Science Gallery Bengaluru celebrates Aboriginal Australian traditions in an immersive exhibition
In collaboration with the Australian Consulate-General in Bengaluru, Walking through a Songline invites visitors to experience the sacred Aboriginal tradition of Songlines
Science Gallery Bengaluru, Walking through a Songline, 2024
In Aboriginal tradition, all Ancestral journeys across Australia create songlines—corridors of knowledge mapping their routes and activities. These stories form the foundational history of Australia, as told by artists, custodians, and traditional owners.
Science Gallery Bengaluru is hosting Walking Through a Songline, a pop-up digital experience based on part of the National Museum of Australia’s exhibition, running from 18 July to 18 August.
“Walking Through A Songline is a natural fit for the Science Gallery as it demonstrates the potential of new technologies to preserve art and cultural legacies”
Through immersive digital projections, the show brings to life the tracks of the Seven Sisters Tjukurrpa across Australia’s Western and Central deserts. Visitors 'walk' a digital songline, delving into stories that are part of a sacred Aboriginal tradition and have shaped one of the world’s oldest continuous cultures.
Hilary McGeachy, Consul General of the Australian Consulate-General in Bengaluru, highlights the exhibition’s alignment with the Science Gallery’s mission, ‘This exhibition marks the one-year anniversary of the Australian Consulate-General in Bengaluru. Walking Through A Songline is a natural fit for the Science Gallery, as an exhibition that demonstrates the potential of new technologies to preserve art and cultural legacies. This is an opportunity for those in Bengaluru to experience a dynamic showcase of the oldest continuous culture on earth.’
Science Gallery Bengaluru, Walking through a Songline, 2024
By utilising the impact of audiovisual contemporary technology, Science Gallery Bengaluru celebrates and shares the ancient Aboriginal Australian cultural legacy passed down through generations.