Judith Nangala Crispin
@judithnangala.bsky.social
Poet & visual artist on unceded Yuin Walbunga Country in Australia. Afterlife portraits of animals & birds. Alternative darkroom with drawing & painting. Grainger Gallery and Anima Mundi. Poetry collections with Puncher & Wattmann. Member of FNAWN & Oculi.
After bushfires came months of unrelenting rain. The burrows flooded. Mud obscured the paths to higher ground. Brian, in the mist rising from swampy ground, finds a great and secret tunnel in the sky.
Lumachrome Glass Print, Cliche-verre, Chemigram, Drawing.
Lumachrome Glass Print, Cliche-verre, Chemigram, Drawing.
August 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
After bushfires came months of unrelenting rain. The burrows flooded. Mud obscured the paths to higher ground. Brian, in the mist rising from swampy ground, finds a great and secret tunnel in the sky.
Lumachrome Glass Print, Cliche-verre, Chemigram, Drawing.
Lumachrome Glass Print, Cliche-verre, Chemigram, Drawing.
PREORDERING IS OPEN NOW (official release date October 1)
The Purple House help remote Indigenous people remain on their homeland for life-saving dialysis. All author profits from this book go to them. We've released a limited edition of 1000 signed books.
puncherandwattmann.com/product/the-...
The Purple House help remote Indigenous people remain on their homeland for life-saving dialysis. All author profits from this book go to them. We've released a limited edition of 1000 signed books.
puncherandwattmann.com/product/the-...
July 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
PREORDERING IS OPEN NOW (official release date October 1)
The Purple House help remote Indigenous people remain on their homeland for life-saving dialysis. All author profits from this book go to them. We've released a limited edition of 1000 signed books.
puncherandwattmann.com/product/the-...
The Purple House help remote Indigenous people remain on their homeland for life-saving dialysis. All author profits from this book go to them. We've released a limited edition of 1000 signed books.
puncherandwattmann.com/product/the-...
Friends, after all the drama, the motorcycle crashes and desert crossings, the burying of thousands of road killed animals and birds (not killed by me!!)-- the first 1000 signed copies of the book are finally available for presale! puncherandwattmann.com/product/the-...
The Dingo's Noctuary - Puncher & Wattmann
The Dingo's Noctuary is a book published by Puncher & Wattmann. Click here to purchase The Dingo's Noctuary online today.
puncherandwattmann.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Friends, after all the drama, the motorcycle crashes and desert crossings, the burying of thousands of road killed animals and birds (not killed by me!!)-- the first 1000 signed copies of the book are finally available for presale! puncherandwattmann.com/product/the-...
So excited to be part of Storyfest this year! Keeping First Nations storytelling at the front of the conversation. There are some totally awesome poets and novellists this year. If you're near that part of the coast, come by and meet us!
June 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
So excited to be part of Storyfest this year! Keeping First Nations storytelling at the front of the conversation. There are some totally awesome poets and novellists this year. If you're near that part of the coast, come by and meet us!
Friends, my book "The Dingo's Noctuary", which took six years to write, will be published by Puncher & Wattmann on Oct 1, 2025. We'll do a run of 1000 hard cover books, numbered, with colour maps, plant pressings, star atlases and lumachrome prints. It will be available for pre-sale soon.
June 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Friends, my book "The Dingo's Noctuary", which took six years to write, will be published by Puncher & Wattmann on Oct 1, 2025. We'll do a run of 1000 hard cover books, numbered, with colour maps, plant pressings, star atlases and lumachrome prints. It will be available for pre-sale soon.
Sharing a poem by the very beautiful Michael Dransfield...
June 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Sharing a poem by the very beautiful Michael Dransfield...
Sending love today, on this anniversary of Sorry Day, to all our brothers and sisters whose families were torn apart by the genocidal policies of successive Australian governments. I wish peace for all of you, peace and answers. A safe path back to community and culture. Always was, always will be.
May 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Sending love today, on this anniversary of Sorry Day, to all our brothers and sisters whose families were torn apart by the genocidal policies of successive Australian governments. I wish peace for all of you, peace and answers. A safe path back to community and culture. Always was, always will be.
Pretty stoked to have made the finals of Ravenswood Art Prize this year, alongside a bunch of super talented people. Hoping Sydney friends can get to the exhibition!
May 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Pretty stoked to have made the finals of Ravenswood Art Prize this year, alongside a bunch of super talented people. Hoping Sydney friends can get to the exhibition!
Just received my copy of Red Comet, the new biography of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark. And opening it for the first time, reacquainted myself with that astronomical talent. Plath, the lion-red queen of poetry. There will never be another quite like her.
April 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Just received my copy of Red Comet, the new biography of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark. And opening it for the first time, reacquainted myself with that astronomical talent. Plath, the lion-red queen of poetry. There will never be another quite like her.
The goats names are Myrtle and Murray, and the goose is Gerald. They'll be my studio companions when I move out to Reedy Creek. Selling prints at 15% off, to help pay for the move. Can't wait to show you guys the new place.
April 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The goats names are Myrtle and Murray, and the goose is Gerald. They'll be my studio companions when I move out to Reedy Creek. Selling prints at 15% off, to help pay for the move. Can't wait to show you guys the new place.
Previous Liberal (conservative) PM Malcolm Turnbull gave a speech at the National Press Club, articulating what many Australians feel. It doesn't matter which side of the political divide you're on, the US-Australian alliance looks very worse for wear. www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/sovere...
Sovereignty and Security - Australia and the new world disorder
<p>Australian sovereignty, sovereign autonomy, has never been so important. And yet in recent years it has never been so diminished. </p>
<p>This does not mean that we will not have shared interests...
www.malcolmturnbull.com.au
April 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Previous Liberal (conservative) PM Malcolm Turnbull gave a speech at the National Press Club, articulating what many Australians feel. It doesn't matter which side of the political divide you're on, the US-Australian alliance looks very worse for wear. www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/sovere...
As part of their relentless attack on artists and free thinkers, yet another Australian cultural institution has cancelled Khaled Sabsabi. I call on all Australian artists to boycott Monash University's gallery until it grows a spine.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Dumped Venice Biennale artist's Melbourne show indefinitely postponed
Monash University has indefinitely postponed an exhibition — due to open in May — featuring the work of Lebanese Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi at its gallery, MUMA.
www.abc.net.au
March 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
As part of their relentless attack on artists and free thinkers, yet another Australian cultural institution has cancelled Khaled Sabsabi. I call on all Australian artists to boycott Monash University's gallery until it grows a spine.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
It's official! I'm putting my shipping container and geodesic dome on a truck and moving out to Reedy Creek. I'll be sharing my new studio with two billy goats and a goose. For the next few weeks I'm selling edition prints at 15% off. The less I have to move, the better. Message me for prices!
March 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It's official! I'm putting my shipping container and geodesic dome on a truck and moving out to Reedy Creek. I'll be sharing my new studio with two billy goats and a goose. For the next few weeks I'm selling edition prints at 15% off. The less I have to move, the better. Message me for prices!
If anyone is hanging around the Hunter, why not join me for poetry at the pub? Grand Hotel, Newcastle.
March 19, 2025 at 5:44 AM
If anyone is hanging around the Hunter, why not join me for poetry at the pub? Grand Hotel, Newcastle.
Every time I return to William Blake's poems, I understand them a little better. And the older I get, the more I need his gentle light - especially in times like ours. Here's two of my favourites - well known, but not diminished by familiarity.
March 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Every time I return to William Blake's poems, I understand them a little better. And the older I get, the more I need his gentle light - especially in times like ours. Here's two of my favourites - well known, but not diminished by familiarity.
Saluting the courage and solidarity of Australian artists this morning. We might disagree among ourselves sometimes, but we stand up when we need to defend our own.
February 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Saluting the courage and solidarity of Australian artists this morning. We might disagree among ourselves sometimes, but we stand up when we need to defend our own.
SHOW opening tonight on Grainger Gallery's Mezzanine with the talented Rebecca Selleck at 6pm.
Two brilliant artists in the main gallery, Mahala M Hill and Dan Power.
Hope to see some of you there!
Two brilliant artists in the main gallery, Mahala M Hill and Dan Power.
Hope to see some of you there!
February 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
SHOW opening tonight on Grainger Gallery's Mezzanine with the talented Rebecca Selleck at 6pm.
Two brilliant artists in the main gallery, Mahala M Hill and Dan Power.
Hope to see some of you there!
Two brilliant artists in the main gallery, Mahala M Hill and Dan Power.
Hope to see some of you there!
Joseph flashes in the midnight clouds, like lightning, like something holy, like someone entering into grace.
(For Maddie)
Lumachrome glass print, chemigram, cliche-verre. Fallen baby bird, insect tracks, seeds, copper chloride & acids with current, on fibre paper. Exposed 12 hours under perspex.
(For Maddie)
Lumachrome glass print, chemigram, cliche-verre. Fallen baby bird, insect tracks, seeds, copper chloride & acids with current, on fibre paper. Exposed 12 hours under perspex.
February 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Joseph flashes in the midnight clouds, like lightning, like something holy, like someone entering into grace.
(For Maddie)
Lumachrome glass print, chemigram, cliche-verre. Fallen baby bird, insect tracks, seeds, copper chloride & acids with current, on fibre paper. Exposed 12 hours under perspex.
(For Maddie)
Lumachrome glass print, chemigram, cliche-verre. Fallen baby bird, insect tracks, seeds, copper chloride & acids with current, on fibre paper. Exposed 12 hours under perspex.
Creative Australia has dropped Khaled Sabsabi from Venice Biennale because they fear he will speak out about Gaza.
I call on all Australian artists to end their association with Creative Australia. Race-based censorship is never acceptable.
I stand with Khaled.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
I call on all Australian artists to end their association with Creative Australia. Race-based censorship is never acceptable.
I stand with Khaled.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Why an Australian artist just pulled from Venice Biennale
Just days ago, Australian Lebanese artist Khaled Sabsabi was announced as Australia's representative at the 2026 Venice Biennale. That decision has now been revoked.
www.abc.net.au
February 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Creative Australia has dropped Khaled Sabsabi from Venice Biennale because they fear he will speak out about Gaza.
I call on all Australian artists to end their association with Creative Australia. Race-based censorship is never acceptable.
I stand with Khaled.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
I call on all Australian artists to end their association with Creative Australia. Race-based censorship is never acceptable.
I stand with Khaled.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
I know many clever, educated Americans who have not realised the degree to which "Christianity" (Vance style) has shaped the rise of Fascism across the world and particularly in the US. This is an old article, but it lays out the origins of the evangelical alt-right. harpers.org/archive/2003...
Jesus Plus Nothing, by Jeff Sharlet
Undercover among America’s secret theocrats
harpers.org
February 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I know many clever, educated Americans who have not realised the degree to which "Christianity" (Vance style) has shaped the rise of Fascism across the world and particularly in the US. This is an old article, but it lays out the origins of the evangelical alt-right. harpers.org/archive/2003...
"The tree of Joyfulness erupts from the marrow of the First Rat. And its humming branches call the spirit rodents, those lost or returning to the source, and offers them shelter."
February 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM
"The tree of Joyfulness erupts from the marrow of the First Rat. And its humming branches call the spirit rodents, those lost or returning to the source, and offers them shelter."
@stephenharrisonart.bsky.social so great to see you here!!
February 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
@stephenharrisonart.bsky.social so great to see you here!!
If you're on tik tok, please be on guard for racist videos that target important cultural leader Eric Yunkaporta. And please share Wayne Quilliam's portrait of Eric to help raise awareness. These tik tik videos trivialise Aboriginal culture and there are real people being harmed by this.
Warning for TikTok users as 'disgusting' trend goes viral
You might have seen this viral TikTok trend on your social media account. This is the story of the man behind it and why it's being labelled "disgusting".
www.abc.net.au
January 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
If you're on tik tok, please be on guard for racist videos that target important cultural leader Eric Yunkaporta. And please share Wayne Quilliam's portrait of Eric to help raise awareness. These tik tik videos trivialise Aboriginal culture and there are real people being harmed by this.
Before racing to the US before Trump wrecked the joint, before the Christmas chaos, and before stalking Quokkas in WA... I was delighted to learn that the magnificent Spiritus Journal has nominated me for the Pushcart Prize, for my poem "Gloria for a Broken Planet". Big thanks to Mark S. Burrows.
January 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Before racing to the US before Trump wrecked the joint, before the Christmas chaos, and before stalking Quokkas in WA... I was delighted to learn that the magnificent Spiritus Journal has nominated me for the Pushcart Prize, for my poem "Gloria for a Broken Planet". Big thanks to Mark S. Burrows.