Crown & Country
About the Project
Completed over five years, working in the tough conditions of outback Australia.
This project had the bold ambition to connect the ideas and culture of Walpiri Elders from the remote Northern Territory, with urban Australia.
Completed over five years, working in the tough conditions of outback Australia.
This project had the bold ambition to connect the ideas and culture of Walpiri Elders from the remote Northern Territory, with urban Australia.
Major Project
Crown &
Country
- 3 festivals across the country, touring Australia through 2025
- Sold out every show, at every festival on the national tour
- Buy-in and support from the local community
The voices
- Wanta Jampijinpa Pawu-Kurlpurlurnu Warlpiri philosopher, teacher and artist, from the remote central desert community of Lajamanu, NT.
- Jerry Jangala Patrick OAM Wanta’s father, one of the most important Warlpiri songmen alive today, and a first contact elder — one of the few remaining in Australia.
- Marc ‘Monkey’ Peckham Contemporary composition, woven through the traditional material.
The work
Crown and Country translates deep intergenerational cultural knowledge into immersive music and film, where Wanta Jampijinpa invites you into a desert journey through the Warlpiri universe.
- Belonging
- Connection
- Responsibility to Country
Toured Australia, 2025
- Darwin Festival Sold out
- Mparntwe Alice Springs International Film Festival · Sold out
- Now or Never, Melbourne Capitol Theatre · Sold out
Outcomes
- Made with the community’s Elders from the outset. Once it screened, the wider community came forward wanting to be part of the next edition.
- Engaged urban Australians who had no prior connection to the work.
- An invitation to embrace Indigenous culture as part of our shared identity.
Click below for a radio interview with Wanta, Jerry and Monkey.