Matilda Street House Invites You In: multidisciplinary, ongoing socially engaged contemporary art
Socially engaged art (SEA) is the cutting edge of contemporary. It resists display in galleries, eschews singular authors and objectification. SEA is ongoing around the world (Oda Projesi, ruang rupa, INLAND, Party Office +) formed by communities & friendships and framed by artists, because art cannot be contained by the institution. Art is a ‘third’ space; special but familiar; living is form. In SEA the space of hospitality is the support; relationship is the media, ethics is the aesthetic. Our home - as SEA invites you in for one weekend, for a cup of tea, and an unpredicatable sets of live music, paintings, people, plants and conversations. This is not participatory art, just come like a friend and witness what this expanding group of diverse people have created in this space. WELCOME.
Presented by: daniel connell
Matilda Street is presented by the Matilda Street family an eclectic group of many professions who came together as new migrants mostly from South Asia, and long term residents to live under one roof for as long as needed. This art work is framed and described by Deva Arokiyadoss and Daniel Connell. Deva is traditional Indian and popular genre musician. He is a keyboard player, percussionist and entertainer who is called on to officiate at both small scale community events and international sporting fixtures including multiple Cricket World Cups.. Daniel is contemporary visual artist and currently a senior lecturer in painting, drawing and theory at Adelaide Central School of Art and an affiliate researcher and artist University of Glasgow UNESCO RILA.
This is a home-as-art venue. Expect a friendly group of many people or few. Tread lightly like a gallery, allow the work to unfold without explanation. Can you see the invisible? All is free but bring some cash to buy a plant to take home.