Launch of Critical Dialogues #16 and "Vignettes flickers fades"
Celebrating 20 years of Critical Path

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DATE
SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER
11AM-1PM

LOCATION
THE DRILL HALL, CRITICAL PATH
1C NEW BEACH ROAD, DARLING POINT, NSW, 2027
GADIGAL & BIRRABIRRAGAL COUNTRY

FREE EVENT
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Join us for the launch of the special edition of Critical Dialogues celebrating 20 years of Critical Path. Edited by Ira Ferris.

The publication launch is accompanied by the archival project “Vignettes flickers fades”, including a sound montage created with musician and sound artist Alexandra Spence. The launch will include:

Conversation between Ira Ferris and Tammi Gissell on experimental approaches to archiving in a dance context
Music performance “Vignettes flickers fades” by Alexandra Spence
Dance performance “How can I remember what I have forgotten” by Ryuichi Fujimura
A birthday cake!

Join us to pick up your own copy of Critical Dialogues #16 and access the sound montage “Vignettes flickers fades”.

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This event is part of EVERY WILD IDEA, a 3-day festival of performance, screen installation, archival sound project and publication launch celebrating 20 years of Critical Path.

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This event is free. We invite those who can to make a voluntary donation to support artists engaged in our 2026 program. Your donation will go directly to fees for artists and your generosity will be acknowledged in our credits - no gift is too small.
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The production of this issue of Critical Dialogues and the “Vignettes flickers fades” project are proudly supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW, the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, and the Woollahra Municipal Council’s Cultural Grants Program.

Critical Path respectfully acknowledges the Gadigal and Birrabirragal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land where the organisation is based.

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IMAGE CREDIT: Mitchell Christie, Experimental Choreographic Lab Showing, 2025, at the Drill Hall, Critical Path, in partnership with Performance Space, photo by Liz Ham.

IMAGE ID: An image of coloured dice scattered on a black floor. There are many small towers of dice, each with 6 or 7 dice balancing on top of each other.