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Ruby Brown — He Whakaari Ātārangi / Shadow Play - Join us for our closing celebration with dancer Sekar Sari, plus more.͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Ruby Brown —He Whakaari Ātārangi / Shadow Play - Join us for our closing celebration with dancer Sekar Sari, plus more.
It’s hard to believe the final month of Ruby’s beautiful project, He Whakaari Ātārangi / Shadow Play, is upon us. Thank you for supporting our special events this past month - a couple of pics below and more to follow.
Thank you, Ruby, for gathering us to learn about and celebrate Matariki and sharing your beautiful work and karakia. It was a heartwarming day. Thank you, Aarti, for our first Listening Party - for bringing our voices together and giving us this transportive evening. We’re excited about our plans for August! On Friday, 18 August, we warmly invite you to Ruby’s closing celebration featuring I(dent)ITY, an improvised dance response by esteemed Indonesian actor, dancer and researcher Sekar Sari - with prop and set design by Ruby and sound by multi-instrumentalist/composer Genevieve Fry and vocalist Aarti Jadu. On Friday, 25 August, we will visit Bunjil Place in Narre Warren as part of our monthly Art Walk to see the exhibition ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together), curated by Nici Cumpston and Zena Cumpston.
On Saturday, 26 August, we are honoured to have Wurundjeri-willam (Wurundjeri-baluk patriline) artist Mandy Nicholson, Traditional Custodian of Naarm (Melbourne) and surrounds and founder of Djirri Djirri Wurundjeri Women's Dance Group, facilitating a Woiwurrung language awareness workshop for us. Finally, on Saturday, 2 September, we have our final Open House with Ruby before her residency ends at the end of the day. To find out more and book to join us, please read on. If you’re interested in acquiring one of Ruby’s artworks, please visit her catalogue page via the button below, which will continue to be updated as her residency progresses over the coming weeks.
We thank Merri-Bek City Council for partnering with us to make this programming possible.
Warmly
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Choir music indicates that there’s a sense of leaving yourself and joining others and becoming one big instrument rather than having individual ego or something to say that’s separate to the other. —Aarti Jadu
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BRUNSWICK| 1.8.23—2.09.23
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I(dent)ITY is a live performance for one night only commissioned in connection with the project of resident artist Ruby Brown, He Whakaari Ātārangi / Shadow Play —A study of movement, shadows & play.
Featuring esteemed actor, dancer, and academic Sekar Sari, it is an improvisational response that re-imagines an earlier work of the same name, picking up on its spirit and scale alongside shared perspectives with Ruby and the sense of place on-site at correspondences.
The starting point for Sekar's work is her 'belief in the power of collecting insightful knowledge through body movement, writing, and character', a contention shared by Ruby, explored through her visual art, cultural heritage and weekly dance practice. In this re-imagining, the two artists' delve more deeply into their mutual search for spiritual connection and self-understanding through the transformative power of sound/voice, repetition, meditation, movement, and play in art-making. These themes are at the heart of the performance - Sekar's choreography and Ruby's set and prop design. So too, is an examination of the spiritual essence of sound, materials and objects, the revelatory power of story-telling that exists beyond language and the idea of 'mana wāhine' - the power that all women hold.
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Special events & talks
Closing celebration Ruby Brown —He Whakaari Ātārangi / Shadow Play
Featuring I(dent)ITY by Sekar Sari
Friday, 18 August, 7:30-9:30 PM
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39 Sydney Road Bulleke-bek (Brunswick) VIC
On Friday, 18 August, we warmly invite you to Ruby’s closing celebration featuring I(dent)ITY, an improvised dance response by esteemed Indonesian actor, dancer and researcher Sekar Sari - with prop and set design by Ruby and sound by multi-instrumentalist/composer Genevieve Fry and vocalist Aarti Jadu. Guest entry via the front gallery entrance from 7:30 pm to explore the latest exhibition by resident Ruby Brown. The performance will commence promptly at 8:00 pm and will run for 15 minutes. Bookings are essential for access to the performance space from 7:30-8:20 pm. General access will re-open via the front gallery when the performance has ended, and we’d love you to join us then if preferred.
Places limited. Press 'Join the guest list to join'. Note:—
—Ticketed admission via the rear entrance only after 7:50 pm. Late arrivals may not be permitted after 7:55 pm.
—You can book a ticket with or without a refreshment.
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Art Walk: August 2023 — Visiting Bunjil Place to see ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together)
Friday, 25 August, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Bunjil Place Boon Wurrung, Bunurong and Wurundjeri Country,
2 Patrick Northeast Drive Narre Warren VIC 3805 Every month, we run an 'Art Walk' and invite our audiences to join us for a visit to see another creative space, art exhibition, or display - inside or outside. Join us at Bunjil Place in August to see the exhibition, ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together), curated by Nici Cumpston and Zena Cumpston. Note:—
—Joining our group is free, but we ask you to please RSVP below so that we know that you’d like to join us. Registrations close the day prior. Communication on the day is via email. If you’re lost, email or DM us via Instagram.
—If you'd like to carpool, please select the relevant ticket. We have three places available - first in best dressed! Press the 'Join the guest list’ button to RSVP for free.
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Woiwurrung language awareness workshop — Djirri Djirri Dance Group
Saturday, 26 August, 2:00- 3:00 PM
correspondences Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country
39 Sydney Road Bulleke-bek (Brunswick) VIC On Saturday, 26 August, we are honoured to have Wurundjeri-willam (Wurundjeri-baluk patriline) artist and founder of Djirri Djirri Dance Group Mandy Nicholson, facilitating a Woiwurrung language workshop for us. Mandy is a Traditional Custodian of Melbourne and surrounds and also has connections to the Dja Dja wurrung and Ngurai illam wurrung language groups of the Central/Eastern Kulin Nation on her fathers side and German on her mothers. She is a recognised artist, qualified Archaeologist and leader of the Djirri Djirri Dance Group. She worked at the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages for six years, supporting language projects, school programs and communities in the revival of their languages. She holds a PhD in how Aboriginal people connect to Country, off Country.
__________ This presentation focuses on the revival practices to keep Woiwurrung alive. Suitable for all ages.
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Press the 'Join the guest list’ button to book your ticket and find out more. Note:
—Joining our group is free, but we ask you to please RSVP below so that we know that you’d like to join us. This allows us to arrange seating and refreshments. Registrations close the day prior.
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Open House
Ruby Brown: He Whakaari Ātārangi / Shadow Play
—A study of movement, shadows & play
Saturday, 2 September, 11:30-12:30 pm
correspondences 39 Sydney Road Bulleke-bek (Brunswick) VIC Join us for Ruby’s final Open House, where the objective is to create a space for informal encounters between our resident artists, patrons, and the local community. On this final Saturday of Ruby’s residency, we will be gathering together to talk about the concept of play and reflect on her experience of making the prop/set design for her collaboration with Sekar Sari.
Note:—
—1) Individual visitors and small groups don’t need to reserve their visit on these days. We ask schools, businesses and community groups with 4+ people to please contact us 1-2 weeks prior.
—2) Our cafe function will be running so you can also enjoy a cuppa.
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Ka tū tonu koe i roto i te aroha / Stand in the love.
Be true to the love within you.
—Whaea Moe Milne
Interpretation in bold by Dr Hinemoa Elder
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Acknowledgement of CountryWe 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.
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