Image by Wanjun Carpenter

Saturday 15th October

Intersections within multi-disciplinary arts, society and subcultures

FREE

Sat 15th Oct 11:30 - 13:30

Clyde Street Studios

Venue with limited accessibility

This conversation-style discussion panel will explore how subcultures and community groups are intertwining through experimental art and the interesting results of these entanglements. These crossovers, where they occur, are developing new connections and understandings in an increasingly rich and complex industry.

Moderated by Wanjun Carpenter and featuring Newcastle-based emerging arts workers Zana Kobayashi, David Lobb and Jasmine Fletcher.

This conversation-style discussion panel will explore how subcultures and community groups are intertwining through experimental art and the interesting results of these entanglements. These crossovers, where they occur, are developing new connections and understandings in an increasingly rich and complex industry.

Wanjun Carpenter
is a mixed media artist and musician from Newcastle, NSW. Working across various creative fields and contexts, his artistic practice centres around the exploration of his own indigenous identity and the construction, misrepresentations, questions and tensions inherent in that identity.

Jasmine Fletcher
is a non binary, multidisciplinary artist and curator, currently working as a graphic designer and event producer. They're committed to community building, supporting queer arts, cultivating safer spaces and fostering social connections for sexual and gender diverse folk.

Zana Kobayashi
holds over eight years of experience in the Arts and Culture sector. She is the Audience Coordinator at Newcastle Art Gallery. Zana is also the Guest Curator of the experimental interdisciplinary event The Bender at The Lock Up. From grassroots organisations through to the state government, Zana has worked on several large-scale high-profile projects. Her commitment to facilitating creative spaces within the city has been fuelled by watching the dramatic effect of the creative industries upon Newcastle. Zana hopes to continue to contribute to Australian culture in a way that ensures creativity is valued and diversity is celebrated.

lovedavid (a.k.a David Lobb)
is a multi-disciplinary artist working somewhere between
childish dreams and memories on the deathbed. lovedavid is a complete devotion to feeling and leaning into feeling. Intimate exchanges between friends, over-sharing between strangers and dialogues within oneself form the basis of his practice. Everything is
made in a real-time incubator of memory, experience and exposure to life/the world.


Supported by Create NSW.

Come along to this panel discussion that will explore topics such as the experimentation of music, experimental technologies, social culture, diversification, inclusivity, and politics.