Conversation with Gambirra - S2, Ep8

Cultures of Change: Healing Our Identity

In this episode, we're talking to an amazing woman Gambirra aka Mama G. Your woman from the Gumatj clan of Northeast Arnhem Land currently residing in Worimi country. Gambirra uses art as her tool to unite and heal people. She is an eclectic artist using song, dance and painting as a natural process for her. She values multiculturalism, human rights and the environment. She has a passion for nurturing and strengthening identity.
"It's about connecting to country. Cause you'd go, how do we do that? So connection to country is a big one because it allows us to connect to our internal system. You know, that's activating our DNA. That's activating our nervous system. Being barefoot on the land and in the water. I think this is where we begin to heal."
You can connect with Gambirra on Instagram @gambirra @gambirra_mob @theillumegirls
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More About Gambirra
Gambirra uses the Arts as her tool to unite and heal people. Over two decades of practice as a professional performer; musician, singer songwriter, producer, exhibiting visual artist, workshop facilitator, cultural arts educator and a clinical mental health & well-being coach.
Gambirra values multiculturalism, human rights and the environment. She has a passion for nurturing and strengthening identity and connecting with disadvantaged individuals and/or communities who have suffered intergenerational trauma.
Song, dance and painting has always been a natural process for Gambirra. Her source of inspiration draws from a long lineage of ceremonial painters, healers and the natural world. Creating and sharing through the arts is a spiritual and philosophical process for her.
A member of the Sydney World Music Chamber Orchestra. She is a key Ceremonial vocalist and Ensemble Leader of Dream Drone. A member of The ILLUME Girls, Leader of the ‘GAMBIRRA MOB’ - bringing together a dynamic & diverse multicultural family in song, expanding up to a 12-piece band, gracing world stages such as Woodford Folk festival and Splendour in the Grass.
As an eclectic artist, Gambirra has composed and produced musical pieces for projects such as Catapult Dance Company, NAISDA Dance Company and Legal Aid NSW.
Throughout her practice, her message is powerful and simple; "our spirituality is inseparably linked to the land, we all vibrate with the planet. We are one blood".