Dear Agnes - 'Music on the Verandah' with Bart Willoughby

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Saturday 25 March, 2pm to 3pm

 

Bart Willoughby, a pioneering Indigenous Reggae Rock performer is a Hobsons Bay resident known for his Anthems ‘We Have Survived Black Man’s Rights’ the main singer and songwriter from behind the drumkit in ‘No Fixed Address’, the revolutionary group that paved the way for many Indigenous acts that followed.

 

Find out more about Bart: Bart Willoughby - Bart Willoughby

 

This event is held as part of the 'Dear Agnes' contemporary public art program featuring site-responsive works by 12 artists and collectives for nine days over three weeks (Friday 10 March – Sunday 26 March 2023) at the Truganina Explosives Reserve, Altona.

The projects artworks and public programming pay homage to local landscape-inspired themes and 'A Forest for Australia' (1998), a land sculpture by one of the world's leading environmental artists, New York-based Agnes Denes at the Greater Western Water site on Queen Street, Altona Meadows.

'Dear Agnes' is presented by Hobsons Bay City Council in partnership with Deakin University, RMIT University and Greater Western Water.

 

For up to date information please follow @_dear_agnes on Instagram. 

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When

  • Saturday, 25 March 2023 | 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Location

Truganina Explosive Reserve, Queen Street, Altona, 3018, View Map

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