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The 2015 South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival opens this weekend, bringing an explosion of visual art at 550 venues across the state.
Other weekend picks include the State Theatre Company’s production of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, a stunning showcase of nature photography at the South Australian Museum, an Adelaide Symphony Orchestra tribute to great Russian composers, Australian pioneer of Indian spiritual music Dya Singh at Nexus Live, and a concert of songs from The Beatles’ Rubber Soul and Revolver albums.
SALA Festival
More than 5000 artists will be exhibiting their work during the 2015 SALA Festival. SALA features a wide range of art exhibitions – including sculpture, painting, jewellery and multi-media – as well as open studios, tours, artist residencies and other events. It will be opened at a gala event at the Art Gallery of SA tonight (Friday) featuring 2015 SALA featured artist Giles Bettison as keynote speaker. Bettison works with murrine glass and his exhibition, Pattern and Perception, opens at the Jam Factory tomorrow; he will also be demonstrating his work from 12.30-4.30pm. The festival continues until the end of August, with the full program available online.
ASO – Russian Greats
Painist Simon Trpceski will join the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Piano Concerto during this concert on Saturday night at the Festival Theatre. With visiting conductor Vasily Petrenko at the helm, Russian Greats will also present Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 1 and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Spanish-inspired Capriccio espagnol.
Betrayal – State Theatre
Harold Pinter’s Betrayal begins after the end of an affair, then proceeds in reverse to reveal how the three central characters – Emma, Robert and Robert’s best friend Jerry – ended up where they are today. It is a play “full of blood, damage and the heavy consequence of impulsive choices”, says director Geordie Brookman. With a cast including Alison Bell, Nathan O’Keefe and Mark Saturno, the State Theatre Company of SA is presenting Betrayal at the Dunstan Playhouse until August 15. Read InDaily’s review here.
Nexus Live – Dya Singh
A performance by Australian pioneer of Indian spiritual music Dya Singh will kick off Nexus Arts‘ new live music series In My Mother Tongue on Saturday night. Singh will be accompanied by members of his group (above), as well as Adelaide-based harmonium player and singer Farid Drokhshan. The series at the Lion Arts Centre is described as “a celebration of diversity in song”, with future shows featuring artists such as Lamine Sonko & The African Intelligence and Grace Barbe.
Treasure Ships: Art in the Age of Spices
Exploring the cultural and spiritual exchange between Europe and Asia during the era of the spice trade, this exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia comprises around 300 works including paintings, furniture, textiles, ceramics and engravings. Click here to read InDaily’s story about Treasure Ships, which will be at the gallery until August 30, and here for a list of associated gallery events this weekend.
START – Art Gallery of SA
The gallery’s free START program, aimed at children aged five to 10, is held on the first Sunday of each month, with this weekend’s event celebrating the beginning of the SALA Festival. There will be an exhibition of works by young artists, kids’ tours, treasure-inspired activities, theatrical performances and storytelling from 11am-3pm. START is also going on the road this month as part of SALA, with events in Whyalla (August 8) and Port Augusta (August 9).
Rubber Soul Revolver
This touring concert celebrates The Beatles’ sixth and seventh albums: Rubber Soul and Revolver. It’s performed by Husky Gawenda from Husky, Fergus Linacre from Kingswood and singer-songwriters Jordie Lane and Marlon Williams, with backing by a rock orchestra and musical direction by Paul Gray. Both albums will be performed in track order, with songs including “Norwegian Wood”, “Michelle”, and “Eleanor Rigby”. There’s one Adelaide show only at the Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, on Sunday.
Yellow Blue Bus
Six-piece global-fusion ensemble Yellow Blue Bus – whose signature sound is the Ukrainian bandura (described as a 65-stringed cousin of the lute) – are playing a show tonight (Friday) at The Gov in Hindmarsh. YBB plays an updated version of Ukrainian folk music, blended with other musical styles. Doors open 7.30pm.
The Yearlings
Adelaide band The Yearlings will perform their first, self-titled album in its entirety at a gig at the Wheatsheaf Hotel on Sunday afternoon. The group says the 2003 release was “recorded in eight hours on a stinking hot day, live to two-inch tape at Mixmasters Studios in the Adelaide Hills”. They will be supported by Tara Carragher and Richard Coates.
Nature Photographer of the Year
Celebrating the natural beauty of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea, the Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year exhibition, owned by the South Australian Museum, opens this weekend. It showcases the stunning images captured by finalists in the annual competition across categories including animal portrait, animal behaviour, landscape, botanical and threatened species. You can take a peek online here. The exhibition is at the SA Museum until August 30.
Forbidden Broadway – Blackwood Players
Opening this weekend, the Blackwood Players’ latest theatrical production is described as a “funny roast of Broadway”, presenting a tribute to some of the theatre’s greatest stars and songwriters. With cabaret-style seating and a cash bar, Forbidden Broadway is playing at the Blackwood Memorial Hall until August 15.
The Perfectionist – Bakehouse Theatre
Theatre company Adapt Enterprises describes this production as “a play about marriage equality set in the ’70s”. David Williamson’s script tells the story of a love triangle involving a married couple and their Danish babysitter. Performances continue at The Bakehouse Theatre until August 8.
Samstag Museum of Art
Two exhibitions are currently showing at the Samstag Museum of Art. Birth of the Cool comprises works by four painters (David Aspden, Sydney Ball, Michael Johnson and Dick Watkins) from the decade 1963-73, considered a golden era of avant-garde art in Australia. Geoff Wilson: Interrogated Landscape, features more than 70 works recognising the lifetime achievement of the South Australian artist. Both exhibitions continue until September 18.
SALA at the Cinema
Adelaide’s Mercury Cinema will be presenting a series of films about artists presented by artists across the month of August as part of the SALA Festival. Artists involved include Angela Valamanesh, Roy Ananda and Geoff Wilson. See the full line-up of films here.
On screen
See InDaily’s reviews of the latest films screening in Adelaide:
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Far From Men
Mr Holmes
Ruben Guthrie
Ant-Man
Madame Bovary
Amy
Terminator Genisys
Main SALA photo artwork (top) and exhibition details:
Luke Thurgate drawing an artwork, as part of the “ID: Portraiture and Identity” exhibition at Adelaide Airport, on now until September 1.
Emma Hack – “Towards dusk I look to the air for guidance”, embroidered Japanese silk, photography, pigment print. From her exhibition at Emma Hack Gallery, North Adelaide, August 5-30.
Corey Dodd – “Fisherman”, acrylic on canvas. From the “Home is Where the Heart Is” exhibition, Stump Hill Gallery, McLaren Vale, August 9 to September 13.
Paul Mahoney – oil painting from “Dipstick Birds and Carcentric”, a joint exhibition with Reg Eastaugh at the National Motor Museum, Birdwood, August 2-31.
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