Diner Club at ROCKAMORA

Special Event
29 June 2023
Digital collage: an illustration of a long table dinner service with five patrons conversing and cheers-ing, overlaid on a cropped photograph of 'Rockamora's' face.
Digital collage: an illustration of a long table dinner service with five patrons conversing and cheers-ing, overlaid on a cropped photograph of 'Rockamora's' face.

Join us for a one-of-a-kind dinner experience inside the gallery space at Adelaide Contemporary Experimental.

When

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental

29 June 2023

6:30pm to 10:00pm

Access

Seated inside the sensorily-encompassing solo exhibition by Kaspar Schmidt Mumm, ROCKAMORA, Diner Club brings together contemporary artists with some of the very best chefs, restaurants, wineries and breweries of South Australia to host a once-off dinner service curated specifically to the themes and ideas behind the exhibition.

The dinner menu will be crafted by Jessie Spiby, MasterChef contestant (2015) and Executive Chef of My Grandma Ben – a sustainably focused eatery, bar and workshop space.

The drinks menu will feature the great wines and beers of ACE sponsors, Charlotte Dalton Wines and Bowden Brewing.

If you are purchasing tickets as a group, please email through the guests you would like to be sat with to: marketing@ace.gallery

If you have dietary requirements, please immediately email them through to: marketing@ace.gallery

Feature Image: Diner Club at Kaspar Schmidt Mumm: 'ROCKAMORA' promotional image (2023), digital collage, illustration, photograph, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Emmaline Zanelli.

On the menu

Jessie Spiby stands behind a kitchen counter, working with cucumbers and various vegetables.
Jessie Spiby stands behind a kitchen counter, working with cucumbers and various vegetables.
Jessie Spiby. Photographed by Josie Withers. Courtesy of Jessie Spiby.

Inspired by ROCKAMORA and Kaspar Schmidt Mumm's approach to art practice, each dish and drink is imbibed with an environmentally consciousness and community-minded ethos.

The dinner menu will be crafted by Jessie Spiby, MasterChef contestant (2015) and Executive Chef of My Grandma Ben.

Passionate about native Australian ingredients, Jessie Spiby celebrates the diverse array of colours and beauty found in nature in her cooking. She is determined to create a new ‘Australian’ cuisine by melding traditional Asian and European flavours and techniques with our beautiful native ingredients.

At My Grandma Ben, Spiby's veggie-focused menu celebrates the seasons, champions local producers and growers, and is jam packed with house-made pickles, preserves and ferments. Steeped in the belief that the 'sustainable way' doesn't have to mean missing out, the eatery aims to minimise food and plastic waste as much as possible, and help make the ethical choice the easy choice.

The drinks menu features the great wines and beers of ACE sponsors, Charlotte Dalton Wines and Bowden Brewing.

About ROCKAMORA

A work-in-progress mock-up of the front of ROCKAMORA's head.
A work-in-progress mock-up of the front of ROCKAMORA's head.
Kaspar Schmidt Mumm, 'ROCKAMORA' (work in progress), technical design. Courtesy the artist.

ROCKAMORA is the first major gallery exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Kaspar Schmidt Mumm, expanding the artist’s fascination with puppetry as a tool for social change. Named after his mother’s primary school bully, ‘Rockamora’ is a thug taking a bath in the gallery. By feeding, cleaning and caring for this bully, ROCKAMORA encourages us to empathise with a larger-than-life, misunderstood antagonist as a way to counter lived experiences of harassment and discrimination.

The large-scale interactive installation is a result of the artist being awarded the 2023 Porter Street Commission – ACE’s annual award supporting new artwork by South Australian artists. The lucrative $20,000 award gives artists like Schmidt Mumm the opportunity to create ambitious new work.

  • A wide photograph of the gallery space, in which inhabits Rockamora's head, feet and hands. The space is lit with blue light.
  • A photograph of the gallery space inhabited Rockamora's head, hands, a screen, and large tools. The space is lit with blue light.
  • A photograph of the gallery space inhabited Rockamora's head, a hand, a screen, and large tools. The space is lit with blue light.
  • View of one of Rockamora's hands, shot through the other hand.
  • A cropped photograph displaying Rockamora's ear and hair.
  • A cropped photograph displaying Rockamora's mouth.
  • A photograph displaying the inside of Rockamora's head. The interior walls are collaged, and a screen and game console sit in the centre.
A wide photograph of the gallery space, in which inhabits Rockamora's head, feet and hands. The space is lit with blue light.
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Kaspar Schmidt Mumm, 'ROCKAMORA' (2023), installation view, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Sam Roberts.

About Kaspar Schmidt Mumm

Kaspar stands in his colourful studio. He is wearing red and white clothes, and his hands are in his pant pockets.
Kaspar stands in his colourful studio. He is wearing red and white clothes, and his hands are in his pant pockets.
Kaspar Schmidt Mumm in studio (2022). Photography by Emmaline Zanelli.

Born in Germany and raised in Adelaide with Colombian, Pakistani and Canadian heritage, Kaspar Schmidt Mumm’s motivation to make art stems from his experience of displacement and desire to develop an artistic language that crosses cultural borders. In addition to his individual practice, Schmidt Mumm is one of the founders of  performance art collective The Bait Fridge and lead vocalist of Slowmango.

Previous Diner Club events

  • A section of a table, adorned with floral and light installation by Studio Botanic. The wall is blue.
  • A bottle of Charlotte Dalton wine sits on the edge of the table next to glass filled with red wine. The wall is blue.
  • A long table adorned with floral installations. Allison Chhorn's tent-like installation is in the background.
  • A part of a long table, adorned with a floral installation. Allison Chhorn's tent-like installation is in the background.
A section of a table, adorned with floral and light installation by Studio Botanic. The wall is blue.
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Diner Club at 'Metaverse' (2022), Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Jonathan van der Knaap.

Thank you to our sponsors

Diner Club would not be possible without the generosity of excellent people and businesses. A sincere thank you to Mark Kamleh, Mia Gambranis, Shane Pope of Festival Hire, Charlotte Hardy of Charlotte Dalton Wines, Nadia Travaglini of Studio Botanic, and the team at Bowden Brewing.

Related Exhibition
Kaspar Schmidt Mumm: ROCKAMORA
Related Public Programs
Opening Night: ROCKAMORA
Educator Briefing: ROCKAMORA
Artist Talk: Kaspar Schmidt Mumm
Deaf-led tour: ROCKAMORA
ROCKAMORA LIVE: A performance with The Bait Fridge and Slowmango
ROCKAMORA Workshop: Encaustic Earwax Painting

10 June to 12 August 2023

2023 Porter Street Commission

See Exhibition

9 June to 9 June 2023

The opening night event for Kaspar Schmidt Mumm's ROCKAMORA exhibition.

See Public Program

13 June to 13 June 2023

Join Kaspar Schmidt Mumm to learn about 'ROCKAMORA' and how his fascination with puppetry became a tool for social change.

See Public Program

17 June to 17 June 2023

Hear from artist Kaspar Schmidt Mumm in conversation with the curator of contemporary art at the Sydney Opera House, Micheal Do, about his major solo exhibition, ROCKAMORA.

See Public Program

24 June to 24 June 2023

Open to Deaf, HoH, Auslan students, friends and family. Stay for tea and coffee.

See Public Program

15 July to 15 July 2023

Be a part of the live studio audience at 'Rockamora's' performance with The Bait Fridge and Slowmango.

See Public Program

29 July to 29 July 2023

Join Kaspar Schmidt Mumm and his mother, Koruna Schmidt Mumm, for an encaustic wax workshop inspired by ROCKAMORA.

See Public Program

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ACE respectfully acknowledges the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. 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.

ACE tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka panpapanpalyarninthi (inparrinthi). Kaurna miyurna yaitya mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlu tampnthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. 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.