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Artistic Highlights
As director of this unique event - part conference, part festival – all art, I hope to illustrate the power of artistic creation and expression to spark new ideas, catalyse critical thinking, elicit new actions and inspire delegates. Artistic Director – Kieren Sanderson
Indigenous film program
Thursday 2 October 1.00pm - 3.00pm and Sunday 5 October from 4.00pm
Araluen Arts Centre, 61 Larapinta Drive
This free program will showcase Northern Territory Indigenous films and allow filmmakers to discuss their work with the audience. The program focuses on changes to the NT Aboriginal people’s experiences of citizenship and self-determination in the wake of the 1967 Referendum when Australians voted by an overwhelming majority to include Aboriginal people in the census and to empower the Federal Government to make laws on their behalf. A special series of short films exploring Alice Springs town camp residents’ experiences of the post-Referendum period have been commissioned especially for this event. These will play alongside a series of new short films made by the Mulka Project in Yirrkala, North East Arnhemland, highlighting the intergenerational transmission of culture and identity using new digital technologies and involving repatriations of representations made of them by non-Yolngu over many years. The multi-award winning feature documentary ‘Dhakiyarr vs the King’, a story of two laws and the cultural expression of citizenship and reconciliation in the Northern Territory will screen after the Mulka films. For enquiries contact Araluen Box Office: T: 08 8951 1122
Opening ceremony
Thursday 2 October on sunset
Alice Springs Convention Centre, 93 Barrett Drive, and Todd River Banks
The conference will open on Thursday evening with an arrival ceremony on the banks of the Todd River. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the MacDonnell Ranges, the ceremony will welcome visitors into the Arrernte landscape, the heart of this country. This is a place steeped in story, made rich by the many and varied arrivals of different people throughout time. As the sun hits the ranges, daylight fades and the town quietens, visitors will be immersed in a quintessential ritual hosted by locals and a ceremony of stories and song that reflect the myriad voices that make up this place called Alice and Mparntwe. Co-Artistic Directors – Alex Kelly and Dani Powell, Creative Consultant – Tim Newth
Ba-dum heart club
Thursday 2 October from 7pm and Friday 3 October from 8.30pm
Aunty's Bar at the Todd Tavern, 1 Todd Mall
Ba-dum is the evening hot spot that will revel creatively in the relentless rhythmic qualities of the heart organ as a powerful symbol for the creative forces associated with the Central Desert Region. Programming by Franca Barraclough and Kieren Sanderson
Ngapartji Ngapartji
Thursday 2 October, Friday 3 October and Saturday 4 October from 8.15pm
Araluen Arts Centre, 61 Larapinta Drive
Ngapartji Ngapartji is an epic story of displacement as the Spinifex nation is swept up in the Cold War. Written and directed by Scott Rankin and performed by Spinifex man and master storyteller Trevor Jamieson, with an ensemble cast of elders and young people from his community. This incredible story is shared in Pitjantjatjara and English, inviting audiences into an intimate and rare experience of culture through dance, story and song. Big hART’s Ngapartji Ngapartji is a long term intergenerational Pitjantjatjara language and arts project based in Central Australia. Presented by Big hART at the Araluen Arts Centre.
Tickets are now on sale for the following performances:
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Performance Date |
Time |
Ticket Price |
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Thursday 2 October |
8.15 pm |
Full: $38
Concession: $30
Students: $20 |
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Friday 3 October |
8.15 pm |
Full: $38
Concession: $30
Students: $20 |
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Saturday 4 October |
8.15 pm |
Full: $38
Concession: $30
Students: $20 |
For bookings phone the Araluen Box Office on 08 8951 1122.
Araluen Box Office hours are: 10 am – 5 pm Monday - Friday and 11 am – 4 pm on weekends.
Tickets can be booked by paying with credit card over the phone, and can then be collected from the Araluen Box office upon arrival in Alice Springs.
Gala conference dinner
Saturday 4 October from 6.45pm
Alice Springs Telegraph Station
The feature event on Saturday 4 October will be a Gala Dinner hosted at the historic Telegraph Station that will be uniquely Territorian, with a flavour and charm that reflects the warmth of the Alice Springs community. The evening will include the Regional Arts Australia volunteer award presentations - the Sustained Contribution to the Arts and Youth Awards.
IMAGINE ALICE
Throughout the conference
In and around Alice Springs
Imagining Alice Springs and the reality of Alice can be poles apart. The longer you stay the more your imaginings change every time you leave. The vastness of the desert, the blue sky, the searing summer heat and the icy winter nights are things you can experience only by being here. Artists find themselves in a special place when they land in Central Australia. They are remote, sometimes isolated but always inspired. The land, the people and the culture combined create an environment for artists experienced nowhere else in the country. The IMAGINE ALICE program of installation based works, exhibitions and other events gives local artists the opportunity to show their work and to exchange with artists from interstate. Linked under the umbrella theme of ‘place and identity’ IMAGINE ALICE is presented by RedHOT Arts and Watch This Space Artist Run Initiative. Works will be located at the Alice Springs Convention Centre, Crowne Plaza Alice Springs, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Watch This Space, Alice Springs Airport, Olive Pink Botanic Garden, town centre and business premises.
Artists in residence – New works:
Tincture, Texture and Twigs: Philomena Hali at Olive Pink Botanic Garden
Stories From the Tea Cup: Franca Barraclough at Alice Springs Convention Centre
Knit Graffiti: Nicky Schonkala at Alice Springs Convention Centre, Crowne Plaza, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Telegraph Station, Alice Springs Airport
Random: Dave Nixon at Alice Springs Convention Centre MacDonnell Room
Installation: Vicki West (Launceston,Tas) Venue: TBC
Installation: Vicki Couzens (Warrnambool, Vic) Venue: TBC
INTERFACE: Beverley Bloxham (Towoomba, Qld) at ANZ Bank, Story Wall
Linked exhibitions:
Rod Moss Retrospective: Rod Moss at Alice Springs Convention Centre
DeLiver Postcards: Beth Sometimes & Jennifer Mills at Alice Springs Convention Centre
Alice in View: various artists and artworks throughout town
New Settlers Series 2: Sue Richter at Watch This Space
Things that go bump, spark, gush, whir…: Kinetic works at Olive Pink Botanic Garden
Imagine Alice Team:
Artistic Director – Dan Murphy
Program Manager – Lucy Kenneth
Co-coordinator – Franca Barraclough
Co-coordinator – Jade Bitar
Design - Nicole Safarti
Editor - Nicole Levy
Cultural Liaison - Sue O'Connor
For more details of dates and venues contact RedHOT Arts on: 08 8952 2392
Closing ceremony
Sunday 5 October 10.30am - 11.30am
Alice Springs Conventions Centre, 93 Barrett Drive
Tasmanian Regional Arts will tease delegates with a taste of what Australia’s island state offers through the presentation of a short film, An Island Inspired and a live performance by the Roadkill Drummers. An Island Inspired by Hobart based film maker Ludger Kreutzheide explores the depth of artistic practise in Tasmania highlighting the spectacular beauty of Tasmania’s natural scenery. The Roadkill Drummers formed on Flinders Island in 2000, offer outer island beats inspired by blazing West African tunes. They are fast, fun, and furious! Speakers include, Michelle O’Byrne, Tasmanian Minister for Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts, Lee Cole President of Tasmanian Regional Arts and emerging Launceston based artist Karlee Foster. Come and explore possibilities for the 7th Regional Arts Australia National Conference to be hosted by Launceston, August 27-29, 2010.
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