Queer PHOTO: Daniel Jack Lyons (USA) Artist Talk
Daniel Jack Lyons portrait photography in their new work, ‘Like a River’ visualises and empowers the trans and queer communities living in the Amazon rainforest, made in collaboration with Casa Do Rio, a community-based organisation that celebrates and supports the cultural lives of teenagers and young people living in the Amazon. Lyons’ portraits explore how…
Panel Yarn – Language as Resistance with Mayunkiki
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaJoin us for an evening panel discussion on Language as Resistance, where we delve into the profound intersections of language, Indigenous knowledge systems, and activism in art. Our panelists will offer unique insights into the power of language, identity, and cultural preservation in the face of historical oppression and contemporary challenges. We welcome lead panelist;…
Community Open Day
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaThis year, we are celebrating 50 years in the local community. And like you, we are passionate about Melbourne’s West. That’s why we’re revitalizing our riverside lawns, thanks to a vital $8.7 million investment from the Victorian State Government. This will allow us to enhance disability access and increase the greenspace for all to enjoy.…
A Night with Mayunkiki
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaTHIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT Exploring the Language, Songs, and Dances of the Indigenous Ainu People of Northern Japan Join us for an engaging workshop where we will delve into the language, songs, and dances cherished by the Ainu, the indigenous people of the northern islands of Japan. Mayunkiki, an Ainu artist, will share personal anecdotes intertwined…
TILDE Exhibition
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaFull Scale Curated by Sapphic Flicks, Full Scale speaks to the wide-ranging diversity, visibility and musical talent of trans and gender expansive artists from Indigenous and diaspora communities. A collection of music videos, documentaries and online art. Works include queer opulence from Kee'ahn, Goddess Naavikaran, Govind Pillai and Raina Peterson. Date: 3 May—5 May 2024…
TILDE Film Festival
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaTILDE Film Festival: Three days, seven sessions, twenty-four films, two exhibitions, four filmmakers in conversation panels, two massive community events featuring world, international and Victorian premieres. We acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation. We offer our respect to the Elders of…
Smash to Blak Opening Night — First Nations curated by Merryn Trescott & Jamie Connor
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaSmash to Blak Opening Night — First Nations curated by Merryn Trescott & Jamie Connor Sapphic Flicks presents the Opening Night of TILDE, bringing First Nations trans folk, brotherboys and sistergirls together in celebration of our creativity, diversity of experience, and storytelling. It will be an opportunity for community and knowledge building; for our stories…
TILDE: OUR FUTURE
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaScreening & filmmaker in-conversation There is a wave of trans and gender expansive culture building strength. Australia's young filmmakers are breaking through with poignant and deeply complex storytelling. Featuring the world premiere of the delicately beautiful Black Trans Miracle by Tinaye Nyathi, with screenings and in-conversations with filmmakers Luka Gracie (More Than This), AP Pobjoy…
TILDE: OUR ELDERS
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaScreening Celebrating our icons. Celebrating elders who ensured future spaces like TILDE. Through rarely seen experimental and archival hidden gems, we open up an opportunity for our elders to look at us, as much as we look at them. Representing Takatāpui, activists and genderqueer life from the ‘70s, ‘80s and today. Starring Icons Carmen Rupe,…
TILDE: GAY24 Presents TRANS DOMESTICITY
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, AustraliaScreenings Guest Curated by Jini Maxwell & Samantha Eckhardt At TILDE in 2024, GAY24 are hosting the international premiere of Henry Hanson’s DOG MOVIE; a film about a tenderqueer couple whose eternal couch surfer who seems immune to their passive-aggressive insinuations that it might be time for her to find a new place – until…