𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙛-𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣 is a site-specific installation that transforms Puzzle Gallery into a space reminiscent of a domestic shed, where objects—car parts, light fittings, tools, granite, Perspex, and timber—are arranged on makeshift shelves.
Through light and careful placement, these objects take on new significance, shifting between moments of volume and quiet focus. Borrowing its title from a poem by Tomas Tranströmer, the work explores the mystery in everyday life and the blurred space between memory and material.
The debut solo presentation of Akil Ahamat’s practice, Extinguishing Hope draws from big and small screen cinematic languages to produce a non-narrative atmosphere described as ‘slow cinema for short attention spans.’
The exhibition, curated by Sebastian Henry-Jones, features a multi-screen and immersive installation that explores the aesthetics and psychosocial affects of ever-unfolding disaster.
Built in a gaming engine, Extinguishing Hope uses darkness as a motif to represent our age of hyper-rationality, producing an excess of truth that is impossible to make sense of. A key text for the exhibition is the canonical Javanese poem Kidung Rumeksa Ing Wengi (Song guarding in the night), attributed to Sunan Kalijaga, one of the nine saints of Javanese Islam. This prayer describes threats both earthly and spiritual and has journeyed from Java to Sri Lanka along with the exile of Malay peoples—Ahamat’s extended diasporic community—as an incantation for protection against the dangers of life in exile.
Inspired by research in the Chau Chak Wing Museum archives and collections, Katerina Teaiwa presents new work exploring Banaban dance as a form of protest.
Mungari
Dance Protest: Project Banaba is the latest in an exhibition series by artist Katerina Teaiwa and curator Yuki Kihara, exploring the history of Banaba, an island in the central Pacific.
In the 20th century, the British Phosphate Commissioners, a partnership between the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, mined 22 million tons of phosphate from the island. In 1945, Banabans endured forced relocation to Rabi Island, Fiji.
Expressing their identity and resistance to this colonial project, Banabans revitalised their song and dance repertoires. In the 1970s, when they sued the British government and company for the decimation of their island, dancers led the protest marches that accompanied the legal proceedings.
Chau Chau Wing Museum
Art, science, history and ancient cultures
The Chau Chak Wing Museum brings three powerful collections to a stunning, purpose-built space at the University of Sydney.
Located in the heart of the University of Sydney, the Chau Chak Wing Museum was designed to share the University of Sydney’s vast collections with the broader community.
The La Perouse Aboriginal community celebrates the homecoming of the Gweagal Spears, the resistance of their community and holding strong to their cultural fishing traditions.
Mungari
Mungari, a fishing songline in Dharawal culture, celebrates the long-awaited homecoming of four of the most significant fishing spears in Australian history. Crafted by Gweagal clansmen of Gamay (Botany Bay), stolen by James Cook and the crew of the Endeavour in April 1770, and held in the United Kingdom for 254 years, these spears tell a story of resistance then and now: the story of the Gweagal Ancestors who bravely defended their homeland, and the story of their descendants who fought for many years to have them returned.
Chau Chau Wing Museum
Art, science, history and ancient cultures
The Chau Chak Wing Museum brings three powerful collections to a stunning, purpose-built space at the University of Sydney.
Located in the heart of the University of Sydney, the Chau Chak Wing Museum was designed to share the University of Sydney’s vast collections with the broader community.
Essential – By Matteo Bernasconi opening Thursday, 27 March 6-8pm, at Peach Black Gallery.
Essential
This beautiful portrait series celebrates the role of artists/arts workers in society, inspired by pandemic-era debates on what constitutes “essential” work. The exhibition challenges perceptions of art’s value. The series features prominent Australian figures such as Leanne Benjamin AM OBE, Carl Vine AO, Claudia Karvan OAM, Nathalie Morris and Declan Kelly to name a few.
Essential
Opening Night: 27 March 2025, 6-8pm, free to attend
Venue: Peach Black Gallery, 126 Abercrombie Street, Chippendale
RSVP: https://www.trybooking.com/CZAWB
Celebrate the Year of the Snake in Chippendale with exciting Lunar New Year activities!
Lunar New Year in Chippendale
Celebrate, explore, and enjoy all that Chippendale has to offer this Lunar New Year!
White Rabbit Gallery: Stop by for a special treat as Teahouse staff hand out red pockets filled with vouchers for free dumplings, tea, and more! Don’t miss the chance to join a Mahjong game with your friends before you explore the gallery.
Chau Chak Wing Museum: Immerse yourself in creative workshops and insightful cultural talks, all celebrating the spirit of the Lunar New Year.
Koi Dessert Bar: Indulge in festive, limited-edition desserts that will add a sweet touch to your celebrations.
Central Park Mall: Take part in the Red Envelope Lucky Dip and win fabulous prizes and exclusive discounts from your favourite stores.
This is a community focussed event that invites MtG players of all skill levels to come play! Whether you’re looking to get started, a card game veteran or just someone looking to make new friends, Mana on Tap has something for everyone! Come grab a bite to eat and a drink while you play at our Arena bar!
Fortress
The largest video games and entertainment venue in the Southern Hemisphere, Fortress Sydney is ready to welcome you here in Central Park Mall.
Fortress Sydney is an entertainment powerhouse with capacity for 1000 people over two floors to compete in international online tournaments, play, socialise, game, dine and drink.
Checkmates is a hosted social board game event where you can make new friends, connect with old ones, and play new games each week!
Checkmates: Board Game Social
Drop by Fortress Sydney for just $5 at the door and enjoy unlimited board game hire all night long!
No need to book—just walk in and play!
Fortress
The largest video games and entertainment venue in the Southern Hemisphere, Fortress Sydney is ready to welcome you here in Central Park Mall.
Fortress Sydney is an entertainment powerhouse with capacity for 1000 people over two floors to compete in international online tournaments, play, socialise, game, dine and drink.
This photographic exhibition introduces Dupain’s modernist approach to photography in a brilliant and frequently hilarious series of candid shots.
Max Dupain
The Australian modernist photographer Max Dupain (1911-1992) documented student life at the University in the early 1950s in a brilliant and frequently hilarious series of candid shots. They show the range of student cultures and interests in the immediate postwar years. The exhibition introduces Dupain’s modernist approach to photography which combines formal architectural backdrops with candid documentary studies of student life. One series displays the student floats on which they performed and demonstrated major issues of the day. The Petrov affair inspired one of the floats in 1954, another includes anti-bomb demonstrations.
Chau Chau Wing Museum
Art, science, history and ancient cultures
The Chau Chak Wing Museum brings three powerful collections to a stunning, purpose-built space at the University of Sydney.
Located in the heart of the University of Sydney, the Chau Chak Wing Museum was designed to share the University of Sydney’s vast collections with the broader community.
