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August 30, 2021

HEAD ON PHOTO FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2021 HIGHLIGHT EXHIBITIONS

Head On Photo Festival, Australia’s leading annual photography event, today announced five exhibitions that will headline the 2021 Festival, featuring the work of renowned international and Australian photographers presented across multiple outdoor venues from 19 – 28 November.

After a successful digital edition in 2020, the Festival returns this year with a physical footprint that will once again enliven Sydney’s Eastern suburbs with a program of more than 50 international and local photographic exhibitions for industry professionals, art lovers and the general public.

Head On Photo Festival, Australia’s leading annual photography event, today announced five exhibitions that will headline the 2021 Festival, featuring the work of renowned international and Australian photographers presented across multiple outdoor venues from 19 – 28 November.

After a successful digital edition in 2020, the Festival returns this year with a physical footprint that will once again enliven Sydney’s Eastern suburbs with a program of more than 50 international and local photographic exhibitions for industry professionals, art lovers and the general public. Venue highlights include Paddington Reservoir Gardens and the popular Bondi Beach Promenade installation that will line the beachfront with 20 exhibitions by international and Australian photographers exploring stories, places and cultures from around the world.

The 12th edition of the Festival will present a diverse program of photographic exhibitions with highlights including the Australian premiere of a new exhibition by internationally acclaimed photographer Roger Ballen and American photographer Neil Kramer’s comedy series about COVID-19 life in Queens, Australian photographer Bridgette Gower’s study of bugs as revellers in a back garden dance floor, and the Australian premiere of international collective The Everyday Project’s group exhibition highlighting the vital stories of women migrants around the world.

IMAGE: Nichole Sobecki, The Everyday Projects, Courtesy of Head On Photo Festival.

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August 16, 2021

CARRIAGEWORKS PRESENTS WORLD PREMIERE OF MAJOR VIDEO WORK BY ARTIST KUBA DORABIALSKI ONLINE

Carriageworks, one of Australia’s largest contemporary multi-arts centres, will present the world premiere of Invocation Trilogy, a major new video work by award-winning Polish Australian artist and filmmaker Kuba Dorabialski reflecting on language, politics and cultural memory; online for free from 18 August – 10 October 2021.

Conceived through the lens of his biographical ties to Eastern Europe and filmed and performed in Dorabialski’s own fictional Slavic language—designed to be partly intelligible to most Slavic language speakers—Invocation Trilogy investigates what it means to explore memories, real and distorted, as a migrant who now lives in Australia.

Carriageworks, one of Australia’s largest contemporary multi-arts centres, will present the world premiere of Invocation Trilogy, a major new video work by award-winning Polish Australian artist and filmmaker Kuba Dorabialski reflecting on language, politics and cultural memory; online for free from 18 August – 10 October 2021.

Conceived through the lens of his biographical ties to Eastern Europe and filmed and performed in Dorabialski’s own fictional Slavic language—designed to be partly intelligible to most Slavic language speakers—Invocation Trilogy investigates what it means to explore memories, real and distorted, as a migrant who now lives in Australia. Through its uneasy mix of brooding earnestness and absurdist comedy, Dorabialski poses the grand and preposterous question: What is this thing we call Eastern Europe?

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August 12, 2021

German Baroque violinist Jonas Zschenderlein performs with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in exclusive digital concert

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra will perform with German Baroque violinist Jonas Zschenderlein in an exclusive digital concert which will premiere on Brandenburg One on 28 August.

Jonas Zschenderlein was due to perform with Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in Melbourne and Sydney last month, for their third concert series Bach’s Universe. The concerts would have marked Zschenderlein’s Australian debut and his first live concert season in over a year. However, the current lockdowns and restrictions in place due to COVID-19 meant the physical concerts were no longer able to take place and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra pivoted to filming a cinematic concert film for their innovative digital streaming platform Brandenburg One.

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra will perform with German Baroque violinist Jonas Zschenderlein in an exclusive digital concert which will premiere on Brandenburg One on 28 August.

Jonas Zschenderlein was due to perform with Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in Melbourne and Sydney last month, for their third concert series Bach’s Universe. The concerts would have marked Zschenderlein’s Australian debut and his first live concert season in over a year. However, the current lockdowns and restrictions in place due to COVID-19 meant the physical concerts were no longer able to take place and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra pivoted to filming a cinematic concert film for their innovative digital streaming platform Brandenburg One. Shot in an empty City Recital Hall in July, Bach’s Universe will see the young German Baroque violinist perform alongside the Brandenburg musicians in a new production directed by Sydney-based director and writer Stef Smith.

A celebration of JS Bach, the program features an impassioned performance by Zschenderlein of Bach’s Violin Concerto in E major in his Australian debut alongside intimate instrumental works and immersive orchestral offerings. Bach’s Universe includes Bach’s timeless Air from the Orchestral Suite No. 3 and Prelude in E minor, BWV 855 from the first book of The Well Tempered Clavier.

Photo: Keith Saunders

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August 3, 2021

The first regional gallery in the Southern Highlands, Ngununggula, announces inaugural exhibition program

Ngununggula, the Southern Highlands’ first regional art gallery, has announced its inaugural exhibition program. Meaning “belonging” in the traditional language of the Gundungurra First Nation People, Ngununggula will open to the public on 25 September in what was the old dairy at Retford Park. Featuring a heritage-sensitive gallery design undertaken by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer and constructed by Richard Crookes Constructions. Ngununggula will be surrounded by a landscaped garden created by Jane Irwin and a new café, Hearth in partnership with Moonacres Kitchen.

Ngununggula, the Southern Highlands’ first regional art gallery, has announced its inaugural exhibition program. Meaning “belonging” in the traditional language of the Gundungurra First Nation People, Ngununggula will open to the public on 25 September in what was the old dairy at Retford Park. Featuring a heritage-sensitive gallery design undertaken by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer and constructed by Richard Crookes Constructions. Ngununggula will be surrounded by a landscaped garden created by Jane Irwin and a new café, Hearth in partnership with Moonacres Kitchen.

Under the leadership of Director Megan Monte, the new Gallery will capture the cultural vibrancy of the region through a dynamic curatorial program and community-minded approach. With a focus on visual arts and education, the program will represent the region and beyond through significant exhibitions, artist-led projects, live events, workshops, artist talks and public programs. Creating engaging ways for the local community to connect with artists and their ideas will be at the core of Ngununggula’s philosophy.

The opening exhibition will feature new work by Tamara Dean alongside a major new commissioned installation by Megan Cope.

Image: The Old Dairy, Retford Park, Photo Ashley Mackevicius

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