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Jenine Godwin-Thompson, Yaggera
Weaving Languages, 2025
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
90 x 90 x 2 cm

This painting portrays weaving as a living narrative of Aboriginal knowledge and identity. Each strand represents the diversity of Aboriginal people, languages, and communities across Australia. Together they form a strong and interconnected whole, holding stories of survival, resilience, and belonging.

The weave flows across the canvas as a visual dialogue—an echo of deep listening, the Aboriginal way of living in harmony with Country- moving in rhythm. Colours and patterns carry meaning.

This artwork reminds us that weaving is more than material—it is narrative, our worldview. When strands remain strong and bound together, they hold culture and keep knowledge alive. If strands fray or break, it depicts the fracture of worldview, the loss of connection. Yet when the weave is whole, it embodies continuity—our capacity to adapt, to care for Country, and to sustain the social, emotional, cultural, and spiritual worldviews of Aboriginal life, keeping culture strong.