Artist In Residence: Hiromi Tango

02 March - 29 September 2024
Adelaide Street Pavilion
Level 3 City Hall

花弁 Hanabira (Gentle Petal) is a community-led project that will transform Adelaide Street Pavilion into a vibrant sanctuary inspiring healing and social connection.

Communities from across Brisbane and visitors alike will be invited to create beautiful blooms and buds inspired by flowers found in Meanjin/Brisbane from upcycled textiles and local materials.

Visitors are encouraged to participate in facilitated sessions or simply drop-in and engage in self-guided activities.

As the seasons change the handmade flowers will be added to the walls of the gallery creating an abundant garden reflecting community engagement.

What flowers will you grow in our healing garden?

- Learn to craft a flower

In this video Hiromi Tango gently guides you through the process of making three flowers endemic to our local area; tulipwood Brisbane wattle and native hibiscus.

As the seasons change these species paint the city in a kaleidoscope of colours: from buttery yellows and pastel pinks to burnt oranges and luscious creams.

For tens of thousands of years these species have been cared for and respected by local Aboriginal communities.

They are of great significance to this place and were selected as the stimuli for this project in collaboration with Warunghu Aunty Raelene Baker.

- Learn more about Hiromi's residency

In this video Hiromi Tango Elena Dias-Jayasinha (Curator Museum of Brisbane) Warunghu Aunty Raelene Baker (Indigenous Advisor Museum of Brisbane) and Dr Yen-Hua Crystal Huang (Research Fellow Institute for Molecular Bioscience The University of Queensland) gently explain how the 花弁 Hanabira (Gentle Petal) residency project came to fruition.

- About Hiromi Tango

Hiromi Tango creates spaces for expression healing and transformation. She applies scientific understandings of the brain - including epigenetics and neuroplasticity - to her work and frequently collaborates with experts in neuroscience.

She produces sculptural installations that invite audience engagement and often incorporate performance.

Hiromi's process is cumulative; she weaves wraps and stitches over everyday objects and materials before joining them together to construct immersive environments.

Through engaging all the senses the artist redirects attention to our bodies and sharpens our emotional awareness.

Her participatory workshops performances and installations encourage us to reflect more meaningfully upon ourselves and our social connections.

Gently facilitated activity
Drop-in sessions on Thursday and Saturdays
10am-1pm

Tickets: Free

❊ When ❊

Times: 10am-5pm

❊ Where ❊

 Brisbane City Hall View Venue
 64 Adelaide Street Brisbane Queensland 4000 Map

❊ Web Links ❊

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