Artist Talk: Antony Abbracciavento 'Can Touch This'

Special Event

Artist Talk

12 December 2026

A close-up photograph of a vertical strip of pale pink faux fur framed between two walls painted in different shades of pink, creating a soft, tactile and colour-rich composition.

A close-up photograph of a vertical strip of pale pink faux fur framed between two walls painted in different shades of pink, creating a soft, tactile and colour-rich composition.

Join us at Metro Arts Brisbane for an artist talk with composer Antony Abbracciavento, a music workshop led by Lee Strickland and a short performance by The Nature Birds.

When

Metro Arts, Brisbane

12 December 2026

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Presented as part of Can Touch This, the program explores sound and sensory experience.

First presented at ACE in Adelaide, Can Touch This is a tactile installation developed with and for the blind and low vision community.

Feature Image: Can Touch This (2025), installation, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Andre Castellucci.

Presented in partnership with Metro Arts Brisbane.

ACErlu tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka inparrinthi. Kaurna miyurna yaitya yarta-mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlurlu tampinthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi. Ngadlurlu tampinthi purkana pukinangku, yalaka.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the Kaurna people are the traditional custodians of the Adelaide Plains. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today. We acknowledge Elders past and present.

ACErlu tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka inparrinthi. Kaurna miyurna yaitya yarta-mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlurlu tampinthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi. Ngadlurlu tampinthi purkana pukinangku, yalaka.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the Kaurna people are the traditional custodians of the Adelaide Plains. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today. We acknowledge Elders past and present.