IDENTITY: yours, mine, ours

Belonging : featuring Mestre Val Boa Morte

Image by Colin Cairnes – Courtesy of Museum Victoria

An exciting new Permanent Exhibition at Museum Victoria‘s IMMIGRATION MUSEUM will be Opening 18th March 2011 about personal identity in Contemporary Australia.

Award winning Film-maker, Colin Cairnes produces a series of film-stories with Museum Victoria which is part of the ‘BELONGING’ section of the Exhibition.

The videos show different forms of community belonging and the variety of ways people and groups express their identity through their creative practices.

Mestre Val Boa Morte is featured talking about how the Brazilian practice of Capoeira creates a local community of practitioners.

Stay tuned to the IDENTITY BLOG for updates on the Exhibition.

MUSEUM VICTORIA – Immigration Museum is located at 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PH: 13 11 02