HOBARTICA CULTURAL EMBASSY

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Be a part of the development of an experimental cultural embassy. Supported by Creative Australia through the new Creative Futures Fund, a group of Australia’s most innovative artists and creatives will explore Lutruwita/Tasmania’s unique connection to Antarctica, and what it means to be one of the world’s five Antarctic gateways. As this project unfolds, we invite you to step inside the cosy station common room of Davis Dome — an inviting meeting place for conversations between the participating artists and the public, where visitors can take refuge from the cold and be part of the discussion around what a cultural embassy should be.

While you're there, head next door to Mawson Dome for experimental artworks at On Ice: Art of the Cultural Embassy.

CULTURAL EMBASSY CONVERSATIONS

Step into an experimental Antarctic embassy where ice does the talking.

Discover intimate conversations happening around a slowly melting cubic metre of ice, our frozen "consul general" silently witnessing discussions about Antarctica, connection, and what it means to claim a relationship with a place you'll never visit.

Artists and curious strangers will gather to explore these ideas through spontaneous conversation. You might find one in progress, or be drawn into the circle. Either way, you're welcome to this experimental work-in-progress, part of an ongoing creative development fathoming new ways to connect with our most remote continent.

The cultural embassy will be open for conversations at the following times:

6.30pm Thursday 14 August

7.30pm Friday 15 August

6.30pm Monday 18 August

4pm Saturday 23 August


SALINE

Taste the changing chemistry of Antarctica's waters—one frozen ferment at a time.

The Southern Ocean around Antarctica has traditionally been less salty than other oceans due to sea ice melt and low evaporation. But salinity levels are rising unexpectedly, disrupting the usual ocean layering and creating a feedback loop that hinders sea ice formation. Climate change in action?

Salt happens to be central to food preservation and fermentation too. 'Saline' invites you to taste an 'ice sphere' made from an 18-month ferment of cucumbers, gooseberries, dill, and green Sichuan pepper—all fermented in a 2.8% brine using water from kunanyi.

Salty, sour, fragrant, and floral, 'Saline' connects your taste buds directly to the changing chemistry of our most remote waters.

The SALINE tasting will be available from  5pm – 6.30pm  Monday 18 August


CURATOR

TRAVIS TIDDY Travis Tiddy is a Tasmanian creative director and producer whose work connects people with place through experimental arts, place-based programming and community-led cultural projects.

CREATIVES

ADAM JAMES Adam James aka Rough Rice is a self-taught cook, designer, fermenter and experiment maker.

BENJAMIN PAUL Ben is a participatory artist and designer based on muwinina country, creating communal works that explore connection, care, and ecological futures through experimental bathing and reclaimed materials.

K VERELL K. Verell (nipaluna/lutruwita) is a transdisciplinary artist and Australian Antarctic Arts Fellow whose work weaves sound, image, and object into speculative rituals of dissonance, extinction, and posthuman futures.

LUCY BLEACH Lucy's multi-disciplinary artist practice engages with humanity’s enduring relationships to volatile and changing environments, fragile ecologies, chance and unpredictability, art and science relationships, community storytelling, intangible heritage and anecdotal histories.

LUKE BURGESS

THERESA SAINTY Theresa is a Pakana woman from the Northeast Coast of Lutruwita/ Tasmania, a researcher and writer passionate about Aboriginal language, culture and heritage.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

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