So Hot This Week: July 13
Saturday
Stanley Street Gallery is delighted to present the latest exhibition of objects by Sydney based artist, Gretal Ferguson. In her solo exhibition, Women’s Work, Ferguson blurs the line between perceived gendered crafts, combining the traditional and progressive to explore the shifting roles of women in the arts and society.
Sunday
Floating Time is a new series of drawings and prints. These artworks utilise the repetitive and controlled mark making of straight, ruled lines. This repetitious drawing action is like a form of timekeeping; the marks becoming a visual record representing time and labour.
Monday
Paint Along is a relaxed environment where you can eat, drink and socialise while you watch your inner creativeness unfold. Paint alongside professional artist step-by-step creating your own artwork you will love. No experience needed, you just need to love trying something new. At Paint Along we believe that everyone has an artist within them.
Tuesday
Spectra: The Art and Consequence of Collaboration
Spectra: The Art and Consequence of Collaboration presents eight Australian artists whose practices are characterised by a deep and innovative engagement with science. The exhibition explores the increasing convergence of art and science, and considers how each area can inform the other.
Wednesday
Westside Poetry Slam ft. Cassie Ross
WELCOME TO THE PREMIERE OF WEST SIDE POETRY SLAM
An open mic night where you can sign up on the night and perform/read an original piece of writing to open minds, hearts, and arms. Random audience members score just for the fun of it and you could win a support feature slot at the next slam. Other performance art forms are also welcome. Anything can be poetry.
Thursday
SKATE Presents: Final Transitions
Transitions is a free performance event as part of SKATE at the Cutaway. Combining percussion, light, and sound with responsive technology, skateboarders trigger an interactive visual and sonic landscape, igniting a breathtaking sensory experience. At the conclusion of the showing, audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions to the creatives and skateboarders.
Friday
Lefty is the story of a meeting of a New York cab driver’s union on the verge of a strike. The union’s corrupt leader Harry Fatt does everything he can to discourage it, and the mysterious absence of left-leaning advocate Lefty Costello doesn’t bode well for the would-be strikers. After hearing the heart-wrenching tales of four hard-working cab drivers — each story dramatised before the eyes of the audience before transitioning seamlessly back into the union meeting — Agate Keller takes the stage and demands immediate action. When word comes that Lefty has been found “with a bullet in his head,” the union joins Agate in chanting “STRIKE, STRIKE, STRIKE!!!”
