Name: Buŋgul
Start: 2021-05-26
End: 2021-05-27
Location: Hamer Hall

“To the Yolngu, our songs, paintings, and dances are our books—they tell us where we have come from and where we are going to… They are our maps, our law books, our title deeds and our family history.” 


| Venue | Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne |
| --- | --- |
| Dates | Wed 26—Thu 27 May, 8PM |
| Duration | 75 minutes |
| Price | $70—$90 + booking fee |
| Note | Lockout at start of performance, alternative entry permitted after the first song | 

Event Information

ACCESSIBLE PARKING

Both levels of the Arts Centre Melbourne Car Park are fully wheelchair accessible, and have accessible parking bays.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Nearest accessible train station: Flinders Street Railway Station, opposite Federation Square, services all metro train lines.

Nearest accessible tram stop: Stop 14, St Kilda Road.

DISTANCE COVERED BY PARTICIPANT

Under 200m.

ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE

Entrance is on ground level with automatic doors.

ACCESSIBLE BATHROOMS

The Theatres Building (the building with the big spire) has accessible toilets on Level 3, 5, 6 (street level) and 8.  Hamer Hall has accessible toilets on all publicly-accessible levels, and changing facilities on Levels 2, 3, 5, 6 (street level) and 7.  Please ask venue staff for assistance in locating the closest accessible toilet to your location.

HEARING AUGMENTATION

Assisted-listening devices for use in all seats of Arts Centre Melbourne venues (plus on Guided Tours and for meetings) are available free of charge. These devices use standard headphones or connect with hearing aids via a neck loop. Please speak to our staff when you arrive for assistance with obtaining these devices.

INTRA SITE TRANSPORT

Wheelchairs can be booked for use in our buildings through the Welcome Desk on (03) 9281 8298.


Venue Access

We are working with the Victorian Government and the Department of Health to deliver a COVID-Safe event for visitors, artists and staff. Find out what we're doing [here](https://rising.melbourne/covid-safe). 

COVID-Safe Information

Music by: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupiŋu, Erkki Veltheim & Michael Hohnen  

Directed by: Don Wininba Ganambarr & Nigel Jamieson  

Musical Director: Erkki Veltheim 

Design & Creative Associate: Jake Nash 

Cinematographer: Paul Shakeshaft   

Video Design: Mic Gruchy 

Lighting Design: Mark Howett 

Sound Designer: Steve Francis   

Creative Producer: Michael Hohnen  

Producers: Anna Reece and Mark Grose      

Performed by: Jamie Yunupiŋu, David Yunupiŋu, Robert Burarrwanga, Nebuchdneear (Nebbie) Nalibidj, James Gurruwiwi and Terrence Gurruwiwi


Artistic Team

*We give thanks and pay our respects to the Yolŋgu people of North East Arnhem Land with whom this work has been created, and on whose country this work has been created. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live, learn and work and pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders.*

This project was initiated by the Yunupiŋu family and Skinnyfish Music   

Produced by Perth Festival and Skinnyfish Music  

Supported by Buku-Larrngay Mulka Centre – Yirrkala Arts Centre and The Mulka Project   

Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) the album was produced by Skinnyfish Music with musical orchestrations and compositions by Erkki Veltheim   

This production has been assisted by the Australian Government's Major Festivals Initiative, managed by the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., commissioned by Perth Festival, Darwin Festival, Adelaide Festival, Rising, Sydney Festival and Brisbane Festival. 

Supporters

The Inspiration behind Dr Gurrumul Yunupiŋu’s seminal album *Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)* brought to the stage in a hypnotic performance, supported by the MSO. 

A buŋgul is a ceremony, a gathering ground: a meeting place of dance, song and ritual. 

Dr Gurrumul Yunupiŋu’s posthumously released album, *Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)*, is a landmark moment in Australian music. It transcends its author’s death and celebrates his life, by bringing together western and his Yolŋu family’s musical traditions.

Buŋgul is a celebration of that record’s legacy, created on Country in North East Arnhem Land, with the Yunupiŋu family. In a hypnotic performance, live Yolŋu dancers and songmen present the songs, dances and paintings that inspired Djarimirri; accompanied by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; and directed by Senior Yolŋu Don Wininba Ganambarr and Nigel Jamieson.  

The heart and soul of a masterpiece made real. 