‘Push / Pull’ – Opening Night

Special Event

2 May 2025

Candy pink stuffed textile chains stretch against a black metal grid background.

Celebrate the opening night of Push / Pull.

When

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental

2 May 2025

5:00pm to 7:00pm

Access

Join us for the opening night of Push / Pull – a program of live, "non-haveable" and experiential art encounters that honours Adelaide’s influential role in the history of post-object art. Push / Pull asks: What kinds of encounters are possible, when the shock of the new is a local tradition?

The evening includes a contemporary performance informed by Ritual Integration Performance by Pam Gilbert, a 1976 work originally presented at the Experimental Art Foundation (EAF) as part of Post-Object Art Australia and New Zealand: A Survey. The work is revisited by artist Jingwei Bu, with musical accompaniment by Emily Tulloch and costumes by Adele Sliuzas.

Our bar will be stocked by our sponsors Alpha Box & Dice Wines and Bowden Brewing.

This event will be audio described.

Feature Image: Shan Michaels' studio (2025), detail, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Sam Roberts.

Artists

Antony Abbracciavento,

Elyas Alavi,

Emiko Artemis,

Stephen Atkinson,

Troy-Anthony Baylis,

Alycia Bennett,

Jingwei Bu,

Patrick William Carter,

Luna Chan,

Allison Chhorn,

Amber Cronin,

Dylan Crismani,

Eleen Deprez,

Stephanie Doddridge,

Adam-Troy Francis,

Paul Gazzola,

Alex Grant,

Sasha Grbich,

Dominic Guerrera,

Ray Harris,

Aidan Hughes,

Matt Huppatz,

Heidi Kenyon,

Kirsty Martinsen,

Monte Masi,

VNS Matrix,

Shan Michaels,

Ariella Napoli,

Alexandra Nitschke,

Chris Reid,

Yasemin Sabuncu,

Fiona Salmon,

Cynthia Schwertsik,

Gabriella Smart,

Soundstream,

Trudy Tandberg,

Sione Teumohenga,

Sarah Tickle,

Henry Wolff,

Shirley Wu,

Robert Wyatt,

Jake Yang,

Yasser Yassin,

Shenshen Zheng,

Students from South Australian School for the Visually Impaired

Curators

Henry Wolff,

Danni Zuvela

About the Exhibition

Featuring a program of live, experiential, post-object and otherwise ‘non-haveable’ art encounters, and unpacking Adelaide’s leading role as the historical world centre of post-object art today, Push / Pull asks: What kinds of encounters are possible, when the shock of the new is a local tradition?

Support

This project is supported by City of Adelaide and History Trust of South Australia.
Shan Michaels is supported by Arts Queensland.