JIVA AND BABSY
In Conversation: Jiva Parthipan of STARTTS Community Cultural Development and Banchalem ‘Babsy’ Assefa, Ethiopian dance practitioner. Jiva and Babsy discuss points of connection between Roman Ondák’s work and African social dance, drawing on their own experiences in creating performance projects with the refugee community in NSW, including the annual Dance Africa Dance showcase at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. Then join a guided tour, swap an object and make your mark in Measuring the Universe!When
TUESDAY 14 JANUARY 2014, 1.00PM
Where
PARRAMATTA TOWN HALL
CHURCH ST, PARRAMATTA
Admission
Free
See Also
LUNCHTIME TALK AND TOUR
How do we connect with people from other cultures? David Hoffman questions how we make important human connections through the social rituals of everyday life.
Thu 16 January 2014, 1pm at Parramatta Town Hall, Church St
LUNCHTIME TALK AND TOUR
The Lot discuss Ondák’s work in relation to the practices of city-making, the transformation of Parramatta’s laneways and the importance of active community participation.
Fri 17 January 2014, 1.00pm at Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
LUNCHTIME TALK AND TOUR
Stephanie Dale is Managing Partner of DMC Advertising Group. Drawing on her own remarkable story, Stephanie reflects on how women value themselves in the workplace.
Mon 20 January 2014, 1.00pm at Parramatta Town Hall, Church St
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This week we take a look back at
one of Anri Sala’s earliest works, a video titled Intervista (Finding the Words), 1998, which Sala developed as an art student in Paris. 
This year all eyes are on Athens in the wake of Documenta14, a five yearly
exhibition of contemporary art that this year made its debut in Greece. Lately associated with Europe's financial crisis, Greece has emerged as a hub
of creative activity and progressive thought: fertile ground for artists to interrogate and discuss Europe's social and political future.