TEONE REINTHAL
GCert VA/Queensland College of Arts, MAhons MP/Griffith Film School, PhD student School of Humanities Griff
is a Brisbane-based filmmaker, visual artist and doctoral candidate currently engaged in research investigating relationships between identity and art.
Teone's professional background arises from various creative fields, including professional music, theatre, ABC TV, advertising and graphic design. Receiving the Griffith Award for Academic Excellence in 2006 & 2007, Teone frequently works in partnership with talented composer and music producer Steve Reinthal. In addition to video as art media, Teone has produced an extensive collection of paintings and sculptures, many of which include commissioned works in private collections in Australia, New Zealand, U.S.A., China, Holland, Germany and PNG.
Teone has twice received professional development grants from Arts Queensland to research and produce BELONGINGS (a multi-disciplinary visual arts project raising stories about identity and heritage/2005) and GOSSAMER ROADS – documenting the Salaam Project, profiling the rich traditions of Muslim women artists living in Brisbane, 2008. Teone was awarded the Access Arts SAAFE artist's grant in 2011.
Teone has presented the following films and/or published conference papers:-
- The Circle of Dreams - traditional wisdoms/contemporary learning University of La Rochelle France 2011 - due for publication 2012
- Rousing the Dark Horse - the complementary role of creative expression in social reconciliation The RSA - Brisbane fellowship with Emma Bennison 2011
- Rousing the Dark Horse - Gold Coast RHD Symposium Griffith University 2011
- "...we'll both belong to the place" - Developing Cultural Awareness through Receptivity and Recognition. (Peer reviewed for publications - ANZCA Media Democracy and Change, Canberra July 2010, and Challenging Politics, Critical Voices emerging scholars conference - UQ/POLSIS June 2010)
- The Hidden Tribe (Intersections Symposium/Griffith University 2008)
- The Burqa as a Window to the Void (Not another Hijab Row/UT/Sydney 2006)
- Blue Colour – (International Thalidomide Conference/Sydney 2008)
- Nectarsongs – Motherlode Conference - 2007/York University/Canada
Documentary and Dramatic Films - Many of Teone’s films have been developed in partnership with several Indigenous communities, and have sought to provide appropriate frameworks for community narrative to emerge, supported by, but not distorted by the film making process.
2007 – 2009 Films produced by Teone:-
Mary Graham speaks...about the Aboriginal World View - Cultural Awareness training documentary, Reconciliation at the Ration Shed - effects of referendum for Cherbourg community, Water Spirit Dreaming & Fire Mountain - sacred initiation site documentary with Bundjalung elder Uncle John Roberts for Wollumbin Dreaming Festival 2007, Deadly Idol - talent and talks with the Indigenous community of North West Brisbane, Bundjalahm - the Art of Patsy Nagas, Adrian Burragubba's CD and DVD release 'Didj A Tale' Videographer for ‘Reflections’ Referendum and 40 years to the future – directed by Leah Purcell & performed at QPAC 2007/2008 + Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts, plus ACPA promo/docos 2007 & 2008 - showcasing the school's lead-up to the graduation performance for 2007, Blue Colour - a half-hour short feature drama written and directed by Teone. Bukal Bunya Yarrabura (commissioned as a partner project between the Office for Women, Yarrabah Community and Teone Reinthal Productions), Gossamer Roads – a film about the Salaam Project (commissioned by Access Arts and Arts Queensland), ACPA promo 2008, The Edge (ACPA class drama/improvised experimental TV series), Contracts (short drama), Aquarium (short drama resulting from a residency on Peel Island), Positive Parenting in Yarrabah (Commissioned by Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services Aboriginal Corporation), Rain Painting, Kicking the Can & Yugambeh Youth (all 3 commissioned by Logan Beaudesert Health Coalition/Queensland Health) plus The Circle of Dreams and Y'Aunties
2007 – 2009 Films produced by Teone:-
Mary Graham speaks...about the Aboriginal World View - Cultural Awareness training documentary, Reconciliation at the Ration Shed - effects of referendum for Cherbourg community, Water Spirit Dreaming & Fire Mountain - sacred initiation site documentary with Bundjalung elder Uncle John Roberts for Wollumbin Dreaming Festival 2007, Deadly Idol - talent and talks with the Indigenous community of North West Brisbane, Bundjalahm - the Art of Patsy Nagas, Adrian Burragubba's CD and DVD release 'Didj A Tale' Videographer for ‘Reflections’ Referendum and 40 years to the future – directed by Leah Purcell & performed at QPAC 2007/2008 + Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts, plus ACPA promo/docos 2007 & 2008 - showcasing the school's lead-up to the graduation performance for 2007, Blue Colour - a half-hour short feature drama written and directed by Teone. Bukal Bunya Yarrabura (commissioned as a partner project between the Office for Women, Yarrabah Community and Teone Reinthal Productions), Gossamer Roads – a film about the Salaam Project (commissioned by Access Arts and Arts Queensland), ACPA promo 2008, The Edge (ACPA class drama/improvised experimental TV series), Contracts (short drama), Aquarium (short drama resulting from a residency on Peel Island), Positive Parenting in Yarrabah (Commissioned by Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services Aboriginal Corporation), Rain Painting, Kicking the Can & Yugambeh Youth (all 3 commissioned by Logan Beaudesert Health Coalition/Queensland Health) plus The Circle of Dreams and Y'Aunties
BLUE COLOUR was nominated for the QNFA Warner Roadshow Best overall film of 2008 and the QUT Best Tertiary Drama 2008.
Painting Exhibitions
- SALAAM PROJECT July - August 2009 Brisbane Square Library
- PEEL ISLAND - The Artist's Residencies. QCA College Gallery, Tribune St Southbank, March 2009
- THE CLOTHPLANT - Solo exhibition April and May at the Green Oven 2008
- FOREST FOR THE TREES - Solo - Mt Nebo December 2006, and Green Oven Cafe - March and April 2007 (all proceeds donated to the Rural Bush fire Brigade)
- UNITED ARTS - group exhibition 10 artists Kookaburra Cafe Padd. 2006
- POSTGRADUATE GROUP EXHIBITION, The Whitebox – film Nectarsongs QCA 2006
- ENTANGLEMENTS - one-woman show - Green Oven February and March 2005
- NECTARSONGS - performance & solo exhibition - Womenspace - Kedron 2005
- LA SELVA SAGRADA - solo performances & exhibitions - Samford 2005 (proceeds donated to Amnesty International)
Plays written, directed and/or performed by Teone Reinthal:-
Mentalpause 1992, Best Lied Story 1993, Rainbirds 2001 (Performed and reviewed Brisbane), Fear, Seduction, Manipulation, Death ’02 (Performed and reviewed Brisbane), Womana 2003, Big Muster 2004, Live! …from Deeply Nowhere 2004, La Selva Sagrada 2005 (Produced/Performed for Brisbane and Sydney), Nectarsongs 1 Soleil’s Plight 2005 (Performed Brisbane), Dark & Dishevelled (performed Brisbane 2007)
Screenplays by Teone:-
Rattle the Gourd 2004 (Filmed in Brisbane), Vivaxis 2005 (currently presented on QLD State Library website), Nectarsongs, Eyes and Ears of Jericho, How Do You Feel?, Belongings 1 & 2, Water Spirit Dreaming, Les Vierges Noires, Blue Colour, Deadly Nightshade, Womana, Rain Painting, Kicking the Can, Hip 2 it...
Independently produced Music & Film Co-productions:-
Rainbirds (CD release), Sacred Jungle (solo album CD release), Rattle the Gourd (The Film), Belongings, Nectarsongs, Steve Reinthal “on guitar”
Books Published by Lemuria:-
Gaia’s Mouth (2005)
Screenplays by Teone:-
Rattle the Gourd 2004 (Filmed in Brisbane), Vivaxis 2005 (currently presented on QLD State Library website), Nectarsongs, Eyes and Ears of Jericho, How Do You Feel?, Belongings 1 & 2, Water Spirit Dreaming, Les Vierges Noires, Blue Colour, Deadly Nightshade, Womana, Rain Painting, Kicking the Can, Hip 2 it...
Independently produced Music & Film Co-productions:-
Rainbirds (CD release), Sacred Jungle (solo album CD release), Rattle the Gourd (The Film), Belongings, Nectarsongs, Steve Reinthal “on guitar”
Books Published by Lemuria:-
Gaia’s Mouth (2005)