Who’s who and what’s what is what inspires HELEN MUSA’s “Arts in the City” column. Here’s this week’s…
ARTISTIC duo Pablo Latona and Claire Granata, of PeopleLab, are launching the Festival of Everyday Art, transforming Canberra’s city centre into a giant art gallery using the power of the white gallery label. There’ll be an art treasure hunt, treasure trails, an art workshop and an exhibition at Canberra Museum and Gallery, May 20-July 16.
A NEW exhibition, “Haegue Yang: Changing From From To From”, features recent works by the Seoul and Berlin-based artist that explores interconnectivity and movement. On show will be “Sonic Intermediates – Three Differential Equations”, a trio of sculptures that are activated regularly, filling the space with a ritualistic rattling of bells. National Gallery, May 27-September 23.
IN another daring concert, Richard Tognetti and the ACO join Will Gregory and his Moog synthesisers as they perform film music in “A Clockwork Orange and Beyond”. Llewellyn Hall, 8pm, Tuesday, May 23.
PROFESSORS Lexi Con and Noel Edge (actually performers David Lampard and Emma Bargery) are back with another thrilling voyage through the alphabet in “The Alphabet of Awesome Science”, The Q, May 26 -27.
THE Australian National Eisteddfod’s Bands and Orchestras event, encompassing around 2000 people in 87 groups, will return to live performances this month. Sections for singing, piano, speech and drama will follow in August and September. The bands’ event takes place at Llewellyn Hall and Lyneham High School Performing Arts Centre, May 25-31. Details at nationaleisteddfod.org.au
“WELL-tempered Bach” with Joanne Arnott on recorders and Diana Weston on harpsichord features some Bach, but also a bitter-sweet remembrance from Elena Kats-Chernin and a commissioned work, Katia Tiutiunnik’s “Illumunida”. Wesley Music Centre, 3pm, May 27.
ART Song Canberra presents “Women Who Move the Heart”, featuring soprano Sonia Anfiloff and Alan Hicks on piano. The women are poets Mathilde Wesendonck and Emily Dickinson and composer Amy Beach. Wesley Music Centre, 3pm, Sunday, May 21.
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