ARONE MEEKS | 'Star Ark' | 2011 | Block printed in black ink | Matrix: 305 x 150 x mm card The Feather and the Dance

The Feather and the Dance Machine' DVD

People who have dreaming like these totem spirits their spirit go up to the sky when they die

Etching printed in black from one plate

In our culture it is very important that you ask permission of the appropriate people before you take something

dhangal puru sagul siyamaka urngu padanu

ARONE MEEKS | 'Star Ark' | 2011 | Block printed in black ink | Matrix: 305 x 150 x mm card The Feather and the DanceAt the heart of the work is Meeks unique visual languagewhere ancestral knowledge systems intersect with contemporary experience. Influenced by the Quinkan rock art traditions of Cape York and the ancestral presence of the Rainbow Serpent, his works evoke a living cosmology of guardianship, movement and renewal. Recurring formswaterholes, woven vessels and flowing systemsspeak to the interconnectedness of people, place and cultural responsibility.