RESTRUNG FESTIVAL 2021
The much-loved Restrung Festival returns in 2021 bringing audiences a banquet of boundary-pushing, strings-driven music and art.
The three-day program features a dazzling program of celebrated and emerging talent, packed with bespoke events, unique collaborations and bold new works.
In addition to genre-bending performances, audiences can immerse themselves in installations created by Pat Hoffie, Leah Barclay and more. Expect joyous explorations, spontaneous art making, and a musical smorgasbord of the new, the raw and the beautiful.
PERFORMANCES
POP-UP PERFORMANCES
VISUAL ART INSTALLATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project and Metro Arts have been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Metro Arts is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy. The Emerging Producer XChange is supported by the Ian Potter Foundation.
KILLING MUSIC BY TOPOLOGY
KILLING MUSIC BY TOPOLOGY
+ WELCOME TO COUNTRY BY AUNTY DELMAE BARTON
Presented by Restrung Productions and Metro Arts
In this moment of pure catharsis, Topology offers a collective release to wipe the slate clean and prompt a renewed energy and sense of optimism.
Known for their evocative, pulse-driven and unorthodox mix of piano, strings and sax, Topology has been surprising audiences with their distinct sound since 1997.
In Killing Music, Topology will indulge in a moment of catharsis; expressing the fury and frustration built up over 18 months of social disruption. Featuring iconic pieces from Topology’s extensive repertoire, Killing Music offers a collective release – a cleansing primal scream to wipe the slate clean and prompt a renewed energy and sense of optimism.
DATE
Thu 14 Oct, 2021
TIME
6pm
VENUE
New Benner Theatre | Metro Arts, West End
TICKETS
General Admission $35*
Concession $25*
Groups 6+ $25*
* +Booking fee $0.50 per ticket purchased
SHOW DURATION
90 mins
AGES + WARNINGS
Suitable for all ages.
Contains haze/smoke effects.
THE ARTISTS
Topology
Founded in 1997, Topology is now established as a leader of creativity in the Arts in Australia, creating new original work, collaborating across style and artform boundaries and building creativity in young people and communities while strengthening the vibrancy of a collegial arts scene. WIth over 24 years of accumulated original repertoire and an insatiable drive to create new work, Topology has a well-established reputation for experimenting with surprising combinations of genres, theatrical staging and cross art form collaboration to create thought-provoking music experiences for audiences of all ages, backgrounds and tastes. Formerly Resident Artists at Brisbane Powerhouse for 18 years, Topology has an extensive discography of 16 Albums, has produced countless evening-length works and before COVID, toured extensively nationally and internationally.
Topology are famous for the breadth and depth of their collaborations. Undaunted by stylistic barriers, the quintet has created stunning new work with partners in theatre (Geoffrey Rush, Neil Armfield, Queensland Theatre Company), classical music (the Brodsky Quartet, the Southern Cross Soloists), contemporary art music (Terry Riley, Speak Percussion), dance (Expressions Dance Company, Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre, Jody Oberfelder), puppetry (Dead Puppet Society), contemporary jazz (Trichotomy, Loops), popular songwriting (Kate Miller-Heidke, Katie Noonan), comedy (the Kransky Sisters, Gerry Connolly), Asian music (Dheeraj Shrestha, Ubiet) and Indigenous Australian music (William Barton).
Featuring
John Babbage
Christa Powell
Robert Davidson
Therese Milanovic
Bernard Hoey
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project and Metro Arts have been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Metro Arts is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy. The Emerging Producer XChange is supported by the Ian Potter Foundation.
VISITING US
We take the safety of our patrons, staff and artists seriously. Metro Arts is operating in line with current Queensland Government guidelines and the Stage QLD COVIDSafe Industry Plan. If you are unwell, please refrain from attending events at Metro Arts. Maintaining physical distancing requirements is expected and is the individuals responsibility. Click here for more information.
CLOSING NIGHT PARTY WITH ESTAMPA
CLOSING NIGHT PARTY WITH ESTAMPA
Featuring Rebecca Karlen, Paul Henderson, John Reeves and Samuel Vincent
Presented by Restrung Productions and Metro Arts
Estampa evokes visions of Parisian laneways, South American sensuality, and the unbridled joy of European folk-music.
Combining a unique blend of violin, voice, piano accordion, guitar, banjo and double bass, expect an eclectic experience that will leave you feeling like youʼve entered a 1930ʼs Parisian jazz club or the streets of São Paulo.
The group features Rebecca Karlen on violin and vocals, Paul Henderson on guitar/banjo, John Reeves on piano accordion and Samuel Vincent on double bass. These well established musicians come from diverse musical backgrounds and together perform an eclectic mix of music, including French jazz and chansons, Brazilian instrumental music, Bossa Nova, Scandinavian and other World Folk music.
DATE
Sat 16 Oct, 2021
TIME
8:30pm
VENUE
New Benner Theatre | Metro Arts, West End
TICKETS
General Admission $25*
* +Booking fee $0.50 per ticket purchased
SHOW DURATION
90 mins
AGES + WARNINGS
Suitable for all ages.
Contains haze/smoke effects.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project and Metro Arts have been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Metro Arts is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy. The Emerging Producer XChange is supported by the Ian Potter Foundation.
VISITING US
We take the safety of our patrons, staff and artists seriously. Metro Arts is operating in line with current Queensland Government guidelines and the Stage QLD COVIDSafe Industry Plan. If you are unwell, please refrain from attending events at Metro Arts. Maintaining physical distancing requirements is expected and is the individuals responsibility. Click here for more information.
DOTS+LOOPS
DOTS+LOOPS
With Connor D’Netto, Kieran Welch and Flora Wong
Presented by Restrung Productions and Metro Arts
For one night only, join Dots+Loops Directors Kieran Welch, Connor D’Netto and Flora Wong as they share some of their favourite contemporary works for strings and electronics.
With a history of inclusively exploring the spaces in between a traditional classical concert, an underground club gig, and an experimental art show, Dots+Loops has been sharing adventurous and thought-provoking live art with audiences since 2014.
In this bespoke performance, they’ll discuss what drew them to performing, composing and presenting contemporary and post-genre music and live art.
DATE
Fri 15 Oct, 2021
TIME
6:30pm
VENUE
New Benner Theatre | Metro Arts, West End
TICKETS
General Admission $35*
Concession $25*
Groups 6+ $25*
* +Booking fee $0.50 per ticket purchased
SHOW DURATION
60 mins
AGES + WARNINGS
Suitable for all ages.
Contains haze/smoke effects.
THE ARTISTS
Kieran Welch
Kieran is the founder and Artistic Director of the post-genre concert series Dots+Loops, inclusively exploring the spaces inbetween a traditional classical concert, an underground club gig, and an experimental art show. Though trained in classical viola from an early age, as this classical education progressed into a profession, Kieran increasingly spent the time away from his instrument building skills as a DJ, heading to music festivals, and working as an indie rock and electronica music journalist. Dots+Loops emerged from a quest to merge these previously separate artistic aspects of his life, and combined with the rise of a burgeoning community of post-genre musicians in his hometown of Brisbane, Australia, the series has now seen five years of unique live art experiences, acclaimed by critics, audiences and artists alike.
Flora Wong
Australian violinist Flora Wong is a musician who is drawn to the intersections between different disciplines of music-making. Equally at home coaxing virtuosic Baroque figurations out of gut strings as she is playing polyrhythms alongside a drum kit, she is fast becoming a go-to collaborator for contemporary and cross genre projects in Brisbane (Turrbal/Jagera land). She is a member of Brisbane-based new music septet Nonsemble, Associate Director of post-genre concert series Dots+Loops, and a lecturer in contemporary violin at JMC Academy. She works closely with Brisbane composer Chris Perren, premiering many of his works in Australia and internationally, and has given the Australian premiere performances of works by Kate Moore, Missy Mazzoli, and Judd Greenstein.
Connor D’Netto
Connor D’Netto has been described as “the model contemporary Australian composer” by ABC Classic FM. His music balances rhythmic drive, heartfelt lyricism drawn from his background as a vocalist, textures expanding the limits of instrumental sound, and delicate incorporation of electronic elements. In 2021 The Australian listed Connor as one of their “21 Hottest Creative Artists of 2021”. In 2019, Connor was Composer-In Residence of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, youngest in the Festival’s history. He has held residencies with prolific New York new-music collective Bang On A Can and with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He has been awarded prizes including an APRA Art Music Fund Award and the Brisbane City Council Lord Mayor’s Young and Emerging Artists Fellowship.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dots+Loops is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, Creative Partnerships Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund and are an Affiliate of the Unviersity of Queensland School of Music.
Restrung Festival and Metro Arts have been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Metro Arts is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy. The Emerging Producer XChange is supported by the Ian Potter Foundation.
VISITING US
We take the safety of our patrons, staff and artists seriously. Metro Arts is operating in line with current Queensland Government guidelines and the Stage QLD COVIDSafe Industry Plan. If you are unwell, please refrain from attending events at Metro Arts. Maintaining physical distancing requirements is expected and is the individuals responsibility. Click here for more information.
QUEENSLAND CABARET 2021
QUEENSLAND CABARET LONG WEEKEND
To celebrate the launch of the February 2022 Queensland Cabaret Festival program – Metro Arts and Queensland Cabaret Festival present Cabaret Long Weekend.
Avoid the road rage, sunburn and queues for the loos and kick off your long weekend with a few days of cool art-conditioned cabaret – unique stories, great songs and top-shelf singers in a short taste of what 2022 has to offer.
So, join us over the new October long weekend, and inoculate your soul with a short, sharp jab of art at the Cabaret Long Weekend!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Queensland Cabaret Festival is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and Brisbane City Council. Metro Arts is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. Metro Arts is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy. The Emerging Producer XChange is supported by the Ian Potter Foundation.
CONVERSATIONS ON SHADOW ARCHITECTURE
CONVERSATIONS ON SHADOW ARCHITECTURE
Curated by Ineke Dane
Presented by Metro Arts
Explore new ways of understanding our physical environment and the potential for agency and empowerment within it.
Conversations on Shadow Architecture proposes an investigation of environments through the lens of Critical Spatial Practice – a theory that seeks to facilitate understanding the social, cultural and political potential and purpose of space and architecture.
Contributions from local and international multidisciplinary artists bring creativity and critical spatial practice into dialogue through this explorative exhibition.
DATES
Sat 2 – Sat 30 Oct, 2021
OPENING EVENT:
Sat 2 Oct | 4 – 6pm
VENUE
Gallery One + Gallery Two + Window Gallery
Metro Arts, West End
Anri Sala Dammi i Colori [Video Still] 2003
Single channel video, color, stereo sound, duration: 15:25
Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York; Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris; Hauser & Wirth, Zurich London; Johnen Galerie, Berlin; Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich.
THE ARTISTS
Tarik Ahlip
Heba Y. Amin
Richard Bell
Lauren Brincat
Five Mile Radius // Clare // Hunter // Tom
Gill Gatfield
Dale Harding
Fionnuala Heidenreich
HWKN
Simon James Phillips
Valentina Karga
Nicolas Kisic Aguirre
Anri Sala
GALLERY HOURS
Sat 2 Oct 4pm – 10pm
Sun 3 Oct CLOSED
Sun 4 Oct CLOSED (PUBLIC HOLIDAY)
Tue 5 – Thu 7 Oct 8am – 5pm
Fri 8 Oct 8am – 10pm
Sat 9 Oct 10am – 10pm
Sun 10 Oct CLOSED
Mon 11 – Wed 13 Oct 8am – 5pm
Thu 14 – Fri 15 Oct 8am – 10pm
Sat 16 Oct 10am – 10pm
Sun 17 Oct CLOSED
Mon 18 – Thu 21 Oct 8am – 5pm
Fri 22 Oct 8am – 10pm
Sat 23 Oct 10am – 10pm
Sun 24 Oct CLOSED
Mon 25 Oct 8am – 5pm
Tue 26 Oct 8am – 10pm
Wed 27 Oct 8am – 5pm
Thu 28 – Fri 29 Oct 8am – 10pm
Sat 30 Oct 10am – 10pm
Sun 31 Oct CLOSED
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. This project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
VISITING US
We take the safety of our patrons, staff and artists seriously. Metro Arts is operating in line with current Queensland Government guidelines. If you are unwell, please refrain from attending events at Metro Arts. Maintaining physical distancing requirements is expected and is the individuals responsibility. Click here for more information.
JUST ANNOUNCED
QUEENSLAND CABARET LONG WEEKEND
To celebrate the launch of the February 2022 Queensland Cabaret Festival program – Metro Arts and Queensland Cabaret Festival present Cabaret Long Weekend.
Avoid the road rage, sunburn and queues for the loos and kick off your long weekend with a few days of cool art-conditioned cabaret – unique stories, great songs and top-shelf singers in a short taste of what 2022 has to offer.
So, join us over the new October long weekend, and inoculate your soul with a short, sharp jab of art at the Cabaret Long Weekend!
RESTRUNG FESTIVAL 2021
The much-loved Restrung Festival returns in 2021 bringing audiences a banquet of boundary-pushing, strings-driven music and art.
The three-day program features a dazzling program of celebrated and emerging talent, packed with bespoke events, unique collaborations and bold new works.
In addition to genre-bending performances, audiences can immerse themselves in installations created by Pat Hoffie, Leah Barclay and more. Expect joyous explorations, spontaneous art making, and a musical smorgasbord of the new, the raw and the beautiful.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
CONVERSATIONS ON SHADOW ARCHITECTURE
2 – 30 OCT / EXHIBITION
Explore new ways of understanding our physical environment and the potential for agency and empowerment within it.
RESTRUNG FESTIVAL 2021
14 – 16 OCT | MUSIC + ART
The much-loved Restrung Festival returns in 2021, bringing audiences a banquet of boundary-pushing, strings-driven music and art.
KILLING MUSIC BY TOPOLOGY
14 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL
In this moment of pure catharsis, Topology offers a collective release to wipe the slate clean and prompt a renewed energy and sense of optimism.
HOPE’S BEAUTIFUL SYMPHONY
14 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL
This sonic landscape that draws on Bidjara Elder Auntie Delmae’s childhood in and around Emerald, mixed with evocative, shimmering musical improvisations.
DOTS+LOOPS
15 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL
Join Dots+Loops Directors Kieran Welch, Connor D’Netto and Flora Wong as they share some of their favourite contemporary works for strings and electronics.
DAVID BENTLEY TRIO WITH SHENZO & DANIELLE
16 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL
Classic trio jazz and funky rhythms make for a spicy bouillabaisse when Brisbane’s legendary David Bentley Trio (DB3) takes the stage.
CLOSING NIGHT PARTY WITH ESTAMPA
16 OCT | RESTRUNG FESTIVAL
Estampa evokes visions of Parisian laneways, South American sensuality, and the unbridled joy of European folk-music.
QUEENSLAND CABARET 2021
29 – 30 OCT | QLD CABARET LONG WEEKEND
Metro Arts and The Queensland Cabaret Festival present Cabaret Long Weekend.
ARTIST BOARDRIDERS CLUB
20 – 27 NOV / EXHIBITION
Step inside a world of vivid contemporary art by this motley crew of surfers and art-lovers.
OCTOBER GALLERY HOURS
Sat 2 Oct 10am – 10pm
Sun 3 Oct CLOSED
Sun 4 Oct CLOSED (PUBLIC HOLIDAY)
Tue 5 – Thu 7 Oct 8am – 5pm
Fri 8 Oct 8am – 10pm
Sat 9 Oct 10am – 10pm
Sun 10 Oct CLOSED
Mon 11 – Wed 13 Oct 8am – 5pm
Thu 14 – Fri 15 Oct 8am – 10pm
Sat 16 Oct 10am – 10pm
Sun 17 Oct CLOSED
Mon 18 – Thu 21 Oct 8am – 5pm
Fri 22 Oct 8am – 10pm
Sat 23 Oct 10am – 10pm
Sun 24 Oct CLOSED
Mon 25 Oct 8am – 5pm
Tue 26 Oct 8am – 10pm
Wed 27 Oct 8am – 5pm
Thu 28 – Fri 29 Oct 8am – 10pm
Sat 30 Oct 10am – 10pm
Sun 31 Oct CLOSED
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY
Metro Arts acknowledge the Jagera and Turrbal peoples, as the custodians of the land we work on, recognising their connection to land, waters and community. We honour the story-telling and art-making at the heart of First Nation’s cultures, and the enrichment it gives to the lives of all Australians.
Metro Arts accepts the invitation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and supports a First Nations Voice to Parliament enshrined in the Australian Constitution. UluruStatement.org