The wheels are in motion for Parrtjima festival 2023 following the announcement of next year's theme and opening of registrations to attend the spectacle set to light-up the Mparntwe (Alice Springs) sky in April.
The coming 10-day event pulls inspiration from Multijulu artist's Uluru Statement piece Uluru-Ku Tjukurrpa (The Uluru Story of connection), poised to take new shape in the festival's annual light display.
Uluru-Ku Tjukurrpa (The Uluru Story of connection).
It's just the next step for Uluru-Ku Tjukurrpa's lead artist and Maruku woman Rene Kulitja.
Set to work alongside a team of contemporaries her work takes new shape in an immersive festival trademark installation.
Attendee's can expect stories of songlines and expressions of Indigenous cultures deep connection to country.
AGB Events First Nations Advisor and Parrtjima Curator Rhoda Roberts said it's an opportunity for cultural education.
"There has been a growing realisation across the nation that Australia has something incredibly unique - its First Peoples," she said.
"We are the oldest living, adapting culture
"The installation will remind people of the eons of oral storytelling, and the story of Kuniya and Liru that shaped the landscape of Uluru through art."
Parrtjima festival runs April 7-16, 2023.
