MAPPING MELBOURNE
1-17 DECEMBER 2016
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MELBOURNE Mapping Melbourne will explore new perspectives, new possibility and new expression: a free multi-artform festival for independent artists providing a platform for new Australian/Asian inter-cultural work in the heart of Melbourne. Mapping Melbourne creates an experimental space for diverse independent artists where contemporary culture and artistic practice comes into focus, collides and is shared across cultural divides. Backdrops will range iconic Melbourne sites to contemporary spaces where the artists will share performances and collaborate to create unique independent and cross artform work. There will be development of dialogue both in aesthetic and philosophical frameworks, a creative response to place and space, and also a deep development of an artistic dialogue
that explores difference in cultural and artistic histories and identities. Mapping Melbourne is proud to be a platform for strengthening new and established arts networks between contemporary independent artists across the Asian region, building connections and facilitating collaborative ongoing relationships for both the Australian and the International artists. Multicultural Arts Victoria thanks all the artists, our sponsors and supporters who have made Mapping Melbourne possible.
Jill Morgan AM Chief Executive Officer Multicultural Arts Victoria Key visual by: Mimi Leung
DESIVOLUTION 2-15 DECEMBER MAGNET GALLERIES MELBOURNE LEVEL 2, 640 BOURKE STREET GALLERY HOURS: TUE TO FRI: 11AM-6PM, SAT & SUN: 11AM-4PM FREE A photographic exhibition mapping the evolution of the humble Indian restaurant archetype and the stories behind them. The local Indian food scene is on the cusp of a new wave. It may be claimed that the way to a Melbournian’s heart is through their stomach. Food is also a unique window into a culture. Our taste buds can give us momentarily, an insight, into another way of life thousands of miles away from our own. From the (now ubiquitous) local curry house to fine dining, the Indian diaspora is starting to spread its wings and fashion its own identity through food. This is a blend that is uniquely
Melbourne - from Indian ‘street-food’ trucks to specialist market stall-holders and contemporary fusion eateries tucked away in CBD laneways. We’re moving beyond paper tablecloths and the same 6 curries on the menu. By moving outside the boundaries of what is traditional, culture can evolve. Photography: Sonia Sarangi Videography: Michael Smith Exhibition Design: Atelier Red+Black
Left: ‘Whisper’ by Sonia Sarangi
MOYI: INK ART Live performance art + music FRI 2 DECEMBER, 7PM-9PM @ DEAKIN EDGE, FEDERATION SQUARE FREE The beauty and precision of Chinese calligraphy will infuse with the fractured architecture of Deakin Edge in a stunning art installation overlooking the Yarra River. This unique live art installation will feature work by senior artists from China, Zhang Qiang, Huang Yan and Wang Xiaoming.
As the sun goes down the space will be filled with a live music collaboration bringing together Australian/Chinese guzheng player Mindy Meng Wang and acclaimed Australian trumpeter/ composer/sound artist, Peter Knight.
Left: ‘Moyi by Zhang Qiang
MINI MAPPING Symphony of Boxes 3-8 DECEMBER, ALL DAY FRACTURE GALLERY, ATRIUM FEDERATION SQUARE, ACCESS VIA FLINDERS ST FREE An installation of bold, colourful imagery expressing the everyday lives, dreams, joys and inspirations of over 800 young Melbournians. The students from New Star Art School aged between 3 and 16 years old, all come from diverse cultural backgrounds and this collection of art works were inspired by 1950’s Pop Art.
Right: Symphony of Boxes, New Star Arts School
New Star Art School uses the arts to cultivate intelligence and build dreams to create success for its young students and was founded in 1997 by Chinese/Australian award winning artist Yaping Jiang.
CHINESE AUSTRALIAN FILM SCREENING SATURDAY 3 DECEMBER, 1PM-4PM RMIT BUILDING 80, L4, ROOM 11, 445 SWANSTON ST FREE An exciting selection of films from Australia and China will be presented in collaboration with RMIT University and Shanghai Theatre Academy. Screenings will include work produced by renowned actor and director Mr Ruimin Tong who will be in Melbourne for the event. Mr Tong has starred in more than one hundred films and dramas, directed and written screenplays for over 30 films and TV dramas and was the Dean of the Acting Department in Shanghai Theatre Academy.
Also featured will be work by his daughter Bella Tong who is following in her father’s footsteps as an actress, director and screen writer and currently a graduate student in Film Studies at Shanghai Theatre Academy. Australian producers represent diverse professional background and will tell their extraordinary stories through films
Left: The Gyroscope Girl directed by Bella Tong
MULTIVERSE SAT 10 DECEMBER, 10AM-11.30AM SWANSTON ST (BEGINNING AT STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA FREE Exploration of alternate realities through contemporary Thai performance in an itinerant site specific work, on one of Melbourne’s most iconic streets. Do you believe in the idea that our universe is just one in a ‘multiverse’ of parallel universes? Emerging from within the busy weekend crowds that stream along Melbourne city’s main street, SILP Productions will portray a new version of reality through music and movement. Inviting passers by to stop, observe and engage with their alternate reality.
Director and Choreographer: Nakarin Jaikla Music Composed by Nampark Sribanditmongkol Performers: Ampornkan Artanyoota, Candice Boonjua, Piyawadee Vinun, Saranya Chaovarad, Suchinthara Suebsamarn, Wichittra Changchaya, Sirapatchanun Sripetch
Left: SILP Productions photo by Nachnicha Kongkatigumjorn
FIRE MONKEY FRIDAY 9 & SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER 8.30-9.15PM ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE LAWN, 100 ST KILDA RD FREE A Singapore and Australia dance collaboration between The Arts Fission Company and choreographer Victoria Chiu. The title FIRE MONKEY refers to the Chinese lunar calendar that marks 2016 as the Year of the Monkey under the element of fire. The universal myth of fire not only ignites common stories among different cultures, it also enables creative dance making through mapping of ancient memories with contemporary reflections. Fire Monkey conjures up surreal characters from the realm of mythology in urban getups. This is Asian street theatre of a different kind. Right: Fire Monkey photo by Koh Beng Chye
Artistic Directors: Angela Liong, Victoria Chiu Lighting Director: Shigeki Fujii Set Designers: Chaco Kato, Dylan Martorell Composer: Joyce Beetuan Koh Rehearsal Director: Edwin Wee Melbourne dancers: Amrita Hepi, Tra Mi Dinh, Sarah Mealor, Ben Hurley Singapore dancers: Edwin Wee, Cao Ngoc Tuan, Geraldine Phang, Nor Liyana, Monika, Elaine Yoong Melbourne musicians: Roland Cox, Simon Lewis Singapore musicians: Benjamin Boo, Chen Kangren, Cheong Kah Yiong, Bennett Bay
COMMON GROUND SAT 10 DECEMBER, 6PM-8.30PM THE CHANNEL, ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE FREE Budding writers will perform new poetry and spoken word exploring the capacity to represent diverse cultures, faiths and identities through creativity. Common Ground was established in 2013 to create a space for young people from two faiths that are often religiously and racially vilified (Sikhism and Islam), to come together and use spoken word and poetry as a medium for dialogue, friendship and interaction. It has now grown into a unique, multilingual project that utilises poetry, spoken word, sound and film to build connections and understanding between people of all diverse faiths and cultures.
Over a series of workshops, facilitators Abdul Hammoud, Ebony Moncrief and Sukhjit Khalsa collaborate with participants to create new poetry and spoken word pieces exploring identity and role of faith in our everyday lives. These pieces are then performed at a free performance, exploring the human voice in its many forms. Feature performances will include new collaboration from the Remastered Myths program with Mindy Meng Wang, Joel Ma and Francesca Mountford
Left: Sukhjit Khalsa photo by John E Photography Previous: Kemal Ezedine Mantra Patah 1, 2015 (detail)
STEPS FRI 16 DECEMBER, 12PM-1PM OLD TREASURY BUILDING, 20 SPRING STREET FREE Experience a new perspective on Indian traditions when Sivaganga Sahathevan and her classical music ensemble, Taste of India, collaborate with Studio J, a new dance space run by independent artist Jaya Karan. Studio J teaches unique and specialised dance styles from across the globe, with a particular focus on classical and contemporary Indian dances. In a unique collaboration, teachers Raina Peterson (Mohiniyattam), Govind Pillai (Bharatanatyam) and Ramona Yagnik(Kalari Healing and Martial Arts) will perform with the 15 piece veena ensemble.
Also from Studio J, Priya Srinivasan and Arun Muñoz will create a site specific work called “Rates of Exchange” that acknowledges the indigenous history of the land the Treasury building is on, the trade in the building, and the economic and social exchanges that occur there now between diverse cultures.
Left: Bharatanatyam photo by Arushi Saini (India)
WHAT THE FLUX? ARTIST TALK Video art projection Creating contemporary work in the Asia Pacific Region 5 DECEMBER - 1 JANUARY, AFTER DARK WALL OF ART, CHIN CHIN RESTAURANT, 125 FLINDERS LN FREE
WEDNESDAY 7 DECEMBER, 6PM-8PM YASUKO HIRAOKA MYER ROOM, SIDNEY MYER ASIA CENTRE, CNR SWANSTON ST & MONASH RD, THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE FREE
A mixed media collaboration between Mimi Leung (Melbourne) and Kemal Ezedine (Bali) exploring the constant flux of culture, with parts dying and being reborn with every new generation. Kemal is known for adapting Indonesian traditional techniques and Balinese sacred drawings, combining them into surreal contemporary compositions. Mimi’s works have been exhibited and screened internationally and her creations fluctuate around ideas of the imagination, movement, energy and viscera.
Crossing: Beyond Baliseering comprises an extraordinary range of paintings, photography, sculptures, and large-scale installations exploring and reflecting Bali’s visual and social culture in the contemporary society. Join the artists for an open discussion moderated by Professor Edwin Jurriens (The University of Melbourne)
Right: Illustration by Kemal Ezedin and Mimi Leung
SpontaneiTEA Pop Up Tea Room series MON 5 DECEMBER & 12 DECEMBER, 4PM-8PM HORSE BAZAAR, 397 LITTLE LONSDALE FREE The PopUp Tearoom Series is a durational performance and site-specific installation. Audiences are invited to sit and have a bowl of green tea and the pop-up performances will be happening in spirit of spontaneiTEA of the moment. Traditionally, tea-ceremony rooms had a small door which visitors bowed to enter, temporarily removing the hierarchies of the world outside. In times of war, Medieval Samurai had to leave their swords outside as the tearoom provided relief from the emotional stress and social disorder of the battlefield. Curious about what sort of ‘Tea’ we can make today, Umiumare invokes the Japanese
notion of ‘ma’ or ‘active pause’ to explore deep presence in spaces that can be simultaneously reflective and provocative. One of the central moral values of tea is: 一期一会 (ichi-go ichi-e) and it means, “Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur” “Live every day as though it were last.” This project has been a part of the fellowship program, assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
Left: Yumi Umiumare, photo by Anjo Bolarda at the Manila Bay, Philippines
CROSSING: BEYOND BALISERRING 7-16 DECEMBER TUE 6 DECEMBER (LAUNCH) 5PM-7PM FORTYFIVEDOWNSTAIRS. 45 FLINDERS LN FREE A collection of works from emerging Indonesian artists exemplifying the dynamism of contemporary art beyond Baliseering, or in present-day expression, beyond the “traditional art” Bali is famously promoted and known for internationally. The policy of ‘Baliseering’ was first introduced in the 1920s by the Dutch colonial government to train locals to continue the traditional arts of dance, theatre, painting, sculpture and literature. Visually, this meant that art portrayed scenes of the Balinese engaging in cultural activities and in ‘authentic’ settings that fastened to Balinese art identity through media and tourism. This exhibition will feature works of art from 11 contemporary Indonesian artists beyond the boundaries of baliseering, tackling themes of personal life Right: Citra Sasmita, Ab Initio, Ab Aeterno, 2016 (detail)
experiences, environmental, social and political issues that arise within the Indonesian context and resonate on the global stage. Crossing: Beyond Baliseering will highlight the artistic and thoughtprovoking talents of Indonesian artists and create a platform for understanding contemporary Balinese and Indonesian culture creating a cultural bridge between Indonesia and Australia. Artists: Aswino Aji, Art of Whatever, Budi Agung Kuswara (Kabul), Citra Sasmita, I Made Suarimbawa (Dalbo), Kemal Ezedine, Natisa Jones, Slinat, Valasara, Wayan Upadana, Yoesoef Olla. Curators: Army(Bali) and Mara Sisson(Melbourne)
CIRCLE OF FUNK CIRCLE OF FUNK SATURDAY 17 DECEMBER THE TOFF IN TOWN, 252 SWANSTON ST 7.30-11.00PM FREE To celebrate the final day of Mapping Melbourne, we’re teaming up with the Circle of Funk and Melbourne’s most eclectic rhythm section, The CoreTet for a dance cipher inspired by the eras of jazz, funk and hip hop cultures.
The CoreTet is the latest offering from the innovative community-based collective, The Foreign Brothers and they’ll be performing two live sets with special guest vocalists and supports from DJ Tofu and multi-instrumentalist Silent Jay.
Circle of Funk draws inspiration from the legacy of the Jazz and Funk era which has evolved to become hip hop culture as we know it today. Uniting our local music scene and the growing street dance community through party events highlighting talented musicians and giving dancers a stage to shine.
Join us at the After Party at Horse Bazaar from 11.00pm until late with guest DJ’s
Right: Logo design by Andre Widjaja and illustrated by Karl Tagle
Tue 6 Dec
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Fri 16 Dec
Sat 17 Dec
12pm-1pm STEPS @ Old Treasury Building, 20 Spring Street
7.30pm-11pm CIRCLE OF FUNK @ The Toff in Town, 252 Swanston St
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7-16 December CROSSING: BEYOND BALISEERING @ fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Ln
STATE LIBRARY Little Lonsdale St OF VICTORIA
HORSE BAZAAR
Lonsdale St
Lonsdale St
MAGNET GALLERIES Bourke St
THE TOFF
Collins St
Exhibition St
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Little Lonsdale St
Collins St
OLD TREASURY
Flinders Ln
Flinders Ln
CHIN CHIN
Flinders St
ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE
St Kilda Rd
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8.30pm-9.15pm FIRE MONKEY @ Arts Centre Melbourne Lawn
5 December-1 January, after dark WHAT THE FLUX? @ Wall of Art, Chin Chin Restaurant, 125 Flinders Ln
Latrobe St
Russell St
Thu 15 Dec
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6pm-8.30pm COMMON GROUND @ The Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne
3-8 December MINI MAPPING: Symphony of Boxes @ Fracture Gallery, Atrium Federation Square
Latrobe St
Swanston St
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Wed 14 Dec
8
10am-11.30am MULTIVERSE @ Swanston St (beginning at State Library of Victoria)
Sun11Dec
RMIT BUILDING 80
Elizabeth St
4pm-8pm SpontaneiTEA: Pop Up Tea Room series @ Horse Bazaar
Tue 13 Dec
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8.30pm-9.15pm FIRE MONKEY @ Arts Centre Melbourne Lawn
Sat 10 Dec
4
Queen St
Mon 12 Dec
6
Fri 9 Dec
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2-15 December DESIVOLUTION @ Magnet Galleries Melbourne, Level 2, 640 Bourke St
King St
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6pm-8pm ARTIST TALK: Creating contemporary art in the Asia Pacific region @ Swanston St (beginning State Library)
Thu 8 Dec
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EXHIBITIONS
Spencer St
4pm-8pm SpontaneiTEA: Pop Up Tea Room series @ Horse Bazaar
Wed 7 Dec
1pm-9pm CHINESE AUSTRALIAN MINI FILM SCREENING @ RMIT Building 80, L4, Room 11, 445 Swanston St
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
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Mon 5 Dec
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7pm-4pm MOYI: INK ART @ Deakin Edge, Federation Square
Monash Rd
Sw ans
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William St
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Fri 2 Dec
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FEDERATION SQ
FORTYFIVEDOWNSTAIRS
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