Sounds of Columbia

Alwin Reamillo workshop at the MCA Sydney

Call out for expressions of interest

Museum of Contemporary Art in partnership with Kultour invite you to submit an expression of interest to attend a FREE mini helicopter lantern workshop with international artist Alwin Reamillo.

Alwin Reamillo has a history of making works that explore issues relating to cultural migration and cultural/social displacement. Reamillo has experience working with multicultural groups, at risk youth and indigenous communities.

For this project Reamillos will collaborate with local communities to create mini helicopter lanterns. During these workshops participants will have the opportunity to share their own stories. The lanterns will then be exhibited alongside Reamillo's large scale sculpture, 'Thuringowa Helicopter ' as part of the MCA exhibition Making IT New: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art 10 September - 11 November 2009.

Workshop Information:

Date:Thursday 3 September or Friday 4 September 2009

Time: 10am - 12noon; 1.30 - 3.30pm

Transport: Groups are asked to provide their own transport to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Cost: FREE. Maximum size for groups is 15

These workshops are being supported by Kultour

Deadline for expressions of interest: FRIDAY 28 AUGUST 2009

via email: Andrea Bell, Kultour admin@kultour.com.au

Diafrix Album Launch

Diafrix workshop at BEMAC

Diafrix have established themselves over the last six years as one of Australia’s most exciting and original live acts. There’s no recycled funk here - it’s 100% original soul, dancehall and reggae-infused hip hop.

DIAFRIX Positive Hip Hop workshop
Participants will have the chance to learn how to develop their own poetry - hip hop style, and beat boxing. There will also be an information session on the underground vs. commercial scenes.

Saturday 8 August 2009, 3pm at BEMAC, 120 Main Street, Kangaroo Point, QLD 4169
Bookings essential, contact BEMAC (07) 3391 4433

ACMI Screening of In This Together

Sunday, August 9, 2009
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Federation Square, cnr Swanston and Flinders streets
Melbourne, Australia

In association with ACMI, Kultour is pleased to present the Melbourne screening of In This Together, a curated video series exploring Arabness from a broad social, political and religious spectrum, aiming to address (mis)representations of Arab culture through film.

Collected over a three year period, the works cross a range of genres, showcasing stories from Arabic speaking cultures in Australia, Canada and Lebanon. This exhibition favours a pluralistic approach to conflict resolution, presenting a diversity of opinions about the Arab world and diaspora.

In This Together aims to address the misrepresentations of Arab culture by giving exposure to alternative representations of Arab culture, Arab commentary and self-representation to mainstream Australia.

The screening will be followed by a Q+A session with curator Khaled Sabsabi

PLEASE NOTE SEATS ARE LIMITED - NO BOOKINGS POSSIBLE SO PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO COLLECT YOUR FREE TICKET

In This Together - touring VIC, NT and Brazil

In This Together curated by Khaled Sabsabi

Kultour is pleased to present In This Together, a curated video series exploring Arabness from a broad social, political and religious spectrum, aiming to address (mis)representations of Arab culture through film.

Collected over a three year period, the works cross a range of genres, showcasing stories from Arabic speaking cultures in Australia, Canada and Lebanon. This exhibition favours a pluralistic approach to conflict resolution, presenting a diversity of opinions about the Arab world and diaspora.

In This Together aims to address the misrepresentations of Arab culture by giving exposure to alternative representations of Arab culture, Arab commentary and self-representation to mainstream Australia.

In This Together tour itinerary:
9 August ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne, VIC
16- 21 August Browns Mart, Darwin Festival, Darwin, NT
22 – 29 August Darwin Community Arts, Malak, NT
August – December Bienal Ventosul, Brazil

Way Out West- touring NT and QLD

Way Out West is a six piece group with a unique and alluring sound that blends Vietnamese and African influences with jazz in a surprising and vibrant manner.

The repertoire extends the dialogue with notions of Australian cultural identity that has inspired the music of Way Out West since its inception. It engages with a range of communities, taking audiences on a musical journey through diverse musical terrain presented in an accessible manner that encourages new ways of listening.

This tour has been developed in partnership with one of Kultour’s Victorian Company Members, Footscray Community Arts Centre.

Way Out West tour itinerary:
24 August The Lighthouse, Darwin, NT
25 August Artist Talk, NT Library, Darwin Festival
3 October West End Live, Brisbane, QLD
3 October Brisbane Backyard, Corinda, QLD

Missed Teuila Postcards in Melbourne...?

After a very successful season at Arts House, Polytoxic are on the road again.

Next stop:
Colac at the Colac Otway Performing Arts and Cultural Centre for two shows on 20 May 2009: matinee (11am) and evening show (8pm).
For bookings please call: 03 52322077

Final chance to see Teuila Postcards in Victoria:
Plenty Ranges Arts and Convention Centre on 22 May 2009 at 8pm.
For bookings please call: 03 9217 2317 or book click here

Kultour pitching at Showcase Victoria, VAPAC

Following on from Kultour's pitch presentation at Long Paddock in Brisbane last month, we will be presenting two touring programs at Showcase Victoria on Friday 15th May 2009 at the Malthouse.

Mandinka Sound features two extraordinarily talented Melbourne based West African acts, Muhanamwé and One Africa. Through music, dance and song, this unique show will take audiences on a journey that traces West African culture in contemporary Australia back to its roots in the ancient Mandinka empire of West Africa. 

Reliquary draws upon the connections between Australian Indigenous and Korean spirituality to create a unique contemporary dance theatre piece using puppetry, media projection and aesthetic sound design.

If you are a presenter interested in these and other culturally diverse tours, please contact Kultour to express your interest and visit our 2010 proposed touring program on www.kultour.com.au/kultour10.html

Kultour presents Teuila Postcards across Australia

... a tongue in cheek look at the oppression and evolution of an island ...

Three tourists journey to a fantasy island expecting an exotic, blissful and dreamlike holiday. Behind the glossy tourist brochure façade Polytoxic unveil the cultural reality of Polynesia with an episodic ride of postcard-like vignettes through the past and present.

In a captivating fusion of traditional Polynesian and contemporary dance theatre, Teuila Postcards is a playful look at the oppression and evolution of an island. Amplified colours and glamorous costumes frame a seemingly simple yet clever and creatively inspired performance.

Artists and Creators: Efeso Fa’anana, Leah Shelton, Lisa Fa’alafi. Costume Design and Construction: Leah Shelton, Lisa Fa’alafi. Lighting Design: Andrew Meadows. Sound: Efeso Fa’anana, Leah Shelton. Visuals: Jaxzyn Stage Manager: Justin Marshman. Set Design: Lisa Fa’alafi with Polytoxic. Set Consultant: Jonathon Oxlade. Set Construction: Troy Gilliland.

When: Wednesday 13 - Saturday 16 May
Time: 7.30pm
Where: Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall, 521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne
Cost: Full $25; Concession $18
Bookings: Arts House or (03) 96390096
More information: Polytoxic

Image: Dallas Blackmore

www.polytoxiclovesyou.com

For more information visit www.kultour.com.au

Regional Victoria and interstate audiences, the tour continues to Colac, Plenty Ranges, Adelaide and later ends in Cairns.