Unbroken Land

Unbroken Land is a performative community event that provides a platform for collective community storytelling. This unique program was first presented at the Alice Springs Desert Park in 2015, and again in 2016 and 2018. The program was presented virtually in 2020 and 2021, then also screened live in 2021.

Unbroken Land is an Incite Arts branded framework; a performative community arts event that provides a platform for collective community storytelling.

Unbroken Land is about bringing people together through community arts practice to experience diverse stories of belonging, celebrations of culture and our place in the landscape.

Unbroken Land asks the questions: What ‘dreaming’ are we creating today? What will those that follow in our footsteps inherit from us? Unbroken Land creates art that is about a world we want to live in and not the one currently shown in much of popular culture.

Unbroken Land allows us to tell our own stories to redefine who we are as individuals and as a community, who we want to be and how we want to be seen; and so, create the world we want to be a part of!

In 2020 Incite Arts’ re-visioning of Unbroken Land saw the event and community participation program presented virtually.

Incite produced twenty-one water-themed short films, released online, offering the unique opportunity to showcase the talents of our Central Australian community on more far-reaching online platforms, and to far greater audiences than the original planned live event.

Access and inclusion remain at the very heart of the virtual Unbroken Land, with closed captioning and audio description access features.

Water is everywhere
Water is powerful, fragile and precious
Water is life
From the mythical to the mundane
From ritual to resource, water connects us all
We all have water stories to share

In this Connect2Culture film, First Nations Disabled artist, Tiffany Malthouse, shows the importance of water in the desert as part of the Unbroken Land 2020 program. Through a series of...

As part of the Unbroken Land 2020 program, these two Connect2Culture films show the importance of water and fire in the desert. First Nations Disabled Artists Tiffany Malthouse and Lizzie...

As part of the Unbroken Land 2020 program, the ‘stArts with D’ Performance Ensemble have created a series of short films, telling their stories about water. From the dramatic storms...

As part of the Unbroken Land 2020 program, the ‘stArts with D’ Performance Ensemble have created a series of short films, telling their stories about water. From the dramatic storms...

As part of the Unbroken Land 2020 program, the ‘stArts with D’ Performance Ensemble have created a series of short films, telling their stories about water. From the dramatic storms...

Following on with the Unbroken Land 2020 water themed works comes Bloom. After the rain, the inevitable new life blossoms out from the red earth. This episode is a stop...

As part of the Unbroken Land 2020 program, this Connect2Culture film “Clouds” tells First Nations Disabled Artist Tiffany Malthouse’s story about clouds. Connect2Culture has supported Tiffany to explore dance, movement,...

Dance artist Miriam Nicholls has collaborated with her students at OLSH Catholic College to create this Unbroken Land 2020 episode. Letter to the Future has been inspired by the young...

GUTS Dance // Central Australia youth dancers tell their story of waiting for the rain in the desert. The sun is hot in the sky, white clouds are wispy, birds soar...

In There Was A River, the artists from the stArts with D Performance Ensemble tell their story of a river flowing through the red hills. Written by Tiffany Malthouse, Devona Palmer...

As part of the Unbroken Land 2020 program, this Connect2Culture film shows the importance of water and fire in the desert and adds new dimensions to the already released self-titled...

Corrugated Iron Youth Arts is a Darwin based organisation working with young people around the Northern Territory. A long-standing relationship with Incite Arts has led to Corrugated Iron’s involvement in Unbroken...

“Water is my dreaming. My ancestors were the rainmakers.” Maureen O’Keefe is a Kaytetye-Warlpiri woman from Ali Curung. She is a dedicated writer living in Mparntwe/Alice Springs. The songs are sung...

Midnight Feast are thrilled to be teaming with Incite Arts to bring Erica Halvorsen’s film ‘In Our Element’ to life. Reflecting on the theme of water, Erica was inspired to...

Desert Rain is created by two Centralian youth dancers Leah Cato, 17, and Eli Clarke, 15. It is a piece inspired by their memories and expresses the happiness and enjoyment...

The Mabuhay Multicultural Community of Mparntwe (Alice Springs) presents The Tinikling Dancers. The Tinikling dance is one of the most popular folk dances in the Philippines. Traditionally, as rice crops...

Zimbabwean Outback Melodies are a lady’s choir group based in Alice Springs. This song is about water being life. It describes the water that we share, the well where they get...

Nepal is a land rich in water resources due to the many Himalayan Glacier, rivers, lakes, and Monsoonal rain. Traditionally, brass, copper and clay pots were used to carry drinking...

The Southern Ngaliya Dancers are from Yuendumu. This film about Ngapa Jukurrpa (water dreaming) was filmed during the performance of Unbroken Land 2018 at the Desert Park. The film also...

Tari Puspanjali is a traditional Balinese dance which was created by the great Balinese artist, Swasthi Widjaja Bandem. Tari Puspanjali is a welcome dance and the name reflects the concept...

In our final episode of Unbroken Land, join us as we travel through the exquisitely lit gums of Central Australia following the beautifully illuminated Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists lanterns.