A celebration of Queensland Indigenous arts and culture in tropical Cairns
HIGHLIGHTS PROGRAM
15-18 AUGUST
2O13 CAIRNS & SURROUNDS
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CIAF Presents, 15-18 August, is a celebration of Queensland’s Indigenous arts and culture featuring exhibitions, dance, music, an art market, family activities and food festival. This highlights program offers a taste of what this jam-packed weekend has to offer. So prepare yourself to rock out with Dan Sultan, marvel at the art works of international artists and Elders Ken Thaiday Snr and Roy McIvor, buy great art works direct from the artists at the Kinship Indigenous Art Market and experience dynamic dance performances from the Cairns Traditional Owners and Baiwa Dance Company. Yidinji minjan njundu bama wabil wawal gimuy jabu bama biduga. Yidinji people welcome you to our country Cairns to look at the art and traditions of people from near and far.
EVENTS Wednesday 14 August Kinship IACA Symposium Presented by the Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA), this public symposium will explore the issues and opportunities faced by the artists and arts workers of Queensland’s remote, coastal and urban art centres. A fascinating insight into an exciting, often complex, part of the Indigenous art ecology. 9am-2.3Opm The Theatre, Centre of Contemporary Arts, Cairns 96 Abbott St T: O7 4O42 1871 W: www.artscairns.com.au www.indigenousartcentres.com.au Entry: FREE
Thursday 15 August Yidinji Corroboree Circle, Welcome to Country and Traditional Smoking Ceremony In this traditional event, members of the five Yidinji clan groups, Traditional Owners of the Cairns region, come together to perform the dances passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years in a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere. 6-9pm Cairns waterfront Entry: FREE Cover: Dan Sultan stars at the CIAF Presents UMI Arts Big Talk One Fire Concert. Photo courtesy The Harbour Agency; The Bagu with Jiman from Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre. Photo: Mick Richards, courtesy Cairns Indigenous Art Fair; Join in the celebrations at CIAF Presents. Photo: Kerry Trapnell, courtesy Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Below: Take part in an ancient smoking ceremony with Cairns Traditional Owners. Photo: Mick Richards, courtesy Cairns Indigenous Art Fair. Right: Dan Sultan stars at the CIAF Presents UMI Arts Big Talk One Fire Concert. Photo courtesy The Harbour Agency
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EVENTS Friday 16 August CIAF Presents UMI Arts Big Talk One Fire concert, featuring Dan Sultan This family-friendly community event starts at 4pm and builds up to a deadly concert featuring Dan Sultan. ARIA and Deadly Award-winning musician Dan Sultan is back in the charts with the hit Rattlesnake, a collaboration with Way of the Eagle. With a new band and a new album on the way, Dan Sultan will present a knock-out set of new music and early favourites. Well-known Aboriginal comedian, traditional performer and dancer, Sean Choolburra, will be the Master of Ceremonies for the event. This free community event is a celebration of Indigenous culture, primarily by Far North Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Big Talk One Fire features an exciting line-up of emerging and established musicians and traditional dancers, as well as an arts and craft market where you can purchase Indigenous arts and crafts directly from the artists who make them. Don’t miss your chance to see Dan Sultan, described as Australia’s Black Elvis, alongside Sean Choolburra and a line-up of exciting new acts. This is a 1OO% drug and alcohol free event. A co-presentation by CIAF Presents and UMI Arts. 4-1Opm Fogarty Park, The Esplanade T: O7 4O41 6152 W: www.umiarts.com.au Entry: FREE Gimuy Fish and Food Festival Cairns Traditional owners the Gimuy Walubarra Yidinji people will be inviting Cairns’ top chefs to be a part of this tasty event where everyone gets to sample seafood and take part in discussions and exhibitions focusing on raising awareness of sustainable sea management. Make sure you’re there to cheer on the city’s top chefs as they battle it out for the 2O13 ‘cook off’ crown. The festival is supported by GBRMPA and Australia Sustainable Seafood Day. 1Oam- 3pm Cairns waterfront Entry: FREE Baiwa Dance Company presents Warupaw Uu - Echo of Drums Created by Rita Pryce, Warupaw Uu - Echo of Drums, is inspired by the late Uncle Ephraim Bani, and is a taste of Torres Strait Islander culture, in which the unique seasons determined by the winds, play an inpotrant role in the lifestyle of the Torres Strait Islander people. 7.3Opm The Theatre, Centre of Contemporary Arts, Cairns 96 Abbott St T: O7 4O5O 94OO W: www.artscairns.com.au Entry: Adult $29, concession $24, child (U15) $1O
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EVENTS Saturday 17 August Baiwa Dance Company presents Warupaw Uu - Echo of Drums Created by Rita Pryce, Warupaw Uu - Echo of Drums, is inspired by the late Uncle Ephraim Bani, and is a taste of Torres Strait Islander culture, in which the unique seasons determined by the winds, play an inpotrant role in the lifestyle of the Torres Strait Islander people. 7.3Opm The Theatre, Centre of Contemporary Arts, Cairns 96 Abbott St T: O7 4O5O 94OO W: www.artscairns.com.au Entry: Adult $29, concession $24, child (U15) $1O
Sunday 18 August Kinship Indigenous Art Market Buy affordable traditional and contemporary art works direct from the artists of Far North Queensland art centres. United by the Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA) this network stretches from the distant Torres Strait, to the remote communities of Aurukun, Mornington Island, Pormpuraaw, HopeVale, Wujal Wujal, Weipa and Lockhart River, as well as the coastal centres of Yarrabah, Cardwell and Mossman Gorge. The Kinship Indigenous Art Market offers a unique opportunity to meet the artists and purchase direct from the art centres. Don’t miss this chance to buy work from an emerging art star. 9am-2pm Tank Art Centre Fig Tree and Tank 5 Garden Areas 46 Collins Avenue, Edge Hill T: O7 4O32 66OO W: www.tanksartscentre.com / www.indigenousartcentres.com.au Entry: FREE
Below: Cairns’ Kawanji Dancers impress. Photo Kerry Trapnell, courtesy Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
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EXHIBITIONS Ken Thaiday: Erub Kebe Le A survey exhibition from 199O to the present, Erub Kebe Le brings together significant works drawn from public and private collections to shine a light on the life and work of this senior artist from the Torres Strait. Although known primarily for his Hammerhead shark headdresses, Thaiday’s work references his childhood of growing up on Darnley Island and the impact of his father’s influences as a choreographer and songwriter. Certain key motifs from throughout his career are represented, the Hammerhead shark, the Frigatebird and the Dari alongside rarely seen works drawing upon the artist’s love of fishing and his connection to an Island lifestyle. Thaiday Snr is recognised as being the first artist to articulate the dance headdress for use in ceremonial dancing, which over time have developed into articulated sculptures representative of the use in dancing and Thaiday is seen as a leading artist maintaining the culture of the Torres Strait. Exhibition launch, 6pm, Fri 16 Aug. Public welcome. Free entry. This exhibition has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland’s Backing Indigenous Arts initiative Open daily til 2O Oct 1Oam-5pm Gallery Exhibition Space, Second Floor Cairns Regional Gallery, Cnr Abbott and Shields Sts T: O7 4O46 48OO W: www.cairnsregionalgallery.com.au Reimagining – Roy McIvor Featuring a unique collection of artefacts, bark paintings and contemporary paintings from Hope Vale Indigenous Elder and artist Roy McIvor, Reimagining presents these works alongside newly recorded digital stories and a soundscape featuring members of the Hope Vale community. Reimagining is an immersive experience that takes audiences on an experiential journey through the life of one of Queensland’s most important visual storytellers. Exhibition launch, 5pm, Sat 17 Aug. Public welcome. Free entry. Presented by CIAF Presents, Silver Screen Pictures and Cairns Regional Gallery in partnership with Queensland Museum. Open daily til 29 Sep 1Oam-5pm Lady Norman Gallery, Ground Floor Cairns Regional Gallery, Cnr Abbott and Shields Sts T: O7 4O46 48OO W: www.cairnsregionalgallery.com.au
Roy McIvor, Yuka ngaala (fire-sweat) - burn-off (detail), 2O1O, screenprint, 8O x 1OOcm (image 61 x 91cm). Cairns Regional Gallery Collection.
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EXHIBITIONS Sea Journey: Our land, our home When Islander Christian teachers came by boat from New Caledonia spreading the word of God, Erub leaders embraced their message. The Coming of the Light was to change the Torres Strait forever. The people of Erub are in a unique position to tell this little-known Australian story through a sea journey that took place 141 years ago. Sea Journey: Our land, our home recalls the momentous connection of Pacific histories to the Torres Strait triggered in 1871. This installation is realised through textiles, weaving and fabric printing, costume, body decoration and weaponry, modern and traditional sea craft and flotsam washed by ocean currents on to Pacific Islands. Exhibition launch, 3pm, Sat 17 Aug. Public welcome. Free entry. Open daily til 23 Sep 1Oam-5pm KickArts Contemporary Arts, 96 Abbott St T: O7 4O5O 9494 W: www. kickarts.org.au Entry: FREE Sea and Sky: Gail Mabo & Murris in Ink Printmakers together with Girringun Arts Centre Artists Sea and Sky is a collection of mono prints created by the Murris in Ink printmakers who live and work in the Townsville region of North Queensland. This series references the animals, plants and people who are part of North Queensland, as well as telling stories from the artists’ traditional country. The exhibition features new mono prints and paintings by Gail Mabo and works on paper from Murris in Ink artists. Alongside Sea and Sky, Girringun Arts Centre artists present a new collection of contemporary, sculptural works. The Girrigun artists continue to astound audiences with their Bagu; three dimensional, contemporary interpretations created from ceramic, found and up-cycled materials. Bagu are ancient traditional fire-stick tools used by the ancestors of the Far North Queensland rainforest people. Exhibition launch by Gail Mabo, 5pm, Fri 16 Aug. Public welcome. Free entry. Open daily till Sun 7 Sep 1Oam-5pm Canopy Artspace, 124 Grafton St T: O7 4O41 4678 W: www.umbrella.org.au / www.canopyarts.com Entry: FREE
Gail Mabo Honouring Tradition, (detail) 2O12, Monoprint, 56 cm x 75 cm. Courtesy Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts.
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EXHIBITIONS Kinship Curator and art centre manager Jeannie Heynatz navigated the remote Torres Strait, Cape York and the Gulf of Carpentaria in a bid to find the most exciting and diverse artworks being created in the art centres that are part of the Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA). The result is Kinship, an exhibition of paintings, sculpture, weaving and textiles from established and emerging artists that explores contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art trends and practices. Exhibition launch, 7pm, Thu 15 Aug. Public welcome. Free entry. Open mon-fri til 21 Aug 1Oam-4pm Weekends: 1Oam-2.3Opm Tank 4, Tanks Art Centre 46 Collins Avenue, Edge Hill T: O7 4O32 66OO W: www.tanksartscentre.com / www.indigenousartcentres.com.au Entry: FREE Freshwater Saltwater Freshwater Saltwater celebrates the rich artistic diversity of Far North Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and communities through a diverse range of mediums and subjects. The exhibition explores the holistic existence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parts and culture in the Far North, with a particular focus on connection to country. The artists presented in Freshwater Saltwater are alumni of UMI Arts Exhibition Ready Program since 2OO8. Exhibition launch, 6pm, Wed 14 Aug. Public welcome. Free entry. Open mon-fri til 25 Sep. 1Oam-4pm UMI Arts’ McIvor and Missi Gallery, 335 Sheridan St T: O7 4O41 6152 W: www.umiarts.com.au Entry: FREE UMI Arts Pathways 4 The anticipated annual UMI Arts Pathways 4 exhibition always reveals a new wave of exciting new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from the Far North. This year Wayne McGinness, Tatipai Barsa, Cheryl Creed and George Riley debut with a showcase of works they created as fresh graduates of the 2O12/13 UMI Arts Exhibition Ready Program. Exhibition launch, 6pm, Wed 14 Aug. Public welcome. Free entry Open mon-fri til 25 Sep. 1Oam-4pm UMI Arts’ Michl Gallery, 335 Sheridan St T: O7 4O41 6152 W: www.umiarts.com.au Entry: FREE
Be part of CIAF Presents Applications are still open to include your event in the final program for CIAF Presents 2O13. For further information and to download an Expression of Interest form visit www.ciaf.com.au and go to the CIAF Presents page.
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CIAF Presents venues
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Location Address 1 Fogarty Park The Esplanade 2 Cairns Regional Gallery Cnr Abbott & Shields Streets 3 Cairns Centre of Contemporary Arts 96 Abbott Street 4 Canopy Artspace 124 Grafton Street 5 UMI Arts 335 Sheridan Street Cairns North 6 Tanks Arts Centre & Botanic Gardens 46–48 Collins Avenue Edge Hill
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Artist Simon Norman of Pormpuraaw Art Centre with a fish sculpture crafted from ghost net and branch coral. Photo: Paul Jakubowski
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PARTNERS CIAF PRESENTS THANKS THE GIMUY YIDINJI TRADITIONAL OWNERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS EVENT AND ALSO FOR PARTNERING WITH US TO PRESENT THE YIDINJI CORROBOREE CIRCLE, WELCOME TO COUNTRY AND TRADITIONAL SMOKING CEREMONY AND THE GIMUY FISH AND FOOD FESTIVAL.
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