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FOLIO 90 JULY - DEC 2013 ASIA FOCUS MAPPING MAYMELBOURNE 18 - JULY 31 multiculturalarts.com.au Agung Gunawan, Shadows on the Wall A Celebration of Melbourne Ska Tony Yap Sinit Tsegay, Jill Morgan and Anbessa Gebrehiwot, Sydney EDITORIAL In the expression of diverse cultures through Art we This is the first time the partners have come together Island Festival (Java/Bali/Indonesia) held in June 2013, who performed with Sydney’s Ali and Yama Sarshar enable people to feel connected and represented, and to collaborate in such a unique way. Ping Pong has stimulated and driven by Tony Yap (Australia/Malaysia) collaborating with Morganics and Bobby Singh. Art enables us to learn about each other in creative gathered high caliber, skilled artists from different parts and Agung Gunawan (Indonesia). MAV plans to link and expressive ways that contributes to greater of the globe to exchange ideas and create new artworks Mapping Melbourne to these two ‘sister’ festivals and Another key partnership initiative is the MAV & understanding and respect. that can greatly enrich the dialogue between countries. create an opportunity for dynamic and ongoing cultural Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC’s) Ambassadors In Australia (Melbourne) Ping Pong involves Australian exchange with Asia. Our collaborative work with TYC was program MTC CONNECT which was announced by Multicultural Arts Victoria continually demonstrates artist Greg Creek and Colombia-based artist Jorge Julián a finalist in the recent Australia Arts in Asia Awards. Brett Sheehy at Hamer Hall at the launch of MTC’s 2014 through our work that culturally diverse art creatively Aristizábal who have worked over two months to create program on September the 17th. We look forward to builds connections and understanding between a total of 40 drawings which will be exhibited at RMIT Also on the International scene in June, MAV staff developing this new program in collaboration with the 10 communities and countries. Design Hub. The exhibition is curated in Australia by member Claudia Escobar and MAV board member Theatre Ambassadors and the MTC team. Damian Smith and coordinated by Trinidad Estay. Professor Ruth Rentschler presented at the XII Over the coming months we have some exciting new International Conference on Arts and Cultural Also in the spirit of sharing, learning and exchange initiatives as well as building on some solid partnerships Another new initiative produced by Multicultural Arts Management Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, we are holding a monthly Hang Out at MAV for our that are making a real difference. Victoria is Mapping Melbourne coordinated by Meg Colombia, South America. They presented the research members and supporters. It is an informal gathering at Larkin. Mapping Melbourne will create an experimental paper: At the Heart of the Arts: How Multicultural our office in South Melbourne Town Hall the last Tuesday Multicultural Arts Victoria will be working creatively space over four days in December where contemporary Festivals Create Social Inclusion. Our aim is to open up of every month. Casual and fun! The Hang Out is open in partnership with the Melbourne Festival to present Asian culture and artistic practice comes into focus. greater pathways between Latin America and Australia for anyone who wants to share a song, a dish, a story, Igniting Imagination which is connecting the diversity Creatively directed by Tony Yap (TYC), Monica Lim in the Arts as well as profile the great work we do in a poem, a dance, anything creative. Thanks to all the of Melbourne to the Festival through our Festival (Fame Agenda) and Andre Widjaja (Nomadic Funk), Victoria. artists, communities, supporters and sponsors who work Ambassadors program. We will be presenting A Mapping Melbourne will highlight the skilled work of in partnership with us to make a difference! Through Celebration of Melbourne Ska (check out page 24 of our Australian Asian artists and include international Then in early September, the Visible Mentoring program connection and sharing we create greater understanding. the Festival guide) working with the local Ska community artists in a new site specific multilayered program which went on the road to Sydney in association with the and following on from our successful trip to Chile. We highlights some of Melbourne’s most iconic buildings. Australia Council Community Partnership CACD awards. also welcome Katie McLeish from the Melbourne Festival We will present Shadows on the Wall a recent Sinit Tsegay a young, emerging Ethiopian songstress to the Multicultural Arts Victoria Board of Management Australian/Indonesian collaboration utilising multimedia, based in Melbourne’s west and Anbessa Gebrehiwot Jill Morgan AM which will bring the two organisations closer together dance and robotics in Mapping Melbourne. Look out an Ethiopian-Eritrean master of traditional songs and Chief Executive Officer creatively and strategically. for it! instruments playing the masenko (one string violin) and kirar (lute) performed at the awards. Then we headed Multicultural Arts Victoria is also honoured to work in Over the past few years, MAV in partnership with to Venue 505 where Dereb The Ambassador, one of partnership with the Colombian Ministry of Foreign TYC have been working offshore in Asia in Malaysia the success stories of our Visible program performed Affairs to realise Ping Pong an inspiring international and Indonesia to create two new cultural initiatives with his band along with newcomer to the program project in Melbourne in association with RMIT University. MAPFest (Melaka/Malaysia) held in Nov 2013 and Arts Taqi Khan Melbourne-based, Afghan Hazara musician 4 5 EMERGE FESTIVAL CELEBRATING 10 YEARS! MAY 18 - JULY 31 *Melbourne Festival Ambassadors* The Ska Vendors MAV at Melbourne Festival - Igniting Imagination A Celebration of Melbourne Ska, Festival Ambassadors & Reggae Workshop with Quique Neira (Chile) Melbourne’s major arts event, the Melbourne Festival, fashion and ska dance moves. Step into the Skank Booth continues to embrace the diversity of our extraordinary city and brush up on your dance skills, or pick up a classic 7’ by growing its partnership with Multicultural Arts Victoria. inch at the ska, rocksteady and reggae record fair while feasting on Sassy’s famous Jamaican jerk chicken. A Celebration of Melbourne Ska Multicultural Arts Victoria is co-presenting A Celebration Melbourne Festival Ambassadors of Melbourne Ska. Over two nights at the FOXTEL Following the great success of the pilot 2011 and 2012 Festival Hub these concerts will highlight three unique Igniting Imagination Cultural Ambassadors Program, eras of Australian ska music. Fifty years ago, Melbourne this initiative continues to link artists from diverse band The Caribs were playing and recording alongside ska communities to the Melbourne Festival program. We are pioneers in Kingston Jamaica. Now in their 80s, The Caribs proud to announce the 2013 Cultural Ambassadors: Lina will travel from Jamaica, the USA and South Melbourne to Andonovska; Victoria Chiu; Nilusha Dassenaike; Bersanji tell their incredible story and re-unite on stage to deliver Ibrahim; Antonio Moreira; Fostin Nshimirimana; Neda their authentic flavour of 1960s Jamaican sounds. The Rahmani; Lamine Sonko and Evelyn Tadros. Caribs played on some of the earliest and most important Jamaican music in the pre-ska style known as shuffle- Reggae Workshop and Jam with Quique Neira (Chile) boogie or Jamaican blues. MAV will be co-presenting a Reggae Workshop and jam with Quique Neira, a charismatic Chilean reggae roots icon Thirty years ago, Strange Tenants were the pre-eminent ska that has captivated Latin American audiences for decades band of the 80s and gained international kudos. Ten years with his mellifluous fusion of reggae, insistent beats and ago, The Ska Vendors breathed new life into the Australian Latin rhythms along with the participation of local reggae scene and continue to keep the ska spirit alive. musicians on Monday October 14 at the FOXTEL Festival Hub. “Festival Ambassadors represent the changing face of diversity in the arts. Hear The Caribs story at the Artist In Conversation Melbourne is a wealth of vibrancy and diversity within the arts- Proudly supported by City of Melbourne, PBS 106.7FM, Arts Victoria this year’s Festival Ambassadors exemplify this variety session at the FOXTEL Festival Hub on Friday 18 October sparking creativity, and igniting imaginations” and FOXTEL from 1pm. Or catch them on stage, backed by a band of Jill Morgan AM, CEO MAV Ska-Allstars and supported by Strange Tenants and The Ska A Celebration of Melbourne Ska Vendors, on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 October from 7pm. Fri 18 & Sat 19 October Top row from left: Bersanji Ibrahim (Somali), Antonio Moreira (Brazilian), Evelyn Tadros (Egyptian/Malaysian) FOXTEL Festival Hub Second row: Fostin Nshimirimana (Burundian), Neda Rahmani (Mauritian/Iranian), Victoria Chiu (Chinese) Ska die-hards can head down to the FOXTEL Festival Hub Third row: Nilusha Dassenaike (Sri Lankan), Lina Andonovska (Macedonian) and Lamine Sonko (Senegalese) from 5pm to enter the competitions for best rudeboy Tickets: melbournefestival.com.au 6 Aida Redza Kings Only Crew MAPPING MELBOURNE Independent Contemporary Asian Arts 5-8 December 2013, Melbourne CBD Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) presents Mapping At the same time MAV has been working with Indonesian L-FRESH The LION Fame Agenda Melbourne - an off-the-wall four day festival of contemporary dancer and choreographer Agung