Mungangga Garlagula

Nov 24

Denmark Arts and Tura presented Mungangga Garlagula at the Denmark Civic Centre over the weekend.

A collaboration between Mark Atkins and Erkki Veltheim, Mungangga Garlagula tells a deeply human story of homecoming, through the combined musical and storytelling talents of its co-creators.

Mark Atkins performing Mungangga Garlagula at the Denmark Civic Centre

Mungangga Garlagula begins with an invitation to join Mark Atkins by the campfire and to travel with he as he takes us across the porous border between day and night, dream and reality.

Co-creator of Mungangga Garlagula, Mark Atkins is known not only for his masterly playing of the didgeridu but also as a storyteller, composer, percussionist, visual artist and instrument maker

Mark Atkins performing in Mungangga Garlagula

With Mark Atkins, Erkki Veltheim is the co-creator of Mungangga Garlagula which premiered this weekend in the Great Southern at both Albany and Denmark.

Mungangga Garlagula is a collaboration in music, sound and story by Mark Atkins, pictured here, and Erkki Veltheim.

Mungangga Garlagula co-creator and master didgeridu player, Mark Atkins

Composer Erkki Veltheim is the co-creator and performer of Mungangga Garlagula, alongside Mark Atkins

Virtuosic didgeridu player Mark Atkins is a descendant of Western Australia's Yamitji people.

Mark Atkins continues the great traditions of oral storytelling in Mungangga Garlagula, presented by Tura

Tura presented Mungangga Garlagula at the Denmark Civic Centre in WA over the weekend.

Mark Atkins shares a deeply human story of homecoming in Mungangga Garlagula

Mungangga GarlagulaPerformanceMark AtkinsErkki VeltheimTuraDenmark Artsdidgeridu

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