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Program Season Two

Jul – Dec 2017

Join us at Ainslie and Gorman for Season Two 2017The Ainslie Arts Centre and the Gorman Arts Centre are twin arts centres located in the heart of Canberra, Australia.

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Contents

WELCOME

03 Message from the Director

PROGRAM SEASON TWO

PERFORMANCE

06 Ralph Indie 201709 The Salt Room09 ACT Poetry Slam Finals

FESTIVALS AND MAJOR EVENTS

11 Canberra Obscura: Metropolis12 AIDS Action Council Fair Day12 Day of the Dead Fiesta13 Ainslie and Gorman Open Day

IDEAS

14 Culture Club

MUSIC

15 “mask-ed” single launch16 Andromeda is Coming17 Water Pushes Sand (Australian Art Orchestra)18 Way Out West20 Songs My Mother Taught Me20 Choir Capital 21 Schallen – The Sound and Aura of Nosferatu

ARTIST DEVELOPMENT

23 Girls Rock! Canberra

EXHIBITIONS

24 Canberra Contemporary Art Space

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

25 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Residency28 Flash Residencies28 In Development at Ainslie and Gorman29 Visiting Artists

OUR SPACES

30 Gorman Commons31 Venue Hire

A+G RESIDENTS

32 Ainslie and Gorman Residents List33 Resident Spotlight: Genevieve Swifte

EVENTS SCHEDULE

34 Jul – Dec 2017 Event Highlights

VISIT US

36 Map and contact us

Cover image: Projection by John Carolan, Collected Resonances (2016). 01A+G Season Two 2017

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Welcome

From the Director

“If there’s nothing to watch and no stories to listen to, life can get tedious.” Orhan Pamuk.

Unlike the child in pre-TV Turkey who narrates Orhan Pamuk’s short story, Looking Out the Window, boredom is the least of our troubles. Or is it? The trickle of cultural content available to Canberrans in past decades has become a flood of sorts. New festivals and live events contribute, as does ease of escape to finer metropolises. Everyone is not only an artist now (Beuys’s prediction), but also a curator: technology has unleashed a torrent of intermediated cultural experiences, from the banality of Internet memes to the Met Opera app I carry in my pocket.

This is no longer the parochial desert into which pioneers like Ralph Wilson stalwartly introduced Beckett plays in the 1950s. As cultural consumers, we are drowning in culture, and while shipwreck in that sea may indeed seem sweet, it is no less paralysing. The “paradox of choice” can afflict us

as deeply in the realm of art as in the supermarket aisle. Consumption of culture can prove as ephemeral as the news cycle and often delivered in the same medium: dramatic irony is now the province of Presidential Twitter. And so we join our contemporary bewilderment to the time-honoured and more subtle variants of boredom – the ennui of the French poets, the Weltschmerz (world pain) of the German Romantics. What to do?

Our tentative remedy is threefold: a faith in people - our neighbours, the artists present among us, the visitors and collaborators who bring news from afar embodied in their own experience and their own art; a celebration of place – together in the black box theatre, crossing the 90-year old, foot-worn bit of timber at the threshold to our door; and performance – the heart-starting quality of the direct encounter.

Joseph FalsoneDirector

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Photo: Adam

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To book tickets call 02 6182 0000 or visit www.agac.com.au

Overview: Season Two

2017Welcome to the Season Two Program! Join us on the edge, where you’ll find new ideas and experiences shaped by artists and creatives driven by a passion for discovery and invention.

A new initiative for 2017, our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Residency Program, developed in collaboration with Big hART, will explore deeply rooted connections to lands and waters near and far.

Our flagship performance program, Ralph Indie, takes flight from September, presenting compelling new works in partnership with bold, daring creatives. Ralph Indie is independent theatre at its best, meeting feminism on a deserted desert highway, asking what it means to be a man, and powering a collision of choreography and composition.

In the heart of winter, explore the unexpected at our performance art party Canberra Obscura: Metropolis. Soak up the intercultural musical

explorations of Way Out West and the Australian Art Orchestra’s Water Pushes Sand. Encounter the unique meeting of viola de gamba and iPad with Andromeda is Coming, or creep into Schallen: the sound and aura of Nosferatu, a supremely gothic affair from musical duo, Tess Said So.

Providing meaningful support for artists is our foundation, and in July we’ll rock out with Girls Rock! Canberra, and anticipate brilliance from artists working on new creations through Flash Residencies and supported project developments.

In spring our Centres will come alive with celebrations of diversity, culture and community including the Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres Open Day, the beloved AIDS Action Council Fair Day, Day of the Dead Fiesta and Music for Canberra’s Choir Capital.

We can’t wait to experience it all with you!

Adelaide Rief Rochelle WhyteCreative Producers

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Ralph Indie

Ainslie and Gorman’s Ralph Indie program supports artists to develop and present new performance works in the Ralph Wilson Theatre at Gorman Arts Centre.

Dance artist, Jack Riley, and sound composer, Alexander Hunter, collaborate through a structured, yet open score to break down and re-fuse the boundaries between movement and sound. Simple and binding, a blend of sound and movement. One moves, one responds, elegant and permeating; both shift and accomodate for their standpoint to become clear. Alone they present and together they fuse.

PRESENTERS

Jack Riley with Alexander Hunter, and Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres

Courtney Love and Lindy Chamberlain cross paths on the Federal Highway at midnight, on their way to consult an oracle. A series of impossible encounters unfold.

Love/Chamberlain is a hyper-real fantasy portrait of Courtney Love and Lindy Chamberlain. Both women are unjustly accused of murder: Chamberlain in a law-court and Love in the seedy territory of conspiracy theorists and documentary movie-makers.

This performance lurches into a dream-like, eerily familiar, turned inside-out terrain to plumb our underlying collective uneasiness.

WHEN

Thursday 7 – Saturday 9 September

WHERE

Gorman Arts Centre Ralph Wilson Theatre

TICKETS

Check website

WHEN

Wednesday 8 – Sunday 12 November

WHERE


TICKETS

Check website

PRESENTERS

Moral Panic and Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres

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Fuse

Love/ Chamberlain

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Tristan: Song for a Superior Man

Tristan: A Song for the Superior Man is a hybrid physical theatre spectacular that seeks to enter the highly charged discourse around ‘masculinity’ while holding on to Little Dove Theatre Art’s theory of love as the rhizome – or root system – of humanity.

What does it mean to be a good man?

What does it take to be a good man?

WHEN

Wednesday 29 November – Sunday 3 December

WHERE


TICKETS

Check website

PRESENTERS

Little Dove Theatre Art, and Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres

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Photo: Andrew Sikorski


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The Salt RoomBrought to you by Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres in partnership with BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!, The Salt Room presents poetry in its many forms. Featuring national, international and Territory poets alongside performers from varied disciplines, this is a night that combines experiments, entireties and fractures.

The Salt Room will be held on Friday 7 July, Friday 8 September and Friday 3 November.

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!, in partnership with Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres, brings you the BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! Canberra National Poetry Slam. The winners from ACT heats will battle it out for the title of ACT Champion, and the right to attend the Australian Poetry Slam final in Sydney.

Be there for THE BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! CANBERRA NATIONAL MASCOT, ANTHEM, and DANCE! Be there for the special guests! Be there for the Poetry Slam!

WHEN

Friday 7 July Friday 8 September Friday 3 November

WHERE

Gorman Arts Centre Main Hall

TICKETS

$10 concession $15 full

WHEN

Friday 6 October

WHERE


TICKETS


Australian National Poetry Slam

ACT Finals

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Presented by BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! and supported by Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres.


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AINSLIEFESTIVALS + MAJOR EVENTS

Canberra Obscura: Metropolis

WHEN

Friday 28 July

WHERE

Ainslie Arts Centre

TICKETS

$15 early bird$20 general$25 on the door

In times when we’re weighed down by abundance, yet swept up in distortion, we’ll take you on an adventure and hold your hand as you approach the edge.

Escape the weight of a long winter, and immerse yourself in our art playground. With drinks to warm you and food to fill you, Canberra Obscura: Metropolis is a night of enthralling performance and emphatic beats, experimentation and the unexpected.

Canberra Obscura: Metropolis is a counter-weight, a fine balance. An exploration of where the tipping point

reverberates, a delicate magnetic push and pull.

Canberra Obscura (2016). Photo: Andrew Sikorski. 011A+G Season Two 2017

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Experience the vibes and atmosphere of a Latin American Fiesta at this family friendly celebration of music, dance, art and the amazing tradition of “Dia De Muertos”.

The fiesta will include live music; DJs; art and cultural exhibitions; market and food stalls; piñatas and face painting and, for the first time in Canberra, authentic LUCHA LIBRE (Mexican wrestling) by Lucha Fantástica.

Hosted by Latin band, Los Chavos, the Day of the Dead Fiesta is in its sixth year and just keeps getting better!

WHEN

Saturday 4 November

WHERE

Ainslie Arts Centre

TICKETS

Check website

AIDS Action Council Fair Day

Day of the Dead Fiesta

WHEN

Saturday 28 October

WHERE

Gorman Arts Centre

TICKETS

Free

Fair Day has been held annually since the first SpringOut Pride Festival in 1999.

SpringOut Pride Festival is Canberra’s queer cultural festival which affirms the pride, joy, dignity and identity of Canberra’s LGBTIQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer) communities through events of celebration.

The AIDS Action Council of the ACT proudly produces Fair Day and is delighted to be bringing Fair Day to Gorman Arts Centre for the second year. Be prepared for music, fun, laughter, community, information and a whole lot of flair at Fair Day 2017.

Supported by the ACT Government and Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres.

Supported by Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres.

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GORMANAINSLIEFESTIVALS + MAJOR EVENTS

At our 2017 Open Day come and explore the vibrant artistic community that thrives within our twin heritage-listed centres.

With a wealth of creative energy springing from every space, there’s something for everyone with performances, workshops, tours and exhibitions across the day. Explore the worlds of youth dancers and performers, photographers and painters, luthiers and music engineers, classical virtuosos and multi-arts innovators.

Ainslie Arts Centre: Elouera St, Braddon. Gorman Arts Centre: 55 Ainslie Avenue, Braddon.

WHEN

Saturday 18 November

WHERE

Ainslie Arts Centre Gorman Arts Centre

TICKETS

Free

Summer Garden Party (2015). Photo: Andrew Sikorski.

Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres

Open Day


Culture ClubOften occupied behind the scenes or tinkering with the tools of trade, our production designers, web developers and DIY synthesiser manufacturers have a close and unique relationship with the arts, not just as designers but as true collaborators. Accompanied by a distinctive supper from locavore catering enterprise, A Forager’s Heart, join us as we peek behind the curtains and between the wires.

WHEN

Wednesday 22 November

TIME

7pm – 9pm

WHERE


TICKETS

$30 concession $40 full Includes supper and a drink

GORMAN IDEAS

Playful Sound (2015). Photo: Adam Thomas.

A special event for the 2017 DESIGN Canberra Festival, Culture Club explores the work of creatives who design.

PRESENTERS:

Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres with support from Design Canberra

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Shoeb Ahmad “mask-ed” single launch

Fresh from making noise with the likes of Agency, Oranges and Tangents, Canberra’s own Shoeb Ahmad returns to the solo stage with a six-piece band to launch “mask-ed”, their first solo release since 2011’s Watch/Illuminate. A minimalist soul trip with lush harmonies and slow grooves, “mask-ed” narrates the struggles of true identity and secrets kept around gender expression.

The evening will also feature sets by Wives and Naif (ex-Hannahband), preceded by a panel moderated by Chiara Grassia (Girls Rock! Canberra) that discusses the role of personal identity in creative practice.

WHEN

Saturday 8 July

TIME

6:30pm-10pm

WHERE


TICKETS


Supported by Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres and Mellum PR.

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Photo: Kate Ahmad.


Photo: Adam Thomas.

GORMAN MUSIC

Andromeda is Coming Martin and Hunter combine treated acoustic sounds and homemade iPad apps with projected visuals to create immersive performance environments.

The duo have performed at the Electrofringe (Sydney), You Are Here (Canberra) and Art, Not Apart (Canberra) festivals, and have collaborated with visual artists and other musicians to premiere a number of new multimedia works.

This multimedia event will kick off their debut album launch tour, and will also feature a special performance of Water’s Edge, a new composition by Ben Drury, originally composed for and performed at the 2017 You Are Here Festival.

WHEN

Saturday 15 July

TIME

7pm - 9:30pm

WHERE


TICKETS

TBC

Andromeda is Coming (Charles Martin and Alexander Hunter) are a Canberra-based duo working with viola da gamba, percussion, field recordings and live electronics.


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Water Pushes Sand

The Australian Art Orchestra is a portable orchestra for the new millennium imagining new musical forms that

reflect the energy and diversity of contemporary Australia.

WHEN

Wednesday 23 August

TIME

7:30pm - 9pm

WHERE

Ainslie Arts Centre Main Hall

TICKETS

$40 concession $40 group 4+$45 full

PRESENTERS

Australian Art Orchestra, with Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres

In Water Pushes Sand, composer Erik Griswold and the Australian Art Orchestra fuse Sichuan melodies and rhythms with modern jazz improvisation, and video projections that evoke the vibrant landscape of the Chengdu Province.

Known for its brash and friendly people, spicy food, laid back tea houses, and the distinctive twang of its spoken dialect, Sichuan is unique in China. Its music combines colours from rustic country folk, street songs and a cacophony of gongs and cymbals.

The Australian Art Orchestra has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

Photo: courtesy Australian Art Orchestra.

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Way Out WestThe way I think about my practice is that it exists at points of intersection. I work across cultures, across disciplines, across genres and so on, and so although my practice is diverse there is that link between the different things I do. Way Out West certainly fits in with that and was hugely important in my development as an artist as it was the first project I started for myself that integrated instruments and musical approaches from non-western cultures.

When Way Out West started it included Dung Nguyen, who is a multi-instrumental virtuoso across guitar and a range of Vietnamese instruments. When Dung left, we had to get two musicians to replace him! The band is now comprised of myself, Paul Williamson, Lucas Michailidis, Satsuki Odamura, Howard Cairns, James McLean and Ray Pereira.

The band draws in a lot of jazz influences, along with influences from other cultures. Influences include Miles Davis, John Zorn’s Masada group with Dave Douglas, and Oumou Sangare from Mali. There are also lots of recordings of Vietnamese traditional music that Dung played me that were important early on. On the whole though, Way Out West really is a band and I think has a band sound. Paul Williamson has written beautiful tunes for the group as has Howard Cairns and their approaches to their instruments also make the sound of the group.

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Way Out West is a fun band, it grooves hard, it is lush and there are lots of beautiful melodies to sit back and enjoy. Canberrans will also get to hear one the most extraordinary percussionists alive - Ray Pereira does not tour so much these days, don’t miss the chance to hear him.

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Led by daring trumpeter/composer Peter Knight, Way Out West’s latest, self-titled album features koto virtuoso, Satsuki Odamura and won the 2016 Age/Music Victoria ‘Jazz Album of the Year’ along with rave reviews including four and a half stars in The Australian.

“Truly one of the highlights of the day, the Melbourne-based group managed to combine different styles seamlessly.” Vancouver Sun.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

AINSLIEMUSIC

Way Out WestWHEN

Thursday 10 August

WHERE


TICKETS

$27 concession$27 group 4+$33 full

PRESENTERS

Way Out West, with Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres

Way Out West’s sound – which integrates Asian, African, and jazz influences – has been described as

“utterly unique” and has earned the band a loyal local following as well as invitations to play at some of the

largest music festivals in the world.

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Songs My Mother Taught Me

Music for Canberra and ArtSound FM are teaming up to invite Canberra Choirs of all ages and stages to perform in this special performance called Choir Capital. A live outside broadcast held at the Ainslie Arts Centre, Choir Capital is a celebration of 10 community choirs in Canberra who will perform with the hope of securing a recording session with ArtSound FM. This event is set to be a fabulous celebration of choral music!

Songs and stories passed down between generations have long been a pillar of culture and community.

In this concert, the Luminescence Chamber Singers and Children’s Choir join forces to perform repertoire from around the world, including music from Finland, China and Lithuania. Luminescence is also proud to present a number of contemporary interpretations of folk music and traditional texts. Join us for an intimate evening inspired by oral traditions.


WHEN

Sunday 10 September

WHERE


TICKETS

Check website

PRESENTERS

Luminescence Chamber Singers

WHEN

Saturday 21 October

WHERE


TICKETS

Check website

PRESENTERS

Music for Canberra and ArtSound FM

Choir Capital

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Schallen: the sound and aura of

NosferatuFollowing 2017 seasons at Edinburgh Fringe, George Town, Art Not Apart and Adelaide Fringe Festivals, modern classical duo and new Ainslie Arts Centre resident Tess Said So presents the music of Nosferatu. Atmospheric, haunting, visceral, and bewitching; mixing piano with electronics and a labyrinth of drums, shakers, bells, cymbals, gongs and percussion, in this new setting Tess Said So reimagines their own award-winning score to create a unique experiential soundscape. Be lured...


WHEN

Saturday 7 October

TIME

8.pm start

WHERE


TICKETS

$15 children 12 and under$20 concession$30 full

PRESENTER

Tess Said So

Photo: Martin Ollman. 021A+G Season Two 2017

Girls Rock! CanberraGR!C encourages creativity, self-expression and teamwork through music education and mentorship. Over five days at Ainslie Arts Centre, participants will learn an instrument, form their own band, watch live music performances, participate in creative workshops and write an original song to be performed at the end of the week showcase.

Supported by artsACT, Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres and generous donations.

WHEN

Monday 10 July – Friday 14 July

WHERE

Ainslie Arts Centre [Please note, Girls Rock! is a workshop for enrolled participants, and is not a public event.]

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Girls Rock! Canberra is a unique week-long camp, open to girls, trans and non-binary

youth ages 10-17 years old.

Girls Rock! Canberra (2016). Photo: Mia Mala McDonald. 023A+G Season Two 2017

GORMAN EXHIBITIONS

Canberra Contemporary Art Space Canberra Contemporary Art Space at Gorman Arts Centre presents daring new work from local, national and international artists.

To find out more about CCAS, including their Civic and Manuka spaces, visit: www.ccas.com.au

Exhibitions at CCAS Gorman Arts CentreHYPERACTIVE

Friday 7 July – Saturday 2 September

Artists: Bianca Beetson, Claudia Chaseling, Richard Grayson, Jay Kochel, Cathy Laudenbach, Rebecca Selleck, Jay Younger

Curated by David Broker

EX MACHINA

Friday 15 September – Saturday 11 November

Artists: Various artists, check website

Curated by Alexander Boynes

DEREK O’CONNOR, DIONI SALAS

1 December 2016 - 10 February 2018 (Closed 17 December 2017 - 17 January 2018)

Artists: Derek O’Connor, Dioni Salas, Shoeb Ahmad.

Rebecca Selleck, Lapin Fam, 2016. Rebecca Selleck, Lapin Plague, 2016.024

GORMANARTIST RESIDENCIES

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Residency Program

In 2017, A + G is partnering with Big hART to bring visual artist, Elisa Jane Carmichael, who belongs to the Quandamooka people of Moreton Bay, Queensland, to Canberra during October and November. Elisa’s practice traverses a range of mediums including textiles, paints and fibres. Her work has been exhibited and published nationally and internationally including in the UK, Europe, USA, Japan and India. Drawing inspiration from her cultural identity and heritage Elisa has facilitated arts workshops globally. Most recently, Elisa has been working in Alice Springs as Artist in Residence for Gilimbaa on the collaborative project ‘Connecting Waves’.

During the residency, Elisa will use studio space at Gorman Arts Centre to develop her own work, conduct public workshops, and mentor young local artists taking part in Big hART’s

Presented in collaboration with Big hART, and supported by artsACT, Ainslie and Gorman’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander Residency Program supports an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artist with travel, accommodation,

artist fees and studio space to work in Canberra towards a public art outcome involving local communities.

Photo: Elisa Jane Carmichael.



Left: Elisa Jane Carmichael, Home amongst the pandanus, 2017, Synthetic polymer on canvas.

Photo: Angela Prior, Big hART.

Project O toward their flagship event Colourathon, scheduled to take place in November. A participatory public art-marathon, Colourathon will raise funds to support the recovery of young children in local women’s shelters.

Big hART is Australia’s leading arts and social change organisation. Project O works with young rural women, aged 12-15, assisting them to build the skills and confidence to be agents of change in their community. Promoting attitudinal change towards the capabilities of young women,

Project O shifts the culture in communities affected by family violence.

Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres is delighted to be collaborating with Big hART on this significant cultural program and series of public events.

PRESENTERS:

Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres and Big hART.

Supported by the ACT Government through artsACT, and Big hART.


GORMAN ARTIST RESIDENCIES

Flash Residencies at Ainslie and Gorman

CLOCKFIRE THEATRE

Clockfire Theatre will work on Sultana’s Dream and the Meeting of a Number of Wise Women, an original devised theatre work based on the 111 year old Indian feminist utopian story Sultana’s Dream, written by Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain.

SHOEB AHMAD

Ahmad will work with a group of six musicians, developing new songs for live performance, exploring compositional intricacies and lyrical ideas.

TRACY BOURNE

Bourne will work on new theatre piece, Sheila, based on the story of English doctor, Sheila Cassidy, who was inadvertently caught up in the Chilean coup of 1973. With songs by Victor Jara and Violetta Parra, Sheila will explore the value of faith and political solidarity in times of social injustice.

ALEXANDER HUNTER

Hunter will explore the lines and divisions of Canberra, a small place with lots of borders, and the unique possibilities they create, through a series of workshops and performances aimed at bringing together people and media which would not otherwise have the space to meet.

Our Flash Residencies program offers flexible grants of space for ACT based artists working on bold new projects that are currently not supported by a grant or other funding. Flash Residencies taking place between July and December 2017 include:

In Development at Ainslie and GormanUNDER MY BED Ruth Pieloor

Ruth Pieloor’s new play is a visual theatre work being developed throughout 2017 as an artsACT funded project, with Supporting Partners: A+G and Canberra Youth Theatre. The Stage 1 creative team includes: Catherine Roach, barb barnett, Hilary Talbot, Peter Matheson and Ruth Pieloor.

MR FLUFFY Aspen Island Theatre Company

A new theatre work about the Mr Fluffy asbestos crisis experienced in the ACT. Through wide-ranging research and respectful consultation with the community of people affected, the project seeks to unveil the precarious nature of certainties, such as the notion of a safe home. Supported by artsACT.

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Visiting Artists

2018 Program call-out

Our Visiting Artist program offers artists the opportunity to live and work at our vibrant, heritage-listed centres. The Loft at Gorman Arts Centre is our centrally located residency flat, which is available to artists at supported rates.

By encouraging and supporting visiting artists to undertake residencies, we support, facilitate and stimulate arts development and creative practice in the ACT while providing visiting artists the space and time to reflect, research, present and produce artistic work in a unique environment.

To find out more about residency opportunities and to apply, please visit our website or email [email protected]

Writer Isobelle Carmody is a 2017 visiting artist (ACT Writers Centre Eminent Writer in Residence). Photo: Cat Sparks.

Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres is dedicated to supporting artists and presenting work that is contemporary, experimental and compelling.

July 2017, with applications for specific programs opening between July and September 2017. Contact our Creative Producers for more information or email [email protected]

In 2018 we will work with and support artists across all disciplines, through residencies, performance seasons, gigs, workshops and experimental projects. General expressions of interest are welcome from


Gorman CommonsGorman Commons is CBR’s first and only arts-focussed coworking space.

As an initiative of Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres, we understand the unique needs of individual artists; collectives, companies and emerging arts organisations; and creative small businesses.

Art is not created in a vacuum, and neither is your practice. At Gorman Commons we encourage and facilitate innovative collaborations and dynamic discussions. We invite you to join the Gorman Commons community today.

• High-speed internet• Contemporary design • Heritage building

and features • Meeting rooms• VIP invites to Ainslie

and Gorman events• Dedicated desk

and locker • Kitchen facilities

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Venue HireAre you looking for a unique, heritage-listed arts facility to host your next public arts event or private function?

Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres offer spacious halls, renovated conference rooms and classrooms, landscaped courtyards, black-box theatres and much more!

Our well-appointed and wide range of venues are perfect for weddings, corporate events, and arts performances of all disciplines.

Contact us today on 6182 0000 to find out more, or visit www.agac.com.au

GORMANOUR SPACES


AINSLIE ARTS CENTRE

Australian National Eisteddfod David PereiraJames LukeLuminescence Chamber Singers Music For CanberraPro Musica (Canberra International Music Festival)Rasa Daukus

GORMAN ARTS CENTRE

ACT Writers CentreAlison PleveyArt Atelier PhotographyAspen Island Theatre CompanyAusdance ACTAusdance NationalAustralian Dance PartyBMA MagazineBryn Evans

Canberra Contemporary Art SpaceCanberra Youth TheatreCapital Arts Patrons’ OrganisationCarole GriffithsCathy MaukCherylynn HolmesFranki SparkeGenevieve SwifteGirls Rock! CanberraHalstead PressHugh WithycombeJoel ArthurKV ProductionsLucy AlexanderMadeleine GiszMark CranfieldMark SearleMichael DesmondMichelle DickersonMint Garden BarMint Content

Nellie AndersonNicci HaynesNoted Writers FestivalPaul SummerfieldPhoebe PorterQL2 DanceRebus TheatreRuth O’BrienSage RestaurantShortis and SimpsonThe Avenue ViolinsYou Are Here Canberra

FLASH RESIDENTS

Clockfire TheatreShoeb AhmadTracy BourneAlexander Hunter

VISITING ARTISTS

Isobelle CarmodyElisa Jane Carmichael

GORMAN A+G RESIDENTS

Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres are home to an impressive and diverse range of resident artist and organisations.

Ainslie and Gorman Residents

Discover the work of our resident artists and organisations at www.agac.com.au

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GORMANA+G RESIDENTS

Resident Spotlight Genevieve Swifte

From her studio at Gorman Arts Centre she creates works on paper that fuse gelatine silver photographic prints with meticulous drawing. These works form the basis of Eye to Hand, a series of workshops and master classes that invite participants to share in the theory and processes of her practice.

Emerging from the darkroom of an alternative school in the early 1990s, Swifte’s sensibilities are also informed by an undergraduate degree in drawing and printmaking, interdisciplinary collaborations and residencies in remote corners of the globe. In 2016 Swifte completed her doctorate at the ANU School of Art, exploring transgressions of sensory experience and embodiment via lens-based imagery.

The recipient of numerous grants and awards, Swifte’s works are held in public collections in Australia and internationally. Recent exhibitions include The Poetic Lens at Tamworth Regional Gallery, Quotidean, Elements of the Everyday: Water at CelerySpace, Berkeley, California, Sur Polar: Arte en Antarctica, Galeria de Arte Contemporaneo de Xalapa, Mexico and the Museo de Arte Tigre, Buenos Aries.

Genevieve Swifte is an award-winning contemporary artist working between drawing and photography.

Genevieve Swifte, Harken i, 2015.


Jul – Dec 2017 Event Highlights7 JULY

The Salt Room Gorman Arts Centre

8 JULY

“mask-ed” Single Launch Gorman Arts Centre

15 JULY

Andromeda is Coming Gorman Arts Centre

28 JULY

Canberra Obscura: Metropolis Ainslie Arts Centre

10 AUG

Way Out West Ainslie Arts Centre

23 AUG

Water Pushes Sand Ainslie Arts Centre

7 – 9 SEP

Fuse Gorman Arts Centre

8 SEP

The Salt Room Gorman Arts Centre

10 SEP

Songs My Mother Taught Me Ainslie Arts Centre

6 OCT

Australian National Poetry Slam, ACT Finals Gorman Arts Centre

7 OCT

Schallen: the sound and aura of Nosferatu Ainslie Arts Centre

21 OCT

Choir Capital Ainslie Arts Centre

28 OCT

AIDS Action Council Fair Day Gorman Arts Centre

4 NOV

Day of the Dead Fiesta Ainslie Arts Centre

8 – 12 NOV

Love/Chamberlain Gorman Arts Centre

18 NOV

Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres Open Day Ainslie Arts Centre Gorman Arts Centre

22 NOV

Culture Club Gorman Arts Centre

29 NOV – 3 DEC

Tristan: Song for a Superior Man Gorman Arts Centre

This program contains only a selection of our events from July – December 2017.

For a full schedule of events, please visit our website www.agac.com.au

GORMAN EVENTS SCHEDULE

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GORMAN ARTS CENTREAINSLIE ARTS CENTRE

Gorman Arts Centre 55 Ainslie Avenue, Braddon, ACT 2612.

Ainslie Arts Centre Elouera Street, Braddon, ACT 2612.

Office hours 10am 12.30pm, 1pm to 4.30pm Monday to Friday

P +61 2 6182 [email protected]

GORMAN VISIT US

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Gorman Arts Centre is home to the multiaward-winning Sage Dining Rooms – a perfect retreat in which to enjoy outstanding food, wine and a fantastic atmosphere.

While You’re HereOne of Australia’s leading restaurants, Sage serves innovative cuisine in the vibrant setting of a contemporary arts centre, against a heritage backdrop.

If you’re after a more relaxed experience, wind down in the Mint Garden Bar, also located at Gorman Arts Centre. With the atmosphere of a classic European terrace bar, Mint’s wide range of classic cocktails use premium ingredients and fresh herbs grown in-house, or enjoy their selection of local wine and boutique beer.

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At Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land.

We pay respect to Elders both past and present.

We gratefully acknowledge that we gather on Country on which First Nations people have performed age-old ceremonies of celebration, initiation and renewal.

We acknowledge their living culture and their unique role in the life of the region.

AINSLIE AND GORMAN STAFF:

Director: Joseph FalsoneCreative producers: Adelaide Rief, Rochelle WhyteOperations Manager: Justin WatsonMarketing Manager: Jessica OliverMarketing Assistant: Chiara GrassiaAdministration Officer: Larissa CastonEvents and Venue Hire Coordinator: Elizabeth CurryMaintenance Officer: Anthony HoskingBuilding Services Officer: Emir HamzaVenue Development Officer: Ellen Harvey

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION

We welcome you to discuss your access requirements with staff when booking. For access enquiries contact Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres via [email protected] or on 6182 0000. Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centre venues are wheelchair accessible.

Text too small? If you’d like a large-print version of this program, please call us on 6182 0000. We can email or post it to you. If you are deaf or have a hearing impairment or speech impairment, you can call Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres through the National Relay Service (www.relayservice.gov.au). There is no additional charge for this service.TTY users: phone 133 677 then ask for 02 6182 0000Speak and Listen users: phone 1300 555 727 then ask for 02 6182 0000Internet relay users: connect to the NRS (internet-relay.nrscall.gov.au/) then ask for 02 6182 0000

Companion Card holders qualify for a second ticket at no cost for their companion.

Please check if the event you are interested in has companion tickets available by calling 6182 0000, or email [email protected]

Guide dogs are welcome at all events and venues.

To book tickets call 02 6182 0000 or visit www.agac.com.au

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