Before the age of web fiction and e-readers, the history of the written word in China dates back over 4000 years. Shuo Shu, or the art of storytelling is the summer exhibition at White Rabbit Gallery. The art form has become a dying tradition with contemporary Chinese audiences turning their attention to digital content. Assistant Curator at White Rabbit Gallery, Meng Yu Chan, provides us insight. Sydney based artist Sonia Mattson talks about her latest project, which is a culmination of portraiture of people and places.  The Blue Series and Other Art Paintings exhibition is on at the Arthouse Hotel. Mentalism is an exhibition at the Darlinghurst Road Gallery, by Christophe Domergue.  It the latest iteration of his goal to highlight the beauty of outsiders, both people and places, that don’t meet traditional societal standards and expectations.  We hear from him on matters of life, times and art.

Arts Friday acknowledge the custodians of the Gadigal lands from which the program has been produced and broadcasts from at Eastside Radio.

Produced and presented by Angela Stretch

Playlist

Oren Ambarchi :: I Ghostedorenambarchi.com
Exhibition: Shuo Shu, Opens Saturday 17 December :: Interview: Meng Yu Chan, Assistant Curator, White Rabbit Gallery https://whiteraabbitcollection.org/exhibition/shuo-shu/https://whiterabbitcollection.org
Sun Ra Arkestra :: Day of the Living Sky Living SkyOctober 2022
Louf :: Euler’s Disc Our IntervalsLondon
Exhibition: The Blue Series and Other Art Paintings :: Interview: Sonia Mattson Arthouse Hotel – 23 December 2022https://www.soniamattson.com/
Makaya McCraven :: So Ubuji In These TimesInternational Anthem
Tim Shiel :: Little Ghost (Here 4 U) Distractions TwoMelbourne, Australia
Exhibition: Mentalism – 18 December :: Interview: Christophe Domergue Edited tracks: Club Mixes by Christophe Domergue and Jestofunk, Can We LiveDarlinghurst Road Gallery | @darlinghurstroadgallery
Crusic :: Pacific 707 Pacific 707Crusic-music.com | Tokyo, Japan

The season of gifting brings with it the quarterly East Sydney Art Walk, which maps 18 galleries across seven inner city suburbs for one afternoon. Primary coordinators and Stanley Street Gallerists, Liza Feeney and Merilyn Bailey tell us what to expect. International Day of People with Disability, which is held on 3 December each year. It is a United Nations observed day aimed at increasing public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability. It’s also a day that celebrates the contributions and achievements of people with disability. Debra Keenahan is a mother, an artist, humanitarian, psychologist and performer, Debra has a passion for ‘disability aesthetics’: changing point of view in immersive ways. Her extensive resume includes performance theatre works, photography, virtual reality and visual art. Her latest work, Othering is a multidisciplinary work that encourages audiences to reflect on the casual ill treatment of people with dwarfism and in turn, those who are perceived as ‘outside the norm’. It premiere’s at the Sydney Festival in January and we hear from Debra.

Arts Friday acknowledge the custodians of the Gadigal lands from which the program has been produced and broadcasts from at Eastside Radio.

Produced and presented by Angela Stretch

Playlist

Liv.e :: Wild Animals Girl In The Half PearlDallas, Texas
Yazmin Lacey :: Bad Company Voice NoteslNottingham, UK
Stanley Street Gallery Gallerists are the primary coordinators: Liza Feeney and Merilyn Bailey :: Interview: East Sydney Art Walk For more information and the MAP visit: http://stanleystreetgallery.com.au/12-4pm Saturday 3 December 2022
Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet :: Rerev (Live) Live recording 1978 in JapanMasterclass Series – release date January 2023
Andy Shauf :: Wasted on You NormReleases February 2023
Manga Saint Hilare :: Run For Your Life ft Blay Vision Run For Your LifeLondon, UK
Production: Othering – 13-15 January 2023 :: Interview: Debra Keenahan – artist, writer and psychologist Sydney Festival: https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/otheringSaturday 3 December: International Day of People with Disability
TYSON :: Show Me Love ft Delilah Holliday EPLondon, UK
Kindelan :: The Other Side EPUK
Raquel Martins :: Fragile Eyes EPLondon, UK
Devon Russell :: Darker Than Blue Death is Not the EndLondon, UK
Werkha :: Cube & Puzzle – 10 Year Anniversary Manchester, UK

Support for the NSW Ukranian community comes with a campaign exhibition Ukraine Mon Amour on at the Darlington Install Project. Sydney artist Steve Starr has been working with the Ukrainian community in Sydney to help ease the transition into Australian life for Ukrainian refugees. The Ukrainian Council of NSW has partnered with BeKindSydney to launch the Help Ukrainians to Sydney donation program. Art4Healing is a hybrid event aimed to support women and girls to live their best lives. Funds raised will support the Healing From Within Program and the My Way Youth Program, which is made possible through the Womens Justice Network. Jessica Camilleri, is a youth worker and talks us through the programs. Opera Australia presents Carmen, at Cockatoo Island, Liesel Baddorek tells us what to expect and cast member Daniel Sumegi talks about his role as Escamillo.

Arts Friday acknowledge the custodians of the Gadigal lands from which the program has been produced and broadcasts from at Eastside Radio.

Produced and presented by Angela Stretch

Playlist

Dival Timothy :: Mutate Meeting with a Judas TreeEngland, UK
Ukraine Mon Amour – Solo exhibition :: Artist: Steve Starr Darlington Install Project – 11 December 2022 – www.intelligentanimal.com.auBeKindSydney https://ukranian-helping-hand-project.raisely.com
Marcus Strickland :: Dustball Fantasy The Universe’s Wildest DreamFlorida
Move 78 :: Ultra Natural Automated ImprovisationUK
Art4Healing Fundraiser: 24 November 2022 :: Interview: Jessica Camilleri, Youth Worker, Womens’ Justice Network Funds raised will support Healing From Within Program and the My Way Youth Programhttps://www.womensjusticenetwork.org.au/elementor-3401/
Gold Panda :: The Dream The WorkLondon, UK
Ghost Funk Orchestra :: Scatter A New Kind of LoveNew York
Joyce Hurley :: Sambolee JoyceMad About Records
Don Melody Club :: Zontimenteel Zontimenteel / Maandag MottoAmersterdam, Netherlands
Interview: Daniel Sumegi, Carmen OA :: Interview: Liesel Baddorek, Director, Carmen OA Carmen on Cockatoo Island opens 25 November – 18 December 2022opera.org.au
Alex Figueira :: We’re open Maracas, tambourines and other hellish things O.S.TMusic with Soul, Amersterdam, Netherlands

COMA contemporary art space present a group exhibition that bridges their two galleries in Darlinghurst and Chippendale. The Throat of the Snake, centres around mortality and resistance and living an enigmatic opposition to disappearing. Founder of COMA, and the curator of the exhibition Sotiris Sotitiou, provides insight. Lara Merrett works with an expanded field of painting, with as deep an understanding of the interplays of colour as those of surface in works of both intimate and monumental scale. By my side, walking is an experimental installation created in collaboration with Cave Urban and is her solo debut at Sullivan + Strumpf. Story Week is an annual spoken word performance festival organised by Word Travels. First Person Voice, questions sovereignty self-determination and First Nations people controlling their own narratives. Featured is Sydney based Indigenous hip hop and R’n’B artist Kootsie Don, who gives us a little of her story.

Arts Friday acknowledge the custodians of the Gadigal lands from which the program has been produced and broadcasts from at Eastside Radio.

Produced and presented by Angela Stretch.

Playlist

Jairus Sharif :: Water & Tools Water & ToolsCalgary, Alberia
SONLIFE :: The First (Sadeedo Remix) The First RemixesLondon, UK
Dorian Concept :: You’re Untouchable What We Do For OthersReleased 28 October 2022 [Vienna, Austria]
Exhibition: The Throat and the Snake :: INTERVIEW: Sotiris Sotiriou, Founder of COMA and curator of The Throat and the Snake Opens tonight – 19 November 2022https://comagallery.com/
William Parker :: Cloud Texture (death has died today) Universal Parkerwiliamparker.net [New York]
Kootsie Don :: Ready For Change Part 1 Kootsie Don is an independent rising Indigenous Australian rapper, singer, songwriter. Can be accessed here: https://www.abc.net.au/triplejunearthed/artist/kootsie-don/
Exhibition: By my side, walking – 12 November 2022 :: INTERVIEW: Lara Merret Sullivan + Strumpf | sullivanstrumpf.comArtist talk: 3-5pm Wednesday 5 November 2022
Guava :: Believe in U Everything Merged Vol 1Washington DC – Released November 1st
19-Twenty :: Music is My Soul Recorded on Broadbeach 2018https://19twentymusic.com/
First Person Voice: 12 -4pm Customs House :: INTERVIEW: Kootsie Don Story Week 2022Word Travels: wordtravels.info/story-week-2022

Ageism Awareness Day is on 7 October, which coincides with the UN’s International Day of Older Persons. Rebecca Carpenter-Mew’s is a research student in English Literature at Flinders University College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, challenges us to reconsider the depiction of older women in literary fiction. Curatorial + Co brings together gallery and design experts to discuss the best way to incorporate contemporary art with great design. Art for Design is an advisory platform into the world of interiors to provide the practical tools needed to build confidence in choosing art. Sophie Vender, Director shares secrets on pairing contemporary art and design. Opera Australia Baritone, Luke Gabbedy is in demand, and he provides an insight into the roles on stage and in life.

Arts Friday acknowledge the custodians of the Gadigal lands from which the program has been produced and broadcasts from at Eastside Radio.

Produced and presented by Angela Stretch.

Playlist

Me and My Friends :: Before I Saw The Sea Before I Saw The SeaUK meandmyfriends.co.uk
Chiara Civello :: Sono Come Sono Sono Come SonoFour Flies Records Italy
The Vernon Spring :: Earth, On A Good Day Ft. Ghostpoet & aden Earth, On A Good DayLondon, UK
Call to stop Australian Authors’ ageist stereotypes :: Interview: Rebecca Carpenter-Mew. PhD student in English Literature at Flinders University’s College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Ageism Awareness Day | UN’s International Day of Older PersonsEveryAGECounts: https://www.everyagecounts.org.au/aad_2022
Madison McFerrin :: Stay Away (From Me) SingleNew York
Ali :: Downtown Strut SingleJakarta Indonesia
Say She She :: Prism PrismKarma Chief Records
Lee Tracy & Isaac Manning :: Is It What You Want Is It What You WantAthens of the North
Jake Mehew :: The Black Nation SageATA Records UK
Art For Design: 6-8pm Wednesday 19 October 2022 :: Interview: Sophie Vander, Director, Curatorial + Co https://wwwcuratorialandco.comSpeakers: Sophie Vander – Hande Renshaw – Jillian Dinkel
Baritone, Opera Australia :: Interview: Luke Gabbedy https://opera.org.au/artist/luke-gabbedy/La Traviata – 4 November 2022
Aphty Khea :: Salt & Copper Salt & CopperLondon, UK

The Sydney Chamber Opera’s (SCO) presents the Australian Premiere of Awakening Shadow, in a first Australian staging of Benjamin Britten’s five Canticles. Composed by Luke Styles, the work channels Britten’s crisis of faith through the singing body. Music director, and SCO’s Artistic Director, Jack Symonds talks us through the performance. The 12th annual Hidden Rookwood Sculpture exhibition returns with 60 creative artworks strategically placed within the largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere and the world’s largest remaining operating cemetery from the Victorian era. The curator Kath Fries shares her thoughts. Hear from three poets, Tatiana Bonch, Jonathan Cant and Les Wicks, recorded live at Pie in the Sky Poets, presented by Poetry Sydney, from Since I Left You.

Arts Friday acknowledge the custodians of the Gadigal lands from which the program has been produced and broadcasts from at Eastside Radio.

Produced and presented by Angela Stretch.

Playlist

Chip Wickham :: Stratospheric Cloud 10Madrid Spain
HIDDEN Rookwood Sculptures Exhibition – 9 October 2022 :: Interview: Kath Fries, Curator of HIDDEN Rookwood Sculptures Exhibition https://www.hiddeninrookwood.com.au/Map:https://www.hiddeninrookwood.com.au/map-and-directions
Dougie Stu :: Silhouettes TrackLa, California
Svaneborg Kardyb :: Op Over TageAarhus, Denmark
Ibibio Sound Machine :: Heroes TrackUK
Ibibio Sound Machine :: Heroes TrackUK
Awakening Shadow by Benjamin Britten & Luke Styles :: Interview: Jack Symonds, Sydney Chamber Opera Carriageworks: 30 September – 7 October 2022aco.com.au
Svaneborg Kardyb :: Fragt Over TageAarhus, Denmark
Svaneborg Kardyb :: Fragt Over TageAarhus, Denmark
Poets: Tatiana Bonch / Jonathan Cant / Les Wicks :: Poetry Event: oie in the sky poets Next event: Tuesday, 20 December 2022Since I Left You, SILY – poetrysydney.org

Sydney Contemporary opens at Carriageworks with more than 450 artists and over 90 galleries. The program provides collectors, industry professionals and the art loving public access to cutting-edge art. It includes art performances, talks, food-and-drink. Hear from a number of those participating. blackbirds don’t mate with starlings is the first full-length collection of poetry by Janaka Malwatta. It’s a work of activism, fury and hope. Published by University of Queensland Press, the collection combines performance poetry with poetries of witness and memory.

Arts Friday acknowledge the custodians of the Gadigal lands from which the program has been produced and broadcasts from at Eastside Radio.

Produced and presented by Angela Stretch.

Playlist

Sasha Berliner :: Crescent Park (In Elliptical Time) Onyxsashaberlinermusic.com
Steve Alderton, National Art School :: Sydney Contemporary: Interview Artereal Gallery: https://artereal.com.au/https://sydneycontemporary.com.au/
Listen Up: A Micro-Festival of New Music :: Allara, recorded live in Brisbane 2019 Ensemble OffspringLink here: https://nas.edu.au/events/listen-up-music-festival-ensemble-offspring/
Mike Gowan :: Sydney Contemporary: Interview https://formisteditions.co/https://sydneycontemporary.com.au/
Kalaha :: Deva TutkuApril Records
Side-Eye & Grace :: Percy Street Waltz IlluminateOntario
Sandy Edwards and Meg Hewitt :: Sydney Contemporary: Interview Arthere: paper sectionhttps://sydneycontemporary.com.au/
Eliza :: Me vs Me A Sky Without StarsReleased September 16
Damien Minton :: Sydney Contemporary: Interview http://damienmintonpresents.com/https://sydneycontemporary.com.au/
Romare :: Walking In The Rain SingleLondon UK
Janaka Malwatta | https://janakamalwatta.com/ :: Interview: Poet Black birds done mate with starlings published by UQPhttps://www.uqp.com.au/books/blackbirds-dont-mate-with-starlings
The Brand New Heavies :: Never Stop Request by Janaka Malwatta

Sydney Contemporary returns in September, staged at Carriageworks the Fair welcomes over 90 galleries showcasing the work of over 450 leading and emerging artists.  Fair Director, Barry Keldoulis provides industry insights and guides us through what we can expect. The recipient of the 2022 NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship has been announced.  Eddie Abd was awarded the $30,000 Fellowship earlier this week. Eddie talks about her art practice and her Fellowship program. The 8th annual Smart Phone Flick Festival SF3, is one of Australia’s leading and innovative film festivals in the world. Angela Blake, Co-Founder and Director talks us through this year’s Festival screening in November.

Arts Friday acknowledge the custodians of the Gadigal lands from which the program has been produced and broadcasts from at Eastside Radio.

Produced and presented by Angela Stretch.

Playlist

Minus Group :: Black Lights Black LightsItaly – Four Flies Records
Sydney Contemporary 8-11 September :: Interview: Barry Keldoulis, Fair Director, Sydney Contemporary Carriageworkshttps://sydneycontemporary.com.au/
Easter River Dusk :: Time Wharp Spiro WorldNew York
Sarah Williams White :: Greetings (Don Leisure re-work) Unfathomable RemixedUK
Kyoto Jazz Massive :: Get Up Ft. Roy Ayers (Kaidi Tatham Remixes) Get UpKyoto Jazz Massive – Japan
Yussef Dayes :: Raisins Under The Sun (Desert Version) Live at Joshua TreePresented by Soulection
Eddie Ebd :: Interview: 2022 NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellow Solo exhibition: Killer Tongue Love – Blue Mountains Cultural CentreLinks: https://bluemountainsculturalcentre.com.au/exhibition/eddie-abd-killer-tongue-love/ | The Res
Thee Sacred Souls :: Weak For Your Love Thee Sacred SoulsSan Diego, California
Zu :: The Dawning Moon of the Mind Slava Ukraini!House of Mythology, London UK
Presence :: Work on Me The Spectrum E.P.Produced by Charles Webster – misorecords – London, UK
Smart Phone Flick Festival – SF3 :: Interview: Angela Blake, Co-founder and Director, SF3 November 2022 – Visit: https://sf3.com.au/Submissions open to 1 September
Athletic Progression :: Osaka cloud high in dreams, but heavy in the airDenmark

The Darlinghurst Road Gallery for emerging Australian artists opens with Jake Moss, an artist from Queensland. Up Close, from a Distance is a solo exhibition of new work using a variation of mediums that reflect memories of living spaces growing-up. Reconfiguration is Denis Clarke’s latest exhibition at the Stanley Street Gallery. It explores the changing subjectivities of the artist’s gaze within the language of the figure as he explains. Open Channels is Kate Mitchell’s latest work presented at Chalk Horse. The video work sets about providing a vision of an escape route from the relentless path we are on through investigations in to psychic phenomena. The Beatnik Cathedral at the Addi Road Community Centre will be host to Intuition Kingdom, a night of music, poetry, conversation and improvised performance. Award wining poet and critic Felicity Plunkett talks us through what we can expect.

Arts Friday acknowledge the custodians of the Gadigal lands from which the program has been produced and broadcasts from at Eastside Radio.

Playlist

Laurence Pike :: New Normal Prophecylaurencepike.net
Exhibition: Open Channels :: Interview: Kate Mitchell Chalk Horse – 27 August 2022chalkhorse.com.au
Laurence Pike :: Rapture Prophecylaurencepike.net
David Versace :: The More We Love OkraBrisbane,
Exhibition: Reconfiguration :: Interview: Denis Clarke Stanley Street Gallery – 17 August 2022stanleystreetgallery.com.au
Kokoroko :: Age of Ascent Could We Be MoreLondon, UK
DC Cross :: Cootamundra Hot-wire the Lay-lowBandcamp
The Darlinghurst Road Gallery :: Interview: Patrick O’Neil Gallerist darlinghurstroadgallery.com.au
Exhibition: Up Close from a Distance :: Interview: Jake Moss The Darlinghurst Road Gallery – 4 September 2022darlinghurstroadgallery.com.au
Pueblo :: Hugo , DAO Beats Like Summer, Vol.1Berlin, Germany
Performance Event: Intuition Kingdom – Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/intuition-kingdom :: Interview: Felcity Plunkett Date: Wednesday, 17 August 2022The Beatnik Cathedral: Addi Road Centre, 142 Addison Road, Marrickville
Brandon Coleman :: Be With Me Interstellar Black SpaceLos Angeles, California

Celebrated Murri artist, Gordon Hookey opens a survey exhibition at UNSW Galleries. A Murrality presents perspectives on historical and contemporary issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across three decades of work. Gordon is known for his satire on Australian culture and politics, clever critique of racism, and explorations of oral and image-based history-making traditions. Paris based Australian artist, Gregory Hodge, construct illusionary paintings from a mélange of source material, which blur the boundaries between two-and-three dimensions and playfully explore the space between image, reality, representation and abstraction. Gregory talks from in amongst his exhibition, Figures, Lights and Landscapes on at Sullivan + Strumpf. Kathy Golski has a new suite of watercolour landscapes in Breathing Again, an exhibition presented by Damien Minton at Sheffer Gallery. Kathy talks about her observational works that provide a sense of the regenerative healing power of the Australian bush. We hear from a number of artists, who exhibited at The Other Art Fair Sydney, 21-24 July 2022.

Arts Friday acknowledge the custodians of the Gadigal lands from which the program has been produced and broadcasts from at Eastside Radio.

Playlist

Romare :: Quiet Corners of My Mind Ep Released 15 July
Makaya McCraven :: Seventh String In These TimesInternational Anthem Chicago – released in September
Artists Exhibiting: Steve Starr – Booth 85 | Catherine Healed – Booth 21 | Daniel Flynn – Booth 118 | Catherine Bennett. – Booth 63 | Daniel Witney :: The Other Art Fair The Other Art Fair Sydney is presented by Saatchi and Saatchi12-24 July 2022
Cody Currie :: That Stick LucasLondon, UK
Exhibition: Breathing Again – New landscape watercolours :: Interview: Kathy Golski Opens Tuesday 6-8pm, Sheffer Gallery, Darlingtondameinmintonpresents.com
Minus Group :: Black Lights Black LightsFour Flies Records Italy
Exhibition: A Murrality – Survey exhibitions :: Interview: Gordon Hookey UNSW Galleries: Opens Friday 29 July – 2 Octoberunsw.to/galleries
Drama :: Monte Carlo EPReleased 7 July
Noah :: gemini – mysterious lot NoireJapan – Released 26 August 2022