Launch Weekend

Help us celebrate the launch of PHOTO 2022 with a weekend of activities, including exhibition openings, artist talks, parties, and performances.

For more information visit photo.org.au/launch-weekend

Friday 29 April

4pm – 5pm OLD TREASURY BUILDING Welcome to Country ceremony with a performance by the Djirri Djirri dancers on the steps of the Old Treasury Building

5pm – 8pm GALLERY NIGHT Gallery hop, meet artists, and have a drink with friends at late openings at galleries in the CBD

ACMI Late viewing of Gillian Wearing: Editing Life

ANNA SCHWARTZ GALLERY Late viewing of Warwick Thornton: Meth Kelly

ARC ONE Opening reception of Honey Long & Prue Stent: Land of Milk and Honey

BLINDSIDE Opening reception of The Portrait

CATHEDRAL CABINET Opening reception of Benjamin Prabowo Sexton: Long time no see CAVES Opening reception of Arini Byng: Some voices carry

SARAH SCOUT PRESENTS Late viewing of Sanja Pahoki: A Detail Which Catches The Eye

TOLARNO GALLERIES Opening reception of Danie Mellor: redux, with the artist in conversation at 6pm

Please refer to Town Hall Precinct map (p10) and Parliament Precinct map (p22) for locations

Sunday 1 May

1pm – 3pm JAMES MAKIN GALLERY Launch of New Photographers with artist talks, a Krump performance and onsite food truck

3pm – 5pm DAINE SINGER Opening reception of Zoë Croggon: Mother Tongue and Lane Cormick: George

3pm – 4.30pm GERTRUDE GLASSHOUSE Artistic Director Mark Feary will discuss the development of Being, Human Being: UFO Photography, and from 3.30pm Dr Martin Plowman will discuss his research on ufologists

4.30pm – 5.30pm RES ARTIS Opening reception of Martin Smith: circle and settle with a few words from the artist at 5pm

4pm – 6pm AGENCY PROJECTS Opening reception of Jemima Wyman: Billow

4pm – 6pm ARTS PROJECT AUSTRALIA Opening reception of Mark Smith: Ugly/ Beautiful 4pm – 6pm FUTURES Opening reception of Sam Lieblich: PHRASER

5pm – 7pm LE SPACE Opening reception of Philip Montgomery: American Mirror and Ross McDonnell: Joyrider

6pm – 9pm CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY Opening reception of Queering the Frame: Community, Time, Photography and exhibitions by Paul Mpagi Sepuya and Martine Gutierrez

6pm – 9pm HILLVALE GALLERY Opening reception of James J Robinson: On Golden Days

Please refer to Fitzroy/Collingwood map (p53) for locations

2pm – 4pm Monash Gallery of Art Opening reception of Hoda Afshar: Speak the wind and group exhibition Old ways, new ways