Event Update: due to the weather forecast, we're moving the event indoors and will now be hosted by the lovely Newcastle City Library.
Whilst we are no longer able to welcome L-FRESH the Lion, the evening is still set to go off with a bang with a performance by Newcastle-based Muslim Pakistani/Iraqi rapper MEER, local musicians, live DJ's and an interactive live art experience with Newcastle Art Gallery in collaboration with emerging artist Holly Macdonald and local transdisciplinary studio Art Thinking Australia. Food and drink to be supplied by local vendors. This event is going ahead rain or shine.
Registrations essential: http://events.humanitix.com/closing-night-laman-street-party.
Event lineup
5pm: Event opens & Welcome to Country
5-9pm: Interactive Art Experience
5-9pm: Local musicians, MEER, and live DJ's throughout the night
MEER
Newcastle-based MEER is a Muslim Palestinian/Iraqi rapper originally from Auckland, NZ. Her raw, unapologetic and originality in music is breaking boundaries in the rap scene. MEER has a boundary shattering raw approach to hip hop, showering listeners buckets of attitude over thumping bass driven instrumentals. Previously gracing the stages of festivals such as Auckland City Limits, Splore and Laneway.
Interactive live art experience
Newcastle Art Gallery will be hosting an interactive live art experience in collaboration with emerging artist Holly Macdonald and local transdisciplinary studio Art Thinking Australia Inspired by 19th century Photogenic Drawings, Shadowgram brings this unique image making process to the digital age. Audiences will generate their own shadowgram portraits and display them on a large-scale work of art created by local artist Holly Macdonald.
Produced and presented by City of Newcastle and Newcastle Art Gallery in partnership with Art Thinking Australia.
Shadowgram Original Idea and Concept: Roland Haring, Matthew Gardiner, Christopher Lindinger, Hideki Ogawa / Ars Electronica Futurelab
Shadowgram Original Research and Development Team: Roland Haring, Hideaki Ogawa, Christopher Lindinger, Emiko Ogawa, Matthew Gardiner, David Stolarsky, Martina Mara / Ars Electronica Futurelab
Shadowgram Australia Producer: Kristefan Minski, Art Thinking PTY LTD.
Shadowgram Australia Unit Fabrication and Design: DavisThomas
Autumn Alive is a month-long celebration bringing the CBD alive, an exciting program of events in collaboration with Civic Theatre Newcastle, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle Library and Newcastle Museum while also highlighting our diverse and unique local businesses. Autumn Alive will be the only excuse you need to fall back in love with our city.
