Topology Taken

Join Topology, Southern Cross Soloists and actors Lafe Charlton and Roxanne McDonald as they unite to perform Taken; then journey into the heart of Spinifex country with West Australian composer and cellist Iain Grandage.

Conducted by Peter Luff

This 10 minute highlight video was originally performed at the Brisbane Powerhouse 20 May 2008.

Reconciliation includes remembering our past. And remembering means listening. In this beautiful collaboration, Topology listens to the voices of Indigenous Australia as they perform Taken, by composers Robert Davidson and Paul Dean, to accompany stories from the Bringing Them Home report and interviews with Aunty Ruth Hegarty. Aunty Ruth tells stories of separation from her mother at the Cherbourg Mission, as told in her award-winning book, Is that you Ruthie?

People will listen to Taken as a milestone, appreciating its art, and its politics. It leaves its dazed audience gasping for breath. - The Australian

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A moving exploration of the 'stolen children' trauma that Australia is only beginning to confront.