INSEQUENCE

CHRIS CAINES & EMMA X ZHANG
MICHAIL MATHIOUDAKIS as MARCIA MANHUNTER
ŽIVA

POP-UP BAR
WOOD FIRED PIZZA by MR TOM'S
LISTENING SPACE with ELLIOT WAUGH

SATURDAY 8th NOVEMBER, FROM 6PM
ARTHAUS
LAWSON INDUSTRIAL AREA, BLUE MOUNTAINS

Curated by Katrina Noorbergen.

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Still from Intimate Communications, by Chris Caines and Emma X Zhang

CHRIS CAINES & EMMA X ZHANG

Chris Caines and Emma X Zhang are artists working across installation, sound, and performance. Chris Caines, based in the Blue Mountains, on Dharug and Gundungurra Land, explores immersive media and spatial interventions, often interrogating perception and technology, while Naarm-based Emma X Zhang focuses on materiality, movement, and the sensory experience of environments.

They joined forces during the Manang Artist Residency in the Annapurna region of the Himalayas, creating a site-responsive work that fuses their distinct approaches, for which Emma composed visuals and Chris developed music and sound.

instagram.com/chris_caines_
chriscaines.com
instagram.com/emma.x.zhang
emma-x-zhang.com

Photo curtesy of the artist

MICHAIL MATHIOUDAKIS as MARCIA MANHUNTER

Michail Mathioudakis is a Gadigal-based artist and performer working through drag, screen, photography, and zine-making. As Marcia Manhunter, Michail creates elaborate, otherworldly and multi-layered costumes and personas, blending grotesque, camp, and dystopian influences.

Viewing drag as "theatre of the self”, Michail sees the artform as a way of performing gender that changes the context of the space in which it exists, an explicitly queer method of storytelling told through visual and performative expression. Their drag work extends their visual practice into living, immersive spectacles where costume and movement collide to explore transformation and identity.

instagram.com/m.ichail

Photo curtesy of the artist

ŽIVA

ŽIVA (Lucija Ivšić) is a Croatian-born, Naarm-based artist, researcher, and lecturer working at the crossroads of music, sound technology, and cultural heritage. A bilingual composer and performer, her sound blends Slavic-pop, darkwave, and experimental electronica.

Formerly the frontwoman and a founder of the acclaimed Croatian post-punk band Punčke, Lucija released her debut solo album ŽIVA in 2023 and creates immersive live shows using live looping, vocal processing, and multi-instrumentation, fusing Slavic roots with raw energy and contemporary sound.

instagram.com/_xziva
xziva.org

LISTENING SPACE with ELLIOT WAUGH

Post-Performance Listening Space.
A live record selection with no restrictions on genre. Until late.

Elliot Waugh is a Blue Mountains-raised writer and record collector. He lives in Lawson. With a background in art history, in 2020 Elliot embarked on a writing project to interrogate and understand his other enduring love: music. Writing about thousands of records in his collection via his @slippery.el instagram account has led to a new appreciation for music across a broad spectrum - from contemporary classical to Ghanaian highlife, Gregorian chant to dub techno.

WOOD FIRED PIZZA by MR TOM'S

Mr Tom's much loved wood fired pizza will be set up from 5pm on the day and running until sold out.

This event is supported by Blue Mountains City Council and the Blue Mountains City of the Arts Trust Grants Program, and made possible through the generous support of Heaps Normal and Mountain Culture Beer Co.

It is taking place on unceded Aboriginal land.
We acknowledge that our events, and all the work we undertake occurs on stolen land and that sovereignty has never been ceded.
It always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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- No BYO. Bringing in external alcohol violates our licence agreement. Drinks will be available for purchase throughout the night.
- Please note licensed security personnel will be present throughout the night.
- The event takes place in and around a multipurpose space. Some tools and equipment may be visible behind curtains. We ask all patrons to respect barriers and avoid entering any closed-off areas.
- Photographers and videographers will be present during this event. Photos and videos of the event and the performances may be used for social media, website and other relevant platform use. If you wish to discuss the removal of any published media, please contact the promoter or organiser of the event you attended.
- CCTV cameras are in use throughout the venue.
- The venue is at ground level with no stairs required to enter. Please note that there is some uneven ground and low lighting inside and outside the space.
- Unfortunately, the toilet facilities are not wheelchair accessible due to their narrow entrance.

TRANSPORT to and from the venue.
This event takes place at a location that’s approx.15 minute walking distance from Lawson Station. Plenty of street parking is available around the venue.
- The last train to Lithgow via Katoomba will leave Lawson Station at 1:55am (weekdays) and 2:07am (weekends).
- The last train to Central via Springwood will leave Lawson Station at 10:34pm (weekdays) and 11:27pm (weekends).
Please check the above times with Sydney Trains before planning your trip.

INSEQUENCE

CHRIS CAINES & EMMA X ZHANGMICHAIL MATHIOUDAKIS as MARCIA MANHUNTERŽIVA

POP-UP BARWOOD FIRED PIZZA by MR TOM'SLISTENING SPACE with ELLIOT WAUGH

SATURDAY 8th NOVEMBER, FROM 6PM ARTHAUSLAWSON INDUSTRIAL AREA, BLUE MOUNTAINS

CHRIS CAINES & EMMA X ZHANG
MICHAIL MATHIOUDAKIS as MARCIA MANHUNTER
ŽIVA

POP-UP BAR
WOOD FIRED PIZZA by MR TOM'S
LISTENING SPACE with ELLIOT WAUGH

SATURDAY 8th NOVEMBER, FROM 6PM
ARTHAUS
LAWSON INDUSTRIAL AREA, BLUE MOUNTAINS