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SUMMARY:Dialog Lensa #6: 'Sitting with the Sea' // Special Screening and Performance @ Tanks Arts Centre
DESCRIPTION:NorthSite Contemporary Arts and Padepokan Seni Bagong Kussudiardja (PSBK) present a special screening of Sitting with the Sea (Dialog Lensa #6) — an immersive experience in image and live sound. \nPhotographer Vickram Sombu (Photographer and filmmaker from Kupang\, East Nusa Tenggara) shares images created during his time with the community of Lamalera in East Nusa Tenggara\, tracing their profound connection to Mother Sea (Ina Lefa). Developed with Yogyakarta-based photographer and curator Kurniadi Widodo\, the work journeys across oceans from Lamelera to Yogyakarta to Gimuy/Cairns\, carrying stories of culture\, survival\, and reverence. \nAustralian mulitdiscipinary artists Melania Jack and Patty Preece (The Ironing Maidens) build upon Sombu’s photography to create a live\, immersive soundscape that dissolves the boundaries between stage\, performer\, and audience.  Sound and light moves through the space\, inviting multiple perspectives and shared presence. \nPresented at the Tanks Arts Centre by NorthSite in April 2026\, this event celebrates an ongoing cross-cultural exchange between Far North Queensland and Yogyakarta.  \nSit together. Absorb the images. Listen deeply. Experience a story that invites empathy\, connection\, and community. After the performance\, join the artists for a discussion exploring the development of the work and the meanings it holds for us as international audiences. \nAbout PSBK\nPSBK (Padepokan Seni Bagong Kussudiardja) is a place-based arts centre that champions the arts as a vital necessity for humanity and the advancement of culture. Established in 1978 to support a curriculum-driven residency program for Indonesian creative practitioners\, PSBK continues the late Bagong Kussudiardja’s commitment to artistic innovation\, creative learning\, access to the arts\, and pushing strategies in new directions. Since 2009\, significant physical transformations have transpired to ensure high-quality\, accessible spaces that nurture the relational development between the arts\, artists\, and communities through creative learning and art appreciation activities. \nPSBK was founded with the DNA of education—both education in the arts and education through the arts. Recognising art as essential for humanity and cultural advancement\, PSBK strives to ensure quality and accessibility to art venues as essential resource centres. It seeks to enhance human capacity by developing professional growth within the art ecosystem and beyond\, and to foster the art appreciation process by consistently implementing annual programs that cultivate deeper relationships among art\, artists\, and audiences. \nValuing human connectivity\, PSBK also strives to nurture cultural exchanges that nourish growth\, shared objectives\, and collective purpose. The organisation seeks collaborations with people who genuinely align with its mission and are open to mutual discovery\, understanding\, and inspiration. \nAbout Dialog Lensa\nPerforming captivating visual narratives through lens-based technology. \nDialog Lensa is a performance platform that showcases photography-based works through multimedia projections. \nSince its inception in 2020\, this expressive space has brought together photographers and other creators\, including musicians\, choreographers\, and video editors\, fostering a cross-disciplinary creative process facilitated by PSBK. \nThis platform aims to connect visually driven and technology-based works with a diverse audience interested in both visual and performing arts.
URL:https://northsite.org.au/event/dialog-lensa-6-sitting-with-the-sea-special-screening-and-performance-tanks-arts-centre/
LOCATION:Tanks Arts Centre\, 46 Collins Ave\, Edge Hill\, Tanks Arts Centre\, 46 Collins Ave\, Edge Hill\, Cairns\, Queensland\, 4870\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Performance
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SUMMARY:Geoff Dixon: Portraits of Us - Feature Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Rockets\, endangered birds\, environmental issues\, and pop culture collide in vibrant textural colours and forms in this intimate portrait of the life\, loves\, and friendships of New Zealand artist Geoff Dixon. \n\nA feature documentary film \nDirectors | Producers Clare O’Leary & Glenis Giles\nExecutive Producer: Penney Moir\nDirector of Photography: Russell Milledge\nOriginal Music: Plan 9\nEditor: Amanda Mulderry\nPost-production: POW Studios\, Park Road Post \nDuration: 82 minutes \n\nAbout the film: \nGeoff Dixon’s wild and colourful paintings and sculptures portray endangered birds and their collision with humans\, technology\, and the natural world. \nHis moving story is full of adventure and the exploration of love and friendship. We witness his great friend and fellow artist Euan Macleod\, painting him as they talk. \nGeoff and his partner\, indigenous Australian artist Arone Meeks\, worked alongside each other. Through their art\, both shine a penetrating searchlight on the serious decline of our environment. Geoff says the paintings are “portraits of us”. \n\nTime and Date: 1PM — 3PM\, Saturday 16th March \nVenue: NorthSite at Bulmba-ja\, 96 Abbott Street\, Cairns City \nRefunds are available 1 day prior to the event.  \n\n  \nGet Tickets
URL:https://northsite.org.au/event/geoff-dixon-portraits-of-us/
LOCATION:Bulmba-ja Arts Centre\, 96 Abbott Street\, Cairns\, Queensland\, 4870\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: INFRACTIONS (2019)
DESCRIPTION:A screening of INFRACTIONS (2019) followed by a discussion with director Rachel O’Reilly at NorthSite Contemporary Arts (Cairns). \n  \nUQ Art Museum\, with the Friends of Ninney Rise and JCU Blue Humanities Lab\, warmly invites you to a screening of INFRACTIONS (2019) in partnership with NorthSite Contemporary Arts in Cairns\, followed by a discussion with director Rachel O’Reilly. \nThis event starts at 5:30pm with light refreshments provided and drinks available for purchase. Screening will begin at 6:00pm. Places are limited\, please register early. \n  \nAbout the film \nINFRACTIONS connects stories of Queensland ‘unconventional’ gas approvals on Gooreng Gooreng country to global shale gas plans potentially affecting 50% of the Northern Territory. The film was made following the lifting of the moratorium on fracking in NT. \nIt features Dimakarri ‘Ray’ Dixon (Mudburra)\, Jack Green (Garawa)\, Gadrian Hoosan (Garrwa\, Yanyuwa)\, Robert O’Keefe (Wambaya)\, Juliri Ingra and Neola Savage (Gooreng Gooreng)\, Que Kenny (Western Arrarnta)\, Cassie Williams (Western Arrarnta)\, the Sandridge Band\, and Professor Irene Watson (Tanganekald\, Meintangk Bunganditj) who was involved in drafting the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. \nThe settler artist/writer Rachel O’Reilly works in Meanjin (Brisbane) and Berlin and grew up on Gooreng Gooreng country in Yallarm/Gladstone. Commissioned by KW Berlin\, Germany. \nThis screening is part of Blue Assembly\, UQ Art Museum’s multi-year program exploring our relationship with the ocean\, its adjacent places and other waters. It is supported through the Kinnane UQ Art Endowment. The artist’s screening fee will be split with frontline activists.  \n\n \nRESERVE A SPOT
URL:https://northsite.org.au/event/film-screening-infractions-2019/
LOCATION:NorthSite Contemporary Arts\, 96 Abbott Street\, Cairns\, Queensland\, 4870\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Conversations,Film Screening,General Event
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