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May 17

May 17 The Weekly - Announcements

Emma Thomson

Stories, Residencies, Inbal Nissim, Javad Kashani, Aarti Jadu

The Weekly

THE WEEKLY

BRUNSWICK| 17.05.24

Join us for the closing celebration for
سخن دل Sokhaneh del –language/speech of
the heart & our inaugural PhD showcase

Today, we’re excited to invite you to be part of two special happenings.

On Sunday, 2 June, we warmly invite you to the closing celebration for
سخن دل Sokhaneh del –language/speech of the heart featuring Acts of Devotion, a live durational performance by dance artist Janette Hoe commissioned in connection with part three of the residency project.

We’ll kick things off with an exhibition viewing and a drink in the rear courtyard from 5:30 p.m. The performance will commence promptly at 6:00 p.m. and run for two hours.

On Friday, 7 June, we will open artist and researcher Kate Hill's PhD exhibition, Germinations, presented as part of our biennial PhD support program.

In the lead-up to the exhibition opening, Kate has curated three special events that will take place along the Merri Merri over three Saturdays, commencing this Saturday.

In the meantime, don’t forget to join us here at correspondences for the final sessions of community singing with Aarti and our poetry reading/listening circle with Javad.

Please continue reading below to learn more about these activities and book your attendance for a special event.

In closing, sales catalogues and three long-form interviews with the resident artists Aarti Jadu, Inbal Nissim and Javad Kashani of سخن دل Sokhaneh del –language/speech of the heart are forthcoming.

Please don’t hesitate to email info@correspondences.work if you have a sales inquiry and would like a copy of the artists’ catalogues.

We warmly congratulate Kate Hill on the awesome achievement of her PhD!

Warmly
correspondences Studio

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BRUNSWICK| 18.5.24—02.6.24

Upcoming special events & activities

Community singing with Aarti Jadu —
گوش بده / Listen
Thursday, 23 May, 6:30-8:00 PM
correspondences Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country 39 Sydney Road Bulleke-bek (Brunswick) VIC

Together with Aarti, we invite you to join us at correspondences for deep listening and community singing. This will be the third and final session led by Aarti as part of her residency.

The session runs for 1 hour from 6:30-7:30 PM, and then participants are invited to loiter for a glass of wine or a cup of tea in reflection until 8:00 PM.

No singing experience is necessary.

To reserve your attendance, please book via the link below.

Tickets are $10 per session. Reduced-price and free tickets are also offered. Donations are gratefully received.

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Open late — سخن دل Sokhaneh del – language/speech of the heart & Multilingual Poetry Reading/Listening Circle.
Friday, 31 May, 6:30-8:00 PM
correspondences Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country 39 Sydney Road Bulleke-bek (Brunswick) VIC

We invite you to explore سخن دل Sokhaneh del – language/speech of the heart after dark and join our Multilingual Poetry Reading/Listening Circle.

For the duration of the project, we have focused on Maulana/Rumi's poetry. This will be the final session with this focus.

Please bring your favourite Maulana/Rumi poem to share/read in Farsi or whatever translation is dear to your heart. Or, just come to listen.

Javad will also read a selection of poems in Farsi for us and speak about a selection of their mixed-media works on paper exhibited, inspired by Maulana/Rumi's poems.

We are also sharing a special meal —Khoresh-e fesenjoon (Persian stew with pomegranate and walnuts)— for a limited number of guests. If you’d like to participate, please select the relevant ticket with your free registration to ensure you don’t miss out!

To reserve your attendance, please book via the link below.

Attendance is free. Bookings are essential for planning purposes. Donations are gratefully received.

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Closing celebration / Acts of Devotion - Featuring Janette Hoe in connection with سخن دل Sokhaneh del
Sunday, 2 June, 5:30-8:30 PM / Performance 6:00-8:00 PM
Multiple entry times / timed access during the performance
correspondences Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country 39 Sydney Road Bulleke-bek (Brunswick) VIC

We warmly invite you to the closing celebration for سخن دل Sokhaneh del –language/speech of the heart featuring Acts of Devotion, a live durational performance by dance artist Janette Hoe commissioned in connection with part three of the residency project.

View the final exhibition and join us for a drink in the rear courtyard from 5:30 p.m. The performance will commence at 6:00 p.m. and will run for two hours. After the performance, please explore the exhibition until 8:30 p.m.

To find out more about the performance, please read the concise précis below.

Press 'Join the guest list to join' to book your ticket. Donations are gratefully received.

Note:—Refer to the event page for more details on access and tickets.

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Concise précis —Acts of Devotion / Featuring Janette Hoe
Acts of Devotion is presented in connection with the third and final part of the project, The path to samimiyat صمیمیت.

Extending the project's examination of devotion into the realm of dance, it's an invitation that acknowledges Maulana/Rumi's passionate commitment to dance, specifically the practice of sama, or whirling, which, together with music and silence, he saw as the path to samimiyat.

In her response, Janette will move to the sounds of Aarti's multi-channel sound work, Embodiments, which has featured in the exhibition space for the project's duration, providing a conceptual thread between the three parts of سخن دل Sokhaneh del.

Her movements will examine the idea of devotion and the sense of place on-site at correspondences, drawing inspiration from the sound and visual art practices in the room and the presence of audiences, their bodies and shared sensations.

The starting point for Janette's work is what she describes as her 'strong interest in the psychophysical and archival body', an inquiry that reaches beyond words and is grounded in her longstanding practice in the dance-theatre artform of Butoh and somatic movement-based improvisation modalities of both Eastern and Western origin.

As Janette elaborates:

Drawing from embodied history, lived experiences and memories, my intention is to find connecting points to the world through the senses and sensations. The struggle to connect solely with words has enabled me to develop, over time, a practice that extends into visual, gestural, and material components that add to my artistic expression and connection to place.

To find out more, please visit the event page.

EVENT PAGE

Kate Hill / Germinations
Presented as part of correspondences’ biennial PhD support program
Multiple dates
—-Saturday, 18 May, 9:00 AM-12:30 PM
—-Saturday, 25 May, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
—-Saturday, 8 June, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
correspondences Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country 39 Sydney Road Bulleke-bek (Brunswick) VIC

From 7 to 16 June, correspondences will present artist and researcher Kate Hill's PhD exhibition, Germinations.

Kate's PhD project, Digging: handling the layers of material politics through the excavation of local clay soils, explores her expanded ceramics practice through material politics and place-based inquiry. A statement from Kate, elaborating upon her exhibition and PhD conclusions, is forthcoming.

Alongside the exhibition, Kate has curated three special events that will take place along this stretch of the Merri Merri’s argillaceous river ecology, connecting the exhibition with a site through collective acts of care.

The activities planned are as follows:
—-Saturday, 18 May, 9:00 AM-12:30 PM: Weeding together on-site.
—-Saturday, 25 May, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Poetry reading on-site by Abbra Kotlarczyk + Ender Başkan, followed by litter collecting.
—-Saturday, 8 June, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM: Wurundjeri Welcome to Country on Country, stories of the site from ecologist Michael Longmore, and planting of tubestock.

The GPS coordinates for this location are -37.77918455286486, 144.9903388868099. If you’d like to meet Kate and walk to the site together, please meet at the end of Holden Street (it’s a dead end) 15 minutes prior to each session.

No bookings are required. For event inquiries, please contact Kate Hill at kate.hill@monash.edu

EVENT INQUIRIES

Acknowledgement of Country

We respectfully acknowledge the Sovereign Custodians of the land and waters upon which we live and work, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. We extend this respect to all First Peoples.