Aboroginal dot painting

Overview of Aboriginal culture for a dot painting project. Middle School level.

1. Aboriginal Dream Paintings

2. Aboriginal
People
Lived 40,000 years ago
Had over 250-300 spoken languages
with 600 dialects (less than 200
today)
Colonized by Europeans in 1788
Smallpox wiped out 50% of the
population (over 150,000 people)
1939

3. Aboriginal People
Given civil rights in the 1960’s
Contemporary music uses old methods mixed
with new sounds
Cricket & Rugby
Face racism today
Difficult living conditions
Johnathan Thurston, professional Rugby
player

4. Australia before Colonization:

5. Today, Aborigines only make up 2.6% of the
Australian population.

7. The dreamtime-
“Tjukurrpa”
•Formation Myth
•The way religion and
culture is
represented
•Use art and music to
depict these stories

8. The dreamtime
•Dreamtime was in
the past, but it is
Aborigines present
religion and culture
•Ceremonies and
rituals
•Clans: have sacred
sites/areas

9. What is a myth?
• a traditional or legendary story, with some being
or hero or event, that may or may not be based on
fact or a natural explanation. A myth usually
explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of
nature.
Some Famous Myths:

10. Didjeridoo Music
As you’re listening,
what kind of sounds do
you hear?
What does it remind
you of?
List the differences
between sounds 1, 2,
and 3 in your
sketchbook.

11. Aboriginal man playing the Didjeridoo
in Sydney, Australia, 2009

12. Dot paintings
•Way of telling a story
and recording ritual
practices
•Pictures as a guide
while telling the story

13. Characteristics of
Dot Paintings:
Repeating Patterns
Symbols
Simplistic Objects
Earth Tones

14. Types of Dots
•Overlapping: to give
appearance of lines
•Separation of dots
•Overlapping colors

20. Aboriginal art and history

21. How the Kangaroo got it's pouch

23. Contemporary Aboriginal Art:
FIONA FOLEY
•Explores racism in
Aboriginal culture
•Challenges Aboriginal
people have faced
•Displacement
•Labels

24. Contemporary Aboriginal Art

25. Contemporary Aboriginal Art:
RICHARD BELL
“It’s a White Thing”- 2003

26. Contemporary Aboriginal Art:
RICHARD BELL
“Wewereherefirst”, 2007

27. Your Project:
Create a Dot Painting
…based on your own Myth
•You will use the dot painting
technique
•You will use traditional
aboriginal symbols
•Earth tones
•You will write your own myth
to represent in your painting

28. Sources:
Slide 1: Kreft, Linda. “Aboriginal Dreamtime.” 2004. 24 November 2009.
<”http://www.lindakreft.com/dreamtime.html>.
Slides 4- 6: “Aboriginal Australia: History, Culture, and Conflict.” 22 November 2009.
<http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aboriginal1.html>
“Aboriginal Settlement: About New South Wales.” 18 November 2009.
<http://about.nsw.gov.au/encyclopedia/article/aboriginal-settlement/>
“Vancouver Island Statistical Profile of Aboriginal Peoples.” 2001. 20 November 2009.
<http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?
q=aboriginal+demographics&d=4607172807625447&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-
US&w=ecff4776,e7a7db3f>.
Slide 11-16: Harris, Eddy. “Australian Aboriginal Dot Paintings.” 1998. 24 November 2009.
<http://www.albury.net.au/~tim/chdoma7.htm>.
Slide 19: “Aboriginal Dreamtime Story.” 22 November 2009.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sle62XV0BO0>.

30. ドリームタイム
•ドリームタイムは、
過去にあったが、そ
れはアボリジニー現

在、宗教と文化です

セレモニーや儀式
氏族は：聖地 /面積
を有している

31. The dreamtime- “Tjukurrpa”
•フォーメーション神

話ウェイ
·宗教と文

化が表現されこれ
らの物語を描写する
ためにアートや音楽
を使用してください

32. 神話とは何ですか？
•
•あるいは事実や天然の説明に基づいていてもいな
くてもよい、いくつかの幸福や英雄やイベント、

伝統的あるいは伝説的な物語、。神話は、通常
天然のいくつかの練習、儀式、または現象を説明
しています。
Some Famous Myths:

33. ドット絵
•儀式慣行を話をして

、記録の道ガイド
としての写真は、話
をしながら、

34. ドット絵の特徴：
•パターンの繰り返

し
•
シンボル
•単純なオブジェク

ト
•地球トーン

35. あなたのプロジェクト：
ドット絵を作成します ...
あなた自身の神話に基づく
•あなたは、ドット絵の技法

を使用します
•あなたは伝統的な先住民の
シンボルを使用しま
•
すアーストーン
•あなたの絵で表現するため
に、独自の神話を書きます

36. “Dreamtime”
•Dreamtime fue en el
pasado , pero es
aborígenes presentes
religión y cultura
•Ceremonias y rituales
•Clanes: tienen lugares
sagrados / áreas

37. The dreamtime- “Tjukurrpa”
•Mito Formación Se
representa
•La religión y la cultura
forma
• Utilizar el arte y la
música para
representar estas
historias

38. ¿Qué es un mito ?
•
•una historia tradicional o legendaria , con un ser o un
héroe o un evento , que puede o no basarse en hechos
o una explicación natural . Un mito suele explicar un
poco de práctica , rito, o fenómeno de la naturaleza .
Some Famous Myths:

39. pinturas Dot
•Camino de contar una
historia y grabar las
prácticas rituales
•Fotos como una guía
mientras le contaba la
historia

40. Las características de
pinturas Dot :
•Repetición de
patrones
•Símbolos
•simplistas Objetos
•La tierra entona

41. Su proyecto:
Crear un Pintura Dot ...
basado en su propio mito
•Que va a utilizar la técnica de
la pintura del punto
•Que va a utilizar símbolos
tradicionales aborígenes
•tonos de la tierra
•Usted tendrá que escribir su
propio mito de representar en
su pintura