Cause & Effect 2017 Program Guide

Carnival of the Bold and MLC Gallery presents

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artistS for social change

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• 5 Eliza St., Netwown NSW Australia 2042 • T + 61 2 9829 3297 • M + 61 412 035 578

Exhibition runs from 24 May - 4 June 2017 107 Redfern St, Redfern Min. Vertical Size 26 x 46.5mm

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As part of Vivid Ideas 2017, Carnival of the Bold and MLC Gallery presents Cause and Effect, a two-week visual arts exhibition by six artists, designed to shine a spotlight on some of the more current and pressing social issues faced by Australian society: War & Conflict, Environmental Destruction and Racism.

The Cause & Effect exhibition will prompt audiences to consider and deliberate some complex, multifaceted and sensitive themes, aiming to raise awareness and conversation around these social issues and also give a voice to marginalised communities. It celebrates artists who have used their art to enrich our cultural identity, explore shared values, spark imagination and empower communities.

CAUSE & EFFECT: LAUNCH NIGHT & ARTIST SHOWCASE Saturday 27 May 2017 @ 8pm-10.30pm Come and meet the six participating artists who developed work for this exhibition.

They will share their inspiration, personal connection with the cause, process, reflections, perspectives and hopes. Artists include Andrea Srisurapon, Mandy Schรถne-Salter, Marwa Charmand, Miriam Cabello, Sherine Tan and Tia Kass.

CAUSE & EFFECT: ARTS & SOCIAL CAUSE FORUM Saturday, 3 June 2017 @ 3pm-5pm Join us for a panel discussion with selected academics, arts workers and directors of NGOs to discuss the themes showcased, what perspectives and insights these artworks bring to the conversation, and how artists can play a more active role as agents for social change. Speakers include Grace Patridge, Jiva Partipan, Lena Nahlous, Mia Zahra, Miriam Cabello, Paula Abood and Priscilla Brice-Weller.

Cause & Effect would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we stand, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge Aboriginal land, and pay our respect to their Elders past and present.

CAUSE & EFFECT: ARTIST SHOWCASE Andrea Srisurapon Andrea’s practice is centered on cross culture and what it means to have two cultures as part of your identity. Drawing on our Australian political history, racism and personal experiences, Andrea explores social and cultural inconsistencies in comparison to her own identity as a Thai Australian. Experimenting with her own body, family and cultural adornments, Andrea testifies to how stereotypes within Australian ideology fail to mimic reality. Andrea’s practice is an exploration to the ‘push and pull’ that exists in a cross-cultural identity, and attempts to dissect these issues that reside in our Multicultural Australia.

Andrea has exhibited in various exhibitions in the Sydney and Central Coast regions. www.andreasrisurapon.com

Mandy Schöne-Salter Mandy is a Blue Mountains-based artist working in urban art, photography and community art.

She studied photography at the Nepean Arts and Design Centre and participated in an intensive Public Art workshop lead by New York Artist and Curator, Kendal Henry. Giving a voice to those who need it the most is a strong theme in Mandy’s art, focusing on social and environmental issues. Mandy believes living in urban environments makes us more removed from nature than ever and that this disconnection allows us to not care or notice that many species are disappearing from the face of the earth. www.mandyschoenesalter.com

Marwa Charmand Marwa believes that art is a medium that should be used to communicate strong messages of truth in a world where media platforms censor, twist and shape stories to attract a particular audience.

Her works have been displayed in various exhibitions, including Campbelltown Arts Centres Fishers Ghost Art Award and the Sydney Downing Centre. In 2011 Marwa was selected as one of eight women across Australia to participate in an open themed project for the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre called ‘No Added Sugar’. www.facebook.com/ArtByMarwa

Miriam Cabello Miriam established MLC Powerhouse Design Studio in 1993 and launched MLC Gallery in 2004. Her art and artistic practice are emblematic of cross-cultural understanding and respect for human rights.

Cabello’s oil paintings emerge from these themes and are exquisitely realised in her iconic bodies of work: White Rope, The Pugilist Passion and The first 911-The Chilean Military Coup. Recently, Miriam won the EOI to launch her new studio/gallery at 5 Eliza, Newtown.

The inaugural exhibition, ‘Layering Black’ examines the #BlackLivesMatter protests in the USA and will coincide with ‘Cause & Effect’, part of Vivid Ideas.

Cabello has been acknowledged nationally and internationally with over 25 awards for her contribution to art, education and cross-cultural engagement. www.mlcdesign.com.au

Sherine Tan Born in a tropical rainforest country in Malaysia, Sherine is strongly influenced by the local flora and fauna of the country. She is passionate about using her art in painting, craftwork, knitting and origami to address environmental destruction and animal extinction.

Mainly targeted towards children, she uses origami to educate the young about climate change. She has a Masters in Design from UNSW, and currently works in the advertising, digital and multimedia sector in Sydney.

Sherine has previously exhibited at Converging Latitudes at Warringah Creative Space, NB Group Maker and The Other ArtFair at the Commune. www.sherinetan.com

Tia Kass Tia Kass, a 2nd generation Greek-Australian is an artist and illustrator based in Melbourne. He and his artistic expressions became heavily politicised first through the Melbourne street art scene, which he is still very much active in. Then, through political and philosophical clarity, leading him to become involved in grassroots activism.

These experiences continue to shape his work on socio- political issues as he depicts these topics in a highly stylised manner, wanting the artwork to be bold, intelligent and witty, yet remain aesthetically pleasing and unique in their approach. www.facebook.com/tiakass.a

CAUSE & EFFECT: ARTS & SOCIAL CAUSE FORUM Grace Patridge Amnesty Australia / Artillery Grace is a versatile artist whose work involves researching, creating and facilitating across the fields of theatre, music and the arts. She has a passion for working at the intersection of performing arts and social justice.

She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Antidote - an online/exhibition network that champions social justice based art, and is currently the State leader of the Amnesty ARTillery Action group – dedicated to artistic excellence and human rights. www.artisourartillery.com

Jiva Partipan STARTTS Jiva is a director, creative producer and arts worker based in Sydney and works internationally with theatre, dance, performance, film and interdisciplinary art.

His work has been seen in the UK at Tate Modern, ICA — Institute of Contemporary Arts, Saddlers Wells, National Review of Live Arts, IETM — Paris and Dublin, Bone Festival, Claendestino Festival Sweden, and various festivals in Norway, Netherlands and South Africa.

Jiva currently works as an arts and cultural worker at STARTTS in Sydney, initiating, developing and presenting arts and cultural activities with refugees in their own community settings, in partnership with Australian cultural institutions. www.startts.org.au

Lena Nahlous Diversity Arts Australia Lena is Executive Director of Diversity Arts Australia with 20-years of experience in arts/cultural organisations.

She has managed screen and digital initiatives that have engaged thousands of women, refugees, migrants and youth across Parramatta and Western Sydney.

Formerly ED of Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE), where she worked for over a decade establishing projects like Switch Digital Arts Centre and the Arab Film Festival.

Awarded Asialink Arts Fellowship; NSW Government Arts Advisory Committee (2002-8); participant, Australia 2020 Summit; finalist, CEO of the Year Awards; Sydney’s 100 Creative Catalysts at inaugural Vivid. www.diversityarts.org.au

Mia Zahra NSW Family & Community Services Mia is the Regional Coordinator (Sydney Region) with the Participation and Inclusion Directorate of the Department of Family & Community Services (FACS).

She is a community development and community engagement specialist working with a diverse range of community, government and business stakeholders across metropolitan Sydney. Mia is the co-chair of the Western Sydney Collective, an innovative network that connects people & projects for the purpose of social good and an active supporter of Good Pitch Australia, a social impact documentary initiative. Mia has worked in the public sector for almost 20 years, including more than a decade with the Department of Justice and Department of Premier and Cabinet. www.facs.nsw.gov.au

Paula Abood Paula is a CACD practitioner, writer and educator.

She has worked with diverse communities in capacity building projects for 28 years. She teaches community and cultural development at Ultimo TAFE. Her work includes Writer/ Director of The Cartographer’s Curse (2016), Parenting Stories (2010), Hurriya and her Sisters (2009), The Book of African Australian Stories (2006), Poetry on Rooftops (2006), The Book of the Living (2006) and Bread and Other Stories (2002). Paula was the 2013 recipient of the Australia Council’s Ros Bower Award for lifetime achievement in community cultural development practice. Paula was also a directorate for National Theatre of Parramatta from 2015 to 2016.

Paula works on creative projects with small and emerging community groups and community organisations.

Priscilla Brice-Weller All Together Now

Priscilla is the founder and Managing Director of All Together Now, Australia’s racial equity organisation.

All Together Now produces creative projects that educate people about racism and compel people to take action.

Priscilla was awarded a Churchill Fellowship that enabled her to visit, investigate and learn from antiracism NGOs in Europe and North America during 2014. Priscilla has over a decade of experience managing social marketing and social change projects. www.alltogethernow.org.au

CAUSE & EFFECT: ORGANISERS & EMCEES KEVIN BATHMAN, MIRIAM CABELLO & ZARA CHOY Passionate about championing the arts for social change, co-founders of Carnival of the Bold Kevin and Zara, and social change artist, curator and owner of MLC Gallery Miriam Cabello, join forces to present “Cause & Effect”.

Together, they seek to create a movement of social change and a coming together of artists and other leaders who drive important issues of our time - to spark deeper engagement around social causes. They aspire to bring important issues to the mainstream agenda, raise public consciousness and shine new light on what it means to live with greater humanity.

ELEANOR JACKSON Eleanor is a Filipino Australian poet, performer, arts producer and community radio broadcaster. Two-time winner of the Midsumma Poetry Out Loud slam and National Poetry Slam finalist, Eleanor’s performance writing has featured at an extensive range of arts and writers’ festivals across Australia. Her poems have been published in Australian and international journals.

She has curated the spoken word component of the Brisbane Emerging Arts Festival, coordinated the Brisbane Fringe Festival poetry/performance program and is a Board member of the Queensland Poetry Festival.

Currently she is the Poetry Editor and Editor in Chief for the online magazine, Peril Magazine, which considers and promotes Asian Australia creative culture. www.eleanorjjackson.com

SUNIL BADAMI Sunil is a writer, performer and broadcaster. He has an MA (Distinction) in Creative and Life Writing (Goldsmiths, University of London) and a Doctorate of Creative Arts (UTS). He has written for publications including the Sydney Morning Herald, Good Weekend, The Australian, The Monthly, Australian Literary Review, Australian Gourmet Traveller, Island and Meanjin. He has appeared on stage at the Sydney and Melbourne Writers Festivals and the Belvoir Street and Griffin Theatres. He presented the national ABC Local radio show Sunday Takeaway, and continues to appear regularly on ABC Local, Double J, Radio National and Fairfax Radio.

He is currently re-writing his first novel.

PHOTOGRAPHY Partner

EmceeS Eleanor Jackson Sunil Badami CURATORS Miriam Cabello Kevin Bathman ORGANISING TEAM Kevin Bathman Miriam Cabello Zara Choy ArtistS Andrea Srisurapon Mandy Schรถne-Salter Marwa Charmand Miriam Cabello Sherine Tan Tia Kass

EVENT FILMING Partner

SPEAKERS Grace Partridge Jiva Parthipan Lena Nahlous Mia Zahra Paula Abood Priscilla Brice Volunteers Armi-Marquez-Perez Cecile Sy Javier David Roanna Gonsalves Anita Menon Chrissy Crust Photographer Two Storytellers

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VENUE PARTNER 107 Projects SPECIAL THANKS All Together Now Alternative Media Group Amnesty ARTillery Action Group City of Sydney Diversity Arts Australia Dendy Cinema Dot to Dot Printers Eat Me Chutneys STARTTS Mengjie Li Vanessa Powell Megaphone Oz The Quo Alexandra Havas

FILMING PARTNER Kayapa Creative

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