Secluded Isolation Opening, September 4th

The Cultural Centre has re-opened after a winter recess with a fabulous exhibition called Secluded Isolation. Seventy people attended the Launch on Friday, 4th September, with Alison Milsom giving an inspiring opening speech about not only the photographs but how talented the photographers and sound artist are and most importantly how refreshing it is not to have a bunch of old grey haired ladies, but a group of young leaders showing their work. Rohanna Goldsmith, Freja Petersen, Tim Petrovic, Nick Johannsohn, Tim Bale, Tim Bennett, Daniel Hendriks and James Dacosta (James is on his way to Portugal, lucky man!) all worked on all aspects of the exhibition over the past 3 months, and the standard of the exhibition really shows their commitment to their arts practice and their love for the Island. Freja and Rohanna did a magnificent job of catering that I think all who attended would attest to. Exhibition continues until October 9th.

Sally Marsden, Cultural Centre Coordinator

secluded isolation

Secluded Isolation
King Island Cultural Centre
Opening Friday 4th September - 5.30pm
Launch by: Alison Milsom
Nibbles supplied, BYO
Works will be displayed until 8th October
Photographers: Tim Bennett, Tim Petrovic, James Da Costa, Rohanna Goldsmith, Daniel Hendriks, Nick Johannsohn, Freja Peterson Sound Artist: Tim Bale



King Island Cultural Centre, Currie Harbour King Island TAS 7256
Phone: 03 6462 1924 Blog: www.kingislandculturalcentre.blogspot.com

Yiloga! Tiwi Footy Art Exhibition

Chris Barnett, President of the KI football Association, will be opening the exhibition on Friday 5^th June, 5.30pm.

You, your families and friends are all welcome.

Yiloga! is an exploration of football and the importance of football

in the life of an Indigenous community.

This exhibition explores the links between sport, culture and art

resonating deeply within the collective Australian psyche.

This series of documentary style photographs deals with the place of footy in Tiwi culture and explores not only the Tiwi communities’ passion for the game of AFL Football but also its positive influence on life in the community.

The colour and excitement of ‘footy’ is captured as well as some of the startling history of the islands over the last 5 years.

. Artback NT is proud to present this touring exhibition with thanks to the Photographer’s for the loan of these works.

The footy season is well underway so why not have a whole weekend of footy with our local footy games on Saturday and come and enjoy this exhibition on Sunday!

40 Degrees Of Separation

James Newitt and Justy Phillips

Through a new multi-screen video work titled 40 degrees of separation, the artists are presenting a collaborative project developed during their 4-week Arts Tasmania Residency at the King Island Cultural Centre in 2008.

The work explores connections between personal histories, ideas of change and an island in transition through the use of video and sound. Using selected community groups as a starting point, such as the CWA, Senior Citizens Association and through community facilities, such as the Grassy Club; the artists undertook an intensive period of research, interviewing over twenty older residents in their homes at various locations around the island. The artists also utilised community platforms such as the King Island Courier and community noticeboards to encourage interested residents to contact them directly, such as invitations to afternoon tea.

As artists, they are interested in the ways in which people relate to each other and to the world in different social and cultural contexts and chose to focus on significant moments of change within the lives of older residents and drew connections between these vastly different experiences. In 40 degrees of separation, they present these as evocative visual portraits of both a generation and a place.

During this residency, they gathered significant video content and production stills, which have been edited and refined to create this new multi-screen video for presentation at the CWA, 5.30 2nd May.

For further information:

Sally Marsden

King Island Cultural Centre

Cultural Development Officer

King Island Council

03 6462 1924

0428 550404

Material Girl

The pictures above are from the extremely succesful Material Girl Remnants exhibition which opened recently at the King Island Cultural Centre.

Fiveteen local women artists exhibited a number of works on King Island in an offshoot of the Material Girl exhibition in mainland Tasmania.

Three exhibits from King Island were accompanied by two of the artists on their journey from King Island to the exhibition in Launceston where they were very well received and also made to feel very welcome.

This is the second time that King Island has staged it's own offshoot-show as part of the Ten Days On The Island Festival and has been welcomed by locals and those farther away.

Sally Marsden has reported back to Tas Regional Arts that King Islanders feel more connected with Tasmania by doing this and the organisers of Ten Days On The Island have in turn passed on their sense of excitement at the innovative way in which local artists have dealt with their geographic isolation.

Let's Get It Strait

Congratulations to everyone involved in last Saturday’s amazing show “Let’s get it Strait!’.

Despite a venue change due to strong wind warnings, it could not have been better! The performances were sublime and we had a fantastic audience. All the hard work really paid off and it was a show of depth, joy and original beauty.

Emma and Gavin from Tasdance wish to pass on their sincere thanks to the whole school community for our support and enthusiasm. They are currently on Flinders Island for the next part of this island project.

Again, congratulations to all involved in the long process that culminated in this ‘once in a lifetime’ show. We are indeed extremely lucky to have been part of such a professional project.

Photographs to follow shortly.

Ruined - In Exile.

Some wonderful photos taken by Linda French which give a flavour of the exhibition currently down at the King Island Cultural Centre.

If you are able to visit make sure you spend a couple of minutes to watch the DVD of our Ruined event filmed early this year and listen to the wonderful music that can still be extracted from such a ruinous hulk!