Tour Manager

James Savage

Production Manager / Lighting Designer

Tristen Parr

Technical Producer

Tim Collins

Sound Engineer

Guy Smith

Sound Advisor

Jada Koh

Tour Assistant

Justin Marshall

Production Assistant

Reaching Out Community Engagement Program

Tara Gower

Community Engagement Coordinator

Jada Koh

On-Tour Coordinator

Sian Murphy

On-Tour Coordinator

Video footage and images used in The Journey Down program by Mark Jones, Bohdan Warchomij, Laure Bernard, and Edify Media

Warnarral Ngoorrngoorrool is the result of a six year collaboration which began in 2017 when Tura commissioned composer and sound artist Jon Rose to convert an old car wreck into a sonic sculpture and instrument in collaboration with the Warmun Community as part of Tura’s Regional Residency Program. Read more about the history of Warnarral Ngoorrngoorrool here.

Tura acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and create. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. With solidarity and friendship we say thank you.

The Journey Down tour has been supported by the State Government of Western Australia through the Regional Arts and Cultural Investment Program, and the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Photos by Edify Media.