Molly: No talk (from the Family series)
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My grandmother suffered a stroke in 1993 which took away her ability tospeak clearly, but slowly her brain remembered some of the Badimayalanguage she knew before she was taken away at age twelve.Often when she found it difficult to speak what she felt in English, shewould translate it into the Badimaya language.The background of the image shows meeting places associated withsonglines.
Artist statement, 2018My grandmother suffered a stroke in 1993 which took away her ability to speak clearly, but slowly her brain remembered some of the Badimaya language she knew before she was taken away at age twelve. Often when she found it difficult to speak what she felt in English, she would translate it into the Badimaya language. The background of the image shows meeting places associated with songlines.