Culture Guide February 12 – 18: Fur, Back to Nature, Looking For Langston, Signature Move & more
February 13th 2018
FBi Culture
Wednesday 14th February

Wild Women
The next group exhibition to occupy Goodspace Gallery, Wild Women, promises to remove us from the commercial haze of Valentine’s Day and explore the artistic potential of metamorphosis.
WHAT: Art exhibition
WHEN: 6-9pm
WHERE: Goodspace Gallery, 115 Regent St, Chippendale
HOW MUCH: Free, info here

Fur
Gerwyn Davies’ upcoming exhibition Fur is an ode to the artist’s obsessions with dollar store plastics, American Gothic fiction and AFL.
WHAT: Art exhibition
WHEN: 6-8pm
WHERE: Australian Centre for Photography, Gallery 72 Oxford St, Darlinghurst
HOW MUCH: More info here
Thursday 15th February

Back to Nature
YMO Collective have returned to Botany View Hotel for their second night of live music and art performances. Join them in a “return to nature,” with an encouraged small donation – YMO Collective are raising money for Newtown Neighbourhood Centre.
WHAT: Live art and music
WHEN: 7pm-12am
WHERE: The Botany View Hotel, 597 King St, Newtown
HOW MUCH: Donation, more information here

Chindia
Exploring the politics and experience of national and cultural identity of diaspora, Chindia is a group exhibition that examines the ways we approach inclusivity and diversity.
WHAT: Art exhibition
WHEN: 6pm
WHERE: Gaffa Gallery, 281 Clarence St, Sydney
HOW MUCH: Free, times and further information here
Warm Ties
ArtSpace’s Warm Ties, by artist Helen Johnson, explores historical and contemporary signifiers of the complex colonial relationship between Australia and Britain. The exhibition, closing next week, establishes an economy of large-scale paintings that purposefully disassembled installations, floating throughout the gallery space. The work represents the dialogue of the white man imperialist brute and greedy solipsist, scaling them ip and reasserting their history for non-Indigenous Australians.
WHAT: Exhibition
WHEN: 11am-5pm Weekdays & 11am-6pm Weekends
WHERE: ArtSpace, 43 – 51 Cowper Wharf Road, Wolloomooloo
HOW MUCH: Free. More info here.
Friday 16th February

Frameshift
Frameshift is a free, public event that blends contemporary dance and b-boy dancing… all while suspended in the air. Colliding digital and physical realms, Frameshift uses kinetic technologies that read the bodies’ movements to translate them into light projections.
WHAT: Theatre performance/dance
WHEN: 8:30pm
WHERE: Customs House Forecourt, 31 Alfred St, Sydney
HOW MUCH: Free, more details here

Looking for Langston
Acclaimed filmmaker Isaac Julien presents his highly influential work Looking For Langston for the 40th anniversary of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Released in 1989, it delves into the life of poet Langston Hughes and explores his relationships with fellow artists involved in the Harlem Renaissance. The film will be accompanied by newly-developed photographs, creating a visual lineage of Isaac Julien’s sustained urgency and efforts, from then to now.
WHAT: Art exhibition
WHEN: 6-8pm
WHERE: Roslyn Oxley 9 Gallery, 8 Soudan Lane, Paddington
HOW MUCH: Free, more information here

Bedrock's Long Weekend
Bedrock Collective’s Long Weekend is a newly-launched series of music and arts nights at ARCCO in Marrickville. Going across evenings from the 16th to the 18th, Bedrock’s events support women and LBTQI+ communities.
WHAT: Live art and music
WHEN: Feb 16th-18th from 6pm (each day)
WHERE: ARCCO Stirrup Cafe, 142 Addison Road, Marrickville
HOW MUCH: $11-$17, details and further information here

BobbyAnna
Two new lovers’ time together is hits a snag when street singer Bobby loses her home. BobbyAnna is being screened in Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival, kicking off this week.
WHAT: Film screening
WHEN: 9:00pm
WHERE: Event Cinemas George St, 505-525 George St, Sydney
HOW MUCH: $17-$19, more information here
Saturday 17th February

Signature Move
A romantic comedy and a journey of self-exploration for two lesbian lovers, set among lucha libre women’s wrestling in Mexico. Signature Move is screening as part of Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival.
WHAT: Film screening
WHEN: 6:30pm
WHERE: Event Cinemas George St, 505-525 George St, Sydney
HOW MUCH: $17-$19, with more information here