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Mediacontact:CassidyRichens,0405485288,[email protected]
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M E D I A R E L E A S E 20September2016
StoriesofImmigrationandRefugetakecentre-stageinOctober.InvisibleBordersexploresmigration,citizenship,identity,andtherefugeeexperiencethroughperformingandvisualarts.TheprojecthasbeendevelopedthroughTuggeranongArtsCentre’sCommunityArtsandCulturalDevelopment(CACD)program.
Workingwithemergingandestablishedartistsandexperiencedcommunitydevelopmentpractitioners,theCACDprogramproducesarangeofartsbasedprojects,acrossmanyartformsthatreflectandgrowourculturalidentity.InOctober,theCACDprogrampresentsthetheatricaldancepieceRohallahandamixedmediaexhibitionI'mFromHere,I'mFromThere.
Rohallah,acollaborationbetweenLittleDoveDirectorChenoehMillerandFreshFunkArtisticDirectorLeenaWall,centre’sonthestoryofayoungboygrowingupinAfghanistan.ThenarrativefollowsRohallah’slife-journey,whicheventuallyfindshiminAustralia.Tappingintolove,familyandmortality,itgivesavoicetoindividualhumanexperiencesbyusesreal-lifestoriescollectedfromrefugeeslivinglocally.Tocreatethework,ChenoehandLeenawillrunaweek-longdanceintensivefromthe4thto7thOctober.Theresultwillbeaboldexperientialdanceperformanceilluminatingajourneyofhopeandinnerpeaceandswirlinginandoutofthepast,presentandfuture.TheperformanceofRohallahwillbeheldat7.30pmonFriday7thOctober.TicketsarefreebutmustbebookedonlineatADDLINKBritish/PakistaniwriterandcommunitydevelopmentworkerIrfanMasterhasbeenworkingwithfiveindividualsfromourlocalcommunitytoproduceI'mFromHere,I'mFromThere.TheexhibitionexploreswhatitmeanstobeAustralian,yetalso,fromsomewhereelse.ItfeaturesaspeciallycommissionedseriesofphotographsbyCanberrabasedphotographer,HardyLohsewithanaccompanyingstoryandanobjectofculturalsignificance.Portraits,storiesandobjects–includingahandmadeweddingrugfromAfghanistansignifyingunityandjoy,andabookofUrdupoetryrichinthetraditionsofPakistan,revealthecomplexanduniquerelationshiptheobjectrepresentstotheindividual’sculturalheritageandidentity.DiscoverhowthethingswetreasurereflectourbackgroundandcreateabridgebetweenplaceandtimeinI'mFromHere,I'mFromThereintheFoyerGalleryatTuggeranongArtsCentre.Exhibitionopensat6.30pmonFriday7thOctoberandconcludesonSaturday29thOctoberat4pm.
TheseprojectsaresupportedbytheACTGovernment.