THE NATIONAL 2019 LIVE PROGRAM

Carriageworks presents a live program of performances and talks for The National 2019. For the opening Saturday, artists Melanie Jame Wolf and Luke Roberts will feature in a day of free events. Mark Shorter will perform weekly from the opening Sunday and Eugenia Raskopoulos will lead a panel discussion in April.

Tom Mùller, Installation View Floating Castle, 2017, Fog Machines, 23 X 30m, Montegemoli, Italy

All events are free to attend.

Registration essential for Eugenia Raskopoulos’ Panel Discussion and Book Launch.

Registration is not required for any other events in the Live Program.

Opening Weekend: Sat 30 Mar

Melanie Jame Wolf: OH YEAH TONIGHT
Performance 10.30am

Artist and Curator Floor Talks
11.15am

Luke Roberts: PopeAlice/Pythia/Oracle
Performance 12pm

Mark Shorter: Song for von Guérard
31 Mar – 22 Jun More

Eugenia Raskopoulos
Panel Discussion and Book Launch
Tue 16 Apr, 6-8pm Register

Presented by Carriageworks, Art Gallery of NSW and Museum of Contemporary Art.

Supported by Major Partner Bloomberg, Media Partner Broadsheet and City of Sydney.

Melanie Jame Wolf: OH YEAH TONIGHT  In this vocal performance the artist will embody a persona from her video installation. Sat 30 Mar 10.30am.
Artist and Curator Floor Talks  Hear from The National 2019 Carriageworks Curator Daniel Mudie Cunningham and exhibiting artists as they discuss The National 2019. Sat 30 Mar 11.15am.  
Popealice/Pythia/Oracle: Luke Roberts  Performance marking the 40th anniversary of Luke Roberts’ most enduring ‘performance guide’, Her Divine Holiness Pope Alice. Sat 30 Mar 12pm.
Song for von Guérard: Mark Shorter  Enter a pitch-black gallery space haunted by the non-verbal time travelling landscape painting critic, Schleimgurgeln. Sun 31 Mar 12-6pm and weekly during the exhibition from Sat 6 Apr 12-6pm.
Eugenia Raskopoulos: Book Launch 

Featuring a panel discussion on how art navigates the nuances between images and text. Tue 16 Apr 6-8pm.