FAAOSOFIA LE OLIOLI / AGUÇANDO ALEGRIA / KA JINGPYNSHLUR IA KA JINGKMEN 
INCITING JOY: A CELEBRATION & COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE

Friday, 30 May, 6:30-9:00 PM
G01, Ground Floor South, Balam Balam Place
15 Phoenix St (Formerly 33 Saxon St) BRUNSWICK VIC 3056
Approx. 10 minutes walk from correspondences (map below)

Together with resident artists Tiana Khasi and Cecilia Sordi Campos, we invite you to join us for an evening of music to celebrate the culmination of our 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 making table to assemble an adornment to be added to the community blanket that Tiana has been making throughout her residency.

If you're unable to attend the performance, please join us in the gallery space at correspondences for our final poetry reading circle on May 23, where you can also explore Cecilia's final exhibit. [event page here]. We will have a special guest speaker with us to mark this special occasion. Refreshments will be served.

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. 

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. 

Proceedings:
—Guest arrivals/invited to select materials to add an adornment to the community blanket - 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.

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. 
—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.

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

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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