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Enlighten 2016Luminous Botanicus II ‘Night Moods’ A moving experience of illumination, music and visual presentations

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All evenings Location Map ref

8.00 – 9.00pm Drink or ice cream on arrival Concourse 1

8.30 – 10.30pm Cocktails and Jaffles (cost applies) – 54 Benjamin Eucalypt Lounge 8

8.30 – 10.30pm Sculptured wood exhibition by artist Dirk Lejeune Eucalypt Lounge 8

8.30 – 10.30pm Meet Your Neighbours – Outdoor photographic exhibition by David Wong Rock Garden 5

Fri 4 March Location Map ref

8.00 – 9.00pm Groove Warehouse – Drums Rainforest Gully 2

8.10 – 9.10pm Leonard Weiss – Harpist Water Garden 4

8.30 – 9.50pm Bronwyn Kirkpatrick – Shakuhachi player Water Garden 4

8.10 – 9.10pm Marionette puppetry Asteracae Garden 6

8.30 – 9.30pm Meet the Artist: Dirk Lejeune Eucalypt Lounge 8

8.30 – 10.30pm No Hausfrau – Band Eucalypt Lounge 8

9.10 – 9.30pm Elizabeth Ellis – Storyteller Red Centre Garden 9

Sat 5 March Location Map ref

8.00 – 9.00pm Groove Warehouse – Drums Rainforest Gully 2

8.10 – 9.10pm Leonard Weiss – Harpist Water Garden 4

8.30 – 9.50pm Bronwyn Kirkpatrick – Shakuhachi player Water Garden 4

8.10 – 9.10pm PuppetOOdle Shadow Puppetry workshop Rock Garden 5

8.30 – 9.30pm Meet the Artist: Dirk Lejeune Eucalypt Lounge 8

8.30 – 10.30pm No Hausfrau – Band Eucalypt Lounge 8

9.10 – 9.30pm Elizabeth Ellis – Storyteller Red Centre Garden 9

Fri 11 March Location Map ref

8.00 – 9.00pm Groove Warehouse – Drums Rainforest Gully 2

8.10 – 9.10pm Leonard Weiss – Harpist Water Garden 4

8.30 – 9.50pm Fiona Dawes – Shakuhachi player Water Garden 4

8.10 – 9.10pm Marionette puppetry Asteraceae Garden 6

8.30 – 9.30pm Meet the Artist: David Wong Eucalypt Lounge 8

8.30 – 10.30pm Veronica’s Boyfriend – Band Eucalypt Lounge 8

9.10 – 9.30pm Elizabeth Ellis – Storyteller Red Centre Garden 9

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Food and Refreshments for Purchase on the Eucalypt Lounge map reference 8Linger and enjoy the ambience of the night with a cocktail and late-night Jaffle bar. Presented by hole in the wall bar 54 Benjamin. For more information visit www.54benjamin.com.au

Red Centre Garden map reference 9Long before the word astronomy was used, Aboriginal Australians were gazing into the night sky – documenting events and weaving them into their Dreamtime stories.

Within these stories their Ancestor Spirits created the world, and when completed, they changed into land forms such as trees, stars, rocks, water and plants.

Travel through the dry dessert and experience the dreaminess of the night. Storyteller Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Ellis will tell bedtime stories which link culture and the Gardens.

Australian percussionists and director of the Groove Warehouse, Gary France has prepared a special soundscape installation in the Red Centre Garden. Gary’s work, The Red Earth, will support your journey of exploration.

Thank you to all who have supported Luminous Botanicus II

• To all our performers and artists • 54 Benjamin, Floresco Cafe in the Gardens and Friends of the Gardens for food and refreshment services • Eclipse Lighting for installation of lighting displays • Doma Hotels for accommodation support • Australian National Botanic Gardens staff and volunteers

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Sat 12 March Location Map ref

8.00 – 9.00pm Groove Warehouse – Drums Rainforest Gully 2

8.10 – 9.10pm Leonard Weiss – Harpist Water Garden 4

8.30 – 9.50pm Fiona Dawes – Shakuhachi player Water Garden 4

8.10 – 9.10pm Able Australia Lantern making workshop Rock Garden 5

8.30 – 9.30pm Meet the Artist: David Wong Eucalypt Lounge 8

8.30 – 10.30pm 5th Avenue – Band Eucalypt Lounge 8

9.10 – 9.30pm Elizabeth Ellis – Storyteller Red Centre Garden 9

Rainforest Gully map reference 2As you enter the ‘jungle’, feel the rainforest’s beating heart pulsing in the darkness. The drumming is an awakening of nature as well as the human spirit. With heightened senses, rejuvenate and refresh in the cooling mist as you explore the beauty of the rainforest. Let light and sound take you on a journey and carry you along the forest floor.

Rainforest drumming is an ancient form of communicating amidst the lush, thick vegetation.

Performers

Groove Warehouse – Drums performing all nights of Luminous Botanicus II Canberra’s own Groove Warehouse presents Sounds Awakening: An exploration of our creational beginning.

Conifer Section map reference 3Experience the wonder of Australia’s distinctive and unique flora at night. These ancient gymnosperms evolved long ago when all the land on Earth was part of one large mass, or ‘super continent’. Explore these distinctive species as you move through the darkness.

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Eucalypt Lounge map reference 8Relax, socialise and unwind in the Eucalypt Lounge. Live music by talented bands No Hausfrau, Veronica’s Boyfriend and 5th Avenue.

Art on the Eucalypt Lawn map reference 8Explore sculptures on the lawn and meet Belgian born woodworker/artist Dirk Lejeune. Dirks works (dirkswirks) are a fascinating exploration of shape, and a play on repetition using multiple segments of natural materials, particularly wood in a multitude of forms. All sculptures are for sale. Enquire with the artist on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 March.

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No Hausfrau – Performing Friday 4 and Saturday 5 March No Hausfrau explores ‘suburban folk rock’, injected into every-day storytelling. Fronted by Alice Cottee, this heartstring filled folk-league just wants to hold you. No Hausfrau combines emotive ambition with the mundane, in a theatric vehicle of genre-crossing melody. Website: www.nohausfrau.com.au

Veronica’s Boyfriend – Performing Friday 11 March Veronica’s Boyfriend blurs the line between blues and jazz, with originals and especially chosen covers done the VB way – laidback New Orleans style blues and their own alternative groove. The band members are Shaun Andrews (vocals/guitar), Sarah Bloustein violin, Jeff Prime (harmonica/guitar), and Sandra Chambers (percussion). Featured will be guest musician Michael Walsh on Sax.

5th Avenue – Performing Saturday 12 March 5th Avenue is a handful of young and versatile musicians, brought together through a passion of music and similar strange quirks of humour. The jazzy group has played at different events and venues around Canberra for the past few years. The band is fronted by Canberra vocalist, Catherine Proctor, with Jamal Salem on drums, Alex Unikowski on keys, and are joined in this concert by Brendan Keller-Tuberg on bass.

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Water Garden map reference 4As your mood shifts, reflect in this tranquil setting, listen to the unique sounds of wind and strings combined with nature as the music floats over the water.

Performers

Leonard Weiss – Harpist performing all nights of Luminous Botanicus II Leonard is an award–winning composer, conductor and performer. An ACT Finalist for 2016 Young Australian of the Year, Leonard is the Musical Director/Conductor of the Canberra Youth Orchestra, the National Capital Orchestra, the Canberra Qwire and the ANU Choral Society, amongst other ensembles. Leonard has conducted and performed solo concerts in the USA and throughout Europe, including recent carillon performances along the East Coast of the USA and solo performances as part of the 2015 Canberra International Music Festival.

Bronwyn Kirkpatrick Shakuhachi player performing Friday 4 and Saturday 5 March Bronwyn is a shihan (master) of the shakuhachi who studied with shakuhachi grand–master Dr Riley Lee in Sydney for seven years. Bronwyn has played with the Bell Shakespeare Theatre Company and has performed at numerous festivals nationally and internationally, including the World Shakuhachi Festival, the OzAsia Festival, Sydney Sacred Music Festival and the Four Winds Festival. Website: www.bronwynkirkpatrick.com

Fiona Dawes Shakuhachi player performing Friday 11 and Saturday 12 March Fiona discovered Shakuhachi as an adult learner of music in 2002. Fiona studied the classical repertoire with Dr Riley Lee for ten years and is currently a student of Bronwyn Kirkpatrick.

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Rock Garden map reference 5Meet Your Neighbours™ is a worldwide photographic initiative dedicated to reconnecting people with the wildlife on their own doorsteps and enriching their lives in the process. These creatures and plants are vital to people: they represent the first, and for some, the only contact with wild nature we have. Yet too often they are overlooked or undervalued. Website: www.meetyourneighbours.net

Artist – David Wong David is a Meet Your Neighbours photographer based in Canberra. Artworks and prints are for sale. Enquire with the artist on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 March. For more, visit www.davidwong.photoshelter.com

Asteraceae Garden – Dancing Light and Shadows map reference 6Swaying daisies rest their heads at night but the colour and diversity of the dancing lights symbolically emphasises the energy of the day.

Friday 4 and 11 March – Watch out for a curious character that might glow and dance right by you! Marianne Mettes, from PuppetOOdle has custom-made a unique roving black-light marionette puppet for the Gardens.

Saturday 5 March – Learn how to cast shadows, manipulate light and create magic through the oldest form of puppetry using natural objects from the Gardens. Website: www.puppetoodle.com

Sunday 12 March – Purchase materials and make your own beautiful lantern to carry through the Gardens. Instruction provided by the team from Able Australia. Website: www.ableaustralia.org.au

Native Bee Hotel map reference 7See how solitary native bees check into the Native Bee Hotel. These tiny creatures lay their eggs in hollows and cracks. The Native Bee Hotel is a joint project between the Gardens and Bush Blitz – Australia’s largest nature discovery project.

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