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Yalinguth LIVE by the Birrarung

Immerse yourself in Aboriginal Melbourne on this after dark time travelling tour along the Birrarung.

  • Dates 21 Oct
  • Time 7:30pm (2 hours)
  • Venue Fed Square
$45.00
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Wurundjeri elder Uncle Colin Hunter sharing stories at the launch of the Yalinguth App Fitzroy Experience at the Gertrude Street Projection Festival 2022.
Graham (BJ) Braybon guiding the crowd at the launch of the Yalinguth App Fitzroy Experience at the Gertrude Street Projection Festival 2022.
Chenile Chandler performing a Call to Country at the launch of the Yalinguth App Fitzroy Experience at the Gertrude Street Projection Festival 2022.
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Image Credit: Matto Lucas

Wurundjeri elder Uncle Colin Hunter sharing stories at the launch of the Yalinguth App Fitzroy Experience at the Gertrude Street Projection Festival 2022.
Graham (BJ) Braybon guiding the crowd at the launch of the Yalinguth App Fitzroy Experience at the Gertrude Street Projection Festival 2022.
Chenile Chandler performing a Call to Country at the launch of the Yalinguth App Fitzroy Experience at the Gertrude Street Projection Festival 2022.

  • Directed by: Jason Tamiru

  • Sound design: DRMNGNOW (Neil Morris)

  • Produced by: Storyscape

Through stories, soundscapes, music and projections Yalinguth invites you to walk through time - to hear, see and feel what life and country was like along the Birrarung before the tall ships arrived. Wurundjeri Elders will take us on a journey through their world since this significant event, and share stories of their strength, resilience, knowledge and continual connection to country and culture. This event also signifies and celebrates the launch of the Yalinguth App Birrarung Experience - an audio story walk that can be experienced 24/7 outside of this event.

We’ll meet at 7.30pm at the entrance to the Koorie Heritage Trust, Federation Square where you’ll be led by our guide Jason Tamiru down the steps and along to Birrarung Marr. Both live and via the app/loudspeaker you’ll hear stories and songs from Elders, augmented with soundscapes performed by DRMNGNOW/Neil Morris.

“An INCREDIBLE immersive experience that everyone must live. The music, the sounds and everything became extremely real. I've really heard and felt the land.” ***** - Google Play Review

About the Yalinguth app:

The Yalinguth app is an immersive audio app connecting Melbourne audiences to the important Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history of places. In the Woi Wurrung language Yalinguth means ‘yesterday’, and echoes the sentiments of many Elders that “we need to go back, before we can go forwards”. The first location in the app was Ngár-go/Fitzroy, and this event marks the launch of the second location along the Birrarung/Yarra River (from Enterprise Park/Queens Bridge to the MCG). The app is available to download now from Google Play and on Apple's App Store.

Download the app, arrive early and take a wander with Yalinguth before the event begins.

About Storyscape

Storyscape is an arts production company working across the Asia Pacific region for over a decade. Together with a group of leading Victorian Elders, artists and researchers, they produced the award-winning Yalinguth App, Australia’s first spatialised Augmented Reality audio experience in Fitzroy, Melbourne.

Project Supporters
This event is proudly supported by the City of Melbourne and Fed Square. This project received Cash to Create through the Fringe Fund, as part of Deadly Fringe. The Yalinguth app is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, VicHealth and the Public Record Office Victoria, the City of Melbourne, City of Yarra and Informit.

yalinguth.com.au

  • Duration: 2 hours

  • Event Accessibility: Blind or Low Vision Rating: Partially Accessible

  • Age suitability: PG

  • Event warnings: Contains Sustained Bright Lights, Mild Coarse Language, Sustained Loud Noises.

  • Content warnings: Violence, Emotional Abuse, Death, War, Impacts Of Colonisation.

  • Please note: this event includes images, voices or the name(s) of deceased Indigenous persons.

The Yalinguth app is available to download now from Google Play and on Apple's App Store. It is recommended that the app is downloaded using a wifi connection to avoid mobile data charges. Please use headphones for the best user experience.

  • Full: $45.00

  • Concession: $40.00

  • Child: $25.00

  • Blak Tix: $25.00

“This is an INCREDIBLE immersive experience that everyone must live. The music, the sounds and everything became extremely real. I've really heard and felt the land." - Google Play review

"The stories, the songs, the history, the technology-WOW! So easy and engaging. Thoughtful & immersive learning tools like this give me hope :) - Apple App Store review

"I'm a big fan of the Yalinguth App, and during NAIDOC week 2022, we used it to better understand our local surroundings. The true power of what you did by encapsulating the voices of several elders now past has really hit home. I'm glad that future generations will get to hear from them, thanks to you." - Yalinguth App user

Sessions: In Person Events

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Date Time Venue

Saturday, 21 October 2023

7:30pm

Fed Square

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