Freedom Flotilla Base Camp at Lake Eyre, South Australia

 

I had the blessed fortune of travelling for over two months across Australia on the Land and Sea Convoy for Peace and Justice – From Lake Eyre to West Papua and documented my travels with the Freedom Flotilla. The mission was one of peace, reconciliation and solidarity, between the Indigenous people of Australia and West Papua, and I am proud to share some of these incredible moments with the world.

The journey began here, at the ancient sacred sites on and around Lake Eyre, where water was collected from the mound springs and a beautiful ceremony marked the start of a historic retracing of 40,000 year old song lines and trade routes.

This short clip was used by SBS World News Australia, ABC News, NITV, Democracy Now, The Guardian and various other news sources during the course of the campaign.

Alia Gabres

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Alia Gabres – spoken word artist, storyteller

Published Photography for the Freedom Flotilla

Photography published in the Guardian Australia for the Freedom Flotilla to West Papua

A published photo of Franky and Amos aboard Pog on the sail to Cooktown from Cairns. Raising the Morning Star flag incurs a charge of treason and 20 years minimum jail sentence from the Indonesian occupiers of West Papua.

Photography published in the IB Times for the Freedom Flotilla to West Papua

Uncle Kevin Buzzacott, activist and Indigenous leader. One of the masterminds behind the Freedom Flotilla to West Papua.

BOJI Theatre Production Trailer

 

My newest collaboration with some of Melbourne’s finest dancers. This is a wicked little trailer for an upcoming dance and musical show highlighting a young man’s journey towards spirituality.

The clip features dancer/musicians Travers Ross, Eddie Carbury, Brad ‘Yogi’ Harrison, Tarik Frimpong, Dennis ‘Nasa’ Pennalligen, Zarah Adams, Johnny Duel and Kim Suree.

“Ascension”

 

I reach, therefore I am …

 

“Balance”

 

The very essence of the unrelenting ocean: balance, within and without …

“Departures”

Cyclical arrivals and departures … The moon, balancing upon the mast, marking the end of land and the start at sea …

“Memorias Perdidas”

Slivers of ochre history, skin stained, struggling to remain seen after the rain …

“Ochre Moon”

Sun falls, moon rises and the earth bleeds hues of red and orange to remind us of how far we’ve come. Home lies miles to the east but the heart is perfectly still in the now.

Shūnya – Elves in the Bodhi Forest

The word Shūnya is the philosophical concept of the non-duality between infinite and finite. It is represented by the circle “O” and is thematically and visually explored in this clip I created a few months ago (before hitting the road) for Bal Singh, producer and sarangi player.

The ever-soaring MC Elf Tranzporter takes us on a journey through a metaphorical Bodhi forest in this track and is joined by bansuri maestro Vinod Prasanna to create the masterpiece that is this song.

Make sure that subwoofer is plugged in, and more importantly, find Shūnya’s debut EP ‘O’ off Bossman Records here >> http://www.shunyamusic.org/ … it’s amazing.