Film series: Joyride 30 September – 25 October 2020

Dolly Parton, David Bowie, Joan Crawford, Mad Max. Join us to celebrate pop icons and kungka kuṉpu (strong women).

Screening from 30 September to 25 October 2020, this mini series takes its cue from Joy, an exhibition featuring short films by artists from Indulkana in the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in South Australia.

From a revisionist spaghetti western to a homage to Wonder Woman, Joy showcases artists whose work is informed by their love of Hollywood movies and music videos. In artist Kaylene Whiskey’s words, ‘I’m from the generation that grew up with Coca-Cola and TV, as well as tjukurpa (cultural stories) and bush tucker, so I like to have a bit of fun with combining those two different worlds’.

Delve into the artists’ pop sensibilities with a selection of classic films about rebels, aliens and misfits which inspire their artmaking.

Special thanks to Peter Mungkuri, Alec Baker, Kaylene Whiskey, Jeannie Walatinna, Vicki Cullinan, Emily Cullinan, Betty Muffler, Maringka Burton and Beth Conway of Iwantja Arts, an Aboriginal-owned and governed community art centre in Indulkana.

Films

• 30 September, 4 October – The man who fell to Earth (director Nicolas Roeg, UK, 1976) 

• 7, 11 October – 9 to 5 (director Colin Higgins, US, 1980) 

• 14, 18 October – Mad Max (director George Miller, Australia, 1979) 

• 21, 25 October – Johnny Guitar (director Nicholas Ray, US, 1954)