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SWEATSHOP LITERACY MOVEMENT | READINGS⁠ Saturday

SWEATSHOP LITERACY MOVEMENT | READINGS⁠
Saturday 23 November, 6pm⁠
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This Saturday, join the nationally-renowned writers of Sweatshop Literacy Movement for a critical showcase of performance readings, which explore the intersections between race, class, gender and the environment as part of our current BETTER NATURE Art + Events program.⁠
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Drawing upon their Palestinian, Sudanese and Tongan backgrounds, Katie Shammas, Yasir Elgamil and Winnie Dunn share their post-colonial vision for Australia and beyond. ⁠
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This event is free and all are welcome. Be sure to stay tuned for more events to be announced for this Saturday including performances and artist talks!⁠
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@sweatshop.ws⁠
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Images: Jessica Maurer, headshots credit of the artists.

THIS WEEKEND | Art Store Takeover Workshop⁠ Satu

THIS WEEKEND | Art Store Takeover Workshop⁠
Saturday 16 November, 2pm⁠
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Join us tomorrow afternoon from 2pm for a moment of calm, preserving tiny samples of Indigenous & immigrant flora in a wearable badge with Art Store takeover artist M. Sunflower. Reflecting on notions of resilience, recovery, and Re-Indigenising multicultural modern Australia, participants are invited to treat the process like making a wearable magic potion, infused with ingredients that become an affirmation.⁠
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Plus, stick around for a drink and artist talk with Project Space artist Anna May Kirk in conversation with artist and writer Gabriella Hirst.⁠
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Free RSVP at the link in bio.⁠
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📸: @isabellamelody

THIS WEEKEND | Anna May Kirk X Gabriella Hirst⁠

THIS WEEKEND | Anna May Kirk X Gabriella Hirst⁠
Saturday 16 November, 4pm⁠
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Join us tomorrow afternoon from 4pm for another instalment in our Artist X Artist talk series featuring Project Space artist Anna May Kirk in conversation with Berlin-based artist and writer Gabriella Hirst. ⁠
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Plus, pop in early to grab a drink and participate in a badge-making workshop with Art Store Takeover artist M. Sunflower!⁠
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📸: @jessica_maurer_photography

KATE TEN BUUREN | On-site⁠ @_athletica⁠ ⁠ "T

KATE TEN BUUREN | On-site⁠
@_athletica⁠
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"Taungurung artist Kate Ten Buuren’s work On-site makes us question whether technology will take-over cultural practice in this future we are heading towards. Through the use of 3D mapping our cultural belongings can continue to exist but the artist is concerned with how that impacts our fight to protect ancestral material culture. Buuren allows an abundance of possibilities for a future where we can imagine we care as much for our 3D models of cultural belongings as we do for the physical objects."⁠
- A Sudden Release Guest Curator, Hannah Donnelly⁠
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A Sudden Release continues til December 8.⁠
Cement Fondu is open Thurs-Sun, 11-5.⁠
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📸: Jessica Maurer

ART STORE TAKEOVER WORKSHOP⁠ Ngarunga (A Calm In

ART STORE TAKEOVER WORKSHOP⁠
Ngarunga (A Calm In the Water) Badge Making with @msunflowerartist⁠
Saturday 16 November, 2pm⁠
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Join Dharug/CaLD artist and our current Art Store Takeover artist M. Sunflower next Saturday afternoon for a moment of calm, preserving tiny samples of Indigenous & immigrant flora in a wearable badge. Reflecting on notions of resilience, recovery, and Re-Indigenising multicultural modern Australia. Participants are invited to treat the process like making a wearable magic potion, infused with ingredients that become an affirmation, a talisman.⁠
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On the same afternoon following the workshop, all are welcome to join current Project Space artist Anna May Kirk and artist/writer Gabriella Hirst for an artist talk that will expand and inspire conversations around Kirk's new Project Space installation and the two artists' collaborations.⁠
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All are welcome. Free RSVP at the link in bio.⁠
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📸: M. Sunflower by Isabella Moore.

FIRST THURSDAYS NOVEMBER | Thursday 7 November, 5-

FIRST THURSDAYS NOVEMBER | Thursday 7 November, 5-7pm⁠
@firstthursdays_rushcutters⁠
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Join us tomorrow night from 5pm for the November edition of the First Thursdays Art Walk. It's your chance to grab a drink, walk with friends and see all of the current exhibitions on in our thriving little corner of Paddington/Rushcutter's Bay. ⁠
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At Cement Fondu, drop in to see our 3rd and final edition of BETTER NATURE - A Sudden Release. Featuring a suite of new commissions, existing works and a fabulous Art Store Takeover, this exhibition is not to be missed.⁠
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See you tomorrow night!⁠
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📸: Isabella Moore