Sunday Arts Magazine

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FUSE is committed to showcasing all the talent, creativity and art that the community of Darebin has to offer.

Part of its Autumn 2023 program is FUSE@Large, an open access, multi-arts program where any artist, maker and

creator can promote their event under the umbrella that is FUSE so long as it is happening in Darebin during the

festival. This program provides opportunities to activate careers for artists, whether they’re just starting out or

continuing to grow their audience.

This Autumn, Darebin locals and creatives alike will bear witness to performances never experienced before. From

art exhibitions to live music performances, festival-goers will be spoilt for choice.

In the exhibition Being Keepers: Ecology of Home, Ryoko shares the process of turning a refuge in an emergency

to a home through her decomposing and everyday life practices. After Ryoko was displaced from her home in

Fukushima due to the 2011 nuclear accident in Japan, she came to Australia as a transnational environmental

evacuee. Now in this open house, she shows how her decomposition practice draws from her cultural heritage through

the medium of her red yarn-based art practice, which is informed by ikebana, a Japanese flower arrangement. Visit

her at this open house in Preston from 11-13 March or online from

11-26 March.

FUSE@Large is hosting this year’s Melbourne Ukulele Festival

(MUF). Bringing the magic over three days, MUF is the longest

running ukulele festival in Australia, inspiring artists and hosting great

workshops centred in High Street, Northcote. From Friday 17 to

Sunday 19 March, MUF has an artist line up to rave about, including

Dead Man’s Uke and The Thin White Ukes (pictured right).

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre presents the A1 Darebin Art Salon 2023, returning for its fourth iteration and

featuring over 150 artists who live, work or study in the City of Darebin. This major community art prize and exhibition

allows artists at any stage of their journey to exhibit work in a public art gallery. 15 March to 24 June.

Celebrating her hit new single ‘This Mess’ is local talent, Shannen James. After the success of her sold out debut

tour, Shannen has performed alongside much-loved Australian artists such as the DMA’s, Confidence Man and Vera

Blue. Friday 17 March at the Northcote Social Club

In the words of Kath and Kim, Look at Moi: 80s Prom is an interactive

themed life drawing class where participants can be the muse or the artist.

Held at Last Peek Studio, the 80s themed art class is turning life drawing

on its head. A $5 donation includes, food and materials are all supplied as

well as a flamboyant set design aimed to intrigue and delight. Please note,

there is no nudity in this class. Saturday 18 March.

Stephen talks to the Sunday Arts magazine Team.

Slip by Rebecca Jensen

Image, sound, and time untether in a dance work that considers our entanglement in acts of delay, deferral and doubt.

Presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy, as part of FRAME: A biennial of dance

Foley is a sound-effect technique used in film to construct a sense of reality within a scene. Sounds on screen are recreated in post-production using unlikely objects and body movements, amplifying the image in a way that’s so convincing we can forget to doubt. Slip connects the illusion of Foley to the complexity of our present reality, where almost everything around us is processed, and we find ourselves entangled in acts of delay and deferral.

Originally created as a short piece for the Keir Choreographic Award in 2022, Sliphas been developed into a new, full-length work. Dancer Rebecca Jensen(Deep Soulful Sweats) and award-winning musician Aviva Endean (Token Armies) perform together, de-coupling sound and image in a dance work that is both witty and mesmerising.

William Mc Bride talks to Eve and David about Frame.

Dick and Fiona talk to Eve and David

Featuring songs from the Grammy Award winning multi-platinum album of the same name and its follow-up album release ‘21st Century Breakdown’, American Idiot tells the story of Johnny, Tunny and Will navigating a post-9/11 world and their journeys trying to break free from suburbia.

Music Theatre Guild Award nominated director Scott Bradley (Rock of Ages, Hairspray) explores the journey of the three young boys as they seek adventure and fulfilment beyond the constraints of their small-town lives through the music and lyrics of American Idiot.

“Theatrical are amazing to work with. It’s a joy to watch close friends and connections grow and foster, and it really reflects on stage and in the show we are doing,” says Scott.

The all-out rock opera features the entire tracklist of Green Day’s iconic album American Idiot, including the titular song ‘American Idiot’, ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’, ‘21 Guns’ and ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’, amongst other fan favourites.

Beyond American Idiot’s entertaining and nostalgic 2000s rock hits, the show explores themes of youth angst, broken relationships, love and loss.

Josh Piterman is an established musical theatre performer and classical crossover artist who has been working consistently on Australian and UK stages over the past 15 years. His past credits include being a part of international pop opera group The Ten Tenors, Tony in the 2010 Australian production of West Side Story, Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger in the 2015/16 Australian season of Cats (a role that won him the Green Room Award for best supporting actor in a Musical), Corny Collins in the UK tour of Hairspray and Gerry Goffin in the 2017/18 Australian tour of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. His impressive West End debut came as he took on the most coveted role as The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera in 2019, a role he will reprise at the Sydney Opera House from August 2022 followed by a season at the Arts Centre Melbourne from October 2022.

Five significant sculptures from Arts Centre Melbourne’s Public Art Collection will find temporary new homes at McClelland, Australia’s pre-eminent Sculpture Park and Gallery and Heide Museum of Modern Art during the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation.

Sculptures, Rhythms of Life, Family of Man I, Family of Man II, formerly located around Arts Centre Melbourne’s Theatres building, were today installed at McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery as part of a long-term loan as Arts Centre Melbourne undergoes significant updates to its buildings and public space. The sculpture Rhythms of Life was donated by the artist, Andrew Rogers while Family of Man I and Family of Man II by artist Cole Sopov were generously donated by John and Agita Haddad.

Sculptures Coming and Going, by artist Les Kossatz and Marathon Man II by artist Anthony Pryor are being loaned to Heide Museum of Modern Art and will be installed in early March.Coming and Going was donated by the William Angliss Art Fund and Marathon Man II was donated by Leon and Sandra Velik.

Since being removed from Arts Centre Melbourne in July 2022, the sculptures have been carefully stored, cleaned, and prepared for installation by J. K. Fasham, Melbourne’s specialist sculpture fabricators and installers.

“Arts Centre Melbourne’s Public Art Collection should be exactly that – public. Being able to bring these sculptures to new audiences, ensuring they continue to be enjoyed while the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation is underway, is a fantastic outcome. I’m looking forward to visiting them,” said Arts Centre Melbourne CEO Karen Quinlan AM.

The temporary relocation of the sculptures to these esteemed and popular galleries means they have the potential to reach new audiences who may not have visited them at Arts Centre Melbourne.

The sculpture loans are planned for five years with their host venues in Langwarrin and Bulleen.

McClelland Director Lisa Byrne said “these magnificent works are a perfect complement to our existing Collection.”

“The works by Cole Sopov, a post-war immigre artist will be exhibited alongside fellow post-war immigre artists including Inge King, Vincas Jomatas and Teisutis Zikaras. McClelland Collection already includes several Andrew Rogers works and Rhythms of Life will be a terrific expansion of this oeuvre. The loans initiative will provide greater cultural opportunities for the community of the outer SE of Melbourne,” Ms Byrne said.

Heide Artistic Director Lesley Harding said “We are delighted to have these much-loved public sculptures located at Heide for the next few years. Les Kossatz was a close associate of John and Sunday Reed and their son Sweeney and his sheep in Coming and Going deftly reference the agricultural history of the Heide site. Anthony Pryor’s Marathon Man II will be located nearby to Rick Amor’s Running Man and perfectly complements the figurative sculptures in the Heide parklands.“