on-site is a new series of site-specific art experiences that present unexpected encounters in non-traditional public spaces. Each event aims to interrupt the day-to-day function of particular sites through a reimaging of how familiar places are used and understood. Initiated by Alice McCool, Kim Munro, and Yusuf Ali Hayat, on-site invites artists to respond to the layered histories embedded within place and collective memory. Their approach to curating is grounded in the specificity of each location and emphasises the transformative potential of place.
on-site at No.9 Karaoke
Join us at No.9 Karaoke on Thursday 30 April for the first iteration of on-site.
on-site is a series of site-specific experiences of art that will be presented in community contexts outside of traditional gallery and museum formats. The first iteration will be presented at No.9 Karaoke in Adelaide’s Chinatown. The commissioned artists from diverse disciplines consider notions of place, space and belonging in encounters where new rhythms of cultural expression can unfold.
Place is foundational to our being in the world – where our encounters with the world always unfold. on-site’s curatorial model engages with place to consider how our memories are enriched by recollections of places, and how places retain remnants of layered histories in the collective residual memory.
When: Thursday, 30 Apr, 6:30pm – 9:30pm (Attendees are welcome to explore at their own pace time during this timeframe)
Where: No. 9 Karaoke, Shop 5/36-48 Wright St, Adelaide
Cost: FREE
Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/on-site
Commissioned artists:
Jesse Budel
Saluhan Collective
Ellen Steele, Astrid Pill, Jason Sweeney
Valerie Berry and Ben-Hur Winter
Helium
Jazmine Deng
This project is part of OSCA’s state-wide artist commissioning initiative, Projects of the Everyday, that seeds, develops and presents artist-led projects in innovative spaces of creativity, making and experimentation.
This project is supported by Create SA and The City of Adelaide.
