Artist Talks: Linda Sok and Jiva Parthipan

Join us for an afternoon of talks in the gallery and hear from artists and collaborators about the work they have created for our new suite of exhibitions.

4pm: Linda Sok artist talk 

4:30pm: Jiva Parthipan in conversation with collaborators Zanny Begg (filmmaker) and Martin del Amo (dramaturg).

About the Exhibitions: 

Linda Sok: Reincarnations of an altar cloth

‘Linda Sok: Reincarnations of an altar cloth’ presents a selection of works from the ongoing series ‘Deities in Temples’ by Cambodian-Australian artist Linda Sok.  

Delving into the matrilineally handed down practice of Pidan, the ‘Deities in Temples’ series presents re-imaginings of lost, stolen, collected, and destroyed silk weavings. Pidan, a poly-chromatic weft silk weaving tradition, faced near erasure due to the targeted persecution of weavers during the Cambodian Khmer Rouge Regime. This resulted in a scarcity of ancestral weaving knowledge. Through this body of work, Sok engages with decolonial practices and methodologies to reclaim fragments of her Cambodian heritage.

Jiva Parthipan: Pakiboy2

Pakiboy² is a multi-channel film installation comprising documentation of an original dance work created by Jiva Parthipan (London, 2000), alongside a restaging, in which the artist dances with his younger self (Sydney, 2025). The installation explores the artist’s 50-year-old body, which has not danced for two decades, addressing his degenerative neurological condition (Parkinson’s Disease) and the ageing body. The project delves into themes such as coming out to family, race, desire and being comfortable in one’s own skin, while traversing multiple identities. The project brings together Jiva Parthipan with long-term collaborators Zanny Begg (filmmaker) and Martin del Amo (dramaturg) to reimagine the original work.