About this Event
This workshop, with Aunty Ellen Trevorrow is an invitation to join the conversation; learn the art of weaving from a senior, skilled, creative cultural weaver; breathe in the aroma of the freshwater rushes, Cyperus gymnocaulos, collected by her Ngarrindjeri family on her ruwi (country) in the Lower River Murray Lakes and Coorong region of South Australia; learn how rushes are harvested and prepared; hear stories of Ngarrindjeri nga:tji (totems) and the pioneering heroes of the Kaldowinyeri (Creative Era).
The workshop is suitable for beginners to advanced. With Aunty Ellen Trevorrow and her collaborator, Dr Jelina Haines, you will learn how to start your work, secure the stitches, add more materials to increase the size or change the shape, taper off, and close the weaving stitch.
From there on, it’s to you. Share stories, use your hands, make connections, physical and cultural. Here, in the School of Cybernetics, we have been exploring a different way of thinking about systems and networks.
Check out Ellen Trevorrow’s weaving on https://www.ngarrindjeri-culture.org/ellen-trevorrow-gallery
Have you seen the four-metre-long whale installed in the South Australian Maritime Museum?
Read about Aunty Ellen Trevorrow at ANU in 2020. ‘Weaving, storytelling, a new branch of engineering: everything is connected, by Andrew Meares
Join our guided tours!
This event is followed by a guided tour around Birch Building and through our exhibition
This guided tour is optional, but bookings are essential. We have provided a separate but easy-to-do registration through this booking page. Tickets are limited, book yours ahead!
Our exciting exhibition and public program continue throughout the day to celebrate the official launch celebrations of both the ANU School of Cybernetics and the award-winning Birch Building.
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Pay & Display parking is available at the back of the Birch Building and around the university.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Lab Level 2, Birch Building #35, The Australian National University, 35 Science Road, Acton, Australia
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