Goolugatup Waangkiny Koort | Animation Day-Camp

City of Melville

An animation day-camp for kids and adults | Learning, listening and responding to the heart of Goolugatup through a special poem

Goolugatup Heathcote Gallery

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Goolugatup Waangkiny Koort is a workshop where children and adults work together in pairs and are invited to listen to country and learn animation techniques in response to poetry written during <a href="https://www.melvillecity.com.au/things-to-do/museums-arts-and-culture/place-names-melville#Phase1" title="https://www.melvillecity.com.au/things-to-do/museums-arts-and-culture/place-names-melville#Phase1" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Phase One</a> of the <a href="https://www.melvillecity.com.au/things-to-do/museums-arts-and-culture/place-names-melville" title="https://www.melvillecity.com.au/things-to-do/museums-arts-and-culture/place-names-melville" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Place Names Melville</a> project.Noongar writer and Place Names participant Chelsey Thomson will share her embodied process of deep listening to country through her poem Treelines to story lines. Written in 2022 on site at Goolugatup, the poem captures the waangkiny koort (talking heart) of the area and Chelsey's strong matrilineal connection to the surrounding boodja.This workshop is designed for school-aged children (6-16) to pair up with a parent, grandparent, carer or other relevant adult to take a moment in this special place and collaborate creatively. Children must not be left at the workshop unaccompanied.Interpreting the motifs and language in the poems, as well as their own observations at Goolugatup, participants will have the opportunity to animate a range of materials including sand, found materials and drawings under the guidance of Boorloo's well-loved animator, mentor and educator, <a href="https://stevenanimation.com.au/Steven-Animation/Steven-Aiton-Showreel.html" title="https://stevenanimation.com.au/Steven-Animation/Steven-Aiton-Showreel.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Steven Aiton</a>.Refreshments including morning and afternoon tea will be provided (please bring your own lunch, or utilise cafe option on site). Cost: $20 per child/adult duoA resident of the City of Melville and unable to afford the ticket price? Please contact us at arts.melville@melville.wa.gov.au and we will be happy to provide you with a free place.Accessibility: The project space, where the workshop is held, is wheelchair accessible through rear access. ACROD parking is available nearby. Main entry is 1.4m wide, and accessible toilet doors are 0.9m wide. Toilets are unisex. About Chelsey ThomsonChelsey Thomson is a Whadjuk Yorga, a Maguire, Collard, Bennell. She was born in East Fremantle, and spent a lot of her childhood playing and growing up around Walyalup and the connecting waters of the Derbarl Yerrigan. Chelsey's creative practice uses art and poetry as a spiritual healing process. She also is an established cultural educator, facilitating creative workshops for young people from Early Learning through to secondary school ages, as well as teaching bush medicine.About Steve AitonSteven Aiton is a Western Australian animation artist who collaborates with and mentors other creatives. He has a long history of contributing to community using his chosen medium. Steven has placed a career focus on combining arts with health and has completed highly successful artist residencies at Perth Children’s Hospital and works as a creative therapist at Touchstone CAMHS. His animation work has featured in art galleries, original theatre productions, on television and in film festivals locally and abroad.

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