Participants: Daz Chandler, Lux Eterna, Edwin Montgomery, Dr Safdar Ahmed and Warren Armstrong from The Parallel Effect, Aboriginal Land, Australia
Join us for the opening of “Relics From Other Realms” – a paradigm-shifting pop-up exhibition running for 4-days only (Monday, 15th of April-Thursday, 18th of April).
The opening night will feature a live panel and premiere performance of a new musical work inspired by Frederick Douglass.
Live Panel Discussion: The Power of Parallels featuring the imaginations of speakers Daz Chandler, Lux Eterna, Safdar Ahmed and Warren Armstrong
To celebrate the opening of ‘Relics From Other Realms’, The Parallel Effect will present a dynamic live panel exploring the impact parallel worlding can have on the profound crises of our times. This question forms the premise of creative interventions undertaken by an expanding collective of artists and interdisciplinary thinkers committed to democratic collaborations across borders (disciplinary, practice, modal, temporal and geographical) to respond to the crises of today by reimagining alternatives to the “present” we are living. Unlike other ‘futuring’ projects which extrapolate forward from “today”, much of our parallel reality speculation stems from identifying critical moments in our diverse pasts –informed by research which seeks to engage in historical dialogue between disparate institutional and community archives– to reimagine how things might be different. As we do so, we seek to develop a praxis of sustainable knowledge - paying tribute to, acting in solidarity with, and citing the intellectual, social, cultural, scientific and organisational labour of local and international communities and actors past and present which inspire our parallel realities.
Premiere Performance of New Musical Work by Edwin Montgomery
Join us for a premiere performance of a new musical work inspired by the writings and lived experiences of Douglass. Written and performed by The Parallel Effect's multi-instrumentalist Edwin Montgomery, this layered sonic work will premiere at the opening of 'Relics From Other Realms' on Monday, 15th April.
Exhibition: Relics From Other Realms (Monday, 15th of April-Thursday, 18th of April):
Join us for this paradigm shifting exhibition and revisit and pay tribute to many pivotal moments and actors from our own realities while experiencing different truths and outcomes that occurred in parallel worlds. The mixed media show is composed of a collection of curiosities and artefacts: some shared across dimensions, others marking alternatively climatic, political, institutional, technological, natural and social evolutions. Each of them designed to empower participants to engage with forgotten and significant histories and reframe what is possible. The objects on display come in all shapes, sizes and forms and hail from all over this realm and the next. From audio recorded inside a kitchen in a refugee camp in occupied Palestine; to a sea-worn petrol cap from a dimension that’s done away with fossil fuels; to a trippy UN funded animated film about dinosaurs and climate change featuring the music of Frank Zappa; to a vinyl record from a world where Donald Trump is a beat poet; to objects, letters and other artefacts from a world where Frederick Douglass succeeded in creating his own socialist republic; through to a 130,000 year old Ngarrindjeri Dreaming story about sustainability; this exhibition has it all. ‘Relics From Other Realms’ is a free, pop-up exhibition designed for communities with an interest in histories, social justice, climate change and fairer and democratic futures for all.
Learn more about The Parallel Effect Collective HERE