Open Letter: Protest against suppression of free speech in Canada, January 2024
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Start de-aboriginalisation, reclaim Australia
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Appeal to major museums and libraries to ignore the Woke aboriginal industry demands for “repatriation” of any prehistoric archaeological finds and removal of “offensive” books from their collections, July 03, 2022
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Fraudulent claims of prehistoric artifacts provenance and false attribution of ownership – John Kolettas Case, March 19, 2020
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Open Letter to Scott Morrison, with Objections to Sven Ouzman’s Rock Art Presentation – Published in the Public Interest, 17 February 2022
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Request to Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Australian Government to stop Aboriginalisation of our country – Published in the Public Interest, 21 January 2022
Download the full Request here: https://modrogorje.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/RequestToScottMorrison2022.pdf
Open Letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Australian Federal Government – Protest against the Australian Museum – Published in the Public Interest, 13 October 2021
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Why Aborigines want to burn Australia to the ground? Request to the Federal Government and Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), for an Inquiry into Aboriginal Violence on Social Media, and into Corruption in the Aboriginal Industry – includes more parts of “The Truth about Australian Aborigines – in their own words” art installation, consisting of Aboriginal ‘activists’ comments, published in the public interest, 2020
This Request for a Federal Inquiry into Aboriginal violence against non-Aboriginal Australians was sent on 07 January 2020, and was one of a number of Requests sent to Australian Government and Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) over the last thirteen years. These publications were prompted by the ongoing Aboriginal violence, vandalism and harassment of non-Aboriginal…
Open Letter to the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Request for a Federal Inquiry into Aboriginal Violence on Social Media and into Corruption in the Aboriginal Industry – includes parts of “The Truth about Australian Aborigines – in their own words” art installation, consisting of Aboriginal ‘activists’ comments, published in the public interest, 2019
This Request for a Federal Inquiry into Aboriginal violence against non-Aboriginal Australians was sent on 29 May 2019, and was one of a number of Requests sent to Australian Government over the last twelve years. These publications were prompted by the ongoing Aboriginal violence, vandalism and harassment of non-Aboriginal artists and intellectuals, and Aboriginal bullying…
Australia, where telling the truth is ‘just another form of invasion’
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=19979
Fake Aborigines at Australian Universities
What Australians really think: We are waiting for the good professor, and his colleagues, to apologise to Andrew Bolt. Why is it politically acceptable for these bureaucrats to “discover” the obvious, without being ridiculed and slandered like Andrew? And like Vesna, Gina, Ben and Goomblar, we should add. Hypocrites and sycophants, the lot of them.
Australia, Royal Academy – exhibition review, 19 September 2013
Download the full review here: Australia, Royal Academy – exhibition review, 19 September 2013
Media Release: Request for the Australian Government to intervene in the Arts Law Centre of Australia breach of moral rights of non-Aboriginal artists Benedikt Osváth and Gina Sinozich
…and to instruct the Arts Law Centre to remove or change its offensive wording and lack of acknowledgement in its material, articles and publications – in all the instances where the wording is in breach of Australian Copyright Law…
False attribution by the Arts Law Centre of the Wanjina Watchers in the Whispering Stone sculpture by Benedikt Osváth; Request to the Federal Government for an Inquiry into Aboriginal violence against non-Aboriginal artists and into Corruption in the Aboriginal Industry – Published in the Public Interest
False attribution by the Arts Law Centre of the Wanjina Watchers in the Whispering Stone sculpture by Benedikt Osváth; Request to the Federal Government for an Inquiry into Aboriginal violence against non-Aboriginal artists and into Corruption in the Aboriginal Industry – Published in the Public Interest “Dreamtime Set in Stone – the Truth about Australian…
Corruption in the Aboriginal Industry and its threat to freedom of expression
Media Release 12 February 2015 – Corruption in the Aboriginal Industry and its threat to freedom of expression Request to the Federal Government for an Inquiry into Corruption in the Aboriginal Industry, and for investigation of Aboriginal violence against non-Aboriginal artists – includes a letter illustrating typical foolish demands, false claims that artists need “permission”…
Croatian TV: Good Morning Croatia – Saving the Wanjina Watchers sculpture
Croatian TV: Good Morning Croatia – Saving the Wanjina Watchers sculpture The Wanjina Watchers in the Whispering Stone 8.5 tonne sculpture by Vesna Tenodi and Benedikt Osváth was moved from Sydney to Croatia and displayed on the Adriatic Coast.
Wanjina Watchers Dolls – protest against Aboriginal violence – international art events in support of Polish designer Ewa Smuga and the Eclipse Hotel
Wanjina Watchers Dolls – protest against Aboriginal violence – international art events in support of Polish designer Ewa Smuga and the Eclipse Hotel Wanjina Watchers Dolls art events are held in support of Polish designer Ewa Smuga and Hotel Eclipse, to inform the international community about escalating Aboriginal violence against artists, as well as corruption…
Donald Richardson and Vesna Tenodi: Aboriginal Violence Against Artists
Donald Richardson and Vesna Tenodi: Aboriginal Violence Against Artists Open letter to Australian authorities urging them to stop Aboriginal violence against artists by defunding projects and organisations which directly or indirectly condone and/or support Aboriginal violence, and Ewa Smuga Media Release with request for apology.
Vesna Tenodi: Problems in Australian art and archaeology
Vesna Tenodi: Problems in Australian art and archaeology The Pleistocene Coalition is a group of researchers challenging the tenets of mainstream scientific agendas which are promoted despite empirical evidence to the contrary. Join a community not afraid to challenge the status quo: http://pleistocenecoalition.com
Donald Richardson and Vesna Tenodi: Aboriginal Violence against Australian Artists
Donald Richardson and Vesna Tenodi: Aboriginal Violence against Australian Artists
Forbidden Art, Politicised Archaeology and Orwellian Politics in Australia
Forbidden Art, Politicised Archaeology and Orwellian Politics in Australia
Speak Your Mind
Vesna’s Campaign 2012 – In early September 2012 we published the following ad in the Blue Mountains Gazette, and we got a great response. After the elections on 8 September, 8 out of those 12 councillors are gone.
A FEARLESS VOICE FOR YOUR RIGHT TO SPEAK FREELY
Lucas Grogan: Another Australian artist terrorized by Aborigines
Yes, in Australia today you can be terrorised and have your art censored for “offending” Aborigines with using a criss-cross pattern, putting three dots together, or even if any anonymous caller starts making threats of violence to artists and gallery owners. Why artist Lucas Grogan was censored: angry objectors who choose to be offended Lucas…
Cameron Hayes: The incomplete history of Milikapiti
Cameron Hayes: The incomplete history of Milikapiti Following Aboriginal hysterical threats, Alcaston Gallery director Beverly Knight cancelled the exhibition of Melbourne-based artist Cameron Hayes a day before its opening in June… Why artist Cameron Hayes was censored: depictions of aboriginal life by white artist spark outrage Wanjina DreamRaisers WorldWide Club
Aborigines, Artistic Freedom and Spiritual Archaeology
Aborigines, Artistic Freedom and Spiritual Archaeology On the Edge of Science – Kresimir Misak interviews Vesna Tenodi, a Croatian-Australian archaeologist, artist, writer and medium, who lives in Sydney. Topics include art and censorship, political correctness which is paralysing Australian society today and is used to terrorise artists and writers, as well as Aboriginal violence against…
ABC Radio National – The Law Report: Wading into the Wanjina Controversy – Presented by Damien Carrick
ABC Radio National – The Law Report: Wading into the Wanjina Controversy – Presented by Damien Carrick
Request for defunding of the Arts Law Centre of Australia
Request for defunding of the Arts Law Centre of Australia
Sculpture’s removal – a violation of artistic freedom
Sculpture’s removal – a violation of artistic freedom
ABC News – Reactions to Court Order for Wanjina Watcher’s Art removal
ABC News – Reactions to Court Order for Wanjina Watcher’s Art removal
Complaint against the Arts Law Centre of Australia and Blue Mountains City Council
Complaint against the Arts Law Centre of Australia and Blue Mountains City Council
Blue Mountains police caught a man in the act of vandalising and desecrating the Wanjina Watchers
Blue Mountains police caught a man in the act of vandalising and desecrating the Wanjina Watchers in the Whispering Stone sculpture by Benedikt Osváth
“Wanjina spirits are reaching for every Aboriginal heart” event
Vesna strikes back – with 108 Wanjina Watcher flowers in “Wanjina spirits are reaching for every Aboriginal heart” event, during failed attempt to relocate the Wanjina Watchers in the Whispering Stone sculpture in Katoomba, the City of Art Censorship
We truly care, but they refuse to see that
We truly care, but they refuse to see that – Attempted relocation of the Wanjina Watchers in the Whispering Stone sculpture by Benedikt Osvath in Katoomba, the City of Art Censorship
Invitation to relocation of the “controversial” Wanjina Watchers sculpture
Media release 1 August 2011 – Invitation to relocation of the “controversial” Wanjina Watchers in the Whispering Stone sculpture in Katoomba, the City of Art Censorship
Protest against sculpture censorship
Protest against sculpture censorship – Blue Mountains Gazette 20 July 2011
Welcome to Katoomba – the City of Art Censorship
Welcome to Katoomba – the City of Art Censorship Media release 18 July 2011 – Boxing in the Wanjina Spirits
James d’Apice: An honest lawyer’s assessment
Copyright law: a brief sketch Copyright law stands firm even as the world around it changes. The New Media, and the Oldest Media, are at the forefront of the copyright challenge intellectual property lawyers face today. We discussed defamation in March, and we considered how the New Media is creating new venues for our (and…
Arts Law Centre – Media release 22 June 2011
Arts Law Centre media release 22 June 2011 – this practice of Arts Law Centre racist comments and vilification of non-indigenous artists will be examined in “The social impact of Aboriginal hate in contemporary Australian society” document.
The Bolt Report
Andrew Bolt discusses freedom of expression and censorship of Wanjina Watchers in the Whispering Stone sculpture by Sydney sculptor Benedikt Osvath with ModroGorje Gallery owner Vesna Tenodi.
Gallery owner protests over statue snub
Gallery owner protests over statue snub
Invitation to Artists to paint Wanjina protest to censorship murals
Invitation to Artists to paint Wanjina protest to censorship murals
Wanjina mural-painting protest against censorship, Sydney
Wanjina mural-painting protest against censorship, Sydney
The NSW Land and Environment Court has ordered the removal of a Katoomba sculpture
The NSW Land and Environment Court has ordered the removal of a Katoomba sculpture deemed offensive by Aboriginal communities in Western Australia and the Blue Mountains. But ModroGorje Wellness and Art Centre owner Vesna Tenodi said the decision to have the Wanjina Watchers in the Whispering Stone sculpture removed from the front lawn of her…
Croatian Herald 7 July 2011: Support Artistic Freedom
Sydney Croat duo urges artists worldwide to support artistic freedom Continue reading: Croatian Herald 7 July 2011: Support Artistic Freedom
Arts Law Centre: How to use other laws to enforce non-existent law, 18 April 2011
In 2010, a gallery in the Blue Mountains in NSW erected a large sculpture featuring Wandjinas, the creation spirit sacred to the Worrora, Wunumbal and Ngarinyin Aboriginal tribes in Western Australia. Artists in the Black was contacted by both the people of the Katoomba area and Mowanjum Arts which represents artists from the three language…
Arts Law Centre: The Wandjina case, 30 September 2010
The Law Report on ABC’s Radio National recently ran a story(i) about a gallery in the Blue Mountains which has erected a large outside sculpture featuring Wandjinas, the creation spirit sacred to three Aboriginal tribes in the Kimberley in Western Australia(ii). The gallery, in a separate initiative is also encouraging artists to create their own…
Fog of Chaos – Black Art in Blue Mountains
The Blue Mountains City Council ordered the owners of the Modrogorje Gallery in Katoomba to remove the sculpture “Wanjina Watchers in the Whispering Stone”. Ms Vesna Tenodi is appealing to the Land and Environment Court and the hearing is listed for the 20th and 21st June this year. Thus far it could be a matter…
Tempting fate
… A Croatian born artist living in the Blue Mountains just outside Sydney, VesnaTenodi is getting flak for her Aboriginal style paintings and sculptures. Vesna was on the ABC’s Radio National this week defending herself saying “prehistoric imagery belongs to the world. Any group claiming ownership is a ludicrous proposition. We have to make this clear,…
Sorry, cultural freedom trumps religious control
Now, I’m a little bit late on this, because it only came up on my podcast USB drive today, but I doubt it’s been resolved in the two months since. I also doubt it’s all that politically sensible for me to raise the subject, given that I am undoubtedly (as with the Uluru climb debate)…
Truth in Art – Message from Vesna:
In line with What Wanjinas Want, as communicated on 11/03/2011, we are developing a new range of products, inspired by prehistoric Australian cave art, to coincide with the release of “Set in Sand” book. We are adding new themes to our work plan for 2011 which so far includes: Blue Mountains Blues – Wanjina Laughing…
Arts Law Centre of Australia confirms: Wanjina Watchers in the Whispering Stone is original artwork by Ben Osváth
The Law Report on ABC’s Radio National recently ran a story about a gallery in the Blue Mountains which has erected a large outside sculpture featuring Wandjinas, the creation spirit sacred to three Aboriginal tribes in the Kimberley in Western Australia. The gallery, in a separate initiative is also encouraging artists to create their own…
Croatian Herald Exclusive: Death of artistic freedom in Australia – local council supports the vandals
Vesna Tenodi is a well known personality in the Sydney Croatian community. For many years she worked as a translator and interpreter for the Australian Government, and lately also as a community worker with the Croatian Australian Community Council (CACC). In recent years, she – along with husband Damir – renovated a house in the…
ABC Kimberley: Vesna Tenodi is following Wanjina’s instructions
Violent response to Wandjina Watchers sculpture The Wanjina Watchers in the Whispering Stone, the eight-and- a-half tonne sandstone sculpture by Australian artist Benedikt Osváth has been repeatedly vandalised by local thugs who also vandalised the ModroGorje gallery and made death threats to its owners and artists, claiming they acted under orders from a Kimberley tribesman. As one of…
Spirit of Debate – ABC TV news 23-10-2010
Spirit of Debate – ABC TV news 23-10-2010 Wanjina Watchers in the Whispering Stone – Vesna Tenodi & Ben Osvath