22ND BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 14 MARCH - 8 JUNE 2020 - YOUR GUIDE TO 87 DAYS OF ARTS AND CULTURE - AWS
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22ND BIENNALE OF SYDNEY
14 MARCH – 8 JUNE 2020
YOUR GUIDE TO 87 DAYS OF
ARTS AND CULTURE
FREE EXHIBITION ENTRY
22ND BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 14 MARCH – 8 JUNE 2020 ARTISTS 4E SYDNEY – ADRIFT LAB – TONY ALBERT – CHARLOTTE ALLINGHAM MARIA THEREZA ALVES – LHOLA AMIRA – JOËL ANDRIANOMEARISOA ARTREE NEPAL – SAMMY BALOJI – DENILSON BANIWA – BANKSTOWN POETRY SLAM – BE. – DION BEASLEY – JOHANNA BELL – NAMILA BENSON SISSEL M BERGH – HUMA BHABHA – BLACKTOWN NATIVE INSTITUTION KARIM BLEUS – ANNA BOGHIGUIAN – MOHAMED BOUROUISSA JOEL BRAY – BREAKING BREAD – ERIC BRIDGEMAN AND HAUS YURIYAL TANIA BRUGUERA – DR EMALANI CASE – VAJIKO CHACHKHIANI CLAUDIA CHIDIAC – CLUB ATE – COLECTIVO AYLLU – VICTORIA SANTA CRUZ – RANDY LEE CUTLER – JOSE DÁVILA – DEMIAN DINÉYAZHI AND R.I.S.E. – KARLA DICKENS – DOBBY – PRÉFÈTE DUFFAUT LÉULI ESHRĀGHI – ANDRE EUGENE – FAFSWAG – JES FAN LAFORTUNE FELIX – FIRST DOG ON THE MOON – BRIAN FUATA FUNPARK COALITION – NICHOLAS GALANIN – STUART GEDDES AND TRENT WALTER – FÁTIMA RODRIGO GONZALES – JOSEP GRAU-GARRIGA AMALA GROOM – RAMIN HAERIZADEH, ROKNI HAERIZADEH AND HESAM RAHMANIAN – LAWRENCE ABU HAMDAN – AZIZ HAZARA LILY HIBBERD – SARAH HOUBOLT – INFORMATION AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE (I.C.E.) – LUCAS IHLEIN AND KIM WILLIAMS – ILTJA NTJARRA / NAMATJIRA SCHOOL OF ART – ARTHUR JAFA – HANNAH CATHERINE JONES – NAPOLEON JONES-HENDERSON – EMILY KARAKA BRONWYN KATZ – UNCLE JOHN KELLY AND RENA SHEIN LINDA KENNEDY – KYLIE KWONG – TAREK LAKHRISSI – LUKA LESSON BARBARA MCGRADY – IBRAHIM MAHAMA – KULIMOE’ANGA STONE MAKA NOŊGIRRŊA MARAWILI – TERESA MARGOLLES – AUNTY DEIDRE MARTIN MISHECK MASAMVU – KATARINA MATIASEK – MAYUNKIKI – JOHN MILLER AND ELISAPETA HETA – JOTA MOMBAÇA – MOSTAFF MUCHAWAYA PROF SIR ZANELE MUHOLI – THE MULKA PROJECT – MELANIE MUNUNGGURR-WILLIAMS – MZ RIZK – ELICURA CHIHUAILAF NAHUELPÁN NARDEAN – PAULO NAZARETH – S.J NORMAN – MUSA N NXUMALO SITTI OBESO – MANUEL OCAMPO – ERKAN ÖZGEN – PARRAMATTA FEMALE FACTORY PRECINCT AND PYT FAIRFIELD – TAQRALIK PARTRIDGE ROSANA PAULINO – PHASMAHAMMER (FKA JUSTIN SHOULDER) LAURE PROUVOST – BHENJI RA – READING OCEANIA – LISA REIHANA ANDREW REWALD – LUCIENNE RICKARD – RIPPLE EFFECT SHAHEED / WITNESS / KASHMIR – STARTTS – ADRIAN STIMSON STUDIO A – ANDERS SUNNA – SUOHPANTERROR – ELLE-MÁIJÁ TAILFEATHERS – LATAI TAUMOEPEAU – SEINI TAUMOEPEAU TENNANT CREEK BRIO – WARWICK THORNTON – GINA ATHENA ULYSSE AHMED UMAR – UNBOUND COLLECTIVE – MATIKA WILBUR KUNMANARA MUMU MIKE WILLIAMS – PEDRO WONAEAMIRRI 4
22ND BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 14 MARCH – 8 JUNE 2020
MESSAGE FROM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Yiradhu marang (good day) … NIRIN celebrates artworks by over 100 artists across NIRIN is an opportunity to see first-hand how Sydney
six venues. Entry to these venues is free: Art Gallery and Australia is a world stage for arts and culture. It
I welcome you all to three months of a world of art of New South Wales, Artspace, Campbelltown Arts demonstrates how artists have the power to inspire
and creativity carved into many spaces around Sydney Centre, Cockatoo Island, Museum of Contemporary and lead through difficult global times such as
and connecting to places and people around Australia Art Australia and the National Art School. For the first environmental catastrophe, urgent states of conflict and
and the world! time, artists from Nepal, Georgia, Afghanistan, Sudan reframing histories in a time when 2020 also shines
NIRIN is a Wiradjuri (Aboriginal) word meaning edge and is and Ecuador will participate in the Biennale of Sydney, light on the Captain Cook commemorations in Australia.
supported by themes that inspire us: as well as a large representation of First Nations artist There are many turning points in the world right now –
– DHAAGUN (Earth: Sovereignty and Working Together); from around the world. From Brazilian performance artist come and be a part of this story and immerse yourself,
– BAGARAY-BANG (Healing); Jota Mombaça, video artist Arthur Jafa from the USA, your family and friends in inspiration, change and
– YIRAWY–DHURAY (Yam-Connection: Food); Mayunkiki sharing Ainu cultural practices from Japan, imagined futures.
– GURRAY (Transformation); the collective Adrift Lab sharing international sciences on The Biennale of Sydney has been alive since 1973;
– MURIGUWAL GIILAND (Different Stories); the impact of plastics in our oceans, and Ghanaian artist if you have not yet explored this international art event,
– NGAWAAL-GUYUNGAN (Powerful-Ideas: The Power Ibrahim Mahama stages a huge immersive installation now is the time!
of Objects); and, that reflects on global trade.
– BILA (River: Environment). As well as these artists, the exhibition expands to an We at the Biennale of Sydney welcome you all!
In times when we all crave new pathways and to make interconnected and grass roots program called NIRIN Mandaang guwu (happy, thank you),
solid our own imaginations for the future, NIRIN brings WIR (edge of the sky). This program focuses on Sydney Brook Andrew
together artists, performers, communities, scientists and as an expansive, global city comprised of vibrant,
thinkers from around the globe to inspire and reflect on complex villages, and is a major partnership with the
our world today. They will share artworks, insights, ideas Powerhouse Museum, and a series of activations and
and actions that create opportunities for engagement creative partnerships with Blacktown Native Institution,
and excitement and share global Indigenous knowledge Parramatta Female Factory Precinct and PYT Fairfield,
systems. This is a time for all people from all walks of life Bankstown Poetry Slam, 4ESydney HipHop Festival, City
to explore familiar, urgent and new issues that are created of Sydney Libraries, Randwick City Council, Inner West
within expressions of art, culture and performance. Council, tertiary institutions around the country, community
organisations and more.
Stay overnight Stay for the day
For the ultimate Biennale experience, enjoy a getaway or staycation right Discover the layered history, tranquil picnic spots and waterfront cafés.
in the heart of Sydney Harbour.
Enjoy the panoramic harbour views during Biennale and a program of guided
Enjoy a short ferry ride to Cockatoo Island, see the exhibits and stay in and self-guided tours for all ages. See what’s on including:
our heritage housing, apartments and campground.
– Sunset Sessions, our live music series
Use code BIENNALE when you book for a 20% discount on all accommodation. – Ghost tours including Ghostyard and the Overnight Fright Experience and
much more.
Visit cockatooisland.gov.au for more information
CockatooIslandSydneyHarbour @cockatooisland
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22ND BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 14 MARCH – 8 JUNE 2020
BOOKINGS ACCESS TRANSPORT
Entry to the exhibition is free. Advanced booking The Biennale of Sydney is striving to create a stimulating We encourage you to use public transport when travelling
is not required for admission to the exhibition. art experience for all to enjoy. Please contact us by phone to and from all Biennale of Sydney venues. To plan your
on 02 8484 8702 or email at programs@ trip via public transport, visit transportnsw.info and use
The Biennale of Sydney also presents a range biennaleofsydney.com.au to talk about what we can do Trip Planner or call 131 500.
of accompanying free and ticketed events. to welcome you to the 22nd Biennale of Sydney.
There are different ways to pay for your travel on public
Tickets for all events can be purchased COMPANION CARD transport in NSW.
through the Biennale of Sydney website at Companion Card holders qualify for a complimentary
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debit or mobile device or buy an Opal single ticket to pay
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10 am–5 pm daily on Cockatoo Island from 14 March – This will be one charge per day, not each time you travel.
8 June 2020. For specific information on accessibility at all Please check with your card issuer.
Biennale venues, visit biennaleofsydney.art/access.
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POWERHOUSE RAMIN HAERIZADEH, ROKNI
HAERIZADEH AND HESAM
MUSEUM RAHMANIAN: I PREFER TALKING TO
DOCTORS ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE
ENTRY
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3 For FREE general entry during installation
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(2–6, 9–13 March) and exhibition (14 March – 8 June),
register online at maas.museum/biennaleofsydney
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22ND BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 14 MARCH – 8 JUNE 2020
PROGRAM Gina Athena Ulysse:
An Equitable
Our Path: Linda Kennedy
10 am – 5 pm
aabaakwad 2020:
NIRIN
Human Assertion Cockatoo Island, Biloela House 11 am – 5 pm
BOOKINGS www.biennaleofsydney.art/events 12 pm – 1 pm
Free Cockatoo Island
Cockatoo Island Join Linda Kennedy, a Yuin $350 4-day pass
DAY 1 Ramin Haerizadeh, Free (Bookings required) woman, every Sunday on Cockatoo $300 concession
SATURDAY 14 MARCH Rokni Haerizadeh An Equitable Human Assertion is a
Island for a series of creative Day 2 of a four-day Indigenous-led
workshops that share culture,
and Hesam Rahmanian: site-specific rasanblaj (a gathering) history and politics, encouraging
conference.
Bushwalk with I Prefer Talking of ideas, things, people and spirits. continued conversations at home.
to Doctors About Artist Talks
Aunty Deidre Martin
Something Else Adrift Lab MzRizk: Ahla Wa Sahlan 12 pm – 1.30 pm
9 am – 10.30 am Art Gallery of NSW, Campbelltown
Dharawal National Park 10 am – 5 pm 12 pm – 3.30 pm 10 am – 5 pm Arts Centre, Cockatoo Island,
Powerhouse Museum Cockatoo Island National Art School,
$15 (Bookings required) Museum of Contemporary Art
Free (Bookings required) Free (Bookings required) Cell Block Theatre and National Art School
Join Aunty Deidre Martin on a guided Free
Ramin, Rokni and Hesam’s Adrift Lab, in collaboration with Free (Bookings required)
Indigenous bushwalk through beautiful
collaborative work is created using Detached Cultural Organisation, A tribute to Lebanon, MzRizk’s
Dharawal National Park and learn Exhibiting artists will offer insight into
objects from the Powerhouse highlight the impact of plastic pollution immersive audio work highlights the
about the Australian landscape from a their artistic practice, influences and
Museum’s collection. Incorporating on oceans and marine life by fostering importance of music and sound in the
Koori perspective. The walk traverses inspiration for the works on display.
and disorganising artefacts, the artists a culture of curiosity expressed construct of cultural identity.
the O’Hares Creek Lookout and is Visit our website for the full program
make a sweeping arc across themes through art, science and education.
an inclusive walk where guests of all of artist talks in each venue.
of grief, body and healing. Their Visit their space on Cockatoo Island
abilities and ages are welcome.
installation also includes the video for a glimpse into their research and Ramin, Rokni and Hesam
For Caspian Sea by Iranian artists work on Lord Howe Island. 10 am – 5 pm NIRIN HAIVETA:
NIRIN HAIVETA Javad Azimi and Hamid Hosseini. Powerhouse Museum Performance
10 am Visitors are also invited to view the Artist Talks Free (Bookings required) 6 pm – 8 pm
Sydney Olympic Park Wharf to collaborative installation process An evolving installation using objects Cockatoo Island Wharf
11.30 am – 4 pm
Cockatoo Island Wharf from 2–6 and 9–13 March. from the Powerhouse Museum’s
Art Gallery of NSW, Campbelltown $30 / $25 concession
2 pm Presented by the Powerhouse Museum. collection.
Arts Centre, Cockatoo Island, Visit our website for the program.
Cockatoo Island Wharf to
Museum of Contemporary Art
Sydney Olympic Park Wharf
NIRIN NGAAY and National Art School
Free (Bookings required)
10 am – 6 pm Free (Bookings required)
NIRIN HAIVETA will transport Aesop The Rocks aabaakwad 2020: NIRIN
Exhibiting artists including Karla
Western Sydney residents from Free Dickens, The Mulka Project,
Sydney Olympic Park Wharf to
Nicholas Galanin, Teresa Margolles,
SATURDAY 14 MARCH – TUESDAY 17 MARCH
Cockatoo Island for free every Artists Trent Walter and Stuart
Geddes present a visual installation Hannah Catherine Jones, Joël Sydney Opera House, Cockatoo Island and
Saturday. Interpreting and abstracting
Polynesian, Melanesian and of the NIRIN NGAAY artist book in Andrianomearisoa, Tennant Creek Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Aesop’s store in The Rocks. Brio and Lisa Reihana will offer insight $350 4-day pass
Micronesian tattoo motifs, Melbourne
into their artistic practice, influences $300 concession
arts and cultural collective BE., in
and inspiration for the works on
collaboration with Rosman Cruises, Guided Tours: display. Visit our website for the full
have created a vessel that celebrates
Cockatoo Island program of artist talks in each venue.
women’s mark-making through visual
representation and interpretation. 11 am, 12 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub In Conversation:
Free (Bookings required) Léuli Eshrāghi and
Brian Fuata:
APPARITIONAL Join our tour guides in delving deeper Chantelle Otten
into the artists projects and find out
CHARLATAN – MINOR more about the themes behind NIRIN.
2 pm – 3 pm
APPEARANCES (2020) Cockatoo Island, Building 124
Free
10 am – 10.30 am NIRIN Yarn:
MCA steps Sexual health and wellness expert
Free Dion Beasley with Chantelle Otten and NIRIN artist
Brian Fuata’s improvisations use Johanna Bell Léuli Eshrāghi will unpack the
perceived Western fragility towards aabaakwad (it clears after a storm) is a four-day event focused on
the image of the ghost as narrative 11 am – 12 pm
sex and pleasure and reveal new shifting the current global interest in Indigenous arts to be one that is
departure; each site-specific Powerhouse Museum
ways of seeing sex. For ages 18+ Indigenous-led. This event is centred on informal, in-depth conversations
performance opens portals that $30 / $25 concession (licensed venue). between international Indigenous and other artists, curators and scholars.
hang between truth and fiction.
Dion Beasley – an artist who is Supported by babylikestopony. The event features Wanda Nanibush, Adrian Stimson, Vernon Ah
impacted by a deafness and muscular Kee, Lisa Reihana, Biung Ismahasan and more. Experience dynamic
NIRIN Performances dystrophy – and author Johanna Bell aabaakwad 2020: NIRIN dialogue examining themes, materials and experiences in contemporary
10 am – 11 am hold an illustrated conversation about Indigenous art practice globally over four days at Sydney’s leading arts
5 pm – 9 pm and culture institutions. Presented with Art Gallery of Ontario, Museum of
Aesop Sydney the making of their Cheeky Dogs
Sydney Opera House Contemporary Art and Sydney Opera House.
Free books, the joys and discomforts of
$350 4-day pass
cross-cultural collaboration and what’s
Intimate performances by NIRIN $300 concession
possible when you chip away at the
artists held in Aesop Sydney’s aabaakwad (it clears after a storm) is a
amphitheatre.
edges of entrenched practice to create NIRIN NGAAY DAY 3
new, hybrid forms of storytelling. four-day event focused on shifting the
current global interest in Indigenous 10 am – 6 pm MONDAY 16 MARCH
Presented by the Powerhouse Museum.
arts to be one that is Indigenous-led. Aesop The Rocks
This event is centred on informal, Free
in-depth conversations between A visual installation of the NIRIN
NIRIN NGAAY
Indigenous artists, curators and NGAAY artist book in Aesop’s store 10 am – 6 pm
NIRIN YARN WITH DION BEASLEY scholars from Australia, New Zealand, in The Rocks. Aesop The Rocks
the United States and Canada. Free
SATURDAY 14 MARCH
Presented with Art Gallery of Ontario,
11 am – 12 pm
Museum of Contemporary Art and NIRIN HAIVETA: Artists Trent Walter and Stuart
Powerhouse Museum Performance Geddes present a visual installation
Sydney Opera House.
of the NIRIN NGAAY artist book in
$30 / $25 concession 10.30 am – 11 am Aesop’s store in The Rocks.
Commissioner’s Steps
Free
DAY 2 Guided Tours:
Gather by the sea as Pasifika voices
SUNDAY 15 MARCH from Western Sydney bring NIRIN
Cockatoo Island
HAIVETA to life. Presented with BE 11 am and 2 pm
and Rosman Cruises. Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
Brian Fuata: Free (Bookings required)
APPARITIONAL Guided Tours: Join our tour guides in delving
CHARLATAN – MINOR Cockatoo Island deeper into the artist projects, and
APPEARANCES (2020) 11 am, 12 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm
find out more about the themes
10 am – 10.30 am behind NIRIN.
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
MCA steps
Free (Bookings required)
Free aabaakwad 2020:
Dion Beasley is an artist who lives in Tennant Creek. Impacted by Join our tour guides in delving deeper
deafness and muscular dystrophy, Dion uses drawing to communicate with A site-specific improvisational into the artist projects, and find out NIRIN
the world. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary performance. more about the themes behind NIRIN. 11 am – 8 pm
Art and the National Gallery of Australia and, for eight years, Dion has Museum of Contemporary Art
collaborated with Darwin-based author Johanna Bell on the Cheeky Dogs Australia
picture book series. In this yarn, Dion and Johanna share an illustrated $350 4-day pass
conversation about the making of their books, the joys and discomforts of $300 concession
cross-cultural collaboration and what’s possible when you chip away at the Day 3 of a four-day Indigenous-led
edges of entrenched practice to create new, hybrid forms of storytelling. conference.
Presented by the Powerhouse Museum.
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22ND BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 14 MARCH – 8 JUNE 2020
PROGRAM DAY 6
THURSDAY 19 MARCH
DAY 8
SATURDAY 21 MARCH
Breaking Bread:
Cross Winds /
Cross Currents
BOOKINGS www.biennaleofsydney.art/events Guided Tours: Guided Tours: 12 pm – 2.30 pm
Sydney Observatory
La Perouse La Perouse Free (Bookings required)
PRIVATE TOURS: NIRIN 9.30 am – 11 am 9.30 am – 11 am
Inspired by an optimism for new
La Perouse, Cann Park La Perouse, Cann Park
SATURDAY 14 MARCH – MONDAY 8 JUNE utopias, Breaking Bread collaborate
$10 $10
with a range of Sydney-based
Cockatoo Island Take a guided tour from the Take a guided tour from the native practitioners who share their ethos
$250 per group (max. 25 people) native bush and coastline of La bush and coastline of La Perouse of food and food sharing as a
Perouse (Guriwal) to La Perouse (Guriwal) to La Perouse Museum. generative activity that can birth new
Museum and learn about the understandings.
local Indigenous community’s Presented by the Powerhouse
NIRIN HAIVETA
unbroken connection to Country. Museum and the Triangle Network.
10 am
Sydney Olympic Park Wharf to
Tony Albert: Cockatoo Island Wharf Sunset Sessions
Healing Land, 2 pm 5 pm – 8 pm
Remembering Country Cockatoo Island Wharf to Cockatoo Island
Sydney Olympic Park Wharf $30 (Children under 12 free)
10 am – 2 pm
Get the most out of your visit to the Biennale of Sydney by booking a Free (Bookings required)
Cockatoo Island Watch the sunset over the harbour
private tour of the works on Cockatoo Island. Our tour guides will delve NIRIN HAIVETA will transport Western
Free while enjoying two hours of live
deeper into the artists projects and the themes of NIRIN. Private tours run Sydney residents from Sydney
Share thoughts and wishes for an acoustic music by Taj Ralph and
for approximately 2 hours and can be tailored for any professional or social Olympic Park Wharf to Cockatoo
alternative narrative for children Elizabeth Fader.
group. Contact the Biennale team to discuss your day at the Biennale. Island for free every Saturday.
and young people who were – and Presented by Harbour Trust.
are – incarcerated, as part of the
DAY 4 ARTplay revegetation project at the Blacktown Tony Albert: Talking Circles
Native Institution. Healing Land,
TUESDAY 17 MARCH 10 am – 11 am and 11 am – 12 pm 4.30 pm – 6.30 pm
Museum of Contemporary Art Remembering Country Parramatta Female Factory Precinct
Australia: Level 3 NIRIN NGAAY 10 am – 2 pm Free (Bookings required)
NIRIN NGAAY $7 per family / Free entry for 10 am – 6 pm Cockatoo Island Gather around a campfire setting – a
10 am – 6 pm MCA Family Members Aesop The Rocks Free physical and cultural space for women
Aesop The Rocks Engage all the senses in this weekly Free – sharing stories, remembering lived
Share thoughts and wishes for an
Free creative play session for children 5 A visual installation of the NIRIN experiences and resilience, and
alternative narrative for children
A visual installation of the NIRIN years and under. Get ready to explore NGAAY artist book in Aesop’s store anticipating a future for all Australians.
and young people who were – and
NGAAY artist book in Aesop’s store a range of exhibition-related games in The Rocks. Presented with Parramatta Female
are – incarcerated, as part of the
in The Rocks. and toys, settle into the story corner, Factory Precinct, PYT Fairfield and
revegetation project at the Blacktown
read a book and join in at music time. Darug Tribal Aboriginal Association.
Guided Tours: Native Institution.
abaakwad 2020: NIRIN Cockatoo Island
10 am – 6.30 pm Tony Albert: NIRIN NGAAY
11 am and 2 pm
Museum of Contemporary Art Healing Land, 10 am – 6 pm DAY 9
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
Australia Remembering Country Aesop The Rocks
$350 4-day pass
Free (Bookings required) SUNDAY 22 MARCH
10 am – 2 pm Free
$300 concession Join our guides for a 45-minute tour.
Cockatoo Island
A visual installation of the NIRIN
Day 4 of an Indigenous-led conference. Free Guided Tours:
NGAAY artist book in Aesop’s store
Tony Albert invites visitors to his in The Rocks. La Perouse
Guided Tour: Parramatta greenhouse to write on paper DAY 7 9.30 am – 11 am
Female Factory Precinct implanted with Kangaroo grass seeds.
FRIDAY 20 MARCH Guided Tours: La Perouse, Cann Park
Sharing thoughts and wishes for an $10
11 am Cockatoo Island
alternative narrative for children and
Parramatta Female Factory Precinct Take a guided tour from the native
young people who were – and are Guided Tours: 11 am, 12 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm
Free (Bookings required) – incarcerated, the letters will form bush and coastline of La Perouse
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
The Parramatta Female Factory part of the revegetation project at the Cockatoo Island (Guriwal) to La Perouse Museum.
Free (Bookings required)
Precinct is a place of significant Blacktown Native Institution. 11 am and 2 pm
history; its past is a maze of Cockatoo Island, Information Hub Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. Our Path: Linda Kennedy
stories and questions about the Free (Bookings required)
NIRIN NGAAY 10 am – 5 pm
early colony, and the vulnerable Cockatoo Island, Biloela House
10 am – 6 pm Join our guides for a 45-minute tour.
women and children who were Free
confined to its various institutions Aesop The Rocks
from 1821 to 1983. It has a special Free Join Linda Kennedy, a Yuin
association with Forgotten Australians woman, every Sunday on Cockatoo
A visual installation of the NIRIN
and the Stolen Generations. NGAAY artist book in Aesop’s store SARAH HOUBOLT’S AUDIO WALKS Island for a series of creative
workshops that share culture,
in The Rocks. SATURDAY 14 MARCH – MONDAY 8 JUNE history and politics, encouraging
Guided Tours: Any time on Spotify (tiny.cc/biennalesydneyspotify) continued conversations at home.
Cockatoo Island Guided Tours: Art Gallery of NSW, Artspace and National Art School
11 am and 2 pm Cockatoo Island Free MzRizk: Ahla Wa Sahlan
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub 11 am and 2 pm 10 am – 5 pm
Free (Bookings required) Cockatoo Island, Information Hub National Art School,
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. Free (Bookings required) Cell Block Theatre
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. Free
In Conversation: A tribute to Lebanon, MzRizk’s
Léuli Eshrāghi and Art After Hours immersive audio work highlights the
importance of music and sound in
Chantelle Otten 5 pm – 10 pm
the construct of cultural identity.
6 pm – 7 pm Art Gallery of NSW Physical theatre performer and access advocate Sarah Houbolt responds
babylikestopony store, Darlinghurst Free to the streets of Sydney through a personal, multi-sensory lens. Funny
and experiential, Sarah layers sound and narrative in a poetic account of NIRIN NGAAY
$30 / $25 concession See NIRIN after hours and enjoy
what life is like, and what it could be, as she traverses her side of the street 10 am – 6 pm
Sexual health and wellness expert a special edition of talks, tours and
between the Art Gallery of NSW, Artspace and National Art School. Aesop The Rocks
Chantelle Otten and NIRIN artist music celebrating the art and artists
Free
Léuli Eshrāghi unpack Western in the 22nd Biennale of Sydney.
ideas of sex and pleasure. A visual installation of the NIRIN
Life (and Death) Youth-led Guided Tours: NGAAY artist book in Aesop’s store
NIRIN Film Program
in the Abstract 12 pm – 12.30 pm and 2 pm – 2.30 pm in The Rocks.
8.30 pm Museum of Contemporary Art
1.30 pm – 3 pm
Golden Age Cinema and Bar
DAY 5 $22.50 / $18 concession Abel Tasman Village, Chester Hill Australia Guided Tours:
Free
WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH Free (Bookings required) Cockatoo Island
The beautifully restored art deco The MCA Young Guides are a group
I.C.E. invites you to exercise, dance 11 am, 12 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm
cinema inside Surry Hills’ heritage- of 15 to 21-year old volunteers who
and make art with frail and dementia- Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
Guided Tour: listed Paramount House will host
affected residents of Abel Tasman are trained to give public tours and
three evening screenings during Free (Bookings required)
Campbelltown Arts Centre Village. Led by artists Naomi Oliver, bring their unique perspectives to the
the Biennale. Visit our website for Museum’s exhibitions and collections. Join our guides for a 45-minute tour.
10 am – 11 am Liam Benson and Victoria Harbutt,
film listings Join this smart, thought-provoking
Campbelltown Arts Centre DJ Black President and Care Manager,
Sophia Markwell, the program tours exploring the themes of NIRIN at
Free the MCA. Meet in the foyer – look out
contemplates and honours existence
Join our guided tour of the works in and oblivion (your own). Experience for the green ‘Tour Starts Here’ sign!
the 22nd Biennale of Sydney. your future. No watchers please.
8
22ND BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 14 MARCH – 8 JUNE 2020
Breaking Bread: Guided Tour: are – incarcerated, as part of the Auslan Tour DAY 14
Cross Winds / Campbelltown Arts Centre revegetation project at the Blacktown
Native Institution.
7.30 pm – 8.30 pm FRIDAY 27 MARCH
Cross Currents 10 am – 11 am Art Gallery of NSW
Campbelltown Arts Centre Free (Bookings required)
12 pm – 2.30 pm NIRIN NGAAY NIRIN NGAAY
Sydney Observatory Free Join an artist from the deaf community
10 am – 6 pm for a tour of the 22nd Biennale of 10 am – 6 pm
Free (Bookings required) Join our guided tour of the works in Aesop The Rocks
Aesop The Rocks Sydney. Delivered in Auslan and
Inspired by an optimism for new the 22nd Biennale of Sydney. Free
Free interpreted into English, this tour is for
utopias, Breaking Bread collaborate visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing.
A visual installation of the NIRIN A visual installation of the NIRIN
with a range of Sydney-based ARTplay NGAAY artist book in Aesop’s store NGAAY artist book in Aesop’s store
practitioners who share their ethos
10 am – 11 am and 11 am – 12 pm in The Rocks. NIRIN Film Program in The Rocks.
of food and food sharing as a
generative activity that can birth new Museum of Contemporary Art
8.30 pm
Australia: Level 3 Guided Tours:
understandings. Guided Tours: QT Sydney, Screening Room
$7 per family / Free entry for MCA
Presented by the Powerhouse Cockatoo Island $30 screening Cockatoo Island
Museum and the Triangle Network. Family Members
11 am and 2 pm Beneath the heritage façade of the 11 am and 2 pm
Engage all the senses in this QT Sydney lies an historic gem – Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
weekly creative play session a 1930s theatrette which will screen
Free (Bookings required) Free (Bookings required)
for children 5 years and under. films during the Biennale. Visit our
DAY 10 Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. website for film listings
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour.
MONDAY 23 MARCH
NIRIN NGAAY BLACKTOWN NATIVE INSTITUTION GATHERINGS
DAY 13 Life (and Death)
10 am – 6 pm SUNDAY 22 MARCH, 5 APRIL AND 3 MAY
THURSDAY 26 MARCH
Aesop The Rocks 10 am – 1 pm in the Abstract
Free Blacktown Native Institution 1.30 pm – 3 pm
A visual installation of the NIRIN Free Tony Albert: Abel Tasman Village, Chester Hill
NGAAY artist book in Aesop’s store Healing Land, Free (Bookings required)
in The Rocks. Remembering Country I.C.E. invites you to exercise, dance
10 am – 2 pm and make art with frail and dementia-
Guided Tours: Cockatoo Island affected residents of Abel Tasman
Cockatoo Island Free Village. Led by artists Naomi Oliver,
Liam Benson and Victoria Harbutt,
11 am and 2 pm Share thoughts and wishes for an
DJ Black President and Care
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub alternative narrative for children
Manager, Sophia Markwell,
Free (Bookings required) and young people who were – and
the program contemplates and
are – incarcerated, as part of the
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. honours existence and oblivion
revegetation project at the Blacktown
(your own). Experience your
Native Institution.
future. No watchers please.
Nura (Country) speaks. Guided by her, as a site of Dreaming, she is life, NIRIN NGAAY 4ESydney
DAY 11 ceremony and songlines. She represents identity, traditions, culture,
10 am – 6 pm
TUESDAY 24 MARCH struggle and survival. She is resilient. Through ceremony and art, Country HipHop Festival
will rejuvenate, regenerate, heal and resonate; a continued and unbroken Aesop The Rocks
7 pm – 9 pm
connection to Nura as Dharug people. The Blacktown Native Institution Free
Cockatoo Island, Building 124
NIRIN NGAAY site will host a series of public gatherings to promote the site and its history A visual installation of the NIRIN $30 / $25 concession
10 am – 6 pm and encourage community cohesion. NGAAY artist book in Aesop’s store
in The Rocks. The 4ESydney HipHop Festival will
Aesop The Rocks light up Cockatoo Island using the
Free NIRIN GATHERINGS power of words to impart global
A visual installation of the NIRIN SATURDAY 6 JUNE – SUNDAY 7 JUNE
Guided Tours: truths. The program amplifies
NGAAY artist book in Aesop’s store 3 pm – 8 pm and 10 am – 2 pm Cockatoo Island important voices like Rhyan Clapham
in The Rocks. 11 am and 2 pm aka DOBBY, who journeys back to
Blacktown Native Institution site Brewarrina in north west New South
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
Free Wales to connect to his family’s
Guided Tours: This series of community events will culminate in a ceremonial gathering
Free (Bookings required)
history in River Story, Nardean’s
Cockatoo Island and unveiling of works by Dharug artists Leanne Tobin, Vanessa Possum, Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. powerful declaration of “The New
11 am and 2 pm Leanne Mulgo Watson, Adam King, Julie Bukari Webb and Corina Era” in Western Sydney, and Luka
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub Wiali Norman. Supported by Blacktown City Council, Create NSW Reading NIRIN: Lesson’s poetic assault on the city in
and Blacktown Arts in conjunction with the Crown Resorts Foundation. Where There’s Smoke. For ages 18+
Free (Bookings required) NIRIN NGAAY (licensed venue).
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. 6 pm – 8 pm
Darling Square Library
Tony Albert: Art After Hours Free (Bookings required)
5 pm – 10 pm The NIRIN NGAAY reading
DAY 12 Healing Land,
Art Gallery of NSW group is envisioned as an open,
WEDNESDAY Remembering Country interdisciplinary discursive space.
Free
25 MARCH 10 am – 2 pm The session is an opportunity to
See NIRIN after hours and enjoy a engage with the innovative texts,
Cockatoo Island
special edition of talks, tours and writers and artists featured in the
Free
music celebrating the art and artists Biennale reader, NIRIN NGAAY.
Share thoughts and wishes for an in the 22nd Biennale of Sydney. Presented by the City of Sydney
alternative narrative for children
and supported by Aesop and The
and young people who were – and
Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
9
22ND BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 14 MARCH – 8 JUNE 2020
PROGRAM DAY 17
MONDAY 30 MARCH
Tony Albert:
Healing Land,
powerful declaration of “The New
Era” in Western Sydney, and Luka
Remembering Country
BOOKINGS www.biennaleofsydney.art/events Lesson’s poetic assault on the city in Guided Tours: 10 am – 2 pm
Where There’s Smoke. For ages 18+ Cockatoo Island
Cockatoo Island
DAY 15 Youth-led Guided Tours: (licensed venue). Free
11 am and 2 pm
SATURDAY 28 MARCH 12 pm – 12.30 pm and 2 pm – 2.30 pm
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
Share thoughts and wishes for an
Museum of Contemporary Art alternative narrative for children
Australia Free (Bookings required)
and young people who were – and
NIRIN HAIVETA Free DAY 16 Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. are – incarcerated, as part of the
10 am The MCA Young Guides are a group SUNDAY 29 MARCH revegetation project at the Blacktown
Sydney Olympic Park Wharf to of 15 to 21-year old volunteers who Native Institution.
Cockatoo Island Wharf are trained to give public tours and
2 pm bring their unique perspectives to the True Nourishment DAY 18 Guided Tours:
Cockatoo Island Wharf to
Sydney Olympic Park Wharf
Museum’s exhibitions and collections. 8.30 am – 2.30 pm TUESDAY 31 MARCH Cockatoo Island
Join this smart, thought-provoking Wayside Chapel
Free (Bookings required) 11 am and 2 pm
tours exploring the themes of NIRIN at Pay What You Can ticket (All ticket
the MCA. Meet in the foyer – look out Tours for Tots Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
NIRIN HAIVETA will transport Western sales donated to the Wayside Chapel)
Sydney residents from Sydney for the green ‘Tour Starts Here’ sign! Free (Bookings required)
As ambassador for Wayside 10.30 am – 11.30 am
Olympic Park Wharf to Cockatoo Art Gallery of NSW Join our guides for a 45-minute tour.
Chapel, chef Kylie Kwong invites
Island for free every Saturday. Projections #2 + NIRIN $30 per child (with one adult)
the Biennale audience to explore
2 pm the concept of ‘true nourishment’ Does your pre-schooler love to make
NIRIN Performances Art Gallery of NSW through preparing food, serving art? Develop their creativity and
10 am – 11 am Free the charity’s visitors, and sharing improve fine motor skills through
Aesop Sydney respect for the people, stories and this fun artmaking tour of the
View Khalik Allah’s acclaimed film places behind the food that we eat. Gallery. For ages 3–5, with an adult.
Free Black Mother (2018), a spiritual
Intimate performances by NIRIN journey through Jamaica. Our Path: Linda Kennedy
artists held in Aesop Sydney’s
amphitheatre. 10 am – 5 pm
NIRIN Film Program Cockatoo Island, Biloela House TRUE NOURISHMENT
2 pm – 4 pm Free
Tony Albert: Campbelltown Arts Centre
SUNDAY, 29 MARCH AND 3 MAY
Join Linda Kennedy, a Yuin 8.30 am – 2.30 pm
Healing Land, $10 woman, every Sunday on Cockatoo
Remembering Country Visit our website for film listings. Island for a series of creative Wayside Chapel
10 am – 2 pm workshops that share culture, PWYC ticket (all ticket sales donated to the Wayside Chapel)
Cockatoo Island Sunset Sessions history and politics, encouraging
Free continued conversations at home.
5 pm – 8 pm
Share thoughts and wishes for an Cockatoo Island
alternative narrative for children $30 (Children under 12 free) MzRizk: Ahla Wa Sahlan
and young people who were – and 10 am – 5 pm
Watch the sunset over the harbour
are – incarcerated, as part of the National Art School,
while enjoying two hours of live
revegetation project at the Blacktown Cell Block Theatre
acoustic music by Ella Haber with
Native Institution. Free
Indira Elias.
Presented by Harbour Trust. A tribute to Lebanon, MzRizk’s
NIRIN NGAAY immersive audio work highlights the
10 am – 6 pm 4ESydney importance of music and sound in the
Aesop The Rocks construct of cultural identity.
Free
HipHop Festival
7 pm – 9 pm
A visual installation of the NIRIN NIRIN NGAAY As ambassador for Wayside Chapel, chef Kylie Kwong invites the Biennale
Cockatoo Island, Building 124
NGAAY artist book in Aesop’s store 10 am – 6 pm audience to explore the concept of ‘true nourishment’ through preparing
in The Rocks. $30 / $25 concession
Aesop The Rocks food, serving the charity’s visitors, and sharing respect for the people,
The 4ESydney HipHop Festival will Free stories and places behind the food that we eat. Held on a Sunday – a day
light up Cockatoo Island using the of rest and reflection – this transformative mealtime experience will involve
Guided Tours: power of words to impart global A visual installation of the NIRIN ceremony, storytelling, and shared gratitude, with sustainable food and
Cockatoo Island truths. The program amplifies NGAAY artist book in Aesop’s store native ingredients as the binding force of this encounter.
important voices like Rhyan Clapham in The Rocks. Supported by Kate Mills.
11 am, 12 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub aka DOBBY, who journeys back to
Free (Bookings required)
Brewarrina in north west New South Guided Tours:
Wales to connect to his family’s
Cockatoo Island Guided Tour: Parramatta
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. history in River Story, Nardean’s MCA Sounds on
11 am, 12 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm Female Factory Precinct
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
the Terrace
11 am
NIRIN NGAAY Free (Bookings required) Parramatta Female Factory Precinct 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Museum of Contemporary Art
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. Free (Bookings required)
9 MARCH – 29 MARCH Australia: Level 4
10 am – 6 pm Discover the stories and Free
NIRIN Film Program history of this significant site.
Aesop The Rocks Experience the magic of Circular
Free 4 pm Quay from the prime vantage point of
The Old Clare Hotel Guided Tours: the MCA Terrace. Sit back and relax
Free (Bookings required) Cockatoo Island with live music (bands and musicians
11 am and 2 pm will be announced shortly).
The Old Clare Hotel presents a
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub Enjoy drinks and nibbles from the
series of powerful short films by
artists including Mayaw Biho 馬躍‧
MCA Cafe’s seasonal menu and then
Free (Bookings required)
比吼 (Taiwan) and Raphaela Rosella
check out NIRIN til 9pm – perfect for
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. those who can’t visit the gallery during
(Australia).
working hours.
4ESydney
HipHop Festival DAY 19
7 pm – 9 pm WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL DAY 20
Cockatoo Island, Building 124 THURSDAY 2 APRIL
$30 / $25 concession
Guided Tour:
NGAAY is a Wiradjuri word meaning ‘see’. Published as part of the 22nd The 4ESydney HipHop Festival will
Campbelltown Arts Centre Tony Albert:
Biennale of Sydney, NIRIN NGAAY is a space where many voices in one light up Cockatoo Island using the
power of words to impart global 10 am – 11 am Healing Land,
textual or visual form or another are free to tell their stories. For three
weeks, printmaker Trent Walter and designer Stuart Geddes will present truths. The program amplifies Campbelltown Arts Centre Remembering Country
a visual installation of this artist book in Aesop’s store in The Rocks. important voices like Rhyan Clapham Free 10 am – 2 pm
aka DOBBY, who journeys back to Join our guided tour of the works in Cockatoo Island
Brewarrina in north west New South
RELATIVE PERMANENCE the 22nd Biennale of Sydney. Free
Wales to connect to his family’s
Share thoughts and wishes for an
SATURDAY 14 MARCH – MONDAY 8 JUNE history in River Story, Nardean’s
9 am – 7 pm powerful declaration of “The New ARTplay alternative narrative for children
Era” in Western Sydney, and Luka 10 am – 11 am and 11 am – 12 pm and young people who were – and
Aesop Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art are – incarcerated, as part of the
Lesson’s poetic assault on the city in
Free Where There’s Smoke. For ages 18+ Australia: Level 3
revegetation project at the Blacktown
Evolving seasonally, the Autumn digital art exhibition at Aesop Sydney is (licensed venue). Native Institution.
$7 per family / Free entry for
titled Relative Permanence, and draws on the central themes of NIRIN – MCA Family Members
of coming together to collectively reflect and give visibility to the
challenges we face. Presented by Aesop. Engage all the senses in this weekly
creative play session for children 5
years and under.
10I descend from the central region of Sudan, the land of
the ancient kingdom of Kush and the black pharaohs.
In Sudan we say: ‘Dying within a group of like-minded
people is a feast.’ I feel I am in within my group.
– Ahmed Umar
Ahmed Umar, 2019. Photograph: Ahmed Umar22ND BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 14 MARCH – 8 JUNE 2020
PROGRAM Tony Albert:
Healing Land,
DAY 28
FRIDAY 10 APRIL
share culture, history and politics,
encouraging continued conversations
Remembering Country
BOOKINGS www.biennaleofsydney.art/events at home. 10 am – 2 pm Guided Tours:
Cockatoo Island
Guided Tours: NIRIN Performances Cockatoo Island
Free
Guided Tours: 11 am and 2 pm
Cockatoo Island 10 am – 11 am Share thoughts and wishes for an
Aesop Sydney
Cockatoo Island Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
11 am and 2 pm alternative narrative for young people
11 am, 12 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm Free (Bookings required)
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub Free who were – and are – incarcerated, as
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub part of the revegetation project at the Join our guides for a 45-minute tour.
Free (Bookings required) Intimate performances by NIRIN
Free (Bookings required) Blacktown Native Institution.
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. artists held in Aesop Sydney’s
amphitheatre. Join our guides for a 45-minute tour.
DAY 21 Tony Albert: Brian Fuata:
TO COOK COOK OR NOT
FRIDAY 3 APRIL Healing Land, APPARITIONAL
CHARLATAN – MINOR WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL
Remembering Country 6 pm – 9 pm
APPEARANCES (2020)
Guided Tours: 10 am – 2 pm
Sydney Town Hall, Centennial Hall
Cockatoo Island 1 pm – 3 pm
Cockatoo Island National Art School, $30 / $25 concession
Free
11 am and 2 pm Cell Block Theatre
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub Share thoughts and wishes for an
Free
Free (Bookings required) alternative narrative for children
and young people who were – and A site-specific improvisational
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. are – incarcerated, as part of the performance.
revegetation project at the Blacktown
Life (and Death) Native Institution. Bankstown Poetry Slam
in the Abstract 7 pm – 9 pm
1.30 pm – 3 pm Guided Tours: Cockatoo Island, Turbine Hall
Abel Tasman Village, Chester Hill Cockatoo Island $30 / $25 concession
Free (Bookings required) 11 am, 12 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm Bankstown’s iconic poetry slam takes
I.C.E. invites you to exercise, dance Cockatoo Island, Information Hub residence on Cockatoo Island for an
and make art with frail and dementia- Free (Bookings required) electrifying night of spoken word from On the 250th anniversary of Cook’s landing, we challenge the dominant
affected residents of Abel Tasman Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. Western Sydney’s best writer-poets. narrative that the arrival of a British sailor who pillaged his way across the
Village. Led by artists Naomi Oliver, Pacific is a more impressive story than the 60,000 years of continuous
Liam Benson and Victoria Harbutt, history of Australia’s Indigenous people. On 29 April 2020, First Nations
DJ Black President and Care Bankstown Poetry Slam
artists will take centre stage in one of our most historic buildings – Sydney
Manager, Sophia Markwell, 7 pm – 9 pm DAY 24 Town Hall – to flip this flawed history and debate the question: ‘To cook
the program contemplates and Cockatoo Island, Turbine Hall Cook or not?’ Featuring Wesley Enoch, Brook Andrew, Joel Bray,
honours existence and oblivion $30 / $25 concession
MONDAY 6 APRIL
Melanie Mununggurr-Williams, DOBBY and Ripple Effect.
(your own). Experience your Supported by The Balnaves Foundation.
Bankstown’s iconic poetry slam takes
future. No watchers please. Access Workshop
residence on Cockatoo Island for an
electrifying night of spoken word from 11 am – 12.30 pm
Bankstown Poetry Slam Western Sydney’s best writer-poets. Art Gallery of NSW
Guided Tours: DAY 29
7 pm – 9 pm Free (Bookings required)
Cockatoo Island, Turbine Hall Cockatoo Island SATURDAY 11 APRIL
An artist-led experience for adults
$30 / $25 concession with specific needs, and their 11 am and 2 pm
Bankstown’s iconic poetry slam takes DAY 23 companions, allowing participants Cockatoo Island, Information Hub Bushwalk with
residence on Cockatoo Island for an SUNDAY 5 APRIL to express their own creativity in Free (Bookings required) Aunty Deidre Martin
electrifying night of spoken word from an exciting and encouraging way. Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. 9 am – 10.30 am
Western Sydney’s best writer-poets.
The Gulbangali Dharawal National Park
Dharug Nura Project: Guided Tours: NIRIN Film Program $15 (Bookings required)
Community Gathering Cockatoo Island 8.30 pm Join Aunty Deidre Martin on a guided
11 am and 2 pm QT Sydney, Screening Room
DAY 22 10 am – 1 pm
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub $30 screening
Indigenous bushwalk through beautiful
Oakhurst, Blacktown Native Institution Dharawal National Park and learn
SATURDAY 4 APRIL Free (Bookings required) Visit our website for film listings. about the Australian landscape from a
Free
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. Koori perspective. The walk traverses
Through ceremony and art, Country the O’Hares Creek Lookout and is
NIRIN HAIVETA will rejuvenate, regenerate, heal and an inclusive walk where guests of all
10 am resonate. The gathering will include abilities and ages are welcome.
Sydney Olympic Park Wharf to a children’s workshop and men’s DAY 27
Cockatoo Island Wharf and women’s cultural yarning circles. DAY 25 THURSDAY 9 APRIL
2 pm NIRIN HAIVETA
Cockatoo Island Wharf to
TUESDAY 7 APRIL
Our Path: Linda Kennedy 10 am
Sydney Olympic Park Wharf Tony Albert: Sydney Olympic Park Wharf to
10 am – 5 pm Guided Tours:
Free (Bookings required) Healing Land, Cockatoo Island Wharf
Cockatoo Island, Biloela House
NIRIN HAIVETA will transport Cockatoo Island Remembering Country 2 pm
Free Cockatoo Island Wharf to
Western Sydney residents from 11 am and 2 pm 10 am – 2 pm
Sydney Olympic Park Wharf to Sydney Olympic Park Wharf
Join Linda Kennedy, a Yuin woman, Cockatoo Island, Information Hub Cockatoo Island
Cockatoo Island for free every every Sunday on Cockatoo Island for Free (Bookings required)
Free (Bookings required) Free
Saturday. a series of creative workshops that NIRIN HAIVETA will transport Western
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. Share thoughts and wishes for an Sydney residents from Sydney
alternative narrative for children Olympic Park Wharf to Cockatoo
and young people who were – and Island for free every Saturday.
GINA ATHENA ULYSSE are – incarcerated, as part of the
SATURDAY 14 MARCH DAY 26 revegetation project at the Blacktown
Tony Albert:
Native Institution.
12 pm – 1 pm WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL Healing Land,
Cockatoo Island Guided Tours: Remembering Country
Free (Bookings required) Guided Tour: Cockatoo Island 10 am – 2 pm
Campbelltown Arts Centre 11 am and 2 pm Cockatoo Island
10 am – 11 am Cockatoo Island, Information Hub Free
Campbelltown Arts Centre Free (Bookings required) Share thoughts and wishes for an
Free alternative narrative for children
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour.
and young people who were – and
Join our guided tour of the works in are – incarcerated, as part of the
the 22nd Biennale of Sydney. Reading NIRIN: revegetation project at the Blacktown
NIRIN NGAAY Native Institution.
ARTplay 6 pm – 8 pm
10 am – 11 am and 11 am – 12 pm Darling Square Library Guided Tours:
Museum of Contemporary Art Free (Bookings required) Cockatoo Island
Australia: Level 3
An Equitable Human Assertion is a site-specific rasanblaj (a gathering) $7 per family / Free entry for MCA The NIRIN NGAAY reading group 11 am, 12 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm
of ideas, things, people and spirits. This installation-performance by Gina is an opportunity to engage with the Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
Family Members
Athena Ulysse – a feminist interdisciplinary artist – cautiously assembles innovative texts, writers and artists Free (Bookings required)
physical and sonic materials in a movement toward wholeness and a Engage all the senses in this weekly featured in the Biennale reader,
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour.
quest for beauty in nature, despite our human tendency to denigrate the creative play session for children 5 NIRIN NGAAY.
earth and each other. years and under.
1222ND BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 14 MARCH – 8 JUNE 2020
Youth-led Guided Tours: Brian Fuata: Art in Action
12 pm – 12.30 pm and 2 pm – 2.30 pm APPARITIONAL MOVERS & MAKERS 10 am – 5 pm
Museum of Contemporary Art CHARLATAN – MINOR Cockatoo Island
Australia SATURDAY 23 MAY Free
APPEARANCES (2020) 10 am – 6 pm
Free Visit our website for daily family art
1 pm – 3 pm
The MCA Young Guides are a group National Art School, Parramatta Artists’ Studios activities.
of 15 to 21-year old volunteers who Cell Block Theatre Free (Bookings required)
are trained to give public tours and Free School Holiday
bring their unique perspectives to the
Museum’s exhibitions and collections. A site-specific improvisational Workshop:
Join this smart, thought-provoking performance. Better Together
tours exploring the themes of NIRIN at 10.30 am – 1 pm
the MCA. Meet in the foyer – look out Museum of Contemporary Art
for the green ‘Tour Starts Here’ sign! Australia: Level 3
DAY 31 $10 / $7.50 MCA Members and
Brian Fuata: MONDAY 13 APRIL concession
APPARITIONAL Free for MCA Family
CHARLATAN – MINOR Art in Action
Get to know the artists exhibiting at
the MCA as part of the Biennale with
APPEARANCES (2020) 10 am – 5 pm
Parramatta Artists’ Studios (PAS) is a centre that nurtures and supports
artists and artistic communities. Together, the Biennale of Sydney and an interactive family tour and art-
1 pm – 1.30 pm Cockatoo Island making workshop.
PAS are committed to providing spaces for artists and audiences to
Queen Victoria Building, The Dome Free
make, experience and discuss contemporary arts. Movers and Makers
Free
Curator of Western Sydney’s Way is an open day that connects artists and presents potential pathways to Guided Tours:
A site-specific improvisational professional opportunities.
performance.
Out West Children’s Festival Claudia Cockatoo Island
Chidiac responds to the themes of
11 am and 2 pm
NIRIN, creating an intergenerational
NIRIN Film Program program that promotes participation School Holiday Art in Action Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
2 pm – 4 pm and exchange. Visit our website for Workshop: 10 am – 5 pm Free (Bookings required)
Campbelltown Arts Centre daily activities. Better Together Cockatoo Island Join our guides for a 45-minute tour.
$10 concession 10.30 am – 1 pm Free
Visit our website for film listings. Museum of Contemporary Art Visit our website for daily family FUNPARK Workshops
Australia: Level 3 art activities. 12 pm – 3 pm
$10 / $7.50 MCA Members and Bidwill Square, Bidwill
concession
Guided Tours: Free (Bookings required)
Free for MCA Family
BREAKING BREAD Cockatoo Island FUNPARK offers free, fun
Get to know the artists exhibiting workshops for young people
SATURDAY 21 MARCH – SUNDAY 22 MARCH 11 am and 2 pm
at the MCA as part of the Biennale aged 4-20 years – led by artists
12 pm – 2.30 pm Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
with an interactive family tour. Then, from the Mount Druitt community.
head into the Creative Studios and Free (Bookings required)
Sydney Observatory
experiment with a range of materials Join our guides for a 45-minute tour.
Free (Bookings required)
and techniques to create your very
own original work of art.
FUNPARK Workshops DAY 35
Guided Tours:
12 pm – 3 pm FRIDAY 17 APRIL
Bidwill Square, Bidwill
Parramatta Female Free (Bookings required)
Factory Precinct School Holiday
Explore art with ecologists and
11 am augmented reality inventors, spin a
Workshops
Parramatta Female Factory Precinct yarn with local Elders and old-time 9.30 am – 4 pm
Free (Bookings required) residents and drum your heart out with National Art School
Discover the stories and Pacifica musicians. FUNPARK offers $100 (Unless otherwise specified)
history of this significant site. free, fun workshops for young people Students aged 6-15 start their
aged 4-20 years – led by artists from artmaking journey through workshops
the Mount Druitt community. that explore the themes of the NIRIN.
Guided Tours:
Cockatoo Island NIRIN Film Program Art in Action
11 am and 2 pm 8.30 pm
Cross Winds / Cross Currents is an improvisation where cuisine meets art. Cockatoo Island, Information Hub 10 am – 5 pm
Golden Age Cinema and Bar Cockatoo Island
Inspired by an optimism for new utopias, Breaking Bread collaborate with a Free (Bookings required) $22.50 / $18 concession
range of Sydney-based practitioners who share their ethos of food and food Free
sharing as a generative activity that can birth new understandings. Join our guides for a 45-minute tour. Visit our website for film listings.
Visit our website for daily family art
Presented by the Powerhouse Museum and the Triangle Network. activities.
DAY 33 DAY 34 Guided Tours:
DAY 30 Guided Tours: WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL THURSDAY 16 APRIL Cockatoo Island
SUNDAY 12 APRIL Cockatoo Island 11 am and 2 pm
11 am and 2 pm Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
School Holiday Guided Tours: Free (Bookings required)
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub
Namila Benson: Free (Bookings required)
Workshops La Perouse Join our guides for a 45-minute tour.
Artist Interview Series 9.30 am – 4 pm 9.30 am – 11 am
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour.
10 am – 12 pm National Art School La Perouse, Cann Park
$100 (Unless otherwise specified)
FUNPARK Workshops
National Art School, $10
Cell Block Theatre 12 pm – 3 pm
Students aged 6-15 start their Take a guided tour from the native Bidwill Square, Bidwill
Free artmaking journey through workshops
DAY 32 that explore the themes of the NIRIN.
bush and coastline of La Perouse Free (Bookings required)
Namila Benson’s interviews with (Guriwal) to La Perouse Museum.
NIRIN artists will be broadcast in the
TUESDAY 14 APRIL FUNPARK offers free, fun
workshops for young people
Cell Block Theatre. Interviews are Guided Tour: School Holiday aged 4-20 years – led by artists
prerecorded; this is not a live event. School Holiday Campbelltown Arts Centre Workshops from the Mount Druitt community.
Interviews will also be available on the
Workshops 10 am – 11 am 9.30 am – 4 pm
Biennale of Sydney podcast on Spotify.
9.30 am – 4 pm Campbelltown Arts Centre National Art School
National Art School Free $100 (Unless otherwise specified)
Our Path: Linda Kennedy $100 (Unless otherwise specified)
Join our guided tour of the works in Students aged 6-15 start their DAY 36
10 am – 5 pm
Cockatoo Island, Biloela House
Students aged 6-15 start their the 22nd Biennale of Sydney. artmaking journey through workshops SATURDAY 18 APRIL
artmaking journey by using a variety that explore the themes of the NIRIN.
Free of different materials to build on
Join Linda Kennedy, a Yuin their ideas and understanding Tony Albert: Healing Guided Tours:
woman, every Sunday on Cockatoo of art and the world. Workshops Land, Remembering Tony Albert:
La Perouse
Island for a series of creative will explore the themes of the Country Healing Land,
9.30 am – 11 am
workshops that share culture, 22nd Biennale of Sydney.
10 am – 2 pm Remembering Country La Perouse, Cann Park
history and politics, encouraging 10 am – 2 pm
Cockatoo Island $10
continued conversations at home.
Art In Action Free Cockatoo Island
Take a guided tour from the native
10 am – 5 pm Share thoughts and wishes for an Free bush and coastline of La Perouse
Guided Tours: Cockatoo Island Share thoughts and wishes for an
alternative narrative for children (Guriwal) to La Perouse Museum.
Cockatoo Island Free and young people who were – and alternative narrative for children
11 am, 12 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm Visit our website for daily family are – incarcerated, as part of the and young people who were – and
Cockatoo Island, Information Hub art activities. revegetation project at the Blacktown are – incarcerated, as part of the
Free (Bookings required) Native Institution. revegetation project at the Blacktown
Native Institution.
Join our guides for a 45-minute tour.
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