Program 2022






































































Past Events
11 November
Electric Man
9:30am — 5pm Artist: Diego PizarroInspired by the qualities of Superman, Batman and Spiderman, Electric Man is a tracks worker who becomes a superhero when he encounters an electric fuse box at Footscray Station.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ The Substation
+ Footscray Station, Seddon Station, Yarraville Station, Spotswood Station and Newport Station
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue
9:30am — 5pm Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsCreated particularly for the Vietnamese community and their allies, House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue addresses settler colonial legacies of monolingualism and its impact on minority languages, power and subjectivity.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ West Space
STREET PARTY (Opening Night)
5pm – 10pm Artist: Djirri Djirri Dance Group, Colette, Soul & Storm, Ausecuma Beats, DJ Naycab, Claddy, KomangAn exciting and dynamic opening night for Neighbourhood Festival - come along and experience what our unique program has to offer!
FreeFootscray’s Nicholson Street Mall
Woke in Fright
12pm – 6pm Artist: Veeky, EJ Son, Ip Wai Lung, April Lin 林森, Jaime Emily Powell, Ari Tampubolon, Li Hanwei, Nikki Lam (curator) and Mat Spisbah (curator)Woke in Fright brings together artists who challenge a myriad of dystopian functions of our absurdist society.
FreeThe Substation
12 November
Between Us
9pm – 12am Artist: Michaela GleaveParticipate in a public art and community engagement project that considers ‘the space between’. Created by visual artist Michaela Gleave, the project is a collaborative love letter to western suburbs of Melbourne - and beyond.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ The Substation
Electric Man
9:30am — 5pm Artist: Diego PizarroInspired by the qualities of Superman, Batman and Spiderman, Electric Man is a tracks worker who becomes a superhero when he encounters an electric fuse box at Footscray Station.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ The Substation
+ Footscray Station, Seddon Station, Yarraville Station, Spotswood Station and Newport Station
Woke in Fright
12pm – 6pm Artist: Veeky, EJ Son, Ip Wai Lung, April Lin 林森, Jaime Emily Powell, Ari Tampubolon, Li Hanwei, Nikki Lam (curator) and Mat Spisbah (curator)Woke in Fright brings together artists who challenge a myriad of dystopian functions of our absurdist society.
FreeThe Substation
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue: Hát Xe Buýt (Singing Bus)
10:00am Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsA bus-ride co-curated by Hoang Tran Nguyen and Lana Nguyen will ferry audiences across the two exhibitions.
$10 one wayFootscray Community Arts
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue: Hát Xe Buýt (Singing Bus)
11:30am Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsA bus-ride co-curated by Hoang Tran Nguyen and Lana Nguyen will ferry audiences across the two exhibitions.
$10 one wayFootscray Community Arts
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue: Hát Xe Buýt (Singing Bus)
1:30pm Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsA bus-ride co-curated by Hoang Tran Nguyen and Lana Nguyen will ferry audiences across the two exhibitions.
$10 one wayFootscray Community Arts
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue: Hát Xe Buýt (Singing Bus)
3:00pm Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsA bus-ride co-curated by Hoang Tran Nguyen and Lana Nguyen will ferry audiences across the two exhibitions.
$10 one wayFootscray Community Arts
13 November
16 November
Body Crysis / 身體災變
9pm Artist: Harrison Hall, Sam Mcgilp and NAXS Future featuring Prairie WWWWBody Crysis is an untethered performance for digital morphologies concerning motion capture, immersive 3D technologies and live performance.
$25 — $35The Substation
Sub~Lingual
11am – 4pm Artist: Jake Treacy (curator), Alexander Powers, Serwah Attafuah, Visaya Hoffie, Athena ThebusSub~Lingual is an exhibition of play and subversion through the pluralisms of language and translation.
FreeIncinerator Gallery
Woke in Fright
12pm – 6pm Artist: Veeky, EJ Son, Ip Wai Lung, April Lin 林森, Jaime Emily Powell, Ari Tampubolon, Li Hanwei, Nikki Lam (curator) and Mat Spisbah (curator)Woke in Fright brings together artists who challenge a myriad of dystopian functions of our absurdist society.
FreeThe Substation
17 November
Body Crysis / 身體災變
9pm Artist: Harrison Hall, Sam Mcgilp and NAXS Future featuring Prairie WWWWBody Crysis is an untethered performance for digital morphologies concerning motion capture, immersive 3D technologies and live performance.
$25 — $35The Substation
Sub~Lingual
11am – 4pm Artist: Jake Treacy (curator), Alexander Powers, Serwah Attafuah, Visaya Hoffie, Athena ThebusSub~Lingual is an exhibition of play and subversion through the pluralisms of language and translation.
FreeIncinerator Gallery
The Dreaming Project
8:15pm – 9:45pm Artist: Dylan Singh, Tarryn Love, Monica Jasmine Karo, Brent Watkins, Ivan Masic, Lee Ramseyer Bache, Kiara Malcolm, Edan PorterDrawing inspiration from ceremony and cultural connection, The Dreaming Project celebrates multiple elements of Aboriginal dreamtime.
$20 — $30Footscray Community Arts
Woke in Fright
12pm – 6pm Artist: Veeky, EJ Son, Ip Wai Lung, April Lin 林森, Jaime Emily Powell, Ari Tampubolon, Li Hanwei, Nikki Lam (curator) and Mat Spisbah (curator)Woke in Fright brings together artists who challenge a myriad of dystopian functions of our absurdist society.
FreeThe Substation
18 November
Body Crysis / 身體災變
9pm Artist: Harrison Hall, Sam Mcgilp and NAXS Future featuring Prairie WWWWBody Crysis is an untethered performance for digital morphologies concerning motion capture, immersive 3D technologies and live performance.
$25 — $35The Substation
Sub~Lingual
11am – 4pm Artist: Jake Treacy (curator), Alexander Powers, Serwah Attafuah, Visaya Hoffie, Athena ThebusSub~Lingual is an exhibition of play and subversion through the pluralisms of language and translation.
FreeIncinerator Gallery
The Dreaming Project
8:15pm – 9:45pm Artist: Dylan Singh, Tarryn Love, Monica Jasmine Karo, Brent Watkins, Ivan Masic, Lee Ramseyer Bache, Kiara Malcolm, Edan PorterDrawing inspiration from ceremony and cultural connection, The Dreaming Project celebrates multiple elements of Aboriginal dreamtime.
$20 — $30Footscray Community Arts
Woke in Fright
12pm – 6pm Artist: Veeky, EJ Son, Ip Wai Lung, April Lin 林森, Jaime Emily Powell, Ari Tampubolon, Li Hanwei, Nikki Lam (curator) and Mat Spisbah (curator)Woke in Fright brings together artists who challenge a myriad of dystopian functions of our absurdist society.
FreeThe Substation
19 November
Electric Man
4pm — 6pm Artist: Diego PizarroInspired by the qualities of Superman, Batman and Spiderman, Electric Man is a tracks worker who becomes a superhero when he encounters an electric fuse box at Footscray Station.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ The Substation
+ Footscray Station, Seddon Station, Yarraville Station, Spotswood Station and Newport Station
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue
4pm – 6pm Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsCreated particularly for the Vietnamese community and their allies, House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue addresses settler colonial legacies of monolingualism and its impact on minority languages, power and subjectivity.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ West Space
Body Crysis / 身體災變
9pm Artist: Harrison Hall, Sam Mcgilp and NAXS Future featuring Prairie WWWWBody Crysis is an untethered performance for digital morphologies concerning motion capture, immersive 3D technologies and live performance.
$25 — $35The Substation
Sub~Lingual
11am – 4pm Artist: Jake Treacy (curator), Alexander Powers, Serwah Attafuah, Visaya Hoffie, Athena ThebusSub~Lingual is an exhibition of play and subversion through the pluralisms of language and translation.
FreeIncinerator Gallery
The Dreaming Project
8:15pm – 9:45pm Artist: Dylan Singh, Tarryn Love, Monica Jasmine Karo, Brent Watkins, Ivan Masic, Lee Ramseyer Bache, Kiara Malcolm, Edan PorterDrawing inspiration from ceremony and cultural connection, The Dreaming Project celebrates multiple elements of Aboriginal dreamtime.
$20 — $30Footscray Community Arts
Woke in Fright
12pm – 6pm Artist: Veeky, EJ Son, Ip Wai Lung, April Lin 林森, Jaime Emily Powell, Ari Tampubolon, Li Hanwei, Nikki Lam (curator) and Mat Spisbah (curator)Woke in Fright brings together artists who challenge a myriad of dystopian functions of our absurdist society.
FreeThe Substation
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue: Hát Xe Buýt (Singing Bus)
10:00am Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsA bus-ride co-curated by Hoang Tran Nguyen and Lana Nguyen will ferry audiences across the two exhibitions.
$10 one wayFootscray Community Arts
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue: Hát Xe Buýt (Singing Bus)
11:30am Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsA bus-ride co-curated by Hoang Tran Nguyen and Lana Nguyen will ferry audiences across the two exhibitions.
$10 one wayFootscray Community Arts
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue: Hát Xe Buýt (Singing Bus)
1:30pm Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsA bus-ride co-curated by Hoang Tran Nguyen and Lana Nguyen will ferry audiences across the two exhibitions.
$10 one wayFootscray Community Arts
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue: Hát Xe Buýt (Singing Bus)
3:00pm Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsA bus-ride co-curated by Hoang Tran Nguyen and Lana Nguyen will ferry audiences across the two exhibitions.
$10 one wayFootscray Community Arts
20 November
Kids Club
2pm – 5pm Artist: MzRizk, L2R dance, DagogoKids Club is a fun, inclusive and safe space for families, toddlers and kids of all ages to come and relax with friends and family.
$15 per ticketFootscray Community Arts
+ Indoor Performance Space
Sub~Lingual
11am – 4pm Artist: Jake Treacy (curator), Alexander Powers, Serwah Attafuah, Visaya Hoffie, Athena ThebusSub~Lingual is an exhibition of play and subversion through the pluralisms of language and translation.
FreeIncinerator Gallery
The Dreaming Project
8:15pm – 9:45pm Artist: Dylan Singh, Tarryn Love, Monica Jasmine Karo, Brent Watkins, Ivan Masic, Lee Ramseyer Bache, Kiara Malcolm, Edan PorterDrawing inspiration from ceremony and cultural connection, The Dreaming Project celebrates multiple elements of Aboriginal dreamtime.
$20 — $30Footscray Community Arts
22 November
Electric Man
10am–5pm Artist: Diego PizarroInspired by the qualities of Superman, Batman and Spiderman, Electric Man is a tracks worker who becomes a superhero when he encounters an electric fuse box at Footscray Station.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ The Substation
+ Footscray Station, Seddon Station, Yarraville Station, Spotswood Station and Newport Station
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue
10am–5pm Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsCreated particularly for the Vietnamese community and their allies, House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue addresses settler colonial legacies of monolingualism and its impact on minority languages, power and subjectivity.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ West Space
23 November
Electric Man
10am–5pm Artist: Diego PizarroInspired by the qualities of Superman, Batman and Spiderman, Electric Man is a tracks worker who becomes a superhero when he encounters an electric fuse box at Footscray Station.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ The Substation
+ Footscray Station, Seddon Station, Yarraville Station, Spotswood Station and Newport Station
Whose Gonna Love ‘Em?
I am that i AM
7.30pm – 8:30pm
Artist: Kamarra Bell-Wykes (writer/Director), Maggie Church-Kopp (Actor), Maurial Spearim (Actor), Corey Saylor Brunskill (Actor), Gina Gascoigne (Lighting Design)
A post-traumatic work about grief, love redemption and finding our way home.
$20 — $30Footscray Community Arts
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue
10am–5pm Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsCreated particularly for the Vietnamese community and their allies, House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue addresses settler colonial legacies of monolingualism and its impact on minority languages, power and subjectivity.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ West Space
Sub~Lingual
11am – 4pm Artist: Jake Treacy (curator), Alexander Powers, Serwah Attafuah, Visaya Hoffie, Athena ThebusSub~Lingual is an exhibition of play and subversion through the pluralisms of language and translation.
FreeIncinerator Gallery
Woke in Fright
12pm – 6pm Artist: Veeky, EJ Son, Ip Wai Lung, April Lin 林森, Jaime Emily Powell, Ari Tampubolon, Li Hanwei, Nikki Lam (curator) and Mat Spisbah (curator)Woke in Fright brings together artists who challenge a myriad of dystopian functions of our absurdist society.
FreeThe Substation
24 November
Electric Man
10am–5pm Artist: Diego PizarroInspired by the qualities of Superman, Batman and Spiderman, Electric Man is a tracks worker who becomes a superhero when he encounters an electric fuse box at Footscray Station.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ The Substation
+ Footscray Station, Seddon Station, Yarraville Station, Spotswood Station and Newport Station
Whose Gonna Love ‘Em?
I am that i AM
7.30pm – 8:30pm
Artist: Kamarra Bell-Wykes (writer/Director), Maggie Church-Kopp (Actor), Maurial Spearim (Actor), Corey Saylor Brunskill (Actor), Gina Gascoigne (Lighting Design)
A post-traumatic work about grief, love redemption and finding our way home.
$20 — $30Footscray Community Arts
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue
10am–5pm Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsCreated particularly for the Vietnamese community and their allies, House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue addresses settler colonial legacies of monolingualism and its impact on minority languages, power and subjectivity.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ West Space
I Am Carisma
7pm – 8pm Artist: Jonathan Homsey, MaggZ, Marnie Newton, Kerrtu LuikI Am Carisma spotlights the messiness of growing up; embraces the accidental and finds inspiration from the banal episodes of life.
$20 — $30Footscray Community Arts
Lele
7pm Artist: Western Edge; Michael Logo, Chanella Macri and Rexson PelmanA Western Edge production; an unapologetic exploration of the immigrant experience in Australia, and how our aiga survive and thrive in between worlds.
$25 Full | $19 Concession | $16 per ticket for groups of 6+The Bowery
Sub~Lingual
11am – 4pm Artist: Jake Treacy (curator), Alexander Powers, Serwah Attafuah, Visaya Hoffie, Athena ThebusSub~Lingual is an exhibition of play and subversion through the pluralisms of language and translation.
FreeIncinerator Gallery
With Water Up To Her Knees
8pm Artist: Lisa Lerkenfeldt, Tristan JallehDrawing from the artist’s field work and electroacoustic practices, piano and tape arrangements light up lost chambers and underground histories in a patchwork of reflective musique concrète, instrumental composition and surreal cinema.
$20 – $30The Substation
Woke in Fright
12pm – 6pm Artist: Veeky, EJ Son, Ip Wai Lung, April Lin 林森, Jaime Emily Powell, Ari Tampubolon, Li Hanwei, Nikki Lam (curator) and Mat Spisbah (curator)Woke in Fright brings together artists who challenge a myriad of dystopian functions of our absurdist society.
FreeThe Substation
25 November
Electric Man
10am–5pm Artist: Diego PizarroInspired by the qualities of Superman, Batman and Spiderman, Electric Man is a tracks worker who becomes a superhero when he encounters an electric fuse box at Footscray Station.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ The Substation
+ Footscray Station, Seddon Station, Yarraville Station, Spotswood Station and Newport Station
Whose Gonna Love ‘Em?
I am that i AM
7.30pm – 8:30pm
Artist: Kamarra Bell-Wykes (writer/Director), Maggie Church-Kopp (Actor), Maurial Spearim (Actor), Corey Saylor Brunskill (Actor), Gina Gascoigne (Lighting Design)
A post-traumatic work about grief, love redemption and finding our way home.
$20 — $30Footscray Community Arts
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue
10am–5pm Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsCreated particularly for the Vietnamese community and their allies, House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue addresses settler colonial legacies of monolingualism and its impact on minority languages, power and subjectivity.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ West Space
I Am Carisma
7pm – 8pm Artist: Jonathan Homsey, MaggZ, Marnie Newton, Kerrtu LuikI Am Carisma spotlights the messiness of growing up; embraces the accidental and finds inspiration from the banal episodes of life.
$20 — $30Footscray Community Arts
Lele
7pm Artist: Western Edge; Michael Logo, Chanella Macri and Rexson PelmanA Western Edge production; an unapologetic exploration of the immigrant experience in Australia, and how our aiga survive and thrive in between worlds.
$25 Full | $19 Concession | $16 per ticket for groups of 6+The Bowery
Sub~Lingual
11am – 4pm Artist: Jake Treacy (curator), Alexander Powers, Serwah Attafuah, Visaya Hoffie, Athena ThebusSub~Lingual is an exhibition of play and subversion through the pluralisms of language and translation.
FreeIncinerator Gallery
With Water Up To Her Knees
8pm Artist: Lisa Lerkenfeldt, Tristan JallehDrawing from the artist’s field work and electroacoustic practices, piano and tape arrangements light up lost chambers and underground histories in a patchwork of reflective musique concrète, instrumental composition and surreal cinema.
$20 – $30The Substation
Woke in Fright
12pm – 6pm Artist: Veeky, EJ Son, Ip Wai Lung, April Lin 林森, Jaime Emily Powell, Ari Tampubolon, Li Hanwei, Nikki Lam (curator) and Mat Spisbah (curator)Woke in Fright brings together artists who challenge a myriad of dystopian functions of our absurdist society.
FreeThe Substation
26 November
Between Us
9pm – 12am Artist: Michaela GleaveParticipate in a public art and community engagement project that considers ‘the space between’. Created by visual artist Michaela Gleave, the project is a collaborative love letter to western suburbs of Melbourne - and beyond.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ The Substation
Electric Man
10am–4pm Artist: Diego PizarroInspired by the qualities of Superman, Batman and Spiderman, Electric Man is a tracks worker who becomes a superhero when he encounters an electric fuse box at Footscray Station.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ The Substation
+ Footscray Station, Seddon Station, Yarraville Station, Spotswood Station and Newport Station
Whose Gonna Love ‘Em?
I am that i AM
1pm–2pm
Artist: Kamarra Bell-Wykes (writer/Director), Maggie Church-Kopp (Actor), Maurial Spearim (Actor), Corey Saylor Brunskill (Actor), Gina Gascoigne (Lighting Design)
A post-traumatic work about grief, love redemption and finding our way home.
$20 — $30Footscray Community Arts
Whose Gonna Love ‘Em?
I am that i AM
7.30pm – 8:30pm
Artist: Kamarra Bell-Wykes (writer/Director), Maggie Church-Kopp (Actor), Maurial Spearim (Actor), Corey Saylor Brunskill (Actor), Gina Gascoigne (Lighting Design)
A post-traumatic work about grief, love redemption and finding our way home.
$20 — $30Footscray Community Arts
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue
10am–4pm Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsCreated particularly for the Vietnamese community and their allies, House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue addresses settler colonial legacies of monolingualism and its impact on minority languages, power and subjectivity.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ West Space
But First We Eat
6pm – 9pm Artist: Jia Jia Chen and Claire LehmannThe project explores the foods of different cultures as well as the shared rituals surrounding the act of creating and sharing meals; a language of its own.
$65 — $105Footscray Community Arts
+ The Substation
I Am Carisma
3pm – 4pm Artist: Jonathan Homsey, MaggZ, Marnie Newton, Kerrtu LuikI Am Carisma spotlights the messiness of growing up; embraces the accidental and finds inspiration from the banal episodes of life.
$20 — $30Footscray Community Arts
I Am Carisma
7pm – 8pm Artist: Jonathan Homsey, MaggZ, Marnie Newton, Kerrtu LuikI Am Carisma spotlights the messiness of growing up; embraces the accidental and finds inspiration from the banal episodes of life.
$20 — $30Footscray Community Arts
Lele
2pm Artist: Western Edge; Michael Logo, Chanella Macri and Rexson PelmanA Western Edge production; an unapologetic exploration of the immigrant experience in Australia, and how our aiga survive and thrive in between worlds.
$25 Full | $19 Concession | $16 per ticket for groups of 6+The Bowery
Lele
7pm Artist: Western Edge; Michael Logo, Chanella Macri and Rexson PelmanA Western Edge production; an unapologetic exploration of the immigrant experience in Australia, and how our aiga survive and thrive in between worlds.
$25 Full | $19 Concession | $16 per ticket for groups of 6+The Bowery
Sub~Lingual
11am – 4pm Artist: Jake Treacy (curator), Alexander Powers, Serwah Attafuah, Visaya Hoffie, Athena ThebusSub~Lingual is an exhibition of play and subversion through the pluralisms of language and translation.
FreeIncinerator Gallery
Woke in Fright
12pm – 6pm Artist: Veeky, EJ Son, Ip Wai Lung, April Lin 林森, Jaime Emily Powell, Ari Tampubolon, Li Hanwei, Nikki Lam (curator) and Mat Spisbah (curator)Woke in Fright brings together artists who challenge a myriad of dystopian functions of our absurdist society.
FreeThe Substation
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue: Hát Xe Buýt (Singing Bus)
10:00am Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsA bus-ride co-curated by Hoang Tran Nguyen and Lana Nguyen will ferry audiences across the two exhibitions.
$10 one wayFootscray Community Arts
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue: Hát Xe Buýt (Singing Bus)
11:30am Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsA bus-ride co-curated by Hoang Tran Nguyen and Lana Nguyen will ferry audiences across the two exhibitions.
$10 one wayFootscray Community Arts
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue: Hát Xe Buýt (Singing Bus)
1:30pm Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsA bus-ride co-curated by Hoang Tran Nguyen and Lana Nguyen will ferry audiences across the two exhibitions.
$10 one wayFootscray Community Arts
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue: Hát Xe Buýt (Singing Bus)
3:00pm Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsA bus-ride co-curated by Hoang Tran Nguyen and Lana Nguyen will ferry audiences across the two exhibitions.
$10 one wayFootscray Community Arts
27 November
Electric Man
10am — 4pm Artist: Diego PizarroInspired by the qualities of Superman, Batman and Spiderman, Electric Man is a tracks worker who becomes a superhero when he encounters an electric fuse box at Footscray Station.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ The Substation
+ Footscray Station, Seddon Station, Yarraville Station, Spotswood Station and Newport Station
Whose Gonna Love ‘Em?
I am that i AM
7.30pm – 8:30pm
Artist: Kamarra Bell-Wykes (writer/Director), Maggie Church-Kopp (Actor), Maurial Spearim (Actor), Corey Saylor Brunskill (Actor), Gina Gascoigne (Lighting Design)
A post-traumatic work about grief, love redemption and finding our way home.
$20 — $30Footscray Community Arts
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue
10am–4pm Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsCreated particularly for the Vietnamese community and their allies, House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue addresses settler colonial legacies of monolingualism and its impact on minority languages, power and subjectivity.
FreeFootscray Community Arts
+ West Space
I Am Carisma
7pm – 8pm Artist: Jonathan Homsey, MaggZ, Marnie Newton, Kerrtu LuikI Am Carisma spotlights the messiness of growing up; embraces the accidental and finds inspiration from the banal episodes of life.
$20 — $30Footscray Community Arts
Sub~Lingual
11am – 4pm Artist: Jake Treacy (curator), Alexander Powers, Serwah Attafuah, Visaya Hoffie, Athena ThebusSub~Lingual is an exhibition of play and subversion through the pluralisms of language and translation.
FreeIncinerator Gallery
House of Mother Tongue, House of Other Tongue: Language & Community Symposium
10am – 4:30pm Artist: Hoang Tran Nguyen, ViệtSpeak and CollaboratorsEmerging from the loss of the Vietnamese Bilingual Program and based in Melbourne’s west, advocacy group ViệtSpeak will present the Language and Community Symposium.
$10 – $15Footscray Community Arts
Place
A multi artform festival program will take you all over the west of Melbourne, with a number of performances bringing fresh perspective to the meaning of place.
Community
Neighbourhood will spotlight the communities that make up our social fabric – platforming their voices to create social change and shape contemporary Australian identity.
Humanity
From individual reflection to shared experiences, the festival will connect you to broader issues; provide a safe place for conversation; and reveal to you the beauty of our common humanity.