Peace in the city
$3,500.00
You can see the city in the distance and that’s where all the noise is. You can see up close that we’re in the park. This story is only for your ears. This is at nighttime. If you’re standing in the city you are only listening to the cars and people walking around and traffic, it’s all about noise.
Compare yourself to being in the park – that’s the peace. You find yourself there and its peace. Surrounding yourself with trees. Get out of the technology world. If I’m being quiet I can think for myself and think about what I need to do next and how to live my life. I can’t do that in the noise and the chaos of the city. I like to be in the nature with the trees where there’s peace.
Anne Nginyangka Thompson grew up at Black Hill #2, her family’s homeland. Anne’s father was an integral part of the APY Land Rights movement, and her mother Carlene Thompson is a senior Ernabella artist. On completing school, Anne worked for PY Media, recording, editing and broadcasting. Anne began making ceramics in high school and then started working in the Ernabella Arts ceramic studio in between media projects.
Anne is a qualified interpreter as well as an artist, and like her father, she is also a talented speaker. Anne delivered an address at the Australian Ceramics Triennale conference in July 2015 in Canberra on the role of young people at Ernabella Arts and the importance of art centres in remote communities. Anne is also a jeweller. She has worked with contemporary resin jeweller Kate Rhode, developing her skills and techniques.
In 2014 and 2022 Anne was the winner of the Shepparton Arts Museum’s prestigious Indigenous Ceramic Art Award and her work was acquired for their collection. In 2023 Anne won the Wandjuk Marika Memorial 3D Award at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards for her ceramic artwork, Aṉangu History. Anne is currently the Chair of the Ernabella Arts Board, and she continues to be a strong voice and advocate for the APY community.
