Produced and presented by: Multicultural Arts Victoria

Talanoa Forum: Art, Community and Social Function

Dambai Dancing Sudan Group and Te Roro n Rikirake Kiribati Youth Group

Tuesday 22 June, 3-6 pm FREE
@ Federation Hall VCAM, Grant Street, Southbank

Multicultural Arts Victoria and the Wilin Centre would like to invite you to the Talanoa Forum; Art Community and Social Function starting at 3pm on Tuesday 22 June at Faculty of the VCA and Music, The University of Melbourne, FREE.

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Performance

Performance: 3pm VCAM Cafe Courtyard, Southbank Campus

Forum

The Forum will look at inter-cultural dialogue through the eyes of two of Melbourne's Emerging communities: Sudanese (Africa) and Kiribati (Pacific).

It will be an insight into political and environmental displacement that has led to the communities' resettlement in Melbourne.

The Forum will provide a dialogue on the impact and social effects that get activated when artists and communities get together to create within a contemporary and globalised context.

The Talanoa Forum is part of the Talanoa – Walk the Talk VII Project, commissioned by Multicultural Arts Victoria.

An inspiring cultural arts project, where internationally renowned Japanese/Samoan artist Shigeyuki Kihara applies the ancient Samoan concept of talanoa - a practice of talking through matters of cultural and social importance - with the Sudanese and Kiribati communities of Melbourne, as part of the instalment of her Talanoa - Walk the Talk series.

Members of the public working within and interested in cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue are strongly encouraged to attend.

Talanoa - Walk the Talk VII live public performance between Dambai Dancing Group of Sudan, Te Roro n Rikirake Kiribati Youth Group and Shigeyuki Kihara: 3pm - VCAM Café Courtyard, Southbank campus.

Overview of Program

Performance: 3pm VCAM Cafe Courtyard, Southbank Campus

Talanoa discussion: 4-6pm Federation Hall, Grant Street, Southbank campus.

Food and drinks: 6:30 VCAM Staff Lounge, Southbank campus.

RSVP

Please RSVP by Wednesday June 16th via email: jessyew@unimelb.edu.au

Enquiries

For all other enquiries please contact Claudia Escobar at Multicultural Arts Victoria: 03 9417 6777 or development@multiculturalarts.com.au.

Shigeyuki Kihara

Talanoa; Walk the Talk VII @ Emerge Festival

Talanoa Forum: Art, Community and Social Function is part of the Walk the Talk VII @ Emerge Festival held 13 May 25 June, 2010, Commissioned by Multicultural Arts Victoria, a cultural dialogue between: Dambai Dancing Group, Te roro n rikirake Kiribati Youth Group and Shigeyuki Kihara.

Shigeyuki Kihara

Shigeyuki Kihara is an internationally acclaimed Inter-disciplinary artist based in New Zealand.

Kihara's work is based on an investigative research relating to the Indigenous cultures of the Pacific, and more specifically to Samoan culture, history and spirituality.

Kihara's practice explores the intersection between Art, Performance and Theatre.

Kihara represented New Zealand at the fourth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Brisbane and currently represented in fourth Auckland Triennial, New Zealand.

Kihara's first solo museum exhibition in North America entitled Shigeyuki Kihara; Living Photographs was recently presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 2008 following the acquisition of her work by the museum.

'When people walk away from the performance I hope they look at and experience things in a different way and are inspired to talanoa with someone outside'. Shigeyuki Kihara

Principal Sponsor

Festivals Australia

Partners and Supporters

National Gallery of Victoria, The Wilin Centre - Faculty of the VCA and Music- The University of Melbourne, The Substation, Hobsons Bay City Council, AAAPS, Merethan Vision, New-Zealand Maori Polynesian Welfare Support Group Inc.

More Information

For info or to arrange interviews please contact: Claudia Escobar 9417 6777, 0449 163 753 or Email development@multiculturalarts.com.au