Biennial
ORIGINS Festival of First Nations arts 2019
11 Jun 2019 – 23 Jun 2019
London wide
London, United Kingdom
Screening
Gurrumul
16 Jun 2019
Event times
12pm
Cost of entry
£5
Address
- 35-47 Bethnal Green Road
- London
- E1 6LA
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Buses: 8, 388, 26, 35, 47, 48, 67, 78, 135, 149, 242 and 243
- Tube: Liverpool Street, Old Street, Bethnal Green, Aldgate East
Event map
A portrait of an artist on the brink of global fame, and the struggles he and those closest to him faced in balancing that with what mattered most to him - his own people.
About
Celebrated by audiences at home and abroad, Indigenous artist Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was one of the most important and acclaimed voices to ever come out of Australia.
Blind from birth, he found purpose and meaning through songs and music inspired by his community and country on Elcho Island in far north-east Arnhem Land. Living a traditional Yolngu life, his breakthrough album Gurrumul brought him to a crossroads as audiences and artists around the world began to embrace his music.
