PICA Guide | Jan - Mar 2020

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• Thunderhead – Tina Havelock Stevens • Hudson Valley Ruins – Jacky Connolly • Chalkroom – Laurie Anderson & Hsin-Chien Huang • Bunny – Luke George & Daniel Kok • Astro Morphs • Emma Horvát and Ómra Caoimhe1

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PICA What’s On →

Thunderhead Tina Havelock Stevens Chalkroom Laurie Anderson & Hsin-Chien Huang Hudson Valley Ruins Jacky Connolly Studio Artists PICA After Dark Bunny Luke George & Daniel Kok Tie Massage + Show Room Luke George & Daniel Kok Welcome to PICA Plan your visit Support PICA

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Ground Floor Gallery

Thunderhead Tina Havelock Stevens 9 February – 19 April 10am – 5pm | Tues – Sun

Presented in association with Perth Festival Opening Event 5pm – 7.30pm Saturday 8 February Join us for a special early evening opening event to launch our summer exhibitions, featuring Tina Havelock Stevens in conversation with broadcaster and writer Lauren Carroll Harris.

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Image: Tina Havelock Stevens, Thunderhead , 2016.

Mona/Rémi Chauvin. Image Courtesy MONA, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Exhibitions

Tina Havelock Stevens has emerged as one of Australia’s leading performance and video artists. Her practice is informed by her background in documentary film-making and as a drummer in the postpunk music scene. Visceral and immersive, her evocative video works are accompanied by spontaneous scores and compositions.

Havelock Stevens’ works encourage an experience of the world that is attuned to emotional responses to the rhythm and movement of structures and environments that surround us.

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First Floor Gallery

Chalkroom Laurie Anderson & Hsin-Chien Huang 9 February – 19 April 10am – 5pm | Tues – Sun

Presented in association with Perth Festival Opening Event 5pm – 7.30pm Saturday 8 February

Image: Laurie Anderson & Hsin-Chien Huang, Chalkroom, 2017.

Image courtesy the artists.

Exhibitions

Created by pioneering artist and musician Laurie Anderson and Taiwanese new media artist Hsin-Chien Huang, Chalkroom is a virtual reality experience unlike any other.

Rendered from hand-written text, gestures and chalk marks, this is a world where the power and impression of words, lyrics, stories and text reigns.

Allow yourself to soar through the corridors and pathways of words, accompanied by Laurie Anderson’s unmistakable and indelible voice.

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Screen Space

Hudson Valley Ruins Jacky Connolly 9 February – 19 April 10am – 5pm | Tues – Sun

Presented in association with Perth Festival Opening Event 5pm – 7.30pm Saturday 8 February

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Image: Jackie Connolly, Hudson Valley Ruins (video still), 2016.

Exhibitions

A short narrative film produced in the computer game The Sims 3. Using the conventions of the game, in which players simulate the lives of a modern family, Jacky Connolly has created a complete set, narrative and cast of characters. Hudson Valley Ruins tracks the unsettling experiences of two young female characters as they navigate the banal, tense and quietly disturbing world of suburban Upstate New York.

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Studio Artists Open Studio | Thursday 9 April, 6pm

In The Making Emma Horvát and Ómra Caoimhe (WA)

4 February – 19 April Studio One

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Since 2016, Emma Horvát and Ómra Caoimhe have worked with concepts of time, archetypal history and relational experience through the recontextualisation of objects and photographic material. Together the artists conceptualise their individual and collective stories of identity into a social and contemporary dialogue.

Image: Emma Horvát and Ómra Caoimhe, Untitled images (detail), 2019

Studio Artists Open Studio | Thursday 9 April, 6pm

Ctrl + H Astro Morphs (WA)

4 February – 19 April Studio Two

Image: Astromorphs, Ctrl + H (video still), 2020

Astro Morphs is a collaboration between Bianca Sharkey and James Doohan (‘Sox and Yow’).

Working across performance, music, animation and video, their works follow the evolution of two polymorphs against a backdrop of psychedelic colour, sound fields and otherworldly terrains. During their residency they will develop scenes that document the neonates as they establish life on their new planet.

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PICA

AFTER

Fridays 5-8pm 14, 21, 28 February 10

DARK

• Drink offers • Art activities • Chalkroom VR • Galleries open late

Full event program pica.org.au Photo: OK Media

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Bunny Luke George & Daniel Kok 31 March, 1, 3 & 4 April, 7.30pm

In order to unravel shared lines of connection, to suspend tension and to unleash collective desires, Daniel Kok and Luke George look to macramé, sailors’ knots, Chinese knots and rope bondage to weave together an interactive experience of collectivity.

"Bunny" is a nickname given to the person being tied in rope bondage. This work asks the question: What if everyone (in the theatre) is a Bunny?

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Image: Luke George & Daniel Kok, Bunny, 2016. Photo: Chris Frape

Performance

“ Bunny is an intimate exploration of trust and acquiescence, artistry and sensuality, queerness and play; thrilling, exquisite and compelling.”

– Daniel Teo, MAGCUL (Tokyo)

Creative Team

Duration: 2 hours

Creation & Performance: Luke George & Daniel Kok Dramaturgy: Tang Fu Kuen Lighting design: Matthew Adey / House of Vnholy Technical Stage Manager: Steve Kwek Producers: Alison Halit, Tang Fu Kuen Touring Producer: Alison Halit Commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre

Tickets $25 First release (ends Sunday 8 March) | Preview $35 Second release $20 Concession/Student $25 Members/Group of 6+ Box office open 10am – 5pm Online at pica.org.au Presented with STRUT Dance

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Tie Massage + Show Room Luke George & Daniel Kok

Image: Luke George & Daniel Kok, Bunny, 2016. Photo: Chris Frape

Workshop

6-9 April

Join the makers of Bunny over a 4-day participative workshop (Tie Massage) and public showing performance (Show Room).

This is a professional development opportunity with a daily stipend for artists working across dance, liveart and installation in which Luke George (AU) and Daniel Kok (SG) extract ideas and exercises that they have developed over the process of creating Bunny, combining rope techniques with Thai massage.

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This workshop is suitable for anyone with a curiosity in interacting with others and audiences and exploring care, consent, trust, empathy and pleasure as critical questions for performance practice.

Participants will be selected through an expression of interest process. For more information please visit pica.org.au.

Eligibility: 18+ EOIs close: Sunday 1 March Presented with STRUT Dance

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Welcome to PICA

The Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts is celebrating 30 years.

We invite you to discover our year-round program of changing exhibitions, seasons in contemporary dance, theatre and performance, talks, events and workshops.

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PICA acknowledges the custodians of the land we are situated on, the Whadjuk people of the Nyoongar nation, and pays respect to their Elders past and present.

We also pay our respects to all First Nations people – their cultures and their continuing connection to land, waters, community and the arts.

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While you’re here

Free Activities

Bookshop

Deepen your experience with a free hands-on activity in our Reading Room.

Visit PICA’s bookshop for PICA publications plus a selection of the latest art books and magazines.

These making or writing experiences are designed for art lovers of all ages and inspired by the themes in our exhibitions.

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Dining Options Feeling hungry? Just a short walk from PICA you’ll find Northbridge, a foodie hotspot featuring a number of Perth’s best cafes, eateries and bars.

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How to get here PICA is in the Perth Cultural Centre at 51 James St, Northbridge, and our galleries are open 10am – 5pm Tuesday to Sunday.

Train: From Perth Train Station, cross the overpass towards the Perth Cultural Centre.

Perth Cultural Centre Map

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Bus: Transperth’s free Blue CAT bus stops nearby on Beaufort St. Car: Access the State Library Car Park via Francis St, or the Cultural Centre Car Park via Roe St. transperth.com.au cityofperthparking.com.au

Accessibility

Our gallery, bathrooms and performance space are accessible by wheelchair.

Companion Card holders are welcome to attend any performance presented

by PICA as complimentary guests.

Large print versions of texts are available from PICA Reception upon request.

Image: Danica Zuks

Companion card and wheelchair bookings for performances can be made over the phone or in person at PICA. PICA seeks to be inclusive and meet the needs of our audiences. Should you have any particular requirements please contact our reception on 9228 6300.

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Donate to PICA

Become a PICA Donor and double your impact.

Donate to PICA by 30 May 2020 to make your donation count twice thanks to Creative Partnerships Australia Plus1, who will match your contribution dollar for dollar.

Be part of our vision to create defining moments for artists, art forms and audiences.

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Your generosity nourishes the artistic ambitions of artists, sustains our learning programs and ensures that PICA remains free to all.

For full details on the PICA Donor Program go to pica.org.au/support or contact the PICA Philanthropy coordinator on philcoord@pica.org.au.

Photo: Dan Grant

@pica_perth Perth Cultural Centre 51 James St Northbridge pica.org.au | (08) 9228 6300 Galleries open Tue – Sun | 10am – 5pm Exhibition dates: 9 February – 19 April

Government Partners

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Perth Festival Visual Arts Program Partner

Project Partners

PICA’s ongoing programs are primarily supported by an investment from the State of Western Australia through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries in association with Lotterywest, assistance from the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. PICA is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. PICA’s opening events, public programs, family and learning programs and studio residencies are supported by our Community Engagement Partner City of Perth. Chalkroom is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan. Bunny was commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre (AUS), co-produced by The Substation (SIN), with support from the Playking Foundation (AUS), Australia Council for the Arts, Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, the National Arts Council (SIN), Singapore International Foundation, Abrons Arts Centre (NYC) and Tanzfabrik (BER). Cover Image: Tina Havelock Stevens, Thunderhead (video still), 2016.

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