7.30PM saturday, 4 JuNE 2016sEyMOur CENtrE

AN INITIATIVE BY

Carnival of the Bold is a festival and movement of social change through the arts. It is a coming together of artists and other leaders who drive important issues of our time - to create deeper engagement around social causes.

It is first and foremost a spirit or philosophy that the arts can be a powerful enabling force for social change. It calls on artists to take leadership. And it calls on the world to participate. We aspire to bring social issues into the mainstream agenda, raise public consciousness and shine new light on what it means to live with greater humanity.

Carnival of the Bold aims to inspire and awaken greater public consciousness. It is interdisciplinary and inclusive of all artists - theatre, music, film, street performance, visual arts, you name it.

Artists bring interesting and unique perspectives to the mix, and engage audiences in new and different ways.They can strongly influence the way the world frames or feels about the salient issues.

Through Carnival of the Bold, we aspire to find new ways, new ideas and new narratives that will shape our world and future.

thank you for joining us in a celebration of the arts for a better world.

Carnival of the Bold would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we stand, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge Aboriginal land, and pay our respect to their Elders past and present.

Six artists lead the ranks on the quest for social change with works highlighting cultural awareness, indigenous rights, freedom of speech, social justice, gender equality, diversity and racism.

Carnival of the Bold presents a lineup that will captivate, challenge and inspire you. It celebrates artists who have used their art to enrich our cultural identity, explore shared values, spark imagination and empower communities.

Kevin Bathman & Zara ChoyCo-Founders

MC treyEmcee, Hip Hop Artist & Social Activist

MC Trey is a recording hip hop artist/vocalist with over 15 years’ experience. Having blessed the mic on stages around Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Japan, UK and USA, she is no stranger to lyrical dexterity and freestyle delivery.

Her music speaks of social issues, life experiences and more. Her works impact and change the game, whether it be through music, the local community or mainstream society. Off stage she is a passionate advocate and social worker for issues which affect young people, women and diverse communities, winning awards and nominations for her music and her work.

www.facebook.com/MC.trEy.syd

Zunar Malaysian Political Cartoonist

Zunar is best known for his provocative cartoons thatlampoon issues of high-level abuse of government power and corruption. Malaysian authorities have claimed that Zunar’s cartoons are “detrimental to public order”. Over the years, his cartoon books have been confiscated and bookstores banned from selling his work. In 2011 and 2015, Human Rights Watch honored Zunar with its Hellman/Hammett Award. Zunar is the first full-time cartoonist to receive CPJ’s International Press Freedom Award. To Zunar, cartooning is not a gift but a responsibility. Zunar is now facing 9 charges under the Sedition Act which carries a maximum penalty of 43 years jail term.

www.zunar.my

George GittoesVisual Artist & Filmmaker

Gittoes’ work has consistently expressed his social,political and humanitarian concern at the effects of injustice and conflict. George has captured conflicts around the world for the past 45 years and has mentored kids in Afghanistan since 2007. In recent years his work has especially centred on the Middle East, with repeated visits to Israel and Palestine, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In 2011, he established a new Yellow House, a multidisciplinary arts centre in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Among many prizes, Gittoes has twice been awarded the Blake Prize for Religious Art and in 2014, awarded the Sydney Peace Prize.

Hellen rose will be performing with George. www.gittoes.com.au

Blood Mystic

To Fight Through Cartoon

Musical Memoirs

Bindi Cole ChockaArtist, Writer & Curator

Bindi Cole Chocka is an award winning, Australian contemporary artist who works primarily with photography, video and installation as her mediums. Her works have been exhibited in the National Gallery of Australia, Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland, Art Gallery of Western Australia, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. In 2010, Chocka was named one of Melbourne’s Top 100 Most Influential People by The Age.

Benjamin Majdlik will be performing with Bindi.www.bindicole.blogspot.com.au

abdul abdullahVisual Artist & Radio Host

Abdul Abdullah is a seventh generation Australian who has become increasingly political in his art practice to keep pace with the politicisation of his cultural identity. In 2011 Abdullah was a recipient of Kickstart funding for the 2012 Next Wave Festival, was selected as a finalist in the Archibald prize and won the Blake Prize for Human Justice. He has been an Archibald prize finalist a further two times since, and in 2015 exhibited as part of the annual Primavera exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney and APT8 at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane.

www.abdulabdullah.com

sukhjit Kaur KhalsaSpoken Word Artist

Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa is a #grownwoman, hairy, and a storyteller. From a young age, she has enjoyed writing poems and performing them to her family. In 2014, she performed spoken word to a wider audience at the Australian Poetry Slam Competition, which spiraled into a YouTube Channel titled ‘Contemporary Kaur.’ Sukhjit writes stories of the Sikh diaspora, family, cultural confusions and gender. Recently, Sukhjit took to the stage of Australia’s Got Talent and wowed the audience with her honesty. For her, the journey has just begun.

www.facebook.com/sookjeet

Judge Me. I Dare You

Why can’t I be angry at everyone?

Will the real Jesus please stand up?

ChutneysSocially good chutneys tackling

food wastage

Bunk Bed BeatsFree artist development & home recording workshops for disadvantaged youth

settlement services International

Supporting refugees & asylum seekers to

become members of the Australian community

Ooooby sydney

Weekly deliveries of fresh, local and

organic produce to your doorstep

the refugee art ProjectShowcasing the enormous talent of refugee & asylum seekers beh ind the wire

amnesty australia: artilleryPushing the boundaries of

Australia’s arts scene

Carnival of the Bold supports local not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises that help shape our world and future.

Victoria Clark

Natalie Kull

Helmu uhlmann

Natalie Kull is a Professional Level Auslan interpreter. Since her very first interpreting job on a film set in 2008,she has been working in creative spaces and passionately advocating for the rights of Deaf people to access the arts. She has interpreted children’s theatre, poetry readings, life drawing, live performance, music, comedy, visual arts and storytelling, and can often be found waving her arms in art galleries and on stage. Natalie is honoured to be interpreting Carnival of the Bold, and to be sharing this celebration of imagination with the Deaf community.

Helmut Uhlmann is a music artist and social entrepreneur with a passion for creating and connecting. He creates music at Bunk Bed Beats Songwriting & Production Suite with artists from all walks of life. As an artist, his sound exudes acoustic vibes with an assortment of electronic fairy dust. Recently, Helmut ran a charity project called Busk for a Cure, where 50 artists across 5 locations in Newtown busked to raise funds for Cancer Council NSW and Crohn’s & Colitis Australia. All funds were donated to the charities.

Victoria Clark has been working as a Paraprofessional level Auslan interpreter since 2012. Prior to becoming involved with the Deaf Community in Sydney, she completed a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Art History and Theory at the University of Sydney in 2005. Now able to combine both of these passions, she interprets regularly at some of Sydney’s major art galleries, and has worked extensively in educational interpreting in the fields of Fine Arts, Design and Art History and Theory.

WOrK-sHOP, sydney Bike tours & Ooooby sydney

ausLaN Interpreters

Busker artist

Prizes are generously donated by:

sPECIaL GuEstsdr Gene sherman aOChairpersonSherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF)

Mouna Zaylah Campbelltown Arts Centre

EMCEEMC Trey

artIstsMC TreyZunarGeorge GittoesBindi Cole ChockaAbdul AbdullahSukhjit Kaur KhalsaHellen Rose

staGE MaNaGErsAngie KocsisekLena Nahlous

ausLaN INtErPrEtErsNatalie KullVictoria Clark

BusKING artIstHelmut Uhlmann

VOLuNtEErs Armi-Marquez-Perez Chrissy Crust Kieran Gale Cecile SyJavier DavidPaul van Reyk

PHOtOGraPHErDusk Devi Vision

FILMING PartNErIndiVisual FilmsF2 Pictures

sPECIaL tHaNKsINdIVIduaLsdr simon Longstaff aODirectorSt James Ethics Centre

Ed st JohnGeneral ManagerSt James Ethics Centre

Ana Tiwary Ankit ChopraAnnette Shun WahBelinda Dyer Benjamin MajdlikBiwa Kwan

Carol HolmesCarolina Triana Chistopher DonnellyChristian JamesColin Allen Eleanor Gammell Erin ChewFadia AbboudGordon EngeleHelmut UhlmannJamie AppJoy HopwoodKatie HintonKate MatairavulaKaty MarksLane PitcherSafdar AhmedSimone WhettonMartin PhamMayu KanamoriMichelle RaynerMurat KeskinNicole Gook

OrGaNIsatIONsAustralian Institue of Music ABC Book & Arts Alternative Media GroupAmnesty Australia Auslan ServicesAuslan Interpreters

City of Sydney ChutneysDeaf Society Dendy CinemaDigital Storytellers Dot to Dot Printers Idea Bombing SydneyInformation & Cultural Exchange (ICE)HUB SydneyEquity Diversity CommitteeGriffin TheatreKabuku PRKoori RadioLoving Earth People with Disability Australia Incorporated Performance 4AOoooby SydneySBS World NewsRefugee Art ProjectSydney Bike ToursWork-ShopYomyomf Your SceneYoke Magazine

* Program is correct at the time of printing.

armi Marquez-PerezPaul van reyk

angie Kocsisek Chrissy Crust

Cecile sy

Kieran Gale

Javier david

Lena Nahlous

carnivalofthebold.com carnivalofthebold carnivalbold support the vision to bring about positive change through the arts

SPECIAl THANKS TO:

VENUE PARTNER EVENT FIlMING PARTNER

EVENT FIlMING PARTNER ENGAGEMENT PARTNER

PHOTOGRAPHY PARTneR

PRINTING PARTNER

Carnival of the Bold is an Auslan Interpreted Event. Carnival of the Bold is part of the Vivid Ideas program during Vivid Sydney, an event owned and managed

by the NSW Government’s tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW.