Betchouف

MPP & @betchouf would like to thank everyone who came & created a constellation of sanctuaries with us ✦ together we sat and floated in the joy & comfort of revolution ♡ to all the incredible artists who’s hands & minds made this possible, @narr.artist @phebe.bianca @sef__g @elesi.a @kelpslug @malaak.jpeg @ralphabifadel_ @thistle.b & Aaqila / to @holding_studio & friends incl @u.meyer for holding us so tenderly / to @faid.ma @d.marj @sarooooooooora for curating & artist facilitation / to @_3awadi @_aakkaa @naaz.does.art.and.therapy for supporting / to Sara’s mum, Huneda for the food 𓎩 this event took place on sacred & unceded Aboriginal Land. through weaving our stories of homeland together, we hope to hold onto & continue ancestral ways of storytelling 𓆸 gorgeous pictures by @malaak.jpeg , edited by @taniasafi ⿻ dm to be tagged :) stay tuned for our last community gathering of the year꩜

sanctuaries: the joy and comfort of revolution. thank you to all the makers of this beautiful event! up in the space today from 12-6pm @multiculturalpeersproject @betchouf

we invite you to step inside our 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 ✦ 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. through play, viewing & conversation; join us as we talk about sustaining our movement for liberation ♡ if you can’t make the opening night of sanctuaries this saturday or just simply can’t get enough ~ this is your chance to view, play & engage with the art once again, as well as have a casual chat with our team at Betchouf & MPP. 🗓️sunday 2 november 🕒12pm - 6pm 📍tba - inner west 🎟️free RSVP MPP acknowledges the unceded Aboriginal Land of which this event takes place. we have provided links for donation to mutual aid for MOB & other causes in our registration link 🔗 more information & accessibility details in the link in bio! ⋆.𖥔 ݁ ˖*:･ ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──

Introducing our artists for sanctuaries: the joy & comfort of revolution🔻lovingly curated by MPP & Betchouف  ♥️ 🪅 @elesi.a & @kelpslug 🪞 @narr.artist presenting ‘To Resist, To Honour’ 🔊 @sef__g 📝 @bbuaya2 🏺 @phebe.bianca presenting ‘Lover Girl’ 📺 @malaak.jpeg & @ralphabifadel_ 🌀 @thistle.b presenting ‘Passing Through & Along’  📷photos ~ slide 3: Anna Kucera | 5: Emma Daisy  🎨design ~ @taniasafi & @sarooooooooora { an experimental exhibition space sharing a few of the many sanctuaries that we hope to extend beyond borders & binaries; come join the practice of radical imagination ~ through poetry, space, sound, image, textiles, clay & glass } 🏺 🗓️saturday 1 november 🕒3pm - 9pm  📍tba - inner west  🎟️$10 - link in bio MPP acknowledges that this event is taking place on unceded Aboriginal Land & attendance is free for MOB. we have provided links for donation to mutual aid for MOB & other causes in our ticket link 🔗 no one is turned down for lack of funds so please message us if you need ♡ more information & accessibility details in the link in bio ⋆.𖥔 ݁ ˖*:･ limited capacity - get tix fast 🪽 ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──

Country Performance Story: Staging critical spatial acts of political resistance with @doritahannah . Hosted by Bangawarra and @betchouf   Link in bio 🔗 “In these volatile times, it seems more urgent than ever to critically reconsider the necessary and entangled relationship between space and performance, between site and action, between object and event, between theatre as built form and theatre as art form.” Dorita Hannah, 2023   Join us for an immersive, interactive gathering in the PACT Theatre that explores marginalised feminist critiques through the staging of critical spatial acts of political resistance. This event will bring together a dynamic mix of thinkers, creators, and changemakers to interrogate how space - physical, social, and symbolic - is shaped by, and responds to, systems of power, identity, and resistance. Through a series of performances, installations, conversations and interactive art-making, we will collectively examine the potential of space-making practices that disrupt, reimagine, and reclaim. Whether you are a researcher, artist, activist, performer or interested community member, this event invites you to participate in a living dialogue on how we resist, build, and occupy space, together. Expect thought-provoking work at the intersection of art, activism, and academia. Expect to be challenged. Expect to create. Expect to connect.

We invite you to sanctuaries ✦ the joy & comfort of revolution 🔻 { an experimental exhibition space sharing a few of the many sanctuaries that we hope to extend beyond borders & binaries; come join the practice of radical imagination ~ through poetry, space, sound, image, textiles, clay & glass } 🏺 MPP & Betchouف understand sanctuary as more than a temporary space ~ it is an act of resistance & a necessary tool of survival 🛡️ 🗓️saturday 1 november 🕒3pm - 9pm 📍tba - inner west 🎟️$10 - link in bio MPP acknowledges that this event is taking place on unceded Aboriginal Land & attendance is free for MOB. we have provided links for donation to mutual aid for MOB & other causes in our ticket link 🔗 no one is turned down for lack of funds so please message us if you need ♡ more information & accessibility details in the link in bio ⋆.𖥔 ݁ ˖*:･ limited capacity - get tix fast 🪽 ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──

EOI EXTENDED EOI deadline has now been extended by 4 days!! MPP & Betchouf seeking new & existing art submissions across all creative mediums that respond to the theme of ‘𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨: 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙮 & 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣’. ♡ more info + apply via the EOI notion form linked in our bio! ♡ paid opportunity for community (see eligibility criteria in form) ♡ applications close Sunday 21st September, 11:59PM AEST Don’t hesitate to share with creative friends ˖ ᡣ𐭩 ⊹ ࣪ ౨ৎ˚₊

⋆.𖥔 ݁ ˖*:･𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮? ⋆.𖥔 ݁ ˖*:･༄ In a time when spaces feel over defined, policed & unsafe ~ MPP & Betchouf want to hear what brings our communities a sense of sanctuary. There may be multiple sanctuaries in your life, this is an opportunity to share one or all of them.  We are seeking new & existing art submissions across all creative mediums that respond to the theme of ‘𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨: 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙮 & 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣’. ♡ more info + apply via the EOI notion form linked in our bio! ♡ paid opportunity for community (see eligibility criteria in form)  ♡ applications close Wednesday 17 September, 11:59PM AEST

The Seed Bank, an experiential process of preservation realised through the format of a hanging mobile. Questioning what paper-making teaches us about rituals and occupations attached to our identities. Through the process we shared intimate stories associated with each seed and grain; heating, grinding, soaking, pressing and preserving in a material form. Playing with the material in our homes to better attune ourselves to understand the climatic happenings of the far-off regions we are connected to.  The mobile became our sanctuary, reflecting our archival method of a seed bank and our celebration of the Fertile Crescent. A crescent-like shape of rich soils spans the SWANA region.   The seeds in this vault hold the ancient knowledges of our ancestors. We are inspired by the stories of survival between seed species and people who have adopted the role of preserving seeds in their homes throughout destruction. We want to stay attuned to the shifting seasons, prayer, dance and rituals associated with the harvesting life cycles. The preservation reenacted the grief, labour and skills of our communities and reimagined an act that allows us to be part of their stories.  Thank you to curator @gracie.grew & @tinshedsgallery for the opportunity to display our work as a part of  Salone De Mobile (Feb 2024) 📷 by Maja Baska

Slides & moments from UTS end of year Symposium, Re-Orientations. Grateful to be able to practice slow hosting & to be given the space to share our culture. Thank you to @endriana for the opportunity. Thank you to our moderators @jacquietr_ & @malakoffthegarage . It was a pleasure to sit along side @louisa_king_ @endriana Therese & Claire

Honoured & excited to be taking part in this Roundtable with some of our mentors & peers @ UTS Link in our bio to registration & info. Educated Bodies explores the challenges architectural education faces today, including the urgency to forefront decolonial design methodologies and critical environmental thinking. Welcoming bodies of ‘the other’ and of the ‘more-than-human’ into schools is an opportunity to re-imagine architectural education. This roundtable brings together educators and critical spatial practitioners, across architecture and landscape architecture, to present the ways in which they have developed alternative pedagogical approaches that welcome decolonial desires and critical environmental thinking into the classroom. A discussion, led by current students of architecture, will follow to unpack how and what it means to make space for the ‘other’ in architectural education.

Here’s a little peak of the films that we will be showing tonight!! See you all soon ✨