Festival of the Contemporary Arts > 5

Canberra > 25 September - 7 October 2001

open to > interpretation
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Manager Anne-Marie Peard

FoCA5 > open to > interpretation
Production Manger
Publicist
Deborah Anderson
Yvonne Cramer
Welcome to the fifth Festival of the Contemporary Arts.
Design Swell Design Group
Web Page Created by Gel: This festival celebrates our contemporary artists.>For 13 days the ACT’s artists invite us to share their
Martyn Yang personal and, sometimes provocative, impressions of life in a city like Canberra.>FoCA5 is an open access
Now & Here Maryann Mussared festival, for all independent artists. The program is created by the participating artists and venues, who choose the
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works they want to present. This year it was fantastic to watch the festival develop the theme of urban identity and
F5 Stage Manager Jonathon Miller
2 dreams. FoCA5 takes a close look at life in our cities and suburbs, and continues the FoCA tradition of uncovering
F5 Trees Pezzaz
the secret life of Canberra.>Keeping with our theme, FoCA5 adopted Canberra’s favourite traffic icon - the
Gorman House Arts Centre Inc
roundabout. A place where we can change our direction and where the rules and conventions always seem open to
Acting Director Jaceb Beaton interpretation!>Nearly everything in FoCA5 is a new work. There are eight world premiere plays and play readings,
Administrator Fay Duffey
new writing, premiere compositions and many, many works of visual art and film being created specifically for the
Theatre on the Edge Barbra Barnett
festival. Everything else is an Australian or Canberra premiere. This is a festival that wants its audiences to explore
Buildings & Grounds John Duffey
and experiment. You never know what you will discover in the most unexpected places.> Everyone can experience
GHAC Inc Board the festival with FoCA52, a series of FREE performances, music, film, literature and exhibitions, including three
Paul Vitolovich (Chair), Patricia Gillard, amazing nights of entertainment in Civic Square, films in Garema Place and visual art everywhere.>FoCA5
Marc Mowbray d’Arbela, Sue Riley,
acknowledges the ongoing support of the ACT government through artsACT and the Cultural Facilities
Francesca Rendle-Short, Terry Fahey,
Corporation, and thanks all of our sponsors for their much valued support.>Have a fabulous festival. Forget
Chris Windsor-Murray,
Anne-Maree Britton
the rules and conventions. Find out what contemporary art means to you and, most importantly, have fun and
enjoy FoCA5.>Just remember that everything you see is open to >interpretation.
Thanks to
Anne-Marie Peard > Manager FoCA5 > August 2001
Shayne Cummin, Maryann Mussared, Mike
Partridge, Roland Manderson, Craig
Cormick, Neil Roberts, Greg Marginson,
Michelle Dean, Scribbles & Images,
Message from > the Minister for the Arts
Anton Scott-Cameron, Phil Abbott, Philip and Deputy Chief Minister
O’Brien, Thomas & Crystal from Sage Café,
Sylvie Stern, The Gypsy Bar, David Branson,
The fifth Festival of the Contemporary Arts will showcase the best of Canberra’s performing, visual and literary
Iain Sinclair, Scott Gooding, Canberra Arts
arts and crafts. > On behalf of the ACT Government I am delighted that FoCA5 will provide all Canberrans with a
Marketing, Gavin Findlay, Lindsay Dunbar,
PhotoAccess, Sharon Swincer, Martyn Yang, tempting feast of drama, music, poetry and visual arts featuring local and interstate artists. > Participation in the
Pauline Brooks, Judith Crispin, Evol McLeod, festival offers a golden opportunity for the Government and community to work together to foster the talents of
Judy Horacek, Irma Gold, Eric Faes, Cathy our established and emerging artists. It will enrich our community life and add to the wonderful range of tourist
Winters, Cristal George, tiM, Sylvia, the
attractions Canberra already offers to Australian and international visitors. > Civic Square and Garema Place will
Canberra Visitors Centre, the Gorman House
staff (Jaceb, Barb, Fay & John), every FoCA5
be the focus for free al fresco celebrations each weekend. Galleries, shop-fronts, theatres, concert halls and even
volunteer & every artist who has supported, office buildings will also be pressed into service to stage this expression of the creativity and talent of
encouraged & been a part of FoCA5. contemporary Australian artists. > I am eagerly looking forward to FoCA5 and thank the organisers for this major
contribution to the cultural life of the ACT.
FoCA5 is a project of Gorman House Arts Centre Inc. Brendan Smyth > MLA
Program details are correct at the time of printing.

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FoCA52 is FREE ART.
Performance, music,
playreadings, literature,
poetry, films, theatre, fashion
and visual art in Civic Square,
Garema Place and all
over Canberra.
> Film > pages 5 & 8
On the screen at ScreenSound
and Garema Place.

> Literature > pages 9-10

Performance poetry, premiere
playreadings and publications.
> FoCA5 Calendar > pages 14-15

> FoCA5 Venues > page 15

> After Dark > page 16

The party continues
into the night……….

> Live Art > pages 6-8
There’s no rewind button.
Experience it LIVE in our
theatres, concert halls
and streets.
> Visual Art > pages 10-13
Galleries, shops, cafes, offices,
hotels & public spaces. Visual Art
is everywhere!

Bookings > For tickets & booking information, see the individual entries OR call > 6249 7377

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Bringing art into our lives & seeing our lives in art.

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FoCA5 Squared On the Screen Now & Here

FoCA5 Visual Art Walk
Dream Home Installation Be at the Garema Place Screen for

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Civic Square n 25-30 September n 9.00am-late

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Three nights of FREE performance, music, dance, fashion & ART

in Civic Square. A different program every night.
FREE films, videos & projected art.

Storytellers:
Faces & Stories of Federation (p13)
5-6 October n 7.00pm-8.00pm

Caught in the ACT

Visual Art in the places we visit
every day (p10).

Other FREE events

Live Art
Friday 28 September Original Music Videos “Pure Escapism” (p7) & “The Fever”
7.30pm Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen 5-6 October n 8.00pm-8.30pm (p8) are FREE for Health Care Card
8.15pm Temenos: City Under the Skin (p7) holders on Tuesday 25 September.
9.00pm Dream Home, PART ONE (p6) short :: spring ‘01
9.45pm The Fool Factory ACT Filmmaker’s Network Literature
short::spring’01 is the first of the “A Cuppa & A Poet”,
Saturday 29 September short::season’s open air film “When Angels Call” & “Ginninderra
5.30pm Temenos: City Under the Skin exhibitions. Fuelled by the resources Anthology Launch” (p9).
7.30pm Fashion, Flair & Fantasy (p7) of the ACT Filmmaker’s Network &
8.15pm Caught In the ACT Live Bands Visual Art
supported by FoCA5, the series will
9.00pm Dream Home, PART TWO Exhibitions are generally FREE
showcase the talents of local short
9.45pm Caught In the ACT Live Bands (pp11-13).
filmmakers, animators & other AV
10.30pm The Fool Factory artists. See the world from a After Dark
Sunday 30 September Canberran perspective. “The Late Lounge”
7.30pm Warehouse Circus 5-6 October n 8.30pm – 10.00pm Closing Night Artists’ Party (p16).
The Fool Factory
Gorman House Markets
8.15pm Temenos: City Under the Skin
Every Saturday n 10.00am - 4.00pm.
9.00pm Dream Home, PART THREE
9.45pm FoCA5 Fireworks

FoCA5 Playreadings
FREE readings of new works by ACT emerging playwrights & other premiere
works (p10). Presented by Bamboo Theatre, CIA, Eulea Kiraly and The
Company, People Theatre, The Acting Company & Women on a Shoestring.
CMAG n 25-30 September n 8.00pm

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ACT Arts Awards Ceremony The Link

24 September 5.30pm-7.00pm
Celebrates the achievements of the ACT’s professional artists. The evening
features the presentation of the Canberra Critics Circle awards, the MEAA
Green Room awards & The Canberra Times Artist of the Year award.

Bang That Drum Llewellyn Hall

Canberra Symphony Orchestra 3-4 October 8:15pm – 10.15pm
A: $54.90/$42.60
Canberra Symphony’s third Subs Concert features Principal Percussionist Gary
B: $42.60 /$34.30
France, in the Canberra Premiere of William Kraft’s “Timpani Concerto”, with C: $26.00
American conductor, James Sedares, in an all-American program that also Bookings 6125 5491
feature Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” & “Appalachian Spring” &
Gershwin’s ever favourite “An American in Paris”.

Demons adapted by Wayne Macauley The Street Theatre Studio

CIA (Culturally Innovative Arts) 4-7 October 8.00pm –9.00pm
Full $15.00 Concession/U27/MEAA $10.00
A daring new production exploring Dostoyevsky’s “Devils”. Uses multi-media,
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art installation & live performance to draw on parallels between political activism
in 19th Century Russia & Western Society today, including S11& G8. Artists
include Kaoru Alfonso, David Branson, Clint Hurrell, Mari Lourey, Louise Morris,
Phil Roberts, Ivan Smith, Dylan Jon Volkhardt, Anna Voronoff, Joe Woodward.

Dream Home Civic Square

ODD Productions Installation
25-30 September 9.00am-8.00pm
A three part Suburban Soap Opera. ODD place a suburban house in the middle
Performances
of the city. With translucent walls & projected virtual interiors, Dream Home 28-30 September 9.00pm-9.45pm
reflects the internal & unconscious worlds of the house & its inhabitants. FREE
Dream Home is an installation during the day & a theatrical performance
M O NARO
at night. GARAGES
AND SHEDS

Eat Your Young The Playhouse

Canberra Theatre Centre presents Arena Theatre Company 25 September 7.00pm with forum
26-29 September 6:30pm-7.40pm
A futuristic action adventure! Arena Theatre Company are renowned for
26 September 11.00am with forum
groundbreaking, multi-media productions. Three young people taken from 29 September 9.30pm-10.40pm
their dysfunctional family & placed in an institution to be ‘reprogrammed’. Full $27.49 Concession $22.95
Be prepared for a challenging, adrenaline pumping production. U27 $20.18 ClubT $15.18
Directed by Rosemary Myers. All Matinee $16.54
“…beauty & sophistication…a concentrated mix…” Real Time. Booking Canberra Ticketing 6257 1077

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Fashion, Flair & Fantasy Civic Square

Art Thread Designs/Legs Dance Studio 29 September 7.30pm-8.15pm
FREE
A cross arts extravaganza of dance, music & visual arts fashion. A special
outdoor performance event featuring live dance, original choreography & music
to dramatically display fabulous fashion & fantasy art-to-wear pieces.

Intersections in New Music Bogong Theatre

Modern art-music has many guises. Work is considered “post-modern” or “neo- 28 September 8.30pm
romantic” but new music, in general, refuses to wear a label. Locally composed Full $10.00 Concession/U27/MEAA $7.00
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chamber music designed to highlight the multi-various & ever-changing face of
the new avant-garde.Works by Larry Sitsky, Judith Crispin, Mary Finsterer,
Kate Moore, KatiaTiutiunnik, Ruth Lee-Martin, Craig Charlton, Luke Tierney,
Jonathan Powles, Somaya Langley, Nigel McLaughlan, Christoph Moor.

Pure Escapism by Scott Gooding Currong Theatre

Web Theatre 25-29 September 8.00pm –9.00pm
2-6 October 9.30pm-10.00pm
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No… it’s a room…anywhere. A man, a bowl of rice,
Full $15.00 Concession/U27/MEAA $10.00
& an ant..... & piles & piles of comics. “Gooding is a talented performer with Double ticket with “The Fever” $25.00/$15.00
a confident stage manner” Sunday Age “Versatile & charming…his story & Health Care Card Holders FREE 25 Sept
character are involving” StageLeft “a great performer… almost schizophrenic Bookings 6249 7377
display of performance virtuosity” Inpress

Temenos: City Under the Skin Civic Square

Abreaction. Inc. 28 & 30 September 8.15pm-9.00pm
29 September 5.30pm
Gladys & Daphne have come to view the sights of the Capital. Somehow they
FREE
embark on the wrong tour……… Surreal, funny & richly textured, “Temenos” is a
powerful interactive tour that takes you to places you never suspected could
exist. Director: Catherine Langman. Dramaturgy: Kate McNamera.
Design: Alex Asch. Music: Sara Vancea.

The Clockwork Divide Currong Theatre

Blaide Lallemand & Conan the Bubbleman 27–29 September 7.00pm-7.30pm
4-6 October 7.00pm-7.30pm
Explores contrasting way of experiencing moments in time & how they affect
Full $3.50 Concession $2.50
the human condition. Curtains of shimmering bubble film add a visual magic Bookings 6249 7377
& convey the potential & fragility of the moment. This work is a collaboration
between installation/performance artist, Blaide Lallemand & bubble performer,
Conan O’Brien. Music composed by Simon Linke.

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The Fever by Wallace Shawn Currong Theatre

Elbow Theatre/Iain Sinclair 24 September 8.00pm-9.00pm
25–29 September 9.30pm –10.30pm
On a solo visit to a beautiful but tormented country, where the most basic of 2–6 October 8.00pm-9.00pm
political struggles are being enacted right outside the window, the narrator Full $15.00 Concession/U27/MEAA $10.00
falls ill….. “A profoundly engaging & provocative journey through the awakening Double with “Pure Escapism” $25.00/$15.00
of a pampered man’s conscience” Newsday “Its like an action movie for brainy Health Care Card Holders FREE 25 Sept
people” Harpers Bazar Bookings 6249 7377

The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband by Debbie Isitt The Street Theatre Studio
Season at The Street 11-29 September
Tuesday-Saturday 8.30pm-9.45pm
Middle age encroaches & Kenneth finds the arms of another woman.
Full $22.00 Concession/U27/MEAA $16.00
One little problem … she can’t cook. When his first wife, invites the couple Bookings 6247 1223
for dinner, he readily accepts – unaware of what delicacies are on the menu!
A cordon bleu comedy for those who like their humour rich & black.
Director: Lenore McGregor.

Tuggeranong Arts Centre

Via Dolorosa by David Hare
3-6 October 8.00pm-9.30pm
Tuggeranong Arts Centre & Moira Blumenthal Productions 6 October 2.00pm-3.30pm
“My subject as a playwright has always been faith”. Hare’s earlier works Full $28.00
suggest it is the exclusiveness of faith. In “Via Dolorosa” Hare takes an Concession $20.00
extraordinary trip to Israel & Palestine. A moving theatrical experience about Groups 10+ $24.00
the volatile passions of faith which make us question our own values & beliefs. Bookings 6293 9099
Australian Premiere. Performed by Patrick Dickson.

21st Century Happenings – A Youth Arts Expo Various venues & times
Canberra Youth Theatre Company 1-31 October
Bookings & Information
In October Canberra Youth Theatre points the finger at Youth Art in any
www.cytc.net/happenings
medium throughout our region. Check out & then go & see the sorts of art 6248 5057
young people are making & creating in theatre, dance, literature, online art,
visual art, multimedia or performance art by visiting www.cytc.net/happenings.

ScreenSound Australia
The Flicks: Underground & Independent
“Andy Warhol’s Bad”
ScreenSound Australia
26 September 8.30pm-10.30pm
“Andy Warhol’s Bad” R (1977) dir: Jed Johnson. Camp cult classic. Hazel runs a “Pearls Before Swine”
beauty salon & supplies women for hit jobs. Humorously grim with an 27 September 8.30pm-10.30pm
unforgettable cast. n “Pearls Before Swine” R (1999) dir Richard Wolstencroft. Full $8.00 Concession $6.00
Schlock action/thriller that immerses us in a seedy underworld of sex, drugs, Bookings 6248 2000
perversion & voyeurism. SPECIAL GUEST Richard Wolstencroft.

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A Cuppa & A Poet Floriade, Madura Tea House

Floriade/FoCA5 29 September – 1 October
3.00pm-3.45pm
Sitting among the flowers is not allowed, but sitting among the poets is. Come
FREE
to the Madura Tea House at Floriade for afternoon tea & enjoy Canberra’s
wonderful live poets. Program changes daily.

Blast Magazine $2.00 – cover price

Special FoCA5 edition
A special edition of Canberra’s radical arts magazine, BLAST, showcasing many
of the highlights of the fifth Festival of the Contemporary Arts, across various
art forms. If you’re not able to attend every FoCA5 event, make sure you grab a
copy of the BLAST special issue.
Scheduled to appear at the end of the festival.

Eat Your Words, a Poetry Dinner Sage Café

25 September 7.00pm-10.00pm
Word Play with your entrée? Free Verse ragout? A splendid meal accompanied
All tickets $35.00 (meal & performance)
by selected live poetry. Each table orders from a menu of original poems, which
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are presented live to your table by the Canberra poets. Each course brings you
a different poet & a different style. Book your table now. Numbers very limited.
And….don’t forget to tip your poets.

Rolling Anthology Launch Bogong Theatre

Ginninderra Press 3 October 7.00pm
FREE
A rolling anthology of ten short stories, each written in six sections sequentially
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by thirteen established & emerging Canberra writers. The resulting stories
have the strength of multiple authors & the quirkiness of writing produced by
relay. Anthology for sale all around Canberra. A “Readers in the Bogong” event.

When Angels Call Sage Café

Various 2 October 7.30pm-11.00pm
FREE
“When Angels Call” is an evening of political performance poetry with attitude.
Featuring Kim Houghton, Robin Davidson, Craig Cormick plus others. There
will also be an open microphone opportunity for members of the audience to
show their stuff. Food & bar service available.

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FoCA5 Play Readings

CMAG n 25-30 September n 8.00pm n FREE

& Here
>Tuesday
Swollen Tongues by Kathleen Oliver

Now
Women on a Shoestring
Contemporary Canadian play written entirely in rhyming couplets.
A flurry of cross-dressing, tricks & furious word play leads to revelations
& poetry, unlocking the door to love. No one is without secrets.
Australian Premiere.

>Wednesday Now & Here…..FoCA5 Visual Art Walk

Premiere new work by Daniel Keene
CIA (Culturally Innovative Arts)
This work has been commissioned by the French Theatre Company “Nantes”
for performance in 2002. Directed by David Branson. Premiere reading.
>Thursday
We Break Legs by Brendan Hayes
Bamboo Theatre
Where do you go when you owe more than you can ever repay? A violent
comedy, intended to shock, about the dangers of uncontrollable debt &
gambling by emerging ACT playwright, Brendan Hayes. Premiere.
>Friday
The Garrison by Matt Marshall
The Acting Company
ACT emerging playwright Matt Marsall’s black comedy about violence, sex &
tea. A lone garrison stands against the barbarian horde. But no one is seeing
any action – not the soldiers or the local working girls. Premiere.
>Saturday
The White Track Miracle by Jay Bannister
Eulea Kiraly and The Company
It’s a tough journey from addiction to recovery – only a few make it. Created
from the experiences of recovering addicts & developed in community
workshops with Eulea Kiraly. Premiere.
>Sunday
24 hours in the life of a revolutionary by José Marques
People Theatre
Che Guevara is a revolutionary icon today. ACT playwright José Marques
explores 60s political & military issues, but is concerned with the reaction of
ordinary people to military hostilities. Premiere.
Look around...Art can be in unexpected places.
In Now & Here the artists have drawn on their “everyday”
experiences of life in the city. So, we’ve put their work in the places
we visit every day. See works in cafes, shops, hotels, businesses &
on the streets. n The artists in the program are as diverse as the work
they create. Now & Here features the established and the emerging; the
professional and the amateur; artists from our training institutions and
from our community. n Their works explore how we lose or create
identity in cities, our changing relationship to the natural and planned
worlds, and continue to question our urban dreams.
Now & Here artists include: Pamela Bailey & Josh Young “Canberra is My
Living Room” n BEAN (Belconnen Artists Network) “Talking Talking” n Penny
Cain & Rose Montebello “Naturalistic” n Cinmayii “Leave the Light on!” n Craft
ACT Gallery 1 “2000 RFC Glass Prize touring exhibition” n Dörte Conroy “Lemon
Twist” n Cristal George, Hal Tindale, ANU Environment Collective “Polite
Conversation” n Murray Kirkland “Head Full of Clouds” n Dragan Kostelnik
“20th Century Trinity (Zebra Crossing)” n Cathy Newton “Cat Glass Arts”n
Maryann Mussared “Crossroads” n Megan Munro “Pipe Life” n Michael
Partridge, Lorna Tilley, Therese Bourke et al “Bottoms Up/The Last Hurrah…
A final toast for the Centenary of Federation” n ’pling “Performance
Photography” n Wayne Robbie n Benita Tunks “Pussy Willow” n Lelde Vitols “Dry
Sclerophyll Habitat”
Grab a free map, take a walk around Canberra, explore
& discover the unexpected right here & now. Now & Here
maps available at FoCA5 venues or by calling 6249 7377.

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Ascension & Descend Senator Kate Lundy’s Office

Dean Golja 17 September – 5 October
9.00am-5.00pm Monday – Friday
An evolving exhibition, photographically based. It represents a collection of
FREE
images that explore stairways in various locations around the world with
various levels of going up & down. These images are reflective of a process
much like poetry where the outcome of the photographs transports the viewer
through metaphor & association.

Backyard Project Revisited – Works from the Megalo Archive Megalo Hackett
Megalo Access Arts Inc 25 September – 14 October
9.30am-4.30pm Monday – Friday
An exhibition of work on fabric & paper produced by members of the Majura
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collaboration between the group & various professional artists working in
Canberra. This selection celebrates the personal & domestic as a source
of creativity.

Carving the Sands Tuggeranong Arts Centre

Fatima Killeen 2 – 13 October
9.00am – 5.00pm Monday- Friday
Piecing together perceptions along the path of a peace perplexed Palestine. The
1.00pm – 4.00pm Saturdays
“peace” process takes its toll. Innocent people are victimised. The landscape is & open during “Via Dolorosa” show times
mapped & divided by greed. What do news articles, essays, conferences & external FREE
diplomatic interference achieve? Mediation is embraced when a $US wage is
available. None alleviate the daily suffering. Accompanies “Via Dolorosa” (p8).

Encoding the Landscape: Land Marks ANCA Gallery

Joy McDonald 3-14 October
12.00-5.00pm Wednesday–Sunday
My work begins with aspects of Canberra’s “ordered” landscape & the
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indicators of human settlement in it. It is about how we change the landscape Information 6247 8736
by clearing, selecting, dissecting, farming, replanting & rearranging.
Taken to an extreme we can create new codes –in fact re-create the landscape.

Flux Liminal– Paintings & Poems Spiral Arm Gallery

Brian Hincksman 26 September - 7 October
11.00am - 5.00pm Wednesday–Sunday
The paintings in this exhibition refer to consciousness, in regard to the energy
FREE
of the natural environment &/or human constructs. They relate to moments of
seeing & feeling…...thinking of the immeasurable, the unknown, the micro, the
macro & transcendence….all in the context of contemporary society.

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Forensic Landscapes CMAG

Marzena Wasikowska 29 September - 9 December
10.00am-5.00pm Tuesday-Thursday
“Forensic Landcapes” uses photography as a means to express psychological
10.00am- 7.00pm Friday
conditions. The forensic landscape presents a specific place as evidence, but 12.00pm-5.00pm Saturday, Sunday, Pub Hol
evidence of what? A burial?….An apparition? …… A colossal crime? Information 6207 3968
Presented by the Canberra Museum & Gallery (CMAG). FREE

Members Prints & Workshop Editions Megalo Kingston Workshop

Megalo Access Arts Inc 25 September – 14 October
9.30am-4.30pm Monday – Friday
An exhibition in Megalo’s Kingston Workshop which presents a selection of
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recent prints produced there by members & edition printers. Works include Information 6295 2781
examples of Etching, Lithography, Colographs & Relief Prints.

Scenes from “The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband” Healthpact Gallery
Cherylynn Holmes 10 –29 September
9.00am-5.00pm Monday - Saturday
Holmes is a visual artist & stage designer. She presents a series of paintings
Late close when performances
& drawings based on the play “The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband” (p8). in the Street Theatre
The work is produced in situ during the rehearsal process of the play. It depicts FREE
the actions of the actors & indicates the artist’s close association with the
Canberra Theatre Community.

Shelf + Self Craft ACT Gallery 2

Zeljko Markov/Craft ACT 2 October – 4 November
10.00am-4.00pm Tuesday – Sunday
Canberra based Markov uses the shelf unit as point of departure to explore the
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nexus between functional & conceptual furniture. Markov draws on traditional FREE
aspects of furniture making & relies on highly developed technical skills,
experience of processes & an evolved sense of materials. He responds to each
exhibition space to create a unique installation.

Spatial Memory Manning Clark House

Trevor Creighton 29-30 September, 6-7 October
1.00pm-4.00pm
Projected photographs of domestic images. The venue for the show is the home
Entry by donation
of Manning & Dymphna Clark, which will provide a rich, contextualised location
for this exploration of relationships between past & present, memory, loss &
the role of the domestic interior as it simultaneously shapes & is shaped by
individual identity.

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Still Cryptal Orchard ANCA Gallery

Lorna Crane, Cheryl Jobs, Maryann Mussared, Julie Ryder 19 – 30 September
Wednesday – Sunday 12.00pm-5.00pm
This exhibition of mixed media works represent the final part of the life-death-
FREE
rebirth cycle that started in 1999 with the FoCA4 exhibition “Cryptal Orchard”.
Works from that exhibition were buried at Gorman House. They have been
exhumed & provided inspiration for new works. “Still Cryptal Orchard”
celebrates Truth, Rebirth & Spring.

Still Life – It’s Still Life (After Matisse) Belconnen Gallery

Belconnen Arts Community 10 September - 4 October
9.00am – 5.00pm Monday to Friday
Move over Lucien! Members of BEAN – the Belconnen Artists Network –
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contemporary art. Lots of misappropriation & big $ price tickets.

Storytellers – Faces & Stories of Federation Garema Place

Tammy Honey & Shaun Wilson 5-6 October
7.00pm-8.00pm
Celebrating the stories of selected Australians, via an outdoors projection
FREE
exhibition featuring images of storytellers accompanied with spoken word.
From ANZAC diggers to our next generation of new Australians, this exhibition
visits the duration of federation & celebrates the tales from those who lived
through it. www.fedproject8m.com.

The Annual Babes & Bloomers Flower Show The Hive

The Hive 22 September – 7 October
10.00am-6.00pm Tuesday – Friday
Canberra is a beautiful place in spring. To celebrate all the fun, frivolity &
10.00am-4.00pm Saturday
beauty of the new season’s arrival, The Hive & a group of Canberra’s mixed 11.00am-3.00pm Sunday
media artists, thaw out from the winter gloom to present “The Annual Babes & FREE
Bloomers Flower Show”. Special Champagne Sundays during FoCA5. Information 6257 9700

YUPPIE (Youth Urban Pinhole Photography Exhibition) Sage Café

PhotoAccess 29 September – 6 October
10.00am-late Tuesday-Saturday
Through PhotoAccess’s school holiday program, children & youth explore the
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photography. An exhibition of works produced in 35mm Box Pinhole Cameras.
Launched at Gorman House Markets on Saturday 29 September.

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Please note that Monday 1 October is a public

Thur 27 Sept
Tues 25 Sept

Wed 26 Sept

Sun 30 Sept
Sat 29 Sept
holiday and some venues will be closed.

Fri 28 Sept

Thur 4 Oct
Mon 1 Oct

Wed 3 Oct

Sun 7 Oct
Tue 2 Oct

Sat 6 Oct
Check opening times with the venues.

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Dream Home Installation Civic Square 5

FoCA52 Civic Square 5
FoCA5 Playreadings CMAG 5
On the Screen Garema Place 5
Now & Here... Visual Art Walk Various 5
Other FREE Events Various 5

Live Art

ACT Arts Awards Ceremony (24 Sept) The Link 6

Bang That Drum Llewellyn Hall 6
Demons Street Theatre Studio 6
Dream Home Civic Square 6
Eat Your Young The Playhouse 6
Fashion, Flair & Fantasy Civic Square 7
Intersections in New Music Bogong Theatre 7
Pure Escapism Currong Theatre 7
Temenos: City Under the Skin Civic Square 7
The Clockwork Divide Currong Theatre 7
The Fever (opening 24 Sept) Currong Theatre 8
The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband The Street Theatre Studio 8
Via Dolorosa Tuggeranong Arts Centre 8
21st Century Happenings Various venues & times 8
The Flicks: Underground & Independent ScreenSound Australia 8

Literature

A Cuppa & A Poet Floriade, Madura Tea House 9

Eat Your Words, a Poetry Dinner Sage Café 9
Rolling Anthology Launch Bogong Theatre 9
When Angels Call Sage Café 9
FoCA5 Playeadings CMAG 10

Visual Art

Now & Here... Visual Art Walk Various 10

Ascension & Descend Senator Kate Lundy’s Office 11
Backyard Project Revisited Megalo Hackett 11
Carving the Sands Tuggeranong Arts Centre 11
Encoding the Landscape: Landmarks ANCA Gallery 11

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 FoCA5 Calendar

Thur 27 Sept
Tues 25 Sept

Wed 26 Sept

Sun 30 Sept
Sat 29 Sept
Fri 28 Sept

Thur 4 Oct
Mon 1 Oct

Wed 3 Oct

Sun 7 Oct
Tue 2 Oct

Sat 6 Oct
Fri 5 Oct
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Flux Liminal– Paintings & Poems Spiral Arm Gallery 11

Forensic Landscapes CMAG 12
Members Prints & Workshop Editions Megalo Kingston Workshop 12
Scenes from TWWCHH Healthpact Gallery 12
Shelf + Self Craft ACT Gallery 2 12
Spatial Memory Manning Clark House 12
Still Cryptal Orchard ANCA Gallery 13
Still Life – It’s Still Life (After Matisse) Belconnen Gallery 13
Storytellers – Faces & Stories of Federation Garema Place 13
The Annual Babes & Bloomers Flower Show The Hive 13
YUPPIE Sage Café 13

After Dark

artbeat The Link 16

The Last Lounge Bogong Theatre 16

FoCA5 Venues
ANCA - Australian National Capital Currong Theatre Manning Clark House Spiral Arm Gallery
Artists Gallery Gorman House Arts Centre 11 Tasmania Circ FORREST 71 Leichhardt Street KINGSTON
1 Rosevear Place DICKSON Batman St/ Currong St BRADDON P: 6295 9433 P: 6295 9438
P: 6247 8736 Disabled Access P: 6249 7377 Disabled Access
Megalo Hackett The Hive
Belconnen Gallery Civic Square 114 Maitland St HACKETT 25 Lonsdale St BRADDON
Belconnen Community Centre London Circuit CANBERRA CITY P: 6249 6086 Disabled Access P: 6257 9700 Disabled Access
Swanson Court BELCONNEN
P: 6253 1166 Disabled Access Floriade Megalo Kingston Workshop The Link
Commonwealth Park CANBERRA CITY 71 Leichhardt St KINGSTON Canberra Theatre Centre
Bogong Theatre Disabled Access P: 6295 2781 Civic Square CANBERRA CITY
Gorman House Arts Centre Disabled Access
Ainslie Avenue BRADDON Garema Place Sage Café
P: 6249 7377 Disabled Access CANBERRA CITY Gorman House Arts Centre The Playhouse
Disabled Access Batman St BRADDON Canberra Theatre Centre
CMAG – Canberra Museum & Gallery P: 6249 6050 Disabled Access Civic Square CANBERRA CITY
Civic Square/ London Circuit HealthPact Gallery (Street Theatre) P: 6243 5711 Disabled Access
CANBERRA CITY Childers St CANBERRA ScreenSound Australia
P: 6207 3968 Disabled Access P: 6247 9415 Disabled Access McCoy Circuit ACTON The Street Theatre Studio
P: 6248 2000 Disabled Access Childers St CANBERRA
Craft ACT Gallery 2 Llewellyn Hall P: 6247 9415 Disabled Access
Civic Square/London Circuit William Herbert Place ACTON Senator Kate Lundy’s Office
CANBERRA CITY P: 6125 5736 Disabled Access 11 London Cct CANBERRA CITY Tuggeranong Arts Centre
P: 6262 9333 Disabled Access Reed St /Cowlishaw St TUGGERANONG
P: 6293 1443 Disabled Access

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After Dark
artbeat
Pulse & Night Space Productions
When the lights are dimmed & it’s
the next step beyond. A night
clubbing virtual-reality environment,
infusing performance art, digital
projections, installations,
choreographed dance & captivating
funky, pulsating, inspiring electronic
music & DJs. A visual, audio &
sensual experience. A 3D journey
that will paint you into its landscape.
Be surrounded. Feel the pulse. Feel
the excitement. Feel the heARTBEAT.
Presented by Sylvie Stern & The
Canberra Theatre Centre.
The Link
Saturday 29 September
10.30pm-3.30am
Full $15.00 Concession $10.00
Bookings Landspeed Records 6248 9220
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today&
tonight?
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02 6257 4347
The Last Lounge
FoCA5 Artists’ Party
It’s the last night & time for artists,
audience & friends to get together
for the final FoCA5 toast. Hang out in
Canberra’s biggest lounge room &
share your FoCA5 stories. Hosted by
those conquistadors of cool, “CooCoo
Fondoo” (www.coocoofondoo.com).
Enjoy live music & surprise
performances from FoCA5 guests.
The bar will be open.
Fabulous Sage Café open for meals
from 6.00pm-10.00pm.
Bogong Theatre
Sunday 7 October
8.00pm – very late
FREE
Live Art
The Gypsy Bar
The Gypsy Bar will be open late every
night with special FoCA5 guests,
events & surprises.
City Walk, Canberra City 6247 7300
Rydges, Capital Hill
The Gallery Bar is open Monday to
Saturday for an early or late drink or
meal. Proud supporters of FoCA5.
Corner Canberra Ave/ National
Circuit, Forest 6295 3144
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