Lookout/Look Out!

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A collaboration between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal storytellers, artists and performers.
Lookout/Look Out! questions the nature of settling on someone else's country - who is unsettled by your arrival? And how settled can we remain, living on a plateau surrounded by the spectacular but endangered natural environment? In development workshops funded by CreateNSW and the Blue Mountains City of the Arts Trust, a team comprising Margaret Davis as Writer/Director, Chris Tobin as Dharug Adviser, Sean O'Keeffe as Videographer, Jessica Tobin as Dharug Storyteller/Visual Artist, Shane Porteous as Performer/Visual Artist, Georgia Adamson as Performer and Tony Leach as Production Manager, this project has been brought to a production-ready stage, with spectacular video footage filmed around mountains lookouts, interwoven with artworks and scripted stories for the three featured characters.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF NGURRA

The City of the Blue Mountains is located within the Ngurra (Country) of the Dharug and Gundungurra peoples. MTNS MADE recognises that Dharug and Gundungurra Traditional Owners have a continuous and deep connection to their Country and that this is of great cultural significance to Aboriginal people, both locally and in the region. For Dharug and Gundungurra People, Ngurra takes in everything within the physical, cultural and spiritual landscape – landforms, waters, air, trees, rocks, plants, animals, foods, medicines, minerals, stories and special places. It includes cultural practice, kinship, knowledge, songs, stories and art, as well as spiritual beings, and people: past, present and future. Blue Mountains City Council pays respect to Elders past and present while recognising the strength, capacity and resilience of past and present Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Blue Mountains region.

MTNS MADE is proudly delivered by Blue Mountains City Council