‘Push / Pull’ – Opening Night

Celebrate the opening night of Push / Pull.

Join us for the opening night of Push / Pull – a program of live, "non-haveable" and experiential art encounters that honours Adelaide’s influential role in the history of post-object art. Push / Pull asks: What kinds of encounters are possible, when the shock of the new is a local tradition?

The evening includes a contemporary performance informed by Ritual Integration Performance by Pam Gilbert, a 1976 work originally presented at the Experimental Art Foundation (EAF) as part of Post-Object Art Australia and New Zealand: A Survey. The work is revisited by artist Jingwei Bu, with musical accompaniment by Emily Tulloch and costumes by Adele Sliuzas.

Our bar will be stocked by our sponsors Alpha Box & Dice and Bowden Brewing.

This event will be audio described.

Support

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE) is supported by Create SA and Creative Australia.
Push / Pull is supported by City of Adelaide, and History Trust of South Australia. Shan Michaels is
supported by Arts Queensland.
Special thanks to project partners the South Australian School and Services for the Visually Impaired,
and The Mercury.

Image: Shan Michaels studio (2025), detail, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Sam Roberts.
Image Alt Text: Candy pink stuffed textile chains stretch against a black metal grid background.