The Light in Winter Program

1–22 JUNE Art, music and performance from dusk Federation Square

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When we meet at Federation Square, we acknowledge that we gather on the lands of the Kulin nations and we thank their Elders for the welcome we receive each year. We pay respect to the Elders, past and present, to the traditions they safeguard and thank all first nation peoples for their continuing contribution to our contemporary culture.

“The light of the flame is our spiritual wisdom, embracing others, caring for them. Connectedness to Country is the gift we bring” Vicki Couzens, artist and creator of the campfire, Leempeeyt Weeyn’.

It is exciting to see The Light in Winter continue to provide our visitors with unique ways to engage with public art. As always, the offerings from The Light in Winter’s community of artistic and cultural groups provide us with the foundation for the program. A foundation that is truly Melbourne, from the welcome by our Indigenous Elders to the provoking new art created by local practitioners.

The Light in Winter is also our opportunity to bring leading international artists to Melbourne with exciting new work for our local community to experience for themselves. I thank the many contributors, sponsors and supporters that have helped bring this year’s program to life as well as the hard-working team here at Federation Square.

Chris Brooks, CEO Federation Square Pty Ltd

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The Light in Winter Now in its eighth year, The Light in Winter continues its celebration of art, light and enlightenment to warm the heart of Melbourne throughout June. This rich program, entirely free to the public, culminates in the much-loved tradition of the Solstice Celebration when we welcome the very first step towards spring, warmth and rebirth.

This year we explore ideas about the cycles and circles of life. These are represented in two brand new international commissions/collaborations.

World-renowned UK architect and artist Asif Khan makes his Australian debut with a powerful installation designed especially for Federation Square, while Indonesia’s Papermoon Puppet Theatre joins forces with Melbourne’s Cake Industries to construct whimsical shrines to the past, present and future.

Discussions within our diverse communities about the beginnings and endings of the cycle of life, naturally led to the role shrines play both in memorialising the past and expressing hope and prayers for the future. Shrines are common to almost all cultures and they will be many and varied during The Light in Winter.

Starting, as always, at Leempeeyt Weeyn’ with members of Victoria’s Indigenous communities, more than 20 culturally diverse groups will this year create their interpretations of shrines, some as installations, others through live performance.

You will see performances from the first week and installations will start to emerge in the Square as we build towards the Solstice Celebration, which for the first time in this festival’s history, falls on the night of the true winter Solstice – June 21–22.

There are multiple ways for you to join in this year.

There’s a night when Melbourne’s young artists perform dedications to BMX bikes, hip hop music and even the bejewelling of their “pocket shrines”, i.e. their mobile phones. On Sunday 15 June, there is a special performance of a new work by popular prize-winning author Tim Winton.

His moving play SHRINE will have its Victorian premiere via a rehearsed reading in the Deakin Edge. And you should certainly bring the whole family to the Solstice Celebration.

We also invite you to record your own ideas about what kind of shrine you would create in DIY Shrine.

For brain food, you can join a forum in the Deakin Edge talking about Melbourne’s monuments, memorials and shrines, or you can meet visiting and local artists and hear them talk about their creative process.

We know that over the last eight years, The Light in Winter has created a real shift in the way Melbourne thinks about winter. It’s not unusual now, in the middle of June, to see people sitting out in deckchairs, in the heart of a great winter city, to take in the delights of this celebration. Join them – It’s fun; it’s inspiring and really does warm the hands as well as the heart.

Robyn Archer AO, Artistic Director

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Leempeeyt Weeyn’ “Wangan Ngootyoong: Come sit by the fire … with our hearts we will listen.”

The celebrations begin each year with a Welcome to Country from Indigenous Elders and the first sparks of Leempeeyt Weeyn’, the Indigenous campfire designed by Vicki Couzens for the very first year of The Light in Winter.

Burning continuously until 22 June, the fire extends a welcome from the traditional owners of this land and is a hub for a rich program of fireside events. This year, the events are led by Rob Bundle and will explore the relationship between Elders and the younger generation. See storytelling performances by Uncle Larry Walsh and Uncle Herb Patten, choirs singing in Woiwurrung language, spoken word by Yung Philly and hip hop performances by Meriki Hood.

Shrine of the Planets

Tranquillity Resides Here

Leempeeyt Weeyn’ will also host a take on the concept of shrines. For many Indigenous communities around the globe, the principle of life rests in the universe itself, the movements of sun and moon and their influence on the seasons, often more subtly delineated than just our European concept of four seasons.

Shrine of the Planets, conceived by Rob Bundle and Uncle Larry Walsh, is a set of sculptures representing Aboriginal Knowledge Systems that have been utilised for thousands of years.

Sounds of nature, voice and music will take you on a journey into the bush to encounter the Aboriginal presence in place and Country. Escape the bustling sounds of the city and experience the deep listening that is an Aboriginal way of being and knowing. Curated

by Vicki Couzens and Rob Bundle with sound engineer Anthony Norris.

1–22 June | The Square 24 Hours | Free

1–22 June | The Square 24 Hours | Free

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Portraits Throughout this publication you will find photographic portraits of just a few of the many artists and community leaders who help make The Light in Winter possible.

You can read about their personal stories, written by Deakin University students, online at fedsquare.com/blog

Uncle Larry Walsh

Photography by Curious Nation.

Taungurung Elder + Campfire Program Artist

“It is through listening to others’ stories that we are connected and when we’re connected there is harmony between people of different backgrounds and cultures.”

Rob Bundle Rob Bundle Campfire Program Leader + Artist

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Campfire Program Welcome to Country Opening Ceremony with Uncle Larry Walsh, Rob Bundle, Dave Arden, Justin Brady + Uncle Herb Patten Sunday 1 June 5pm–6pm | Free

Songs of Young, Songs of Old with Bart Willoughby + hosted by Rob Bundle Friday 6 June 6.30pm–7.30pm | Free

Fresh Light – Melbourne’s Young Artists Yung Philly, Meriki Hood + hosted by Rob Bundle

Uncle Larry Walsh, Rob Bundle + hosted

by James Henry

Solstice Celebration Join a celebration with all the Campfire Program artists as well as performances by the next generation of artists including New Dub City, Djirri Djirri Dance Group and more. Full program available at Federation Square on the evening.

Saturday 14 June 6.30pm–7.30pm | Free

Dark Emu Book Launch with Bruce Pascoe in conversation with Rob Bundle

Saturday 21 June 5pm–8pm | Free

Closing Ceremony with Uncle Larry Walsh + Uncle Herb Patten

Accomplished author Bruce Pascoe’s new book examines Aboriginal Knowledge Systems in food production and land management and critiques colonial myths used to justify dispossession. In partnership with Magabala Books.

Sunday 22 June 5.30pm–6.30pm | Free

Friday 20 June 6.30pm–7.30pm | Free

See spoken word and hip hop performances as part of this special event where emerging artists get a chance to strut their stuff. See page 15 for details.

Saturday 7 June 6.30pm–7.30pm | Free

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Asif Khan Asif Khan leads an award-winning, London-based design practice where he pushes the boundaries of architecture and technology in innovative and unexpected directions.

Asif travels south for his first Australian commission following the enormously successful MegaFaces Pavilion at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, where the façade of the Pavilion transformed visitors’ “selfies” into giant 3D portraits made of motorised components and LEDs. At the London 2012 Olympic Games, Asif designed Coca-Cola’s landmark pavilion for the Olympic Park, following a search for the best young architecture studio in the country.

Now you can see Asif’s new work, specially commissioned and designed for The Light in Winter at Federation Square.

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Radiant Lines Get close and feel the rhythm of life in this sculpture by one of the world’s most exciting public art exponents.

by Asif Khan

World Premiere Radiant Lines is an exploration of line, rhythm, velocity and volume. The circular sculpture is made of forty rings of raw aluminium that appear suspended in space. At dusk, hundreds of LED lights illuminate in a rhythm that mimics the pulsating nature of bioluminescence.

Approaching the sculpture, you step across invisible triggers that circulate its edge, sparking new orbits of light that create a mesmerising moiré pattern. Pass under its illuminated rings into the centre of the sculpture and experience the magnitude of Radiant Lines, its dynamic energy and its immersive light.

1–22 June | The Square | 5.30pm–late | Free

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Every Evening at Dusk There will be something to see and hear in Federation Square as the sun sets and The Light in Winter’s installations come to life.

On the Big Screen Watch a series of short films showcasing poetry, dedications and memorials within shrines.

Program curated by Andrew Garton.

Opening Night Sunday 1 June | Big Screen 4.30pm–5pm | Free 2–22 June | Big Screen 5pm–5.30pm | Free

Federation Handbells ‘Welcome’ Hear the beautiful sounds composed by of Federation Handbells, Stephen Falk instruments originally commissioned by Arts Victoria for the 2001 Centenary of Federation and now in the custody of Museum Victoria.

Each evening a different group of artists, musicians and community groups will use the bells to sound Radiant Lines into action.

See composer Stephen Falk lead a collaborative handbell performance by advanced students of percussion and musicians from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. Composition originally commissioned

by Museum Victoria.

1–21 June | The Square 5.30pm–5.40pm | Free

1 + 14 June | The Square 5.30pm–5.40pm | Free

Shrines Alive Following the activation of Radiant Lines, there will also be special Live Shrine performances on many nights.

See page 15 for details.

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Shrines

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Arising from the many conversations that take place in preparation for The Light in Winter, a diverse exploration of shrines revolved around the role they play in the city, in community and in individual moments of memorialisation.

Shrines can be spiritual and religious, symbols of worship to a god or a deity. They can remember lives lost, marking either moments such as wars, or locations such as the sites of roadside fatalities. But they can also act as a place for prayers to the future, either shared in public, or in domestic shrines. They can be a symbol of devotion to an idol or a passion. Do a search on ‘pet shrines’ and you will find some amazing tributes to beloved animals. And no doubt there are many built to honour sporting, music and cinema heroes. Shrines serve myriad uses.

It’s befitting that Federation Square – given its proximity to the Shrine of Remembrance, the spires of St Paul’s Cathedral, the Arts Centre and the shrine to sport that is the MCG – will host an array of illuminated shrines this year.

DIY Shrine

Who would you build your shrine to?

Shrines are built for people or things you idolise or want to remember. They are built to mark a moment of joy, success, celebration or tragedy. They are a place to believe in your hopes and dreams. A shrine can never be too big or too small; its significance is in the belief of its designer.

Here’s your opportunity to share your shrine design, whether it be a commemoration to a lost love, idol, deity, or whether it be a symbol of dedication to your passion, hobby or dream.

Step inside the custom-built video booth and describe your shrine. We’ll guide you through the process with some helpful questions once you’re inside.

You will also be able to watch videos of others sharing their shrine designs at fedsquare.com/diyshrine 1–22 June | The Square 12pm–2pm + 5pm–7pm | Free

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Tony Yap Tony Yap Company + Artistic Director of the Square of Light

Holly Wu Performer with the North Eastern Melbourne Chinese Association Dancing Group

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Shrines Alive The Light in Winter’s community of artistic and cultural groups have responded to the idea of shrines with varied and highly original interpretations. Some are in the form of installations (page 19) and others take the form of live performance; from contemporary dance revealing the human body as a shrine, to traditional ritual and even further to a celebration of BMX culture.

Bilingual Haiku Writing Group and Yukari Echo Japanese Choir with Association of New Elderly Thursday 5 June The Atrium | 5.45pm–6pm | Free

Natya Sudha Dance Company presented

by Tara Rajkumar OAM Thursday 5 June The Square | 6pm–6.15pm | Free

天道 (Tian Dao) with North Eastern Melbourne Chinese Association Dancing Group Friday 6 June The Square | 5.45pm–6pm | Free

Square of Light with the Tony Yap Company Friday 6 June The Square | 6pm–6.15pm | Free

Fresh Light – Melbourne’s Young Artists Saturday 7 June Flatland BMX

by Freestyle Now St Paul’s Court 5.45pm–6pm | Free

NEON FLOW with Artful Dodgers Studios The Square 5.45pm–6pm | Free

Phone Shrine + Bejewelling Station with Platform Youth Theatre, Renae Shadler + Arie Rain Glorie

Light Cube: A Shrine to conversation with Platform Youth Theatre, Pip Jones + Brendan McCleary 8 + 15 June The Square | 5.45pm–6.45pm Free

Performance from The Alevi Council of Australia Thursday 12 June The Square | 5.45pm–6pm | Free

Square of Light with Asylum Seeker Resource Centre performers directed by Catherine Simmonds Saturday 14 June The Square | 5.45pm–6pm | Free

The Square 6pm–6.15pm | Free

Square of Light with John Gray and performers The Square 6.15pm–6.30pm | Free

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Papermoon Puppet Theatre Indonesia

Papermoon Puppet Theatre was founded in 2006

by Maria Tri Sulistyani, an illustrator, writer and former theatre actor. The company now includes visual artist Iwan Effendi and together they use whimsical puppets and multimedia performances to recreate personal accounts and harrowing stories from a dark period in Indonesia’s history.

Their performances are created with multiple dimensions of collaboration through working with local community groups, facilitating workshops, hosting residency programs and initiating the Biennale Puppet Festival, Pesta Boneka.

Cake Industries Melbourne

Media artists Jesse Stevens and Dean Petersen have worked under the collaborative pseudonym of Cake Industries since 2006. Their practice uses electromechanics, electronics and robotics to create self-regulating objects that investigate ideas of culture, reality and future. Cake Industries’ experimental art has exhibited in Melbourne at Malthouse Theatre, Gertrude Contemporary and Dark Horse Experiment as well as nationally and internationally in major festivals and exhibitions.

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Anachron

By Papermoon Puppet Theatre + Cake Industries Explore three sculptural shrines of handmade puppetry and electromechanical theatre in a collaboration between Papermoon Puppet Theatre from Indonesia and Melbournebased media artists, Cake Industries.

Anachron’s illuminated sculptures are clever combinations of electromechanical mastery and kinetic technology. Each has its own identity representing past, present and future, yet together they create a circular loop of time.

Like animated cabinets of curiosity, the moving sculptures are endlessly fascinating with their myriad of stimulants to feed the imagination.

“In our minds, time is not linear. Future becomes someone’s past, past has at one point been someone’s future, and all three periods overlap and intertwine in a complicated relationship that defies absolute definition.”

Anachron has been created in consultation with some of The Light in Winter’s artistic and cultural groups, mentored by Papermoon Puppet Theatre and Cake Industries.

Co-commissioned by City of Melbourne through the Arts Participation Program.

Opening Night Friday 13 June | St Paul’s Court 6pm–late | Free 14–22 June | St Paul’s Court 5.30pm–late | Free

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Emeretta Cross Artist and cultural leader with Pacific Islander communities

Essan Dileri Artist and leader in the Afghan Social Group

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Totems + Wishing Poles In the build up to the Solstice Celebration, you will start to see shrines being built in the Square. These come from our diverse cultural communities, some of whom have been with The Light in Winter from its beginnings eight years ago. They have worked within their own communities, and with their artists, to develop concepts for shrines.

More shrines will appear at the Solstice Celebration, but here are some that you can see being built on site during the week.

The Generals

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Totems

By Yuso Lee with the Korean Welfare Association of Victoria Jangsungs are Korean totems that were traditionally placed at the entrance of village boundaries to frighten away demons. Each has distinct inscriptions and carvings describing the character of the deity they represent, such as ‘Great General of All Under Heaven’ and ‘Female General of the Underworld’.

19–21 June | The Square | From 5.30pm | Free

Bisj-poles + Live Carvings

By Stefanus Akanmor with Melbourne’s West Papuan Community Stefanus is from the Asmat lands in West Papua and will carve this sculpture, for which the Asmat are internationally recognised. He sought asylum in Australia after arriving on a traditional canoe in Cape York in 2006. Since then, he uses his inherited skill in Bisj-pole carving practices as one way of sustaining West Papuan culture and representing the ongoing struggle of West Papuans for freedom and peace.

19–21 June | Swanston St Forecourt From 5.30pm | Free

Melanesian, Micronesian + Polynesian Totems

By Pacific Islander community led by Emeretta Cross These three timber totems recognise how communities from the Pacific regions can continue to communicate traditional culture to the next generation. They highlight the talents, gifts and markings that make each individual unique and the community special.

19–21 June | The Square | From 5.30pm | Free

The Wishing Poles By the Afghan Social Group led by Essan Dileri Wishing Poles donned with flags and chains of locks will beckon your personal wishes. Scribe your wish and knot it to the poles, then see if it will come true by pulling a lock. If the lock breaks, your wish is granted. Flags and locks can be found in many Muslim shrines. They symbolise the existence of holy places and present a tactile means for visitors to touch and feel the shrine.

19–21 June | The Square | From 5.30pm | Free

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Enlightenment Remembering in Melbourne: Monuments, Memorials and Shrines

SHRINE

by Tim Winton Melbourne Premiere

Learn more about the vast number and variety of commemorative sites in Melbourne and join a discussion that explores the new ways in which various histories are memorialised.

The forum is led by a panel of expert speakers and presented as part of the Melbourne Conversations series.

Bookings at fedsquare.com/thelightinwinter Monday 2 June | Deakin Edge 6pm–7.30pm | Free

NOCTURNAL at ArtPlay Wander through a maze of handmade timber boxes containing unique soundscapes.

The installation is created by children at ArtPlay with direction from Victorian artists Michael O’Dwyer, Emah Fox and Nilgun Guven.

Enjoy a rehearsed reading of award-winning novelist Tim Winton’s play, SHRINE. The absorbing and harrowing play tells the story of a grieving father’s response to the roadside shrine created by his late son’s girlfriend.

The reading is directed by Yoni Prior of Deakin University and performed by alumni including Miles O’Neil and Maria Theodorakis. Following the reading, join students from Deakin University’s School of Communication and Creative Arts as they break out from the Deakin Edge and enter the Square for a choreographed work devised by Louise Morris and Miles O’Neil.

Bookings at fedsquare.com/thelightinwinter Sunday 15 June Deakin Edge + The Square 4pm–5.30pm | Free

The Creative Process Get to the heart of the creative process developed during the collaboration between Papermoon Puppet Theatre and Cake Industries to create Anachron and learn how they opened that process to local artistic and cultural contribution.

Moderated by The Light in Winter’s Artistic Director Robyn Archer, the public forum is your chance to get closer to the journey that was taken by these two creative forces.

Bookings at fedsquare.com/thelightinwinter Monday 16 June | ACMI 6pm–7pm | Free

Audio + Tactile Tour Experience The Light in Winter with a guide who provides audio descriptions of the performances and leads tactile interactions with the installations.

Bookings essential, please phone 03 9655 1966 during business hours.

20 + 21 June Meet at the Melbourne Visitor Centre 5pm–7pm | Free

Saturday 7 June ArtPlay on the Hill at Birrarung Marr 5.30pm–7pm | Free

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WAT Explore an immersive audio-visual installation at No Vacancy Project Space that is a shrine to the analogue television.

Created by Melbourne audio-visual artist Claudio Tocco, a series of CRT televisions are stacked like a Buddhist Stupa showcasing visuals from religious and secular shrines in Melbourne, while synchronators visualise the sounds recorded at Buddhist shrines in Hong Kong and Thailand.

1–15 June | No Vacancy Project Space Tue–Sat 11am–5pm | Sun 12pm–5pm | Free

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Kirra Illuminating Glass Award Exhibition Offered for the first time in 2014 in association with The Light in Winter, KIGA offers an outstanding $15,000 prize for an artist working with glass and light.

Kirra Galleries has been a strong and generous supporter of The Light in Winter since its inception and presents an annual exhibition of brilliant glass in the subtly darkened space of its Atrium gallery.

This year we will see a superb showcase of internally-lit glass art by established and emerging artists from Australia and New Zealand.

The winning entry will be announced 3 June and will be exhibited along with up to 40 shortlisted artists from the inaugural Kirra Illuminating Glass Award. The Award is judged by Peter Kolliner OAM, Kate Brennan, Grace Cochrane AM, Matthew Martin and Robyn Archer AO. 3–30 June | Kirra Galleries | 10am–6pm | Free

People’s Choice Award You are encouraged to vote for your own favourite piece in the exhibition. Voting closes 16 June.

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Saturday 21 June The Light in Winter’s much-loved tradition of the Solstice Celebration falls on the Saturday night closest to the winter equinox. For the first time in eight years, the Solstice Celebration falls on the night of the true solstice – expect something special.

The free, mid-winter celebration marks the longest night of the year and the new journey toward spring with lights, music, dance and food.

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Suhasini Seelin

Yumi Umiumare

Performer in the Square of Light

Performer in the Square of Light

Nick Papaefthimiou

Alexandra Romo

Musician with the Gift of Light Orchestra

Dancer and Member of MEXVIC Social + Cultural Organisation

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Solstice Celebration During the evening, yet more shrines will appear in Federation Square including the Shrine to Knowledge, an installation by The Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin – Melbourne South East Chapter.

A dancer, representing a goddess, will perform at the shrine that honours India for creating the world’s first university.

Mexican Social and Cultural Association of Victoria (MEXVIC) will present an Altar de los Muertos. Designed around Day of the Dead concepts, the altar will incorporate traditional motifs of flowers, candles and offerings of food, drink and music to honour the lives of those who have passed.

Melbourne’s Burmese community will present a shrine of wooden characters representing the Nats (spirits) of Burma, inspired by the Taungpyone Nats Festival from that region.

Dance will drive the evening with Federation of Bhangra, Groove Dance, New Dub City and Burmese, Chinese and Mexican dancers.

Join the radiant line with Square of Light performers leading a procession of handheld lights around Asif Khan’s installation.

Live music will fill the Square with Cambodian Space Project, New Dub City, Black Orchid String Band, the Gift of Light Orchestra and Yukari Echo Japanese Choir. The campfire will resound with songs and stories from Indigenous performers young and old.

Square of Light The Light in Winter’s legacy of nurturing cross-cultural collaboration is also realised with the three-year project, Square of Light, which is supported by VicHealth. Square of Light brings together artists and community performers to explore themes of race and power.

This project invites the Light in Winter audiences into a dialogue about discrimination, change and belonging through performances, films and music.

Creative Director Tony Yap and participation

by Asylum Seeker Resource Centre artists, John Gray, Yumi Umiumare, Suhasini Seelin, Sophia Constantine, Fina Po, Jerilee Cardoz, Muma Doesa, Quashani Bahd, Catherine Simmonds, Fadzai Jaravaza, Rob Bundle and Uncle Larry Walsh.

Solstice Celebration Saturday 21 June | The Square 5pm–8pm | Free

Full program of events available on the evening at Federation Square.

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Winter Menus Throughout June, the cafés, bars and restaurants at Federation Square will warm you from the inside out with The Light in Winter specials and indulgent dishes you can take out into the Square.

Drinks

Dessert

Greek coffee served with bougatsa (warm vanilla custard ensconced in puff pastry) | $6 Feddish | The Square | Daily from 12pm 03 9654 5855

Budino Di Cioccolato, a rich chocolate soft-centred pudding served with vanilla bean gelato | $14 Il Pom Italian | Upper Square Daily from 11am | 03 9662 2282

Rum Blazer (hot cocktail) served with Melbourne’s best view of the city lights | $16 Transit Cocktail Lounge | Transport Hotel Wed–Sun 3pm–late | 03 9654 8808

Warm sticky date pudding topped with butterscotch sauce + served with chantilly cream | $12 Time Out Café | St Paul’s Court 8am–late | 03 9671 3855

Dishes Braised Oxtail sliders, slow cooked oxtail with celeriac in mini buns | $12 Beer DeLuxe | The Atrium | Café daily from 7am, bar from 11.30am | 03 9663 0166 Nabeyaki Udon, a winter favourite! Japanese hot pot with dashi soup, chicken, pork, egg, vegetables + tempura over udon noodles | $25 Chocolate Buddha | The Square Daily from 12pm | 03 9654 5688 Tony Twitchett’s Szechuan duck soup with wontons | $17 Taxi Kitchen | Transport Hotel Tue–Sat from 12pm | 03 9654 8808

Read more at fedsquare.com/eatdrink Arintji | Beer DeLuxe | Bokchoy Tang Café Chinotto | Feddish | Il Pom Italian In a Rush Espresso | Mama’s Gozleme Movenpick Ice Cream Cart | Mr Burger Optic Kitchen + Bar | Pilgrim Bar Riverland Bar and Café | Taxi Kitchen Time Out Café | Transit Cocktail Lounge Transport Public Bar

A comforting mug of homemade tomato soup with bread | $5 Transport Public Bar | Transport Hotel Daily from 11am | 03 9654 8808

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The Light in Winter Family At the heart of The Light in Winter is the dedication from the artists and participants that make up over 20 culturally diverse community groups.

Like a laboratory for creative collaboration, The Light in Winter provides artists with a platform to create new works while drawing from the rich traditions and customs of their own cultures. Federation Square thanks all the individuals and groups who together help make The Light in Winter possible.

Aboriginal community brought together through Lempeeyt Weeyn’ (campfire)

Freestyle Now and Shaun Jarvis

The Federation of Bhangra

Groove Dance

Afghan Social Group represented by Essan Dileri

Iranian Society of Victoria

The Folk Group of the Greek Orthodox community of Melbourne and Victoria

Alevi Community Council of Australia and music group

John Gray and The Edge Performers School

Amplified Elephants presented

by The Click Clack Project

Melbourne West Papuan Community + Black Orchid String Band

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

Janene Sadhu – Vision Australia

Australia-Burma Society

MEXVIC: Mexican Social and Cultural Association of Victoria

Australian Turkish Cultural Platform

Nilgun Guven

Cambodian Space Project

Platform Youth Theatre with Renae Shadler and Pip Jones

Deakin University interns Connor Bourke, Jordan Fennell, Magnolia Lac, Laura Orchard + Mary-Anne Stuart

Stéphanie Kabanyana Kanyandekwe

DVA Theatre Emeretta Cross and Tuvaluan + Kiribati community groups Footscray Community Arts Centre

Susan Bamford Caleo – Museum Victoria The Artful Dodgers Studios The Bilingual Haiku Writing Group and the Yukari Echo Japanese Choir supported

by Association of New Elderly

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The Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin – Melbourne South East Chapter and Tara Rajkumar The Korean Welfare Association Victoria “Jangsung” with Yuso Lee + KungTada Noripe The Night Before Tomorrow The North Eastern Melbourne Chinese Association Dancing Group Three Hands Studio – Mohamed Nur, Robbie McInnes, Tim Denshire-Key Tony Yap Company with creative assistance from Brendan O’Connor Turkish sub-branch of the Victorian RSL and Tectura Architects

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Access Federation Square can be accessed via public transport, car, bike and foot. Please refer to the map for accessible path and locations of lifts and accessible toilets.

For more information, please phone 03 9655 1900 or visit fedsquare.com/access

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Accessible events

Assistance

Please see page 21 for more information on accessible events including:

For emergency access assistance please contact Federation Square Security, phone 03 9655 1999.

Audio & Tactile Tour The Creative Process

Bookings

National Relay Service

To book your attendance at the free forums and Tim Winton’s SHRINE, please visit fedsquare.com/thelightinwinter

Users who are deaf or have a hearing or speech impairment can call Federation Square through the National Relay Service. The NRS is available to everyone at no additional charge.

TTY users phone 133 677 then ask for Federation Square 03 9655 1900. Speak and Listen (speech-to-speech relay) users phone 1300 555 727 then ask for a Federation Square 03 9655 1900. Guide dogs are welcome at Federation Square.

Accessible path

Visitor Centre

Car Park

ATM Stairs Lift Toilet

Parking Park with ease and convenience at the Federation Square Car Park. The multi-level car park is open 24/7 and is accessible from Russell Street or Batman Ave (Exhibition Street Extension – City Link). There are accessible car parks located on each level in close proximity to the lifts.

For more information and rates, please phone 03 9655 1995 or visit fedsquare.com/parking

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Rentabike Williamstown Bay and River Cruises

City River Cruises Melbourne River Cruises

Riverland Bar and Café

Taxi Kitchen

TO SOUTHBANK TO ARTS CENTRE TO NGV INTERNATIONAL

TO THE CITY

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WHAT WI LL BE

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ADVENTURE TODAY?

Out & About

Accessing your community Out & About is a free App designed by Villa Maria to enable carers and individuals with disability or mobility issues to better access their community and plan a great day out.

With location-based information on accessible venues and events across metropolitan Melbourne, Out & About App gives you the information you need in the palm of your hand.

Discover the accessible side of Melbourne and download the Out & About App today.

Find out more at outandaboutapp.com.au

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Thank You The Light in Winter is proudly supported by a range of partners.

Major Partners

Partners

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INSTALLATIONS Leempeeyt Weeyn’ | 24 hours Radiant Lines | 5.30pm – late DIY Shrine | 12pm – 2pm + 5pm – 7pm Anachron | 5.30pm – late Totems + Wishing Poles | 5.30pm – late

EVENTS Campfire Program | Various times On the Big Screen | 5pm – 5.30pm Federation Handbells | 5.30pm – 5.40pm ‘Welcome’ composed by Stephen Falk | 5.30pm – 5.40pm Shrines Alive | Various times Fresh Light – Melbourne’s Young Artists | 5.45pm – 6.30pm Remembering in Melbourne: Monuments, Memorials + Shrines | 6pm – 7.30pm NOCTURNAL at ArtPlay | 5.30pm – 7pm SHRINE by Tim Winton | 4pm – 5.30pm The Creative Process | 6pm – 7pm Audio + Tactile Tour | 5pm – 7pm

Solstice Celebration | 5pm – 8pm

EXHIBITIONS WAT | Tue – Sat 11am – 5pm + Sun 12pm – 5pm Kirra Illuminating Glass Award Exhibition | 10am – 6pm THE LIGHT IN WINTER 1–22 JUNE

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The Light in Winter Team Artistic Director: Robyn Archer AO Produced by: Federation Square’s Creative Program including Renee Dudfield, Kendyl Rossi, Tara Prowse + Emily O’Brien

Federation Square supports green printing initiatives.

This program guide has been printed using vegetable based inks with alcohol free printing on FSC approved paper under ISO 14001 Environmental certification.