peacefender x TUNZ
Artist Walkthrough @ The Lock-Up in partnership with NEW ANNUAL
Saturday 28 September 2-3pm

Alongside one of the most significant solo exhibitions to date for Lebanese Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi at The Lock-Up (14 Sep – 24 Nov 2024), is an exhibition collaboration between Sabsabi, known by his Hip Hop name peacefender, and his Hip Hop, friend and graffiti artist collaborator TUNZ (Shane Kennedy).

peacefender and TUNZ, is a first-time exhibition collaboration between two Hip Hop and visual artists that have known each other for over 30 years. The impetus behind the collaboration and starting point for the works on display in the exhibition was born out of both artists' lyrics and rhythms. The commonality for peacefender and TUNZ is the appreciation of an ‘alternative’, a way in which to open up and share untold Hip Hop connections and stories.

The Artist Walkthrough, offered as part of New Annual 2024's program, will offer audiences a chance to go behind the scenes and back through Australian Hip Hop history through the collaboration, conversation, and deep friendships and connections the creative duo have forged and fostered on a national scale for close to three decades.

Audiences will also be invited by the duo to take part in a special event following the Walkthrough with TUNZ's participatory street art commission on the Hunter Street hoarding as part of The Big Picture Fest.