SHOW UP: A Celebration of Black Music
IMA is celebrating NAIDOC Week with a Friday night party filled with hip hop tunes and performances by First Nations artists.
Overview
If your Friday night usually involves hitting the dance floor to 90s R&B tunes, you're definitely not alone. But on Friday, July 8, Brisbane's Institute of Modern Art wants you to give your usual go-to a miss — and make shapes in its courtyard for NAIDOC Week instead.
SHOW UP: A Celebration of Black Music will be playing classic hip hop tracks from 6.30pm, with Cherbourg man DJ Big Mike on the decks. That's just one part of this end-of-week party, which'll also see Meanjin-based First Nations hip hop dancers Ziggy Wade, Dylan Wotton and Damian Mulligan perform as well.
In addition to marking NAIDOC Week, this free shindig will help see out IMA's Rebirth Is Necessary exhibition, with the showcase dedicated to Jenn Nkiru wrapping up on Saturday, July 9.
A word of warning: you'll be outside for the entertainment, so rugging up is recommended. Back inside, though, IMA's exhibitions will remain open late — and the IMA shop as well.
And, afterwards, there's an after party down Ivory Tusk if you're keen to keep on keepin' on after 9.30pm.
Top image: Maeve Baker, 'Do Your Chores, Try Not To Think Too Much, And Repeat', 2020, IMA Belltower Façade Projection. Commissioned by the Institute of Modern Art for 'Making ArtWork'. Photo: Charlie Hillhouse.
Top image: LIZANDBETTY, Final Friday, Institute of Modern Art, 2021. Photo: Marc Pricop.
