Everything You can Dream of is True

Over 20 First Nations, global Indigenous and Diaspora artists interrogate the status quo and and propose new ways of engaging with complex histories, politicised identities and futurisms.

Sparking conversations across Dharug land (Western Sydney) and Naarm (Melbourne), this new program is curated by Utp, and delivered in partnership with West Space.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Hoda Afshar, Akil Ahamat, Tarik Ahlip, Maissa Alameddine, Paola Balla, Travis De Vries, Jagath Dheerasekara, Kuba Dorabialski, Tania El Khoury, Lux Eterna, Riana Head Toussaint, Roberta Joy Rich, Gillian Kayrooz, Eugenia Lim, Jumana Manna, Hayley Millar Baker, Sancintya Mohini Simpson, Jazz Money, James Ngyuen, Katy B Plummer, Khaled Sabsabi, Larissa Sansour, Feras Shaheen, Subash Thebe Limbu

CREATIVE PRODUCERS

Eddie Abd and Rachelle Esaid

SCREENING SERIES – EVENT DETAILS

Dates: Saturday 28 Sep, 26 Oct and 30 Nov 2024

Last Saturday of each month from September - November

Location: RS1, 5 Olympic Parade, Bankstown

Day 3: Everything You Can Dream of is True

Please join us for the final event in our moving image series. Ushering in revelations and resistance, artists across Australian First Nations, Palestinian and Diaspora communities share their truth and vision.

Date: Saturday 30 November

Time: 12-2pm and 4-6pm

Session I (12-2pm)

In this session, the artists invite us into realms of unseen truths and possibilities, through experimental and narrative works:

Paola Balla, Akil Ahamat, Khaled Sabsabi and Subash Thebe Limbu

There will be a post-screening conversation with Akil Ahamat and Paola Morabito, director of Paola Balla's film.

Session II (4-6pm)

This curated selection of video works is all about resistance manifested through body, mind and community.

This session will begin with a sound offering by Majdi and Seraj Jelda.

Kuba Dorabialski, Roberta Joy Rich,  Feras Shaheen, Dictaphone Group (Tania El Khoury, Abir Saksouk, Petra Serhal)

There will be a post-screening conversation with Kuba Dorabialski and Feras Shaheen.

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All films will be captioned and Auslan interpretation will be given for all speeches and talks.

Day 2: Everything You Can Dream of is True

Please join us for the second event in our moving image series! Bringing together First Nations and Diaspora artists, this screening encircles new beginnings and the unending matriarchy. 

Date: Saturday 26 October

Time: 12-2pm and 4-6pm

Session I (12-2pm)

The works in this session visualise origins and ends - real and unreal - centering imagination as form of intervention. Featuring works by: 

Tarik Ahlip (31.05.2010), Hoda Afshar (Undone), Travis De Vries (The Last Question), Lux Eterna (The 8th Day)

There will be a post screening conversation with Travis De Vries, Lux Eterna and Mutthi Mutthi Elder Auntie Tanya Charles at the end of this session. 

Session II (4-6pm)

Foregrounding women as inheritors and creators of histories, myths and counter-narratives.  

This session will begin with a sound offering by Nicole Barakat. 

Hayley Millar Baker (Nyctinasty), Sancintya Mohini Simpson (The Language of Indenture), Katy B Plummer (THE WITCH LAYS HER EGGS IN TERRIBLE CLUMPS), Larissa Sansour (In Vitro)

There will be a post screening conversation with Katy B Plummer and Nicole Barakat at the end of this session.  

All films will be captioned and Auslan interpretation will be given for all speeches and talks.

Day 1: Everything You Can Dream of is True

Join us for the first event in the moving image series. Bringing together First Nations and Diaspora artists, this screening foregrounds narratives surrounding body and land.

Date: Saturday 28 September

Time: 12-2pm and 4-6pm

Session I (12-2pm)

In this session, the artists invite us to critically consider our relationships to place and the self, through intimate and communal visual imagery.

Gillian Kayrooz, Eugenia Lim, Jazz Money and Riana Head Toussaint

Session II (4-6pm)

Centring connection to land explored through oral storytelling and autofiction, this session brings into focus questions our individual and collective responsibilities for disruption and continuity. 

Maissa Alameddine, Jagath Dheerasekara, Jumana Manna and James Ngyuen

There will be artist talks at the end of each session.

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WESTSPACE SCREENINGS

Touring to West Space in November. Please follow West Space on Instagram to stay up to date.

PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.