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Inspired by the vast remoteness of the Australian outback, and dating back thousands of years, the sacred tradition of Aboriginal art is finding new audiences -- through the very modern medium of social media.
Internationally renowned Aboriginal artist Sarrita King explains how an art form deeply linked to specific ancient lands and traditions is resonating with modern buyers -- many of whom are thousands of miles away.
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"I think indigenous art is so raw, " she says. "It speaks to the explorer that appreciates history and the image of our mother country. I think everyone's got that in them. When their life is hectic living in a big city ... people can find peace in our artwork, " King explains.
Aboriginal art often expresses "Dreamings" passed down to an artist by their ancestors -- meaningful stories or images about life in the bush. Now with the explosion of social media these age old traditions are finding fresh audiences -- which is a positive change according to King, whose work sells for between $200 and $30, 000.
"When you sit with some of these elders, they paint and then once their canvas is finished they're happy for it to go, " she says. "It flows on. And then for them it's about the next canvas. So I'm all about the story getting out there."
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Scott Linklater, manager of Artlandish Aboriginal Art Gallery in Kununnura, Northern Australia, has seen the benefits of getting the story out there. "It's been astronomical the level of engagement we've had, " he says.
"We had a sale in March and I think we sold 13 paintings directly through Facebook. So it went from being a great place for sharing our work to being a bona fide sales method."
Linklater, who opened shop in 2001, added: "It may be one of the oldest art forms in the world, but it's one of the youngest genres of the art market.
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"Between 2000 and 2008 there was unprecedented growth in Aboriginal art -- we got in at the right time. Then in 2008 the global financial crisis hit the market really hard.
"A very important part of weathering the financial crisis was having prices that started at less than $150 to up to about $150, 000.
King's agent, Keith Murphy, says the overseas market is crucial: "There's no doubt about it, I think international buyers are the biggest buyers of Aboriginal art.
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"I would say France is the biggest European country by far because they have such a long history of indigenous cave paintings in and around France. They have this real fascination with indigenous cultures ... a real association and respect.
Shipping to overseas buyers presents particular challenges for some Aboriginal artworks. While shipping acrylic paintings is as simple as rolling them into a tube, some works are painted using natural ochres, which would crack if rolled up. To ensure safe delivery, these have to be shipped in wooden boxes.
But for many in the industry, it's about more than simply selling paintings. Linklater says he wants to engage positively with the Aboriginal community.
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"Government assistance for remote communities is woefully inadequate so it's vitally important that indigenous people have the ability to earn income in other ways, " he says.
"There are a number of very successful artists that have made enormous amounts of money but you wouldn't know it because they have invested it all back into their community."
"So I believe we're making people aware of the plight of indigenous people even now, and what they've gone through for the last 200 years. This art's gone all over the world and brought recognition."But the woman in the video isn't happy about the development, saying she'd rather it was left up so that those who make unwanted advances towards women are held accountable.
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Madeline Anello-Kitzmiller, a 20-year-old from the US, had glitter art painted on her chest for New Year's Eve at Rhythm and Vines.
A video that attracted hundred of thousands of views shows her walking through fellow revellers at the Gisborne festival, when a man runs up behind her and grabs her.
Anello-Kitzmiller told the Herald this morning, after returning to her Auckland home last night, that despite some of the reaction, she had wanted the video to stay up to show what women had to deal with.
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"There's a lot of people saying I deserved it or I was asking for it, but the fact is people should be able to dress however they want ... no matter what you wear your body is nobody else's but your own."
"We restrict the display of nudity and sexual activity because some audiences within our global community may be sensitive to this type of content - particularly because of their cultural background or age.
"We also restrict some images of female breasts if they include the nipple, but our intent is to allow images that are shared for medical or health purposes."
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"We got [abused] constantly [while] walking around, but then we got people coming up and saying 'you look amazing', or 'I wish I had the confidence to do that', or 'I'm going to do that next time'."
"We saw that the original video had been taken down from Facebook. The girl who posted it said she wants it to stay up.
Hatfield said plenty of other people had been stripping off, and there was a striking difference in the way men were treated versus the women.
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"There were quite a few males on the slides with their pants down just doing their own thing – I didn't see them getting harassed at all."
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