Our Vision 40,000 Years On
Exhibition: Our Vision 40,000 Years On
Liberty Industrial is pleased to support the exhibition ‘Our Vision 40,000 Years On’. The show, by students from the ‘Follow the Dream Program’, is on at the Port Hedland Courthouse Gallery from 14th October to 24th December 2011.
Elke Rhodes, who runs the ‘Follow the Dream Program’, talks about the program, and the process behind the artwork the students have created:
“The Port Hedland Education Partnership ‘Follow the Dream Program is a partnership which provides educational support to local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students in years 7-12 from Hedland Senior High School. The partnership helps students stay at school and work towards entry into university, TAFE apprenticeships and aims to increase the number of students completing year 12 and going to university. Students who are part of the program show sound leadership and role model skills. These skills are enhanced by the students being creative and taking part in innovative projects such as the ‘OUR VISION 40.000 YEARS ON’ project.
The ‘OUR VISION 40.000 YEARS ON’ project was an educational extension project designed around the concept of Indigenous youth creating visual stories which capture the width and breadth of their Pilbara region through photography and film. A number of students from the Follow the Dream Partnership for Success decided to use the medium of photography and film as a vehicle to have an exhibition to show their visual stories at the local art Gallery for the people in the town of Port Hedland.
The main aim for me as their teacher and their co-ordinator was, to use this idea as a strong motivational tool for as many students as possible. The expectation was that year 10, 11 and 12 students would be able to improve in their photography and media courses as well as experiencing the reality of seeing their work exhibited.
To produce the work involved engaging a local photography artist and other artists well versed in media production and film making to volunteer to help the students in the creation and the eventual completion of their photography and their movie. The students and the artists spent time in the Pilbara outback to work on their photography and to make the movie. The students went on an outing to Yandeyarra Station. Once all the footage was taken, the students worked as a group and selected the best photographs for the exhibition.”
