The Singing Telegraph - a film by Jon Rose and The Tara Community

This film is spoken in Kaytetye, an indigenous language of fewer than 100 speakers from central Australia. There are no English subtitles as the film’s director wishes this ancient tongue to be heard as music.
More sonic outcomes and information to The Singing Telegraph are available at:
www.jonroseweb.com/f_projects_singing_telegraph.php
Credits:
Selma Ngalyarre Thompson, Timothy Thangale Price, Nancy Thompson, Vivianne Thompson, Alex Thompson, Carol Thompson, Tommy ‘Walkabout’ and Phillip Jangala, principle Ruth Rawnsley and Neutral Junction School, Tanisha Joaniev, anthropologist Grace Koch, linguist Myfany Turpin who has worked for over 25 years with Tara Community, the technical contribution of Nick Roux (via MESS) in the building of the Morse Key/MIDI interface, and the extra drone footage filmed by Chris Tangey.
Access to The Telegraph Station at Barrow Creek was provided by Parks Central Australia, documents used are housed by AIATSIS.
The Singing Telegraph was supported by Creative Australia (The Australia Council), The Gwaertler Stiftung, and Tura New Music.
copyright © Tara Community and Jon Rose 2024