POWERHOUSE LATE X PASSAGE ART AND LABOUR

Passage is excited to announce we will be curating an upcoming Powerhouse Late program at their Ultimo Museum. This will be Passage's first major collaboration with the Museum. Powerhouse Late is part of the ‘Culture Up Late’ initiative by City of Sydney and NSW Government, where the museum remains open until 9PM every Thursday evening, with a special ‘after-hours’ Museum experience, including late admission to the exhibitions and live performances across the Ultimo site.

Please join us on June 22, from 5PM - 9PM for Powerhouse Late x Passage: ART AND LABOUR for an evening of panel discussions, live performance, drinks, music by local djs and art by Kay Abude. 

Passage has curated the night to echo our recent exhibition (DON'T) BE AN ARTIST by Kay Abude, and the many challenges faced by artists today who are trying to make art their profession. Through satire and wit, this event questions whether artists are fairly remunerated for their work and what needs to change to achieve that. Furthermore, the night will explore how our city's cultural programs can reflect our diverse community and the type of inclusive strategies our leading curators use when producing exhibitions.

FULL PROGRAM

TALKS

6:15PM – ‘A FOOLS WORK NEVER ENDS’

Panel Discussion with Interdisciplinary artist and Curator Consuelo Cavaniglia, exhibiting artist Kay Abude, Passage Co-Director Marco Rinaldi and NAVA Executive Director Penelope Benton discussing artist remuneration and moving towards a future where artists are paid their worth, if we could be so lucky.

7:30 – ‘WORK WORTH DOING’

Panel Discussion with Curator Sebastian Goldspink, Head of Curatorial at Campbelltown Arts Centre Adam Porter and First Nations Curator at Museums of History NSW Tess Allas with Passage Co-Director Ashleigh Jones, will speak about the need for cultural programming to reflect our diverse society through inclusive curation.

PERFORMANCE

7:00-7:30 - Kay Abude ‘ART IS NO FORTUNE’

INSTALLATION

5-9 - Kay Abude ‘(DON’T) BE AN ARTIST’

5-9 - Kay Abude ‘Notes on Labour’ presented alongside workplace health and safety posters from the Powerhouse Collection.

FILM

5-9 – Kay Abude ‘(DON’T) BE AN ARTIST semaphore performance (family)’

VISUALS

5-9 Commissioned CGI video art by Tristan Jensen

DJ

5-7 – Eddy Diamond

7-9 - Gillielove

BAR

5-9 - Grifter