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01jun12:45 pm1:45 pmArt Forum: Artspace
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ARTSPACE Wednesday 1 June 12.45–1.45pm Black Theatre Please join us to hear from four emerging arts practitioners working at Artspace, a leading contemporary arts organisation that supports and commissions Australian and international artists
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ARTSPACE
Wednesday 1 June
12.45–1.45pm
Black Theatre
Please join us to hear from four emerging arts practitioners working at Artspace, a leading contemporary arts organisation that supports and commissions Australian and international artists of all generations. Artspace is currently based on campus at NAS while the Artspace building in Woolloomooloo is being redeveloped. Hear Johanna Bear (Associate Curator), Elyse Goldfinch (Associate Curator) and Yuanyu Li (Curatorial Assistant) talk about how they found their feet in the arts and the key projects and roles they’ve undertaken across curating, writing and advocacy. They will share their experiences mounting exhibitions in artist-run, commercial and institutional spaces and how they work closely with artists to support experimental practices at organisations including Firstdraft, Runway Journal and Artspace itself. This week’s Art Forum will be a candid conversation around opportunities for emerging arts workers and offer an insight into arts ecologies in Australia and beyond from four different perspectives.
Image: (left) Elyse Goldfinch; (right) Johanna Bear, Photo: Zan Wimberley. (Middle) Yuanyu Li, Photo: Richard Phillips
Time
(Wednesday) 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
Location
Black Theatre
Forbes Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
01jun7:00 pm10:30 pmVIVID SYDNEY AT NAS: Gotet: Future.Ancient.Strings
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VIVID SYDNEY AT NAS GODTET Future.Ancient.Strings. | National Art School Cell Block Theatre, National Art School 156 Forbes St,
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GODTET Future.Ancient.Strings. | National Art School
Cell Block Theatre, National Art School
156 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
1 Jun 7pm – 10:30pm
After making cosmic waves across the world, multi-instrumentalist Godriguez and his psychedelic jazz explorers return with two audio visual performance sets each night, alongside special guest collaborators.
[Trance]
Enter a state of profound abstraction absorption through Julian Bel Bachir’s Afro-Saharan trance, featuring Malian guitar maestro Moussa Diakite and a special international guest from Morocco as well as dance from award-winning Ghanaian Lucky Lartey.
[Hypnosis]
Conjure calm altered consciousness with the Nomad String Quartet, arranged by Novak Manojlovic.
Aural and Visual Immersion
Live sound effects and mix production by Jack Prest, the co-producer and engineer for all of GODTET’s albums. World-building visuals by Swicked who also created the visuals for GODTET’s acclaimed Sydney Opera House performance.
Performed across two nights, each set will be performed on both evenings.
Presented with support from Vivid Sydney and City of Sydney and National Art School.
Time
(Wednesday) 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Location
National Art School
Forbes Street
NAS NEO PRESENTS: CLOE TERARE, LEO TANOI and BABALA FOR RECONICILIATION WEEK
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National Art School
- Forbes Street
02jun6:00 pm10:00 pmNAS NEO PRESENTS: CLOE TERARE, LEO TANOI and BABALA FOR RECONICILIATION WEEK
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NAS NEO THE FUTURE OF NOW ON GADIGAL LAND THURSDAY 2 JUNE 6–10PM The National Art School is excited to announce NAS NEO, a new after-hours program that
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NAS NEO
THE FUTURE OF NOW ON GADIGAL LAND
THURSDAY 2 JUNE
6–10PM
The National Art School is excited to announce NAS NEO, a new after-hours program that will bring together critical and progressive arts practice across inclusive and diverse platforms.
NAS NEO is a series of weekly multidisciplinary, artist-driven cultural events in collaboration with the next generation of change-makers, innovators and creators.
Every Thursday night.
Food and bar open from 5pm.
On Thursday, 2 June, NAS NEO will be hosting a specially curated evening of events for National Reconciliation Week 2022. The National Art School sits on the stolen land of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nations and acknowledges the ongoing relationship of all Gadigal, all Aboriginal and all Torres Strait Islander people to this land. To encourage all National Art School audiences to “Be Brave. Make Change”, NAS NEO will host an evening of performance, engagement, education and celebration, opened by Uncle Allen Madden.
LIVE MUSIC
Main Courtyard Stage
Cloe Terare
Sweet, sour, pretty and brash… all at the same time it’s the best way to describe Toowoomba-based artist CLOE TERARE.
Coming out late in 2021 with only her third single ‘Scotty (Beam Me Up)’, a genre bouncing pop number that grabbed the attention of Triple J Unearthed, Spotify and landed in TikToks ‘Emerging Artist’ playlist.
‘Scotty (Beam Me Up)’ laid the groundwork for the CLOEs’ next release ‘Take The Crown’, which came out hammering. The halloween inspired, trap record had its ‘First Play’ on Triple J Unearthed before going onto sit pretty on four Spotify, two Apple Music playlist, as well as earning itself a spin on The New Australia w/Briggs and wetting the appetite of JJJ Unearthed Presenter Claire Mooney who said of her EP title ‘Burn Book 2018-2021’ when she heard it, ‘This EP title alone feels iconic’.
In January 2022 CLOE uploaded ‘Cadillac’ to Unearthed, a country inspired bop written about her grandfather’s Cadillac. The track was instantly picked up by JJJ and received a full ad 3 weeks after first being uploaded. To add to CLOE’s new year celebrations, she went on to be Triple J’s Unearthed Feature Artists as well as as the first Feature Artist on The Music.com for 2022.
DJs LEO TANOI AND BABALA
Leo Tanoi is a prominent Sydney-based Pasifika curator, DJ, radio broadcaster, cultural worker and community leader. Narrm-based Babala, a.k.a Louis Mokak, belonging to the Djugun people in the West Kimberley, explores his love for soul-jazz, dub and rhythm movement across cultural continuum.
SITTING WITH: RĪVUS 23RD BIENNALE OF SYDNEY
NAS GALLERY & DRAWING GALLERY
Join FLENK collective educators, Merindah Funnell, Katy B Plumer, Ethan Bell and Emily Lienert, to engage with a selection of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks in 23rd Biennale of Sydney rīvus at NAS.
The workshop will engage with artworks in a range of media using artist-centered, artist-led best practice creative engagements. Through interactive activities and discussion-based enquiries FLENK collective will encourage participants to create personal connections to artworks.
This is a free program, but registration is mandatory. To participate, please fill out the form below. Tickets are limited, so please ensure that you will be free for the duration of your elected session.
23rd Biennale of Sydney: RĪVUS
Open after hours from 6-10pm
NAS Gallery
The Drawing Gallery
Chapel
Free, drop-in art workshops
6.30-8.30pm
Sensory Drawing with Aimee Gardyne *
Bldg. DS1
This workshop will explore different modes of expressive drawing from sensation in the studio, from environmental sounds to the drawers’ internal sense. Participants will collaborate on large scale works in the space.
Heatpress Printmaking with Annabelle McEwan*
Bldg. 25
Drop in to this exciting printmaking workshop! Learn the heat pressing method of printing onto fabric and walk away with your very own item designed in celebration of the centenary of The National Art School.
*The Art Workshops are open to everyone of all levels of experience. No bookings required.
NAS NEO:The Future of Now
On Gadigal Land
6–10PM
National Art School
Entry on Forbes Street, Darlinghurst
Time
(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
National Art School
Forbes Street
02jun7:00 pm10:30 pmVIVID SYDNEY AT NAS: Gotet: Future.Ancient.Strings
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VIVID SYDNEY AT NAS GODTET Future.Ancient.Strings. | National Art School Cell Block Theatre, National Art School 156 Forbes St,
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GODTET Future.Ancient.Strings. | National Art School
Cell Block Theatre, National Art School
156 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
2 Jun 7pm – 10:30pm
After making cosmic waves across the world, multi-instrumentalist Godriguez and his psychedelic jazz explorers return with two audio visual performance sets each night, alongside special guest collaborators.
[Trance]
Enter a state of profound abstraction absorption through Julian Bel Bachir’s Afro-Saharan trance, featuring Malian guitar maestro Moussa Diakite and a special international guest from Morocco as well as dance from award-winning Ghanaian Lucky Lartey.
[Hypnosis]
Conjure calm altered consciousness with the Nomad String Quartet, arranged by Novak Manojlovic.
Aural and Visual Immersion
Live sound effects and mix production by Jack Prest, the co-producer and engineer for all of GODTET’s albums. World-building visuals by Swicked who also created the visuals for GODTET’s acclaimed Sydney Opera House performance.
Performed across two nights, each set will be performed on both evenings.
Presented with support from Vivid Sydney and City of Sydney and National Art School.
Time
(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Location
National Art School
Forbes Street
03jun7:00 pm11:00 pmVIVID SYDNEY AT NAS: Pluto Jonze: Lightscape Piano Show
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VIVID SYDNEY AT NAS Pluto Jonze: Lightscape Piano Show | National Art School Cell Block Theatre, National Art
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Pluto Jonze: Lightscape Piano Show | National Art School
Cell Block Theatre, National Art School
156 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
3 Jun 7pm – 11pm
In this 360 degree, multi-sensory experience, alt-pop visionary Pluto Jonze reveals an epic dreamscape on the Lightscape Piano. Part-instrument, part light installation, his antique piano is deconstructed and retrofitted with responsive lights that illuminate the normally-hidden mechanics as the keys are played.
The sensitive lights allow Pluto to re-envision songs from his new album Awe, which “conjures a sense of endless possibility in a sprawling world” (NME) and was inspired by the contemporary visual artist James Turrell. As a composition, Awe is influenced as much by romantic composers Debussy, Erik Satie, Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre, as by indie-psych modern greats Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Beck, Tobias Jesso Jnr, Tame Impala and Todd Terje. His music has earned comparisons with Tame Impala, Crowded House and The Beatles, amongst many others.
At Pluto’s hands, light, sound and virtuosity expose the wonder of a beautifully crafted instrument that is a work of art in its own right.
“The John Lennon comparisons will always follow Pluto Jonze around, and for good reason: his reverbed vocals and psychotropic tendencies recall the spectacled Beatle at his most serene.” – The Guardian (AUS)
“Echoing the softer moments of Vampire Weekend’s recent material.” – NME (AUS)
“Reminiscent of Kevin Parker’s floating vocals and melancholy lyricism.” – Life Without Andy (AUS)
“Jonze’s voice scales dizzy heights with another deep cut soul inflection.” – Backseat Mafia (AUS)
Presented by Niche Productions and Touring and Vivid Sydney in association with National Art School and with support from City of Sydney.
Time
(Friday) 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Location
National Art School
Forbes Street
04jun7:30 pm11:45 pmVIVID SYDNEY AT NAS: Ninajirachi presents Dark Crystal
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VIVID SYDNEY AT NAS Ninajirachi presents Dark Crystal | National Art School Cell Block Theatre, National Art School 156
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Ninajirachi presents Dark Crystal | National Art School
Cell Block Theatre, National Art School
156 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
4 Jun 7:30pm – 11:45pm
Enter a dream-state when electronic music artist Ninajirachi brings together a diverse and eclectic ensemble for this one-off, intimate live electronic music experience. Melding live vocals, electronic and DJ performances, this is where you’ll feel Australia’s most forward-thinking club, pop, electronic and dance music pulse through your soul.
Fans of left-field, hyperpop and future-facing sonic excursions, lace up your treads. The historic National Art School Cell Block Theatre is your destination for an intimate party prioritising inclusivity, joy, and wonder. All bodies are welcome and outward self-expression is celebrated.
Dark Crystal draws inspiration from an aesthetic and internet-culture fixation with dreamlike, surreal, hyperreal, uncanny, and nostalgic imagery referencing archived internet history and early-internet era memories, media, and animation. Weird and beautiful, like the music. Dark Crystal sees a plethora of such artists take to the physical stage, lit up by an array of lights and accompanied by a live VJ set.
“With a sound that embodies a rich, opulent atmosphere and a flawless touch in the studio, Ninajirachi is truly in her own lane. The Australian triple-threat producer, songwriter, and DJ has built a career that encompasses the spectrum of electronic music, garnering praise from critics and notable artists alike.” – triple j unearthed
Dark Crystal unfolds on Sydney / Eora Nation land, and 10% of net profits will be donated to Aboriginal Legal Services NSW.
Presented by Vivid Sydney in association with National Art School and with support from City of Sydney.
SOLD OUT
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 11:45 pm
Location
National Art School
Forbes Street
08jun12:45 pm1:45 pmArt Forum: Joan Ross
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JOAN ROSS Wednesday 8 June 12.45–1.45pm Cell Block Theatre Bold and experimental, Joan Ross' practice investigates the legacy of colonialism in Australia with a particular focus on reconfiguring the colonial Australian landscape and
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JOAN ROSS
Wednesday 8 June
12.45–1.45pm
Cell Block Theatre
Bold and experimental, Joan Ross’ practice investigates the legacy of colonialism in Australia with a particular focus on reconfiguring the colonial Australian landscape and drawing attention to the complex and ongoing issues surrounding the effects of globalisation and colonisation.
Since the late 1980s, Joan has exhibited across a range of mediums, from drawing, painting, photography and sculpture to installation, video, and virtual reality. Her experimental works combine colonial iconography and landscape painting with collaged elements of western commodity culture connected to land tenure and Aboriginal peoples’ active presence on the land.
Joan’s use of fluorescent yellow and high-visibility clothing symbolises colonisation and fear. The act of depicting people in this bright clothing and placing fluorescent objects in the landscape does more, however, than simply illustrate colonisation; it also highlights and exaggerates the foreign or alien aspects of her work and its association with the landscape and the cultural and spiritual connection to place.
Recent projects include designing the hoarding for The Art Gallery of New South Wales’ Sydney Modern expansion, and illuminating the façade of The National Gallery of Australia during the 2021 Enlighten Festival. Joan Ross is represented by N. Smith Gallery, Sydney, is a finalist in this years Archibald Prize and the 2022 judge for the Sulman Prize.
Image: Joan Ross, When the last flowers are picked, 2021, hand-painted digital print on rag paper, 40.5 x 60 cm.
Time
(Wednesday) 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
Location
Cell Block Theatre
Forbes St Darlinghurst NSW 2010
09jun6:00 pm10:00 pmNAS NEO: BIENNALE OF SYDNEY FINAL WEEK THURSDAY 9 JUNE
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NAS NEO THE FUTURE OF NOW ON GADIGAL LAND THURSDAY 9 JUNE 6–10PM The National Art School is excited to announce NAS NEO,
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NAS NEO
THE FUTURE OF NOW ON GADIGAL LAND
THURSDAY 9 JUNE
6–10PM
The National Art School is excited to announce NAS NEO, a new after-hours program that will bring together critical and progressive arts practice across inclusive and diverse platforms.
NAS NEO is a series of weekly multidisciplinary, artist-driven cultural events in collaboration with the next generation of change-makers, innovators and creators.
Every Thursday night.
Food and bar open from 5pm.
History, memory, separation and loss: Wura-Natasha Ogunji in conversation with Talia Linz
NAS GALLERY
6.30pm
“The watery expanse between Africa and the Americas forever defines my aesthetic landscape. It is one of history, memory, separation and loss.”
Wura-Natasha Ogunji is a visual and performance artist based in Lagos, Nigeria. Her visual art practice includes creating works on paper using hand stitched Iines in thread, graphite and ink, as well as videos and public performances. Water, and particularly the Atlantic Ocean with its history as a passage for slave trading between Africa and the Americas, influence her works in both concept and composition: ‘I often think about what’s happening below the water, the depth, what’s under and what’s carried and balance – what’s happening on either side of the sea.’ Join us for this unique opportunity to hear Wura-Natasha Ogunji in conversation with Talia Linz, curator at Artspace and curatorium member for the 23rd Biennale of Sydney.
For more information about Wura-Natasha Ogunji, visit the Biennale of Sydney website.
GLASSBREAKERS
CENTRAL COURTYARD
8pm
This is Glassbreakers, the indie dance brainchild of award winning, platinum selling singer songwriter and producer, Ilan Kidron. Best known as the lead singer of Australia’s groundbreaking dance act The Potbelleez, known for their slew of hit singles including Don’t Hold Back and From The Music.
Ilan is joined by Sydney’s finest, who over the years, have shared the stage with the likes of Grace Jones, Matt Corby, Tim Minchin, Hugh Jackman, Missy Higgins, Charlie XCX, Pharaoh Sanders, Branford Marsalis, Kurt Elling, Nigel Kennedy, James Morrison and Vince Jones.
Free, drop-in art workshops
6.30-8.30pm
*The Art Workshops are open to everyone of all levels of experience. No bookings required.
NAS NEO:The Future of Now
On Gadigal Land
6–10PM
National Art School
Entry on Forbes Street, Darlinghurst
Time
(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
National Art School
Forbes Street
History, Memory, Separation And Loss: Wura-Natasha Ogunji In Conversation With Talia Linz
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NAS Gallery
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History, Memory, Separation And Loss: Wura-Natasha Ogunji In Conversation With Talia Linz “The watery expanse between Africa and the Americas forever defines my aesthetic landscape. It
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History, Memory, Separation And Loss: Wura-Natasha Ogunji In Conversation With Talia Linz
“The watery expanse between Africa and the Americas forever defines my aesthetic landscape. It is one of history, memory, separation and loss.”
Wura-Natasha Ogunji is a visual and performance artist based in Lagos, Nigeria. Her visual art practice includes creating works on paper using hand stitched Iines in thread, graphite and ink, as well as videos and public performances. Water, and particularly the Atlantic Ocean with its history as a passage for slave trading between Africa and the Americas, influence her works in both concept and composition: ‘I often think about what’s happening below the water, the depth, what’s under and what’s carried and balance – what’s happening on either side of the sea.’ Join us for this unique opportunity to hear Wura-Natasha Ogunji in conversation with Talia Linz, curator at Artspace and curatorium member for the 23rd Biennale of Sydney.
For more information about Wura-Natasha Ogunji, visit the Biennale of Sydney website.
This talk is part of NAS NEO our Thursday night after-hours program MORE INFO
Time
(Thursday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
NAS Gallery
Forbes Street
09jun8:00 pm10:00 pmVIVID SYDNEY AT NAS: Annie Hamilton
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VIVID SYDNEY AT NAS Annie Hamilton | National Art School Cell Block Theatre, National Art School 156 Forbes St,
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Annie Hamilton | National Art School
Cell Block Theatre, National Art School
156 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
9 Jun 8pm – 10pm
Musician, visual artist, and designer Annie Hamilton performs an intimate and immersive live show to launch her long-awaited debut album, The Future Is Here But It Feels Kinda Like The Past (out May 20) alongside a pop-up store showcasing the latest collection from her eponymous fashion label.
Rejecting straightforward narrative structure in favour of pinning down hyper-specific yet universally empathetic moments, Annie’s new album is a stylised-yet-grainy collage of snapshots. Together, they span a mammoth range of emotion, sound and genre, yet are tied together as documentation of little human moments.
Contradiction and duality, reality as metaphor and metaphor as reality, stumbling through life and trying to make some kind of beautiful, are all at the fleeting beating heart of it.
Presented with support from Vivid Sydney, City of Sydney and National Art School.
Time
(Thursday) 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
National Art School
Forbes Street
10jun3:00 pm5:00 pmPerformance: Wura-Natasha Ogunji
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PERFORMANCE: WURA-NATASHA OGUNJI Meet at NAS Gallery Thursday 10 June, 3.00pm As part of rivus, 23rd Biennale of Sydney, Nigerian-American artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji is staging her public endurance performance Will I still carry water when I am a
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PERFORMANCE: WURA-NATASHA OGUNJI
Meet at NAS Gallery
Thursday 10 June, 3.00pm
As part of rivus, 23rd Biennale of Sydney, Nigerian-American artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji is staging her public endurance performance Will I still carry water when I am a dead woman?
First performed in Lagos, Nigeria in 2011, the piece explores the relationship between physical labour, presence, poetry and social change. As with much of her performance art, Ogunji is particularly interested in engaging questions of public space, power and politics. With this performance Ogunji asks: What is the significance of enacting physical labour as a philosophy of transformation, rather than a demonstration of struggle? What is the place of poetry, presence and beauty within this dialogue?
Join the performers as they trace a route from the National Art School to the Art Gallery of NSW, starting at 3pm outside the National Art School Gallery on Friday 10 June.
Time
(Friday) 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
NAS Gallery
Forbes Street
10jun7:00 pm11:00 pmVIVID SYDNEY AT NAS: Handsome presents: BLAME
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VIVID SYDNEY AT NAS Handsome presents: BLAME | National Art School Cell Block Theatre, National Art School 156 Forbes
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Handsome presents: BLAME | National Art School
Cell Block Theatre, National Art School
156 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
10 Jun 7pm – 11pm
Relish the freedom of gender fluidity and embrace the beauty in androgyny when multidisciplinary artist HANDSOME takes to the Cell Block Theatre stage at Darlinghurst’s historic National Art School.
Enter the world of Blame (her second EP) where desert grit meets hyper real adventure. Buckle in for anthemic electronic pop that hits all the feels. This special live show is enhanced by the Blame visual experience alongside special guests and wild one-off performances.
As much a movement as a moniker, HANDSOME crafts a mix of Tomboy pop and brooding electronica. Her bold and new sounds celebration self-expression and carefree creativity, accompanied by obsessive perfection.
Presented by Vivid Sydney in association with National Art School with support from AMEX Music Backer’s Fund and City of Sydney.
Time
(Friday) 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Location
National Art School
Forbes Street
15jun12:45 pm1:45 pmArt Forum: Alexie Glass-Kantor
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ALEXIE GLASS-KANTOR DESASTRES Wednesday 15 June 12.45–1.45pm Black Theatre Join us for a conversation with Alexie Glass-Kantor, Curator, Australian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale which is represented by artist Marco Fusinato with the work
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ALEXIE GLASS-KANTOR
DESASTRES
Wednesday 15 June
12.45–1.45pm
Black Theatre
Join us for a conversation with Alexie Glass-Kantor, Curator, Australian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale which is represented by artist Marco Fusinato with the work DESASTRES.
DESASTRES is an experimental noise project that synchronises sound with image and takes the form of a durational solo performance as installation. Fusinato is performing live for 200 days in the pavilion using an electric guitar as a signal generator into mass amplification to improvise slabs of noise, saturated feedback and discordant intensities that trigger a deluge of images.
Fusinato (Naarm / Melbourne) is a contemporary artist and noise-musician whose work takes the form of installation, photographic reproduction, design, performance and recording. DESASTRES is a culmination of his interests in noise/experimental music, underground culture, mass media images and art history.
Glass-Kantor (Gadigal / Sydney) is the Executive Director of Artspace, Sydney and Curator, Encounters, Art Basel | Hong Kong (2015—ongoing). Since 2000 she has been active as a curator working across independent spaces, museums, biennials, and festivals, and as curator or co-curator of over two hundred exhibitions.
Glass-Kantor will be in conversation with Elyse Goldfinch, Associate Curator about the collaboration with Fusinato and the development and realisation of the DESASTRES project in the Australian Pavilion.
Image: Alexie Glass-Kantor and Marco Fusinato courtesy of Zan Wimberley
Time
(Wednesday) 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
Location
Black Theatre
Forbes Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
16jun6:00 pm10:00 pmNAS NEO presents MOTION SICKNESS | THURSDAY 16 JUNE
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NAS NEO THE FUTURE OF
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NAS NEO
THE FUTURE OF NOW ON GADIGAL LAND
THURSDAY 16 JUNE
6–10PM
The National Art School is excited to announce NAS NEO, a new after-hours program that will bring together critical and progressive arts practice across inclusive and diverse platforms.
NAS NEO is a series of weekly multidisciplinary, artist-driven cultural events in collaboration with the next generation of change-makers, innovators and creators.
Every Thursday night.
Food and bar open from 5pm.
MOTION SICKNESS
CENTRAL COURYARD
DJ from 6pm
Band from 7pm
Josh Beagley – DJ
James McKay – Sax
Sergiio – Keyboards
Vincent Sebastian – Percussion
Free, drop-in art workshops
6.30-8.30pm
*The Art Workshops are open to everyone of all levels of experience. No bookings required.
NAS NEO:The Future of Now
On Gadigal Land
6–10PM
National Art School
Entry on Forbes Street, Darlinghurst
Time
(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
National Art School
Forbes Street
16jun7:00 pm8:00 pmVIVID SYDNEY AT NAS: 3HARPS \\\
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VIVID SYDNEY AT NAS 3HARPS \\\ | National Art School Cell Block Theatre, National Art School 156 Forbes St,
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3HARPS \\\ | National Art School
Cell Block Theatre, National Art School
156 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
16 Jun 7pm – 8pm
The coastlines of Sydney – deep blue waves, dappled sunlight and crisp sand – inspire this immersive, multi-sensory live music and video experience in which multi-instrumentalist, composer and performer Jake Meadows drives the majestic sounds of the harp with ethereal electronic music.
Always an innovator, Jake plays live utilising Yamaha object-based audio technology and AI-powered music engine MEMU developed by the cross-disciplinary technology team at Uncanny Valley. Be mesmerised by a fusion of art and science, where music and technology become the language of expression.
“Jake Meadows is a force of nature, a light that brings shadows to the forefront… an artist and a visionary who blends normality into absurdity, a painter of sound.” – Daniel Johns
Presented with support from Vivid Sydney, City of Sydney and National Art School.
Time
(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
National Art School
Forbes Street
VIVID SYDNEY AT NAS: Birds Of Tokyo's Adam Spark presents Snow vs Mountain
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National Art School
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18jun6:00 pm8:00 pmVIVID SYDNEY AT NAS: Birds Of Tokyo's Adam Spark presents Snow vs Mountain
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VIVID SYDNEY AT NAS Birds Of Tokyo's Adam Spark presents Snow vs Mountain | National Art School Cell
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Birds Of Tokyo’s Adam Spark presents Snow vs Mountain | National Art School
Cell Block Theatre, National Art School
156 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
18 Jun 6pm – 8pm
Composer Adam Spark, the driving force behind ARIA and APRA Award winning rock band Birds Of Tokyo, presents the World Premiere of his bittersweet neo-classical opus. Be lured into a visually stunning yet fragile world before levitating into the night sky in this meditation on survival.
In contrast to the stadium-filling rock anthems for Birds Of Tokyo, Adam drives this epic composition with cinematic pianos, synthetic soundscapes and a chamber orchestra. Layer in collaborations with legendary British arranger Audrey Riley (Smashing Pumpkins, Muse, Coldplay, The Smiths), and post-rock prodigy Otto Wicks Green (sleepmakeswaves) and the mountainous world comes to life.
In 2018, composer and producer Adam found himself at the very bottom of the well. “I had to write my way into living”, he explains. “This project is the result of those writings. It literally saved my life and is designed to share my eventual realisation that living, even through pain, is well worth it.”
This is music of hope, born out of dark times. Expect a spellbinding masterpiece from one of Australia’s towering rock gods.
Presented by Eleven Music with support from Vivid Sydney, City of Sydney and National Art School.
Time
(Saturday) 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
National Art School
Forbes Street
21jun6:00 pm7:30 pmFree Talk - Conserving culture: adapting old buildings for new audiences
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Conserving culture: adapting old buildings for new audiences John McAslan + Partners (JMP) is a global architecture studio with specialist expertise in adaptive reuse and conservation. Join architect John McAslan as
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Conserving culture: adapting old buildings for new audiences
John McAslan + Partners (JMP) is a global architecture studio with specialist expertise in adaptive reuse and conservation. Join architect John McAslan as he shares international case studies in adapting older and heritage buildings to meet contemporary needs.
The focus will be on The Burrell Collection. JMP was architect and landscape designer for the restoration and modernisation of the Grade-A listed Burrell Collection building, which houses one of the world’s greatest private collections of 14th and 15th century art. It contains over 9,000 internationally significant medieval, Islamic, Chinese, Egyptian and French Impressionist artworks. The landmark 1983 building has been sensitively transformed to display more of the collection and better serve the museum and its visitors.
John McAslan + Partners has worked with arts and cultural organisations globally to adapt existing buildings for the present and future and will share other examples in this insightful presentation, which will be of relevance to anyone with an interest in art and architecture.
Date: Tuesday 21 June
Time: 6pm – 7.30pm
Location: The Cell Block Theatre
Tickets: free however registration is essential
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/conserving-culture-adapting-old-buildings-for-new-audiences-tickets-358250365487
Image credit: The Burrell Collection, Hufton+Crow
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(Tuesday) 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
22jun12:45 pm1:45 pmArt Forum: Dr David Briggs (New Date)
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DR DAVID BRIGGS There’s Something You Should Know About Colour Wednesday 22 Jun 12.45–1.45pm Cell Block Theatre Colour is often presented in art and design education in terms of a single two-dimensional “colour wheel”,
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DR DAVID BRIGGS
There’s Something You Should Know About Colour
Wednesday 22 Jun
12.45–1.45pm
Cell Block Theatre
Colour is often presented in art and design education in terms of a single two-dimensional “colour wheel”, often in a form embodying historical beliefs about three “primary colours”, and in terms of a single set of three colour attributes or dimensions taken to suffice for all purposes. David Briggs will illustrate alternative frameworks of colour relationships needed to describe different modes of colour perception and to meet the diverse needs of 21st century art and design students.
Dr David Briggs has taught classes on colour for painters for more than twenty years, including at NAS an undergraduate elective and currently an online public programs course “Understanding and Applying Colour”. David is President and NSW Divisional Chair of the Colour Society of Australia, Cochair of the International Colour Association (AIC) Study Group on Art and Design, and a member of the committee of the AIC/ ISCC Colour Literacy Project.
He is the author of the websites “The Dimensions of Colour” (launched 2007) and “Colour Online” (launched 2020), and his publications include a chapter in the “Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Colour” (2020).
Image: Part of portfolio by Phyllis Shillito student Helen Burgess, ESTC, mid-1940’sPhoto: David Briggs. Portfolio held in the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection.
Time
(Wednesday) 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
Location
Cell Block Theatre
Forbes St Darlinghurst NSW 2010
23jun6:00 pm10:00 pmNAS NEO presents THE CHASER | THURSDAY 23 JUNE
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NAS NEO THE FUTURE OF NOW ON GADIGAL LAND THURSDAY 23
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NAS NEO
THE FUTURE OF NOW ON GADIGAL LAND
THURSDAY 23 JUNE
6–10PM
The National Art School is excited to announce NAS NEO, a new after-hours program that will bring together critical and progressive arts practice across inclusive and diverse platforms.
NAS NEO is a series of weekly multidisciplinary, artist-driven cultural events in collaboration with the next generation of change-makers, innovators and creators.
Every Thursday night.
Food and bar open from 5pm.
The Chaser to publish 100th Issue of its newspaper
Comedy group is going back to its root: “We were right, the internet was just a fad”
Celebrating the revival of the Chaser newspaper, to print a special 100th issue of the Chaser newspaper, the founding editors of The Chaser will be back in the same room together for the first time in over a decade.
Craig Reucassel, Chris Taylor, Chas Licciardello, Andrew Hansen, Charles Firth, Dom Knight and Julian Morrow will speak at the event, including a presentation about the shady business dealings of the sprawling Chaser Media Empire, a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process of writing for an out-of-date medium like print, and then a Drunk Q&A session, where audience members can disguise long boring thoughts as “questions to the panel”.
The night will end with an all-new original song from Andrew Hansen, written especially for the occasion.
The night will be themed as “The Museum of Chaser”, and will feature large prints of all of the Chaser’s most offensive and disgraceful front covers. “This is a night not to be missed,” said Charles Firth, “although I won’t be coming because the finals of Britain’s Got Talent is on that night on Channel 7 and I really want to see who wins. But otherwise I’d totally be there.”
Free, drop-in art workshops
6.30-8.30pm
*The Art Workshops are open to everyone of all levels of experience. No bookings required.
NAS NEO:The Future of Now
On Gadigal Land
6–10PM
National Art School
Entry on Forbes Street, Darlinghurst
Time
(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
National Art School
Forbes Street
24jun(jun 24)11:00 am13aug(aug 13)5:00 pmColin Lanceley: Earthly Delights
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EXHIBITION DATES: Friday 24 June – Saturday 13 August 2022NAS GalleryMonday to Saturday, 11am–5pm Curated by Sioux Garside, this
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EXHIBITION DATES:
Friday 24 June – Saturday 13 August 2022
NAS Gallery
Monday to Saturday, 11am–5pm
Curated by Sioux Garside, this new major exhibition celebrates Colin Lanceley (1938-2015), a Modernist trailblazer who believed in celebrating the joyous qualities of life in his vibrant, three-dimensional art.
After studying at NAS in the 1950s, which he described as “the opening of my life”, he returned to teach there from the 1980s, then in the 1990s helped write a new chapter for the School as an independent tertiary institution offering visual art degrees, after decades of being attached to NSW’s technical education sector. In the 1960s and 70s, Colin was a vigorous and adventurous spirit at a time when contemporary Australian art was discovering new forms and inspiration, as well as acknowledging the ancient country’s unique and powerful Indigenous art. Born in New Zealand in 1938 and growing up on Sydney’s north shore, a life creating art was not on the cards for young Colin, but with the encouragement of key teachers he found his way to the place he belonged, and in turn helped countless others setting off on their own artistic path. Supported by his wife Kay, this exhibition is a celebration of Colin’s life and work, confirming his creative legacy in the same year the National Art School celebrates 100 years since moving to the Darlinghurst Gaol site.
Time
June 24 (Friday) 11:00 am - August 13 (Saturday) 5:00 pm
Location
The Drawing Gallery
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