Aboriginal Motifs

Functions and Philosophies


Respect:
From the Visual arts protocol guide, it's shows a high respect of Aboriginal to protect their own cultural. Each cultural material and artwork have contain different background from the indigenous visuals artists to diversity their experience and cultural of their living and evolving.  However, Indigenous artist are trying to find different approval from their community for different public projects in Australia. It uses Indigenous images, designs, stories and cultural expression as the main cultural material for each artwork and it contains the right and the control of heritage of the Indigenous people.


Communication, consultation and consent:
From the Indigenous community, For each Indigenous piece (such as artwork and images) may contain different culture affect and cultural differences, therefore, it's important to find the right person and community group for details. It's also important to ask permission to use for any tribal, creation stories and the traditional designs form the elder's Aboriginal. Permission also require to be ask for any photographs because it has been a major concern for the Indigenous people on the use of their images to be use as a promotions; images of the communities and the deceased people also need to be aware because it may cause distress.




Moral Rights and Issues
To produce a design that refer to the Aboriginal motifs permission and a brief discussion need to be asked with the Aboriginal community to show our respect to the Indigenous cultural.






http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/32368/Visual_arts_protocol_guide.pdf