Barbara Jane Gilby, playing violin, and Meriel Owen, playing harp, from the Canberra Symphony play us some beautiful music in the Monster Salon and Dining rooms. On the set list was:
Saint-Saëns, ‘Fantaisie’, Op. 124
Faure, ‘Impromptu’, Op. 86
Massenet, ‘Méditation’ from ‘Thaïs’
Shostakovich, ‘Romance’ from ‘The Gadfly’.
The Monster Salon and Dining rooms at Hotel Hotel were a reinterpretation of the suburban family rooms of immigrants in Australia post WWII. It was a domestic place. At once a parlour for receiving guests, for talking art and politics, a living room for lolling around by the fire with friends, a place for listening to music, and a room for sharing meals. At times, we gathered old and new friends here to exchange ideas and we host conversations, poetry readings and performances. Fittingly, we often shared stories about immigration, about how immigration increases the textures and layers of a place’s cultural fabric. These are important stories. Especially in a time when the number of people displaced by conflict is at its highest since the aftermath of WWII.
Late Night Last Friday
23.02.18
Music
Strings in the Salon: Winter
23.07.17
Performance
Shelter: Life on the Move
05.07.17
Talk
Strings in the Salon: Autumn
21.05.17
Performance
Lost + Found
07.04.17
Music
Xylouris White
11.03.17
Performance
Strings in the Salon: Summer
12.02.17
Performance
Same Same Different
16.01.17
Talk
Same Same Different Zine
15.01.17
Publication
Strings in the Salon: Spring
18.09.16
Performance
Strings in the Salon: Winter
24.07.16
Music
Strings in the Salon: Autumn
24.04.16
Performance