FAAOSOFIA LE OLIOLI / AGUÇANDO ALEGRIA / KA JINGPYNSHLUR IA KA JINGKMEN
Inciting Joy: A Celebration & Community Performance Featuring Tiana Khasi
Friday, 30 May, 6:30-9:00 PM
Balam Balam Place G01, Ground Floor South, 15 Phoenix St (Formerly 33 Saxon St) BRUNSWICK
Approx. 10 minutes walk from correspondences (map below)
Together with future soul artist Tiana Khasi and her co-resident artist Cecilia Sordi Campos, we invite you to join us for an evening of music to celebrate the culmination of their residency project, Inciting Joy.
We will begin the evening with a performance featuring Tiana, accompanied by her live band and our community singing group, assembled as part of the project. The performance will feature new music and arrangements from Tiana's repertoire.
After the performance, tea and dessert will be served, and guests are invited to linger, relax, and mingle in conversation. Or join the community-making table.
If you're unable to attend the performance, please join us in the gallery space at correspondences to explore Cecilia's final beautiful exhibit, which remains open until Saturday, 31 May.
Press the ‘JOIN THE GUEST LIST’ button below to book. Bookings are essential.
There are options:
—Single Adult Ticket $20
—Single Adult Ticket $30 with a donation
—Limited free tickets are available. First-in-best-dressed.
Please purchase your ticket online to present to our Volunteer Team on arrival. Please, no door sales. Your ticket includes a hot drink and dessert. Ticket proceeds and donations will go towards venue hire costs, artist fees, and food. Additional information is provided below.
Please if you’re sick, rest at home and come and see us when you’re better. :-)
Proceedings:
—Guest arrivals/invited to do a little making and explore the space - 6:30 pm
—Performance - 7:00 pm
—Refreshments, Conversation, Mingling & Making - 8:00 pm
—Event concludes - 9:00 pm
Image credit: Record cover (detail) Tiana Khasi, Meghalaya. Artwork (detail) by Sean C. Bate.
Tiana Khasi is a Meanjin (Brisbane)-born, Naarm (Melbourne)-based future soul artist. A trained vocalist whose voice has been described ‘as venomous as it is honey-sweet’, Tiana’s music pays homage to her heritage while exploring a forward-thinking blend of soul, jazz and pop. Her debut EP, Meghalaya – titled for Meghalaya, India, the land of the Khasi tribe whose name Tiana proudly bears – arrived to critical acclaim in 2019. In 2020, Khasi released a follow-up EP, Meghalaya – The Remixes, a project that invited friends and respected collaborators to explore playful interpretations of her songs. Featuring contributions from Sampology, Melbourne’s Horatio Luna, So.Crates, Best Foot Forward, choicevaughan and Benny Salvador from Aotearoa as well as London-based label mate Street Rat, the remixes arrived dance-floor ready, breathing new energy into the music and representing community and collaboration at its core. 2024 will see the highly anticipated return of Khasi's music, brimming with the promise of pop innovation and soulful storytelling. With her unique blend of venomous yet honey-sweet vocals, she is poised to once again captivate global audiences and redefine the boundaries of contemporary sound emerging from Australia. Please visit Tiana's website for more details. Website: https://www.tianakhasi.com/about
Credits: Photograph of Tiana by Sulamain Enayatzada
Additional information:
—Tickets are $20 per Adult. A limited number of free tickets are also offered. We have also included a number of tickets valued at $30, which include a donation of $10, to help us wth the cost of producing this special event.
—No door ticket sales. We're sorry but our little Volunteer Team is small!
—Entry is from 6:30 PM for a 7:00 PM start. The event closes at 9:00 pm, so we can clean up and exit by 10:00 pm, as per our venue agreement. Thank you for your understanding.
—For a map and instructions on how to get to Balam Balam Place when walking from correspondences, please refer [here].
—We will have two portable heaters going, and blankets will also be available to keep us all cosy.
—Seating and standing room is available.
—All of our events are photographed as we need to document all that we do to evidence the work that we do and secure grant funding. If you'd prefer not to be featured in our event photographs, please let us know in advance, and we will ensure you're not captured. Your comfort is important to us.
—Please note: Disability access: All the ground surfaces are on-grade, and all paths of travel to and from G01 space meet access code requirements in terms of disabled egress and independent disabled egress. Please don't hesitate to reach out regarding any particular requirements at info@correspondences.work.
Image credit: Record cover (detail) Tiana Khasi, Meghalaya. Artwork (detail) by Sean C. Bate.
Acknowledgements
We respectfully acknowledge the Sovereign Custodians of the land and waters upon which we live and work, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. We extend this respect to all First Peoples.
We wish to warmly thank Balam Balam for partnering with us and allowing us to use their beautiful space at community rates.
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