Radical Sydney
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When
18 January—23 February
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Address
CNR OXFORD ST & GREENS RD, PADDINGTON NSW 2021
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Hours
TUES–SAT, 10AM–5PM
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Phone
+61 2 8936 0888
Taking its title from Terry Irving and Rowan Cahill’s book on dissident politics and actions in Sydney; this program of talks, documentary screenings and performances engage with the histories and futures of local activism concerned with housing, public space, sexuality and gender.
Panel Discussion & Screening: Learning from the Green Bans
6pm Friday 18 January 2019
UNSW Galleries
Hear from an esteemed panel of speakers including historian Rowan Cahill; feminist and anti-racism activist Dr Meredith Burgmann; independent filmmaker and ex-builders labourer Pat Fiske; and activist and builders labourer Andy Mason as they discuss the legacy of the Green Bans activism today. Following the panel, Pat Fiske will introduce a screening of her documentary Rocking the Foundations 1986, that chronicles this important history.
Walking Tour with Julie Bates: Shine a Light
4pm Saturday 19 January 2019
Meeting place: 20 Oxford Square, Darlinghurst
Join sex worker rights activist Julie Bates AO on a tour of Kings Cross and East Sydney through the lens of her own activism and experience working and living in the area. This mini tour is based on Bates' live street-based performance The Joy Tour, depicting the days of Tilly Devine and the birth of the sex worker rights movement in inner Sydney.
Screening: The Eviction
6pm Thursday 24 January 2019
Juanita Nielsen Community Centre
31 Nicholson St, Woolloomooloo
The Eviction 2018 questions the future of Sydney’s public housing through the story of the Millers Point community and the sale of their homes. Director Blue Lucine will introduce the screening and facilitate a discussion with Millers Point resident and activist Barney Gardner who features in the documentary. Presented with the support of the City of Sydney and the Juanita Nielsen Community Centre.
Panel Discussion: Sydney Subcultures and Club-cultures
6pm Friday 1 February 2019
UNSW Galleries
From Les Girls to Monsta Gras, alternative club culture in Sydney continues to be an important platform for community-building and the development of experimental performance practices. Within the context of gentrification and shifting urban dynamics, this panel discussion will explore the significance and precarity of Sydney’s club nights and venues from the 1970s to now.
Moderated by artist, curator and publican Emma Price, speakers include costume designer, founding member of queer artist collective Glitter Militia and co-creator of Montsa Gras with collaborator Justin Shoulder, Matt Stegh; as well as the co-founders of Club Kooky DJ Gemma and Johnny Seymour.
Panel Discussion: Keep Sydney Public
2pm Saturday 9 February 2019
UNSW Galleries
The recent media furore surrounding use of the Sydney Opera House sails for advertising highlights larger tensions around the use of public space. Bringing together architects, anti-gentrification activists, sociologists and cultural commentators, this panel discussion explores the argument for maintaining Sydney’s public housing, spaces and infrastructure.
Moderated by artist Ian Millis the panel includes: architect and urban designer Professor Philip Thalis; sociologist Eva Cox AO; local activist and resident Julie Cooper; and Aboriginal rights activist Bronwyn Penrith.
Screening: There Goes Our Neighbourhood
6pm Thursday 21 February 2019
Juanita Nielsen Community Centre
31 Nicholson St, Woolloomooloo
There Goes Our Neighbourhood 2018 documents the ambition, resilience and creativity of Sydney’s Waterloo community when politicians and property developers threaten to transform their neighbourhood. Introduction and Q&A with filmmaker Clare Lewis. Presented with the support of the City of Sydney and the Juanita Nielsen Community Centre.
Panel Discussion: Justice for Juanita
2pm Saturday 23 February 2019
Juanita Nielsen Community Centre
31 Nicholson St, Woolloomooloo
Joined by a range of Juanita's contemporaries and others for whom Juanita's disappearance has remained of great interest, exhibting artist Zanny Begg will moderate a discussion around whether justice for Juanita Nielsen is possible and what this might look like today or in the future. Zanny Begg will be joined by 'Killing Juanita' author Peter Rees; business partner, friend and lover of Juanita Nielsen, David Farrell; and investigative jounralist Wendy Bacon.
This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition 'Zanny Begg: The Beehive' at UNSW Galleries, 5 January – 23 February 2019.
Banner image: Victoria, Mick Fowler’s last day there, May 1976. Tribune (Communist Party of Australia newspaper). Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. Copyright: Tribune / SEARCH Foundation