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Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) presents ‘Mapping Melbourne 2014‘, a showcase of independent contemporary Asian arts celebrating the vibrant influence Asia continues to have on Melbourne’s cultural dynamism.
With over 40 local artists and international artists, this multidisciplinary four-day festival spans art, theatre, music, spoken word, dance and film in the heart of Melbourne. Mapping Melbourne’s key themes include transformation of identity, engagement with the city and adaptability of culture in today’s world. It is grounded with the ethos of creating exciting new links and presenting challenging work, whilst strengthening arts networks between contemporary independent artists across Asia.
The first night begins with In Between Sounds. Experience potent and powerful hip hop from Chinese-Australian MC and spoken word artist Joelistics (aka Joel Ma of TZU) and Filipino-Dutch-Australian producer/songwriter James Mangohig of Sietta as they explore the sound-track of their mixed heritage.
On the second night Rom Ding Dong will span the psychedelic rock and jungle big beats of the Cambodian Space Project.
On Friday 5 December, the State Library of Victoria’s forecourt will become an artist’s playground for Traces of Transformation, a presentation of fresh, spontaneous and innovative performance works around the theme of transformation.
On Saturday 6 December at Library at the Docks, poets will transform their papered confessions into spoken word, presenting Common Ground, an inter-faith spoken word performance exploring the role faith and identity play in our everyday. Also, Australia’s finest freestyle artists will battle in Australia’s largest freestyle arts event!
Mapping Melbourne 2014 also features three major exhibitions and special projections featuring newly-made works, some never shown before in Australia.
Space@Collins will host two exhibitions: Paper Culture spanning an intricate and innovative range of paper cuts by Master Zhou Yunhua and his son Zhou Bing from China, in collaboration with Melbourne artist Philip Faulks, alongside the iconic 60s inspired prints by Sticky Fingers Art Prints Cambodia featuring a series on Dara Puspita, one of the most famous girl bands to come out of South East Asia in the 1960s.
Curated by Anita Archer and Roger Nelson, Swimming in Sand; Growing Rice under an Umbrella presents a new generation of leading contemporary artists from South-East Asia including Alfredo and Isabel Aquilzan (Philippines), Khvay Samnang with dancer Nget Rady (Cambodia), and Piyarat Piyapongwiwat (Thailand).
Dark Horse Experiment will host the projection of Shadows on the Wall (video insights) from a unique creative development between Australian artists Cake Industries and Indonesian artists RM Altiyanto Henryawan and Bimo Suryojati, utilising heritage, technology, Javanese dance, robotics, light and shadows.
The official closing event, Mangetsu will start from 6pm on Saturday 6 December and is hosted by Horse Bazaar which means there will be incredible food, art, music and performances.
Mapping Melbourne also features a dynamic range of free and ticketed associated public programs.
www.multiculturalarts.com.au/events2014/mapping.shtml
3 to 6 December, 2014
