Featuring exhibitions, performances and workshops Desert Mob 2024 will welcome some of the biggest names in Australian art and the promise of a bright future for the enduring artistic expression.
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00:00Opening a curtain into the central desert, a dazzling artwork that's been years in the
00:08making.
00:09They have been working hard to collect all the nuts.
00:12Thousands of gum nuts meticulously painted and threaded by artists from Haas Bluff, Ekunji,
00:19showing off the natural beauty of the remote community west of Alice Springs.
00:24As you can see, and visitors will see, the works sort of speak for themselves.
00:28It's a really powerful expression of desert culture.
00:31Now in its 33rd year, Desert Mob brings together hundreds of Indigenous artists from across
00:37the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.
00:42Their work is deeply personal and varied, both in material and style, from dot paintings
00:48to wood carvings and pottery.
00:51Pottery is inspiration to our heart and doing our lifestyle, telling the history, our pot
00:59will be there forever, for our history.
01:02Thousands of art collectors and enthusiasts are drawn to Alice Springs each year, with
01:07the festival gaining a reputation for launching the careers of emerging artists and supporting
01:14the industry's development.
01:15It's so important that people get to see their art on the wall and be celebrated in the kind
01:20of local context, as opposed to in Sydney or Melbourne.
01:25With the younger artists and the more senior artists represented here, again, it just bodes
01:29well for the future.
01:30You know, that legacy is pretty much assured.
01:33Growing from strength to strength in the cultural heart of the nation.