Kabimdi : There Are Painting There That Have Always Been There: Featuring Joe Guymala, Gabriel Maralngurra & Shaun Namarnyilk
Past exhibition
Joe Guymala Australian, Kunwinjku, b. 1969
Kodjokkodjok - Two Brothers, 2015
Ochre on Arches Paper
102 x 38 cm
838915
Joe has depicted a story about two brothers, an elder brother and his younger brother, they were kodjokkodjok living at Gamarrkawam a place called Marnamarnayi. They went to get bamboo...
Joe has depicted a story about two brothers, an elder brother and his younger brother, they were kodjokkodjok living at Gamarrkawam a place called Marnamarnayi. They went to get bamboo spears over at Kakadu somewhere near Jim Jim waterfall. They got lots of spears and went back where they lived. On the way home the younger brother saw a djorrkon (a possum) in a rock cave and speared it for dinner. They got two sticks and rubbed them together and made a fire to cook the possum. But they cooked the possum for to long and its eyes burst open. Then they saw a small cloud starting to make rain. And then it started raining until the ground got soft and they saw the rainbow serpent coming from under the ground. Ngalyod the rainbow serpent was angry that the brothers hadn't cooked the possum properly and dragged them underground where a big creek was. The brothers turned into burarr (water goannas)
Nahni ngayolyolme bu korroko bininjko nawernwarre djanayahwurd nemekke Kodjokkodjok.Gamarrkawarn kunred benehni kore Marnamarnayi.Benewam mankole beneyikang kondah kore Kakadu kore JimJim.benedadjkeng manwern wanjh beneyirrurndi kured kaluk bu benebalhrey nayahwurd nang djorrkon wanjh marrwedoweng.Wanjh nawernwarre bom kore kuwarderurrkbeh bebkeng benewam beneyerrkang beneburdebmeng kundjakkorl benewurlhkeng benewilkdi benenang wilkdowkmeng kunmim nuye dowkmeng.Wanjh benenang kunngolng manyahwurd marnbom mandjewk wanjh bolkkerlkminj Wanjh Ngalyod yidduy bebmeng berrewoneng kore kanjdji mankabo wanjh beneyimerranj burarr bokenh.
Nahni ngayolyolme bu korroko bininjko nawernwarre djanayahwurd nemekke Kodjokkodjok.Gamarrkawarn kunred benehni kore Marnamarnayi.Benewam mankole beneyikang kondah kore Kakadu kore JimJim.benedadjkeng manwern wanjh beneyirrurndi kured kaluk bu benebalhrey nayahwurd nang djorrkon wanjh marrwedoweng.Wanjh nawernwarre bom kore kuwarderurrkbeh bebkeng benewam beneyerrkang beneburdebmeng kundjakkorl benewurlhkeng benewilkdi benenang wilkdowkmeng kunmim nuye dowkmeng.Wanjh benenang kunngolng manyahwurd marnbom mandjewk wanjh bolkkerlkminj Wanjh Ngalyod yidduy bebmeng berrewoneng kore kanjdji mankabo wanjh beneyimerranj burarr bokenh.