WM2-042 - Gaulim Movies

The Gaulim Movies are video clips of an overall cultural exhibition project commissioned by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) to engage with these practices in an attempt to acknowledge the full breadth of artistic expression across Papua New Guinea today. It involves the Uramat Mugas (Uramat Story Songs) project, in development for ‘The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT10). The project — involving Uramat leader Lazarus Eposia and Gunantuna Elder, the late Gideon Kakabin and Ruth McDougall, Curator, Pacific Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. The video clips are some of the footages from a ceremony where people, dancers are immersed in the sounds of the village and people as it prepare the lyrical lilt in the 'Uramat' tok ples (Ura language), the soft hum of the surrounding forest and the mugas (story songs) that are sung for the dances in more guttural tones by Uramat men. Threading all of this together are the sonorous beats of the bamboo orchestra — a thrum that echoes through the hollow bamboo as it is slammed rhythmically against a timber plank on the ground. Source: Ruth McDougall, QAGOMA (David Bridie & Steven Gagau, June 2025). Language as given:

高林影像集（Gaulim Movies）是昆士兰艺术画廊|现代艺术美术馆（Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art，简称QAGOMA）委托打造的整体文化展览项目配套视频片段，该项目旨在参与相关文化实践，全面展现当今巴布亚新几内亚的多元艺术表达风貌。该影像集收录了为“第十届亚太当代艺术三年展”（The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art，简称APT10）筹备的乌拉姆特穆加斯（Uramat Mugas，乌拉姆特叙事歌）项目相关内容。该项目参与方包括乌拉姆特领袖拉撒路·埃波西亚（Lazarus Eposia）、古南图纳长老已故的吉迪恩·卡卡宾（Gideon Kakabin），以及布里斯班昆士兰艺术画廊|现代艺术美术馆太平洋艺术策展人露丝·麦克道格尔（Ruth McDougall）。本批视频片段取自一场仪式的部分素材：仪式中，参与者与舞者沉浸于村落与人群的声响之中——人们用乌拉姆特本土语（Uramat tok ples，即乌拉语/Ura language）吟唱婉转的歌词，周遭森林传来轻柔的嗡鸣，乌拉姆特男性则以更为粗粝的嗓音演唱适配舞蹈的穆加斯（mugas，叙事歌）。贯穿整场仪式的是竹乐团（bamboo orchestra）的浑厚节拍：中空竹管被有节奏地敲击地面的木梁，发出回荡于管内的低沉震颤。资料来源：露丝·麦克道格尔，QAGOMA（大卫·布里迪与史蒂文·加高，2025年6月）。所用语言说明如下：