The Griffith Theatre's Artspace will host an international collaboration later in 2025 and you're invited to get involved
The Stay Cool exhibition is looking for photography, poetry and music inspired by the landscape.
"We're asking people to share the locations where they feel a connection," said Curator Jason Richardson.
"It would be great if you have a photograph of the site to bring it along to one of the online workshops planned for March and April."
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A series of tutors from different parts of the world will share their tips for creating short, three-line poems that encompass insights into responses to the places identified by participants.
"These will draw on the hundreds of years of tradition that inform haiku to prompt observations of seasonal change and a connection to place," said Mr Richardson.
A selection of these poems will be distributed by Naviar Records, whose online community have been creating music and soundscapes from these creative prompts for over a decade.
"This project builds on a collaboration with Naviar that created the Crossing Streams exhibition in Narrandera during 2017, where dozens of poems were contributed by locals aged between eight and eighty."
The resulting installation at the Narrandera Arts and Community Centre included nearly six hours of music, as well as performances and workshops.
"We're looking forward to bringing together textual, visual and musical elements in a collaboration with like-minded creatives from around the world," said Mr Richardson.
"The exhibition will reflect Griffith's multicultural identity and, given the history of the Continental Music Club that ran there last century, I've been calling this an intercontinental music club."
This project is supported by Griffith City Council through their Regional Art Gallery, as well as financial assistance from the NSW Government through Western Riverina Arts and Create NSW.
