NEW AICA BOARD ELECTED

 

Late last year, a new Board was elected to spearhead AICA's strategic directions and governance over the next year.  The new AICA Board of Directors is as follows:

 

 

Chairperson – Tiga Bayles - Brisbane Indigenous Media Association  

 

PY Media

 

Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Media (PY Media) started as Ernabella Video and Television (EVTV) in the early 1980s in Ernabella community (Pukatja), north-western South Australia. EVTV was initiated as a way to curb the saturation of commercial TV services with the launch of AUSAT. EVTV became the place to go to document or record culture or anything that was of interest to the individual.

PY Media is known nationally as a leader in remote communications. Its achievements demonstrate innovative and appropriate technological solutions for Indigenous people living in remote Australia. PY Media manages a number of communication and media projects including:

Provide services to 4 communities on the APY Lands

Radio: training, maintenance and upgrades.

IT: training, maintenance and upgrades.

PYComputers: maintenance of over 75 computers across APY lands; development of converging technologies with innovative ideas.

ICTV: 60 hours broadcast per weekend nationally on the Channel 23 footprint

Video Conferencing: installation, training and maintenance.

Radio Vision project in all communities.

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Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Video Productions strengthens indigenous self-determination. The videos produced by PY Media enhance the people's ability to take charge, make crucial decisions, and forge their own role within the country and global community.

In one of the most remote regions of the Australian continent, PY Media Video Productions faces the day-to-day challenge of using the latest tools and techniques in video making to preserve and enhance the culture of the people of the Pitjantjatjara Lands so that the culture may endure and continue to grow as a vital part of this global community.

PY Media Video Productions helps sustain a rich and unique culture of traditions and laws, rituals and performed/rendered art, dance and song. At the same time, PY Media also creates and supports video production among the people living across the Pitjantjatjara Lands.

PYMedia

Ph 8954 8164.