Hot Night/Wet Junk - Mark du Potiers + Timothy Fairless
Interactive art, Live performance, Music - 2 November
This campy and playful event welcomes direct interaction from the audience! We make art together: Help us create a giant rainbow that shapes and changes the live art and sound made by MSTR. Using misting spray bottles of coloured water, you can influence the mood and room with the graffiti wall you create!
About the artists:
MSTR is a collaboration between long-term couple, Mark du Potiers and Timothy Fairless. MSTR is a rendezvous between sculpture and sound, merging their respective interests of visual and sound art into a new combination. Here, they explore multiple creative styles, cultural processes, meanings and understandings.
delphic - Danish Quapoor
Art exhibition - 25 to 27 October
delphic presents selected works from North Queensland based artist Danish Quapoor's ‘good grief’ series alongside complementary new works. These include illustrative biomorphic paintings on shaped, stretched paper, and an abstract animation. The exhibited fluid forms will illuminate the artist’s interrogation of shifting personal identity, familial relationships and grievances, and otherness within heteronormative regional contexts. These themes are layered with ambiguity, humour and misdirection. The works are also unified by their style, ostensible simplicity and sparse compositions.
OPENING EVENT
6-9pm Fri 25 Oct
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ARTIST TALK
Quapoor will provide insights into his processes, concepts and the works on display, along with context of his broader multidisciplinary arts practice.
10am Sat 26 Oct
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GALLERY OPENING HOURS
Fri 25 Oct -6-9pm
Sat 26 Oct - 9am-1pm
Sun 27 Oct - 9am-1pm
Free exhibition and events | Bookings are not required.
ARTIST BIO
Danish Quapoor was born 1989, Tulmur / Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. He is a visual artist, curator and writer based on Gurambilbarra / Townsville. His multidisciplinary practice predominantly spans ceramics, textiles, and illustrative painting, with forays into animation, murals, collage and photography. The artist was recently awarded the 2024 Percival Photographic Portrait Prize from Townsville City Galleries, and the inaugural 2023 School of Creative Arts Alumni Fellow from the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ). He was selected for Outerspace’s online SUPERCUT project (2022), and for QAGOMA’s Art as Exchange program on Girramay Country / Cardwell, North Queensland (2021). In his 15 years of exhibiting, Quapoor has held eight major and six minor solo exhibitions, been a lead artist in six collaborative exhibitions, and participated in over 70 group exhibitions. Quapoor holds a Master of Arts and Cultural Management from the University of Melbourne, and a Bachelor of Visual Arts and a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Creative Arts), Honours from UniSQ. He has had work, reviews and writing published in the Journal of Australian Ceramics, Art Guide, Imprint and Lemonade Letters.
Danish Quapoor - ‘delphic’ is presented by Melt. Melt Development Program is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
Image (L to R): Danish Quapoor, ‘two worlds’ and ‘undocking’, 2021-22, Acrylic and paint pen on stretched paper, 40.5 x 50.5cm each. Photograph: Amanda Galea.
NEW WAVES
NEW WAVES presents a hybrid trans-disciplinary event and exhibition exploring the intersection of art and the experiences of the d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Featuring art, film and music, the project seeks to draw connections between creativity and accessibility, and will be held at KEPK Studio from 26th September - 9th October in Magan-djin (Brisbane).
The opening event will feature a preview screening of the short film SOME KIND OF BLUE written and directed by Rae Choi, a keynote speech by deaf culture and community advocate Sophie Li, and an immersive sound bath with music by local composer Brodie McAllister, a collaborative piece inspired by Rae’s lived experiences as a hard-of-hearing person.
The sound bath and speeches will also be Auslan interpreted, captioned and accessible by livestream where possible (the film will not be streamed). Food and drinks from Green Beacon and Unico Zelo will be available for purchase at the event.
The accompanying NEW WAVES visual art exhibition will run from Thursday 26th September - Wednesday 9th October and is open to the public for free.
KEPK is wheelchair accessible and car parking and public transport is readily available nearby.
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SOME KIND OF BLUE (16mm, 16 minutes)
SOME KIND OF BLUE is a short film about a musician’s discovery of her hearing loss while struggling to reckon with the grief of losing her mother. Exploring the interplay between different kinds of loss, this story is based on writer/director Rae Choi’s own experiences with finding out as an adult that she is hard-of-hearing and has likely been so for a long time.
Writer/Director: Rae Choi; Producers: Sheree Ramage, Eleanor Somerville, Rae Choi, Main Cast: Rainbow Chan, Stefan Singh
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NEW WAVES is made possible through a Creative Sparks grant. The Creative Sparks Grant Program is an initiative of Brisbane City Council in partnership with the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
We also gratefully acknowledge our event partners KEPK, Deaf Connect, Unico Zelo and Green Beacon Brewing Co.
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This event will be held on stolen Yuggera and Turrbul land. We would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of these lands and that sovereignty has never been ceded. The lands we now live, work, create and build community on are Aboriginal land.
‘Drawing with Drone’ by Motoko Kikkawa
Art exhibition - 6 to 22 September
Opening event: Friday 6 Sep, 5pm
Drawing with a Drone by Motoko Kikkawa showcases a unique combination of traditional drawing techniques and contemporary technology.
Japanese artist based in Ōtepote Dunedin, NZ, Motoko Kikkawa drawing practice expands through diverse materials and approaches. Using paint brushes, pencils, ballpoint pens, paper cutting, and ceramics, the artist creates abstract forms and distinctive markings.
Born in Tokyo 1968, the artist has witnessed Japan's rapid technological evolution through the advent of fax machines, personal computers, the rise of the internet and mobile phones. Nowadays, concerns about AI advancement and increased control systems are becoming prevalent, with fears of job loss. Motoko encourages embracing imperfectness and considers that new creations incorporating unpredictable elements can inspire excitement and hope for the future.
Artist bio by Anna Knight, art critic and translator
Motoko Kikkawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1968 and after obtaining a degree in Philosophy at Nihon University, moved to Dunedin over twenty years ago. Graduating from the Dunedin School of Art in 2010, she has been a vibrant part of the local and national art scene from the outset, as her myriad solo or collective shows, residencies and performances up and down the country attest, in both public and private spaces.
A prolific visual artist primarily creating highly detailed works on paper, Kikkawa is also unafraid to test boundaries, genres and new materials (including video, kirigami from old wallpaper, kelp, clay and mushroom spore tests). She is a talented violinist who regularly plays with various formations and her music-making reflects her approach to art: she listens intently, picks up moods and keys, finding harmonies and atonal notes that suggest new pathways to explore.
Some of her most recent shows and residencies include: suite 2023 (Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 2023); Engine In Nature (Dunedin Fringe Festival, 2021); Reflections of Mind (Audiofoundation, Auckland, 2020); Whakarongo Whakaraupō (Stoddart Cottage, Diamond Harbour, 2023); After Us, Everything (RM Gallery, Auckland, 2022); Presentation Layer: NFT Forms, Platforms and Transference and Material Sense (Ilam Campus Gallery, Christchurch, 2022) and Shrinking Violet (Play_station Gallery, Wellington, 2020). Her recent violin and voice performances include: Whakarongo Whakaraupō – Festival of Sound (Christchurch, 2023); Pyramid Club (Wellington, 2021); Nowhere Festival (Audiofoundation, Whanganui, 2021) and Lines of Flight Festival (Dunedin, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013).
Opening event: Friday 6 Sep, 5pm
Closing event TBC
Exhibition on view September 6-22, opening hours TBC
Reflective Exchanges - Edoardo Hines
Art exhibition - 10 to 24 August
‘Reflective Exchanges’ showcases a selection of Edoardo Hines paintings and poems.
Edoardo explores the themes of self-perception and identity. Their work depicts abstracted self-reflective figures in the evolving nature of personal environments. “A portion of the paintings will represent the intimate nature of the studio space they practice in and the varied objects that hold metaphorical significance to them. The simplicity in the thought of finding beauty from commodities that are sometimes overlooked in day-to-day life as they believe a part of them is represented in the objects that exist and surround them as vessels of service.”
Edoardo’s visual and written body of work captures the artist’s psychological journey over the past six months, including moments of uncertainty, rebirth and personal growth.
Exhibition opening - Saturday 10 August, 5pm
Arcane Meatware
Art exhibition - 13 to 28 July
‘Arcane Meatware’ is at the boundary of conventional artistic practice, exploring the integration of our ancient heritage with modern innovation, driven by what the organizers call "meatware" - the human mind and body.
Arcane Meatware highlights the intrinsic connection between human consciousness and artistic expression, in contrast with today’s exponential advancements in digital hardware and software. The exhibition challenges how technology is currently redefining what is considered natural and how we express ourselves.
The works offer a unique perspective on the interconnectedness of the past, present, and future, inviting visitors to reflect on the timeless themes of existence, identity, and evolution.
Artists: Diz, Rahner, Josh Bluett
Opening event: Saturday 13 July, 5pm
On view from 13 to 28 July
MNM presents: submerged
Live music - Saturday 6 July, 7pm
MADE NOW MUSIC is excited to be welcoming the ever-innovative Koi Kingdom on their east coast tour in support the release of their 3rd album “Koi Kingdom” (releasing via Earshift Music) Also joining the lineup from interstate are Franklin | Carter (Timothy fFanklin and Maddison Carter) an energetic and grounding duo who are always searching, finding and reforming for the listeners with every performance. Thrilled to be able to hear such expansive groups again at our home away from home, KEPK!
// KOI KINGDOM
Renowned for their boundary-defying compositions and instrumental virtuosity, Koi Kingdom’s third and most ambitious self-titled album is a tale of transformation and resilience. This latest release delves into themes of friendship, loss, grief, rebirth, and joy, showcasing the special musical connection and shared creative vision that guitarist Marcos Villalta, bassist Stephen Hornby, and saxophonist Cheryl Durongpisitkul have nurtured over years of collaboration.
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Franklin/Carter is the duo of saxophonist Timothy Franklin and drummer Maddison Carter. They play music that is full of big ideas, chaos, and warmth. Having released their debut album “Umbra” via MNM in mid-2023 this performance marks their maiden voyage (as a group) to meanjin to perform the album in full.
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MNM acknowledges that we are located on the traditional lands of the Turrbal and Jagera nations. We extend our respects to their ancestors and elders past and present and emerging.
Madeleine Cocolas Bodies Album Launch
Live performances - Saturday 8 June, 7pm
Bodies explores similarities between bodies of water and human bodies and seeks to blur the boundaries between them. These works incorporate sounds of water I recorded on recent trips to the Australian coastline as well as creeks and waterfalls in Far North Queensland. I have taken these recordings and other recordings of my voice and breath and heavily processed them together with synths and electronics so that the boundaries between field recordings, vocals and electronics are also blurred. These sounds together create sonic collages that move in ways to emulate rhythmic cycles that can be found in both water and humans such as waves, pulses and currents. -Madeleine Cocolas
Featuring Timothy Fairless and Unregistered Lodges
Tickets $22
Unregistered Master Builder Album Launch
Live performances - Friday 31 May, 7pm - 2 am
In an expression of energetic bliss, the full-length self-titled album by Unregistered Master Builder is set to drop in late May.
Following the minor success of "No Rego No Problem" (2018) and "Harshmallow" (2020), Unregistered Master Builder's signature sound—mountains of cascading kick drums, left-field breaks, and collapsing chord progressions—is relentlessly underscored by bass heavy drops. In this release, traces of archaic lobbycore and concrete-laden strings are intercepted by modular and time-stretching techniques. This new album creates an atmospheric sense of bricolage, that builds off previous releases while introducing while building off of over half a decade of musical exploration, listening and curation.
Full lineup coming soon
Tickets $22
Banshee Vault Asylum and Orthotyp-a Split Album Launch
Live performances - Saturday, April 27th
Join us to celebrate the launch of the split album featuring Banshee Vault Asylum's (BVA) 'Ganser Mule' and Orthotyp-a's 'Dasein'.
'Ganser Mule' navigates the dynamic interplay between unbridled noise, traditional rock idioms and deep listening.
'Dasein’ has been described by Brisbane experimental icon, Lawrence English, as “explor[ing] the edges of sampling and editing to uncover new potentials within the auditory realm. This work pays homage to the pioneering spirit of Brion Gysin and William Burroughs, propelling their cut-up techniques into new, uncharted territories of sound design”.
In keeping with the spirit of the albums, the event will foster a unique community experience by bringing Brisbane's finest musicians together for a night dedicated to improvised collaboration. The evening will unfold through a series of curated performances, showcasing the spontaneity and creativity of live collaboration.
This show will also debut digital artworks by Orthotyp-a (Paul Young). Celebrate with us as we launch these albums on Hyperchaos Tapes.
KEPK Applied Colour Conference & Exhibition
Art exhibition & conference - Friday 29 March - Sunday 14 April
The KEPK Applied Colour Conference is a combined exhibition and half-day conference where artists, scientists and scholars meet to talk about all aspects of colour.
On Saturday 6 April there will be a series of artist talks and panel discussions on topics including pigments and perception, vitrification and dithering, and the perception, semantics and subjectivity of colour. The half-day conference will conclude with a musical offering and chance for more colour conversations into the evening.
The exhibition relate to artists approaches to colour in the forms of paintings, photographs, sculptures, research and projection and light-based works.
Participants: Nick Baylart, Heather Blacklock, Joseph Burgess, Melina Celik, Brady Cooke, Lindsay Crawford, Mark Du Potiers, Sam Eyles, Petalia Humphrie, Conchita Hurst, Victoria Lawson, Susan Lincoln Kevin Nguyen, Lucy Quinn, Benjamin Sibon, Bruce Reynolds, Kirralee Robinson, Thom Ryan, John Salmond, June Sartracom, Karina Seljak, Jeanette Stok.
Exhibition on view: Friday 29 March to Sunday 14 April
Conference: Saturday 6 April, 12–5:30pm
The conference will be followed by drinks and nibbles, 5:30-8pm.
Disrupted Materiality - Timothy Tate
Exhibition - March 7th to 17th
Disrupted Materiality brings together various works by Brisbane-based artist, creative technologist and musician, Timothy Tate, whose repurposing of outdated consumer electronics offer a dialogue between our analog past and digital present. This exhibition showcases Tate’s work in instrument building, circuit bending/hardware hacking and reimagining of obsolete media across a variety of sonic and visual pieces. Exploring feedback as a generative process, each piece reflects Tate's exploration of creative potential within obsolete technologies alongside a collaborative work with Zenobia Frost. Through Disrupted Materiality, Tate invites viewers to reconsider everyday objects, challenging conventional functionality and prompting reflection on the lifecycle of technology and how we perceive the material world.
Timothy Tate website
Opening event: Saturday March 9th, 6-10pm
Exhibition on view: 7th-17th March
Thursday to Sunday, 10am-3pm
Thursday 21st, 2-8pm
'Wannabe a foodie' by Mary Alburry
Art exhibition - Saturday December 8th - 10th
Mary Albury, is Adult Fan Of LEGO (AFOL) who lives with Cerebral Palsy. Her solo exhibition will present an impressive body of work of LEGO 2D artworks. Join us for the exhibition opening event on Friday, December 8, 6pm.
“Over the past four years, I have been able to both discover and delight in my passion and the endless possibilities and creativity that brick building offers. My obsession with the humble plastic brick began innocently enough, with a visit to the first certified LEGO store at Dreamworld. I couldn’t believe just how much could be built with LEGO. Something sparked a fire in me. I didn’t even know then if I would be able to manipulate the bricks effectively enough to build anything except a massive mess!! After all, my hands don’t always work great and often fail to grip and hold things. My life has been forever changed through LEGO building and this business idea grew out of a desire to showcase and share my creative talents My goal to fully self-fund my once in a lifetime holiday to Billund in Denmark - the birthplace of LEGO.”
Opening night: Friday, December 8th, 6pm
Exhibition on view: Saturday & Sunday, 10am - 4pm
‘Become’ by Jeanette Stok
Art exhibition - Saturday October 19th - 25th
Jeanette Stok’s solo exhibition Become, visualises how we create barriers between ourselves and others. The exhibition showcases a comprehensive display of works, including a wearable art piece constructed from black plastic gutter guard, photographs, varieties of sculptures, and hand-drawn black and white animation that analyses the embodied knowledge within embroidery. Visitors are invited to contribute to an evolving artwork which will be facilitated by the artist during a series of workshops.
Opening Event: Saturday 21 st
Exhibition on view from October 19th to 25th
DRONE Fest
Our 3rd annual festival of durational music. Featuring a line-up of artists working in the sub-genres ambience, dark-drone, performance art, ritualistic-music and audio-visual disciplines.
This is a gentle DIY and BYO Pillow event.
The event will run for 30 hours, please pre-register so we can gauge numbers. Line-up and set times will be announced this week.
MNM presents GREENHOUSE
Live performances - Friday, Sep 22nd
MADE NOW MUSIC, our favourite Brisbane-based record label, is concocting another evening of delights. With Greenhouse, MNM is launching the new album of Melbourne-based psychedelic jazz collective led by Reuben Lewis, I Hold the Lion’s Paw. They are launching Aves, their 7” vinyl.
We will also relish the premiere of “wattle”, a large ensemble of winds, brass and rhythms presenting new works by Brodie McAllister.
Event: Friday September 22nd, 7pm
Tickets 20$
‘Surround: From Bush to Bay’ by Belinda Peel
Art exhibition - Saturday Sep 7-11
Belinda Peel third solo exhibition, ‘Surround: From Bush to Bay’ is a representation of Belinda’s time bushwalking and exploring natural habitats and photographing the wildlife along the way. “In 2019 I was inspired to purchase a digital camera after spotting a Sacred Kingfisher at my local creek. My interest and love for wildlife and my surrounds grew significantly. Going bird watching had given me a desire to paint more in my own studio. I have found water-mixable oils on canvas best suits my style and theme, giving the paintings a stronger sense of feeling and better capturing the atmosphere. I have met some challenges along the way, which has helped me further develop my ability and artistic style. The show also includes my recent explorations in water colour on paper, textile sculptures and video stop motion animation.”
Exhibition on view from Sep 7-11
Opening Event: Saturday Sep 9th, 2pm
Gallery Hours:
Thursday and weekend 12:30pm- 4:30pm
Friday and Monday 10:30am- 4:30pm
Suburban Abstract
Art exhibition - Saturday August 19 - Sunday September 3rd
"Suburban Abstract," is a group showcase that explores the practice of contemporary abstract painting in a local suburban context. Featuring eleven artists located in Brisbane and surrounds as far as the Northern Rivers, the exhibition demonstrates the multifaceted approaches to abstraction.
ARTISTS:
Leighton Craig
Yuki Crawford
Lindsay Crawford
Shari Elise Dillon
Michael Donnelly
Philippa Ellis
Sam Eyles
Caroline Gasteen
Lachlan Groves
Kahl Monticone
Jfa Hynd
Exhibition on view from Aug 19th to Sept 3rd
Opening Event:
Saturday August 19th, 5pm to 9pm
Closing Artist argument/panel with accompanying musical performances.
Sunday September 3rd, 1pm
MNM presents: TACET
Live performances - Saturday, July 22nd
Doors at 7pm, Music from 7:30
TICKETS HERE
MADE NOW MUSIC is delighted to be launching the debut album of the Brisbane juggernaut ensemble sooon.
Supported by the amazing Sarah Gall and Francesca Masel performing the music of Cameron Bower.
ENSEMBLE SOOON
Ensemble Sooon situate themselves at the porous boundaries of improvisation and Indie-classical experimentation, straddling open-form compositions and third-stream structures, using notation as a springboard and as a canvas to explore contemporary notions of individual and collective action through a swirling sonic palette. Martin Kay is a saxophonist and composer with an array of releases from large ensemble Forage, trio Song Fwaa, and his solo tenor sax album chronicling fantastical tardigrade migration patterns. Danielle Bentley is a versatile cellist with an uncanny talent for improvisation and a classical technique to bring the sounds. Nozomi Omote has an astonishing imagination bringing a percussion palette from the everyday object as well as the concert stage.
SARAH GALL
Local pianist Sarah Gall draws on a rich and varied musical life spanning punk to classical, bringing a unique voice to post-genre collaboration. Passionate about the DIY where music is a force for community-building, Sarah was the founder of Browning Street Studios (2008 - 2021) and continues to work as a passionate educator, advocate and champion for the grassroots. As a performer she uses the piano as a "sounding board" within emotional, human and built environments - a type of resonant and relational sonar. Sarah is most comfortable working at the edges of musical forms and notions with performers from many and varied backgrounds. She is currently stoked to be working with Cameron Bower to help realise a number of his new works for solo piano and chamber music settings.
FRANCESCA MASEL
Brisbane-based cellist and music educator Francesca Masel has a strong passion for chamber music and collaboration. She has performed extensively in Australia and overseas at events such as the 2022 Corso Internazionale di Musica in San Vito di Cadore, the 2019 Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival and frequently with dynamic ensembles including Camerata: Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Youth Orchestra. Francesca graduated from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University with a Graduate Certificate in Music Studies and a Bachelor of Music in Performance. She is excited to be continuing her studies in cello this September at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Image: Brodie McAllister
Special K - Vacuum Energy
Live performances - Friday July 14th
Special K - Vacuum Energy ft. San and Tac + Silicon Slave
Doors 7pm
In the centre of our galaxy lurks a monster. A endless abyss of infinite density, who's unrelenting hunger consumes even the very light that strays too close. For generations, our scientists have probed its inky darkness, trying in vain to catch a glimpse of the cosmic horrors that lurk below. Only too late, they realised that the void was watching them too.
Join us Friday July 14th at for an enchanting evening of the very best underground electronic music Brisbane has to offer! Featuring a plethora of talented selectors, from all musical sectors and a very special interstate guest.
FULL LINEUP:
SAN AND TAC / TACTYL (NC)
SILICON SLAVE (SA)
UNREGISTERED MASTER BUILDER
GATSBY LOOK
ABSTRACT HUMAN RADIO
RYAN RIDDICK
TECHNO - HOUSE - DNB - GLITCH - DUB - PSY
Special K3
Live performances - Saturday May 27
An experimental audio visual showcase.
Special K3 is an experimental audio visual showcase featuring a seasoned line up of interdisciplinary artists. Hosted by KEPK and curated in collaboration with Made Now Music, this evening event will take place at the heart of in the inner South Brisbane industrial area.
Special K3 features projection based works by Kellie O’Dempsey, Unregistered Master Builder, Chris Bennie, and Abstract Human Radio. Special K3 showcases the blurred lines between jazz, dub, post classical and techno using hardware, electro-acoustic instruments and Hybrid DJ sets.
KEPK is a creative hub, gallery, studio and community located in an old plywood factory in Yeerongpilly. It aims to provide a space for developing creative projects, practice, and for showcasing art exhibitions and experimental audiovisual projects. Special K3 is a presentation of the plurality of KEPK’s creative output.
Featuring a line up of local and interstate artists including Kellie O’Dempsy and Mick Dick, Olympic Pool Maintenance League, Madeleine Cocolas and Unregistered Master Builder, Josten Myburgh (Perth) and the Brodie McAllister Trio. The event will feature the “Party Button” by Steph Piper.
Special K3 presented by Made Now Music & KEPK and is part of Brisbane Art Design 2023
7pm - 12am
Sidney Herbst - But... I'm not a doctor
Exhibition - May 23 to June 2
Colouring within the lines of absurdity.
Interweaving and blurring the lines between surrealism, poetry, and the absurdity of life. You will see only what your heart permits.
Each line, embalmed with hope and desolation beckons you to dive in deep. Will you explore or be transfixed by the myriad of fine details? Charcoal and graphite has never looked so colourful, capturing the human form and the esoteric ideas that transcend society.
Viewing with an open mind and a curious soul is sure to evoke the big questions, or the smiling lines.
Step inside the open studio and mind of Sidney where you are invited to engage with or witness Sid working on his grandest piece yet. Peruse the walls at your own pace. Seating is also available.
This event is part of BRISBANE ART DESIGN 2023
Grand opening night Friday 26 May 5-9pm
Gallery opening hours:
Monday and Tuesday: 12-5pm (gallery only)
Wednesday - Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturday: 10am-2pm
Sunday: 9am-5pm
Riot Collective Presents: (RE)DEFINE
Exhibition, Live performance - Saturday May 20
An immersive exhibition showcasing femme, non-binary and genderqueer creatives.
(RE)DEFINE is an immersive exhibition featuring the work of 15 emerging femme, non binary and genderqueer creatives, who explore the disparity in the acceptance of identity, belonging and queerness.
Founded by multi-disciplinary artist and curator A(TOM)ICX in late 2021, Riot Collective has built a community for femme, non binary and genderqueer creatives to share their work and experiences. We strive to create opportunities for queer people, along with challenging heteronormative ideas, perspectives and misconceptions through a variety of immersive events.
(RE)DEFINE features a selection of multimedia installations, interactive performance art, photography and canvas works, each dissecting the concept of identity and “queerness” from the artist’s personal experiences.
This event is part of BRISBANE ART DESIGN 2023
5pm – 10pm
Tickets info
anoosh de broc
KEPK presents Anoosh de Broc, an exhibition of ceramic works as part of the Brisbane Art and Design Festival (BAD).
The exhibition displays a collection of ceramics sculptures and vases which play with geometric shapes by altering spheres and triangles to create movement and fluidity.
The pieces are hand built or thrown on the wheel then altered to add inflection and contour. Some works include vases with a parametric twist, while others are precariously stacked oblates.
The atelier Anoosh de Broc is located at KEPK in Yeerongpilly. It is run by Melina @anooshdebroc who is working in evolutionary biology research using 3D models of bones from living and extinct mammals.
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Opening night Friday 12th, 5-9pm
Gallery and open studio running:
- Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th, 10am-4pm
- Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th, 4-7pm.
Empathy EP Release
Music Live Performance - Saturday 15 April 2023, 7pm-2am
Empathy presents a flowing program of ambient and hypnotic electronic music in a reconfigured photographic studio at KEPK Art Space, Indooroopilly. In addition to celebrating the release of Olympic Pool Maintenance League’s debut vinyl EP on Diffuse Reality, the event will provide a rave experience that encourages contemplation and ritual.
Olympic Pool Maintenance League is electronic music producer and contemporary artist Chris Bennie. OPML has released on major labels including Mord (Bareknuckle Boxing Vol 1-3, Herdersmat Parts 34-40), Postdynamic (New Faces 1+2), and Natura Viva (Tornado).
Supporting Olympic Pool Maintenance League will be hypnotic maestro NDR 924, and Brisbane’s Essential Clubbers Radio Show host DJ Mofo, ensuring a curated program of increasing intensity.
OPMLs Empathy EP contains 3 original tracks and two remixes by Head Front Panel and Giorgio Gigli. A limited number of records will be available at the event. The EPs digital release contains a further 7 original tracks available on Bandcamp. All vinyl sales get access to all digital tracks as well.
OPML has produced numerous EPs including Antipodean Logic (Sub Label Recordings); The King of Karaoke (Sub Label Recordings); The Calming Cloud (Pocketmoth); Dawn Wind (Sunora); The Trickster is no Fool (Oni Recordings); and Pipe Dreams (Occultech). OPMLs debut LP The Warp Order was released on Sunora Recordings (Germany) in 2021.
Lineup
Olympic Pool Maintenance League
NDR 924
DJ Mofo
+ more tba
Leanne Stewart-Haugh - It is About Time
Exhibition - March 17th - 26th
‘It is About Time’ presents a solo exhibition of paintings by Leanne Stewart.
Leanne’s current preoccupation is in the examination of thoughts surrounding the passage of time. The artist’s paintings depict colourful Australian landscapes with multiple curved horizons and lost perspective.
“There is no stillness in these works, as the Earth itself is never still; the paintings pulse with light and colour. Each work is an exploration of that still point of perspective around our own existence. One we tenuously share with all other life forms. Like space itself the horizons curve through the artworks and morph into organic, flowing forms that resemble trees, or animals. Light, shadow and sound reference the ways in which time gathers all life, to spin us all out toward that eternity we chase.”
Leanne Stewart-Haugh
Opening event Friday March 17th - 6-9pm
Gallery opening hours:
Tuesday - 11am-5pm
Wednesday - 2-5pm
Thursday, Friday: 11am-5pm
Saturday, Sunday: 9am-12pm
KEPK gallery - J2/241 Station Rd, Yeerongpilly 4105 QLD
TONDI//TONDO
Exhibition - February 25th - March 4th
A group exhibition of circular forms, curated by Claire Grant. Tondo (plural tondi) is a Renaissance term for a circular work of art. Challenging tradition, these thirteen artists dare to break outside the square. The exhibition features an assortment of material explorations, including sculptural installation, ceramics, experimental photography, found objects, digital projection, and sound performance.
ARTISTS:
Aaron Butt Amanda Bennetts
Claire Grant
Jordan Azcune
Julie Smeros
Justine Wake
Karl de Waal
Keemon Williams + Lyle Duncan
Kirralee Robinson
Kuweni Dias Mendis
Lee Wilkes
Rachael Wellisch
Saturday 25th February
7pm to 10pm – Exhibition Opening Event
TONDI ( ) TONDO Closing Party Line-Up:
Abstract Human Radio (vinyl DJ set)
Timothy Fairless (crash cymbal / crystal wine glasses)
Yvette Ofa Apagow (gong / experimental percussion)
Steeplejack - presented by Soap
Gig - Saturday Feb 11th 7 pm
Presented by Soap and curated by Harold, Steeplejack is a study of underground electronic music, created in unique social and cultural contexts.
Lineup:
NIGTH MAGNET
ORB
ARTEMIS
HAROLD
Visuals: DRAWNBYFREE
Prince Peace: Sweet Little Head Single Launch
Gig - Saturday December 17th
From a land far far away, where darkness is painted in pastels and bassists are dressed in pink, three piece Alternative rock outfit Prince Peace, present their debut single release, Sweet Little Head, supported by Madeleine Cocolas & Jo Davie.
Prince Peace create an intimate and cathartic journey, telling tales of identity and woe. Their sound is an ode to early 2000’s alt and late 90’s grunge combining irregular harmony with warm, comforting melodies, providing a bed for the emotionally driven vocals and hard hitting lyrics to capture the full meaning of expression.
Tickets here
With every ticket purchased you will go into the draw to win a Mini Zine, CD, and poster.
MNM presents: Neighbourhood
Gig - Saturday, December 10th
MADE NOW MUSIC is delighted to present an evening of solo performances celebrating the sounds of some amazing Meanjin-based (and MNM-released) artists.
//CYBERBANSHEE
cyberBanshee aka Hannah (they/she) is a flutist, electronic musician, and improviser living on the unceded land of the Jagera, Yuggera, and Turrbal Peoples. The music explores the sweetness in unsettling difficulty, and reveals the monsters lurking in traditionally beautiful instruments. Their work and thinking are rooted in queer and feminist collaborative and contaminative co-creation with other soundmakers and artmakers, physical and social environments, ecologies, histories, and narratives, exploring the possibilities of making-kin and finding agency within community.
https://hannahreardonsmith.com/
// JOSEPH RABJOHNS
Joseph is a Brisbane based guitarist and music educator known for his composition/playing in Kodiak Empire, Shoal June Cartel, Kieran Stevenson, Prince Peace and many more. Joseph's solo work draws from neo-classical guitar, post-rock, folk and ambient music. Through his solo compositions, Joseph aims to tame his passion for complex music with the soothing nature of folk music, and a heavy emphasis on finger style guitar playing.
https://josephrabjohns.bandcamp.com/
// LIBBY MYERS
Libby Myers is a guitarist dedicated to exploring the ever-changing identity of the classical guitar. Her performances offer intimate, heartfelt interpretations that tell unique stories through music. She is an active member of Australia’s contemporary music community, and has performed across Australia, Spain, Canada and USA.
Her premieres of new Australian works by composers from diverse musical worlds of jazz, classical and indie genres, paired with the music of JS Bach, were shortlisted for the 2021 Anywhere Festival Award. Libby lives and works on the Turrbal and Jaggera lands of Brisbane. She studied at the University of Queensland and Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Spain, and is currently undertaking doctoral research at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, exploring innovative artistic and narrative approaches to performance.
https://www.libbymyers.com/
//TRISTAN ROGERS
Trumpeter Tristan Rogers has established himself as a leading creative voice across the Australian and international jazz, hip-hop and experimental communities over the course of the past decade. He is an improviser, session musician and composer, focusing on making music that engages with community connection. Tristan’s musical approach meld seamlessly in a wide range of genres/contexts having performed with ensembles ranging from pop groups like The Kite String Tangle, Woodes and Jason Derulo, international festivals favourites like Ash Grunwald, BULLHORN and Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra - All the while keeping his improvisational and experimental roots firmly planted with groups such as DÜT, the award-winning Kayleigh Pincott Quintet and improvised hip-hop juggernauts Life On Earth. Routinely Tristan’s ability to connect with listeners genuinely and heartfeltly is the cornerstone of his musical approach. Outside of performing Tristan spends time teaching, composing for his own electronic music project and slinging some of the best handmade Neapolitan-style pizza in Brisbane!
// UNREGISTERED MASTER BUILDER
Unregistered Master Builder is the creative universe of artist and performer Joseph Burgess. Hailing from Portland, Oregon with a pedigree in constructive behaviour. Joseph is a director of KEPK space in Brisbane.
http://master-builder.squarespace.com/
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MADE NOW MUSIC acknowledges that we are located on the traditional lands of the Turrbal and Jagera nations. We extend our respects to their ancestors and elders past and present and emerging.
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Image Design: Brodie McAllister
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Doors at 7pm, Music from 7:30. $20 entry (pre-sale-only event).
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE