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MUMBAI: The award-winning digital immersive art exhibition – ‘Walking Through a Songline (WTAS)’ – produced by the National Museum of Australia and Mosster Studio, made its debut in India last week at Mumbai’s Museum of Solutions (MuSo).
Mumbaikars will have time till May 10 to take a walk through this unique project which uses new-age, cuttingedge technology to promote and sensitise people about indigenous artwork and reflect upon the resilience and authenticity of the people who originally produced them.
India’s Unbox Cultural Futures joined hands with Australia to bring home the art exhibition which gives a glimpse of how the Australian continent was mapped. The exhibition will travel from Mumbai to Delhi and cover Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata as well.
WTAS is a component of the National Museum of Australia’s acclaimed exhibition, ‘Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters’ touring Europe at present. Digitised by Mosster Studio to preserve one of the oldest cultures in the world, for wider audiences, WTAS comes to India after successfully touring Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos and USA.
“The use of technology to promote art not only lures art connoisseurs but also the youth, who are the nation builder of the future. I hope this exhibition and the programmes and activities we have created will prompt children and their families to explore the common characteristics of Australian and Indian people,” said Michael Peter Edson, Chief Museum Officer at MuSo.
Speaking on the occasion, Tanvi Jindal Shete, founder of MuSo, said she hoped this unique art exhibition would play a catalytic role for more collaborations between India and Australia to preserve the indigenous cultural legacies of both the nations.
