The full program for NIRIN WIR, the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, is now available. The Powerhouse Museum and Sydney Observatory will present a program of exhibitions, residencies and events that explore new ways of navigating the world. |
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NIRIN Yarn with Dion Beasley
14 March 2020, 11am - 12pm
Powerhouse Museum
$30 Adult, $25 Concession
In the inaugural NIRIN Yarn, Dion and Johanna share an illustrated conversation about the making of their books, the joys and discomforts of cross-cultural collaboration and ways to create new, hybrid forms of storytelling. |
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Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian: I Prefer Talking to Doctors About Something Else
14 March - 8 June 2020, 10am - 5pm
Powerhouse Museum
FREE, bookings essential
Ramin, Rokni and Hesam’s collaborative work is created using objects from the Powerhouse Museum’s collection. Incorporating and disorganizing artefacts, the artists make a sweeping arc across themes of grief, body and healing. |
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In Conversation with Unbound Collective
31 May 2020, 1.30-3pm
Sydney Observatory
FREE, bookings essential
Take this opportunity to meet with Unbound Collective, have a cup of tea and learn more about their practice, processes and performance outcomes. This In-conversation will be hosted my Powerhouse Museum’s Head of Indigenous Engagement and Strategy, Marcus Hughes. |
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Unbound Collective: In the Hold
30 & 31 May, 1 & 2 June 2020
Sydney Observatory
FREE, bookings essential
In the Hold is a performative work which explores the quietness of sovereignty, through activism, spoken word, music and installation projection. |
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Breaking Bread: Cross Winds / Cross Currents
21 & 22 March 2020
Sydney Observatory
FREE, bookings essential
The Breaking Bread collective will undertake a residency at Sydney Observatory, facilitating the breaking down of boundaries while breaking bread, all the while having conversations with artists, creative practitioners and community groups. |
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Nick Waterlow Memorial Lecture
22 April 2020, 6-8pm
Powerhouse Museum
$20 Adult, $25 Concession
Celebrate the brightest voices of today by joining us on a night that highlights the work of young activists at the forefront of mobilising the public into political action. |
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Club Ate: Bhenji Ra and Sitti Obeso
3 & 6 June 2020, 12-1.30pm
Powerhouse Museum
FREE, bookings essential
Join Tausug Elder and Pangalay master Sitti Obeso in performative conversation with Filipina Australian artist Bhenji Ra. |
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Club Ate: Phasmahammer (FKA Justin Shoulder)
7 June 2020, 7-9.30pm
Powerhouse Museum
$30 Adult, $25 Concession
A celebration that marks the end of NIRIN WIR, AE† is an accumulative body {of work} by Phasmahammer fka Justin Shoulder. |
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Lily Hibberd: Boundless – out of time
During May & June 2020
Sydney Observatory
FREE
Artist Lily Hibberd will be undertaking her residency Boundless – out of time, at Sydney Observatory. During her residency she will activate the historic Observatory with a series of experimental performances, workshops and talks on the themes of time and the hidden history of the site. |
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Friends at Work Studio
March 2020 - June 2021
Powerhouse Museum
Are you an illustrator looking to work in a collaborative and creative environment? Friends at Work is a shared illustration space run by Dinalie as part of her Creative Industries Residency at the Powerhouse Museum. Get in touch to learn more.
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Images:
1. Unbound Collective, Sovereign Acts: OBJECT, performance, (2019) for The National: New Australian Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Photograph: Tristan Deratz. 2. Dion Beasley at work at Barkley Regional Arts. 3. Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, Hesam Rahmanian, From Sea to Dawn, 2016-2017 single-channel digital video, colour, sound, 6:26 mins. Courtesy the artists; Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai; Galerie In Situ Fabienne Leclerc, Paris and Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna. 4. Unbound Collective, Decolonising Methodologies of the Lived and Spoken: Sovereign Acts II, (performance installation), (2015) TARNANTHI, Flinders City Gallery. photo Steve Rendoulis. 5 Unbound Collective, Sovereign Acts: OBJECT, performance, (2019) for The
National: New Australian Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Photograph: Tristan Deratz 6. Reza Khota, Kitchen shenanigans. Performance (2019) at Sorcery – A Theo Parrish Tribute, Breaking Bread, Cape Town, South Africa. 7. Courtesy of MAAS. 8. Club Ate, 2019, Courtesy the artist. 9. Phasmahammer, AE†: JAWS OF THE HORIZON, 2020. Image: Tristan Jalleh, Alex Davies, Liz Ham + Phasmahammer. 10. Lily Hibberd, Ice Pendulum (detail) 2013, ice sphere, theatre lighting & rigging, dimensions variable. Performance (2013) for Paris Nuit Blanche. Photograph: Lily Hibberd. Courtesy the artist. Copyright © Lily Hibberd. 11. Courtesy of Dinalie. |
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MAAS acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land and gives respect to the Elders – past and present – and through them to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. |
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