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1999
- Saloni Mediterranean
In March 1999, Saloni
M went ‘Mediterranean’ within an urban-oasis, known as the Fitzroy Gallery.
A two week art exhibition culminated in a performance event of readings
and music.
A
statement from the time:
Saloni
M celebrates cultural exchange. Some performers and artists were born
in the Mediterranean region, some have a heritage connection, while
others have spent precious time and energy in parts of the region.
Australia
may be on the other side of the world yet, in its own way, it too abuts
the Sea. Migration and travel have brought to Australia’s shores, cultural
diversity and another way of seeing.
Saloni
M seeks to embrace numerous cultures under a wide banner - Israel,
Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Lybia, Italy,
France, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Morocco and Spain - allies, enemies,
indifferent neighbours perhaps.
This Saloni M experience
was produced by a core group of 4 Artists:
Angela
Costi writer, performer, events organiser
Connie Mitropoulos visual artist, curator
Helena Spyrou writer, publicist
Achilleas
Yiangoullis musician, composer
The
contributing artists were:
EXHIBITION
March
6-18, 1999
Nevin
Hirik visual artist
Gary McPhedron installation artist
Connie Mitropoulos visual artist
Juan Sanz sculptor
Sharon West visual artist
PERFORMANCE
March 18, 1999
John
Cippola prose writer and performer
Angela Costi poet and performer
haBiBis musicians
Letizia Mondello prose writer
and performer
t h a l i a and Alan Musgrove
poets, singers and musicians
po
poet
and performer
Helena
Spyrou prose writer and performer
Liz Suda prose writer and performer
This event was heralded
as an overwhelming success, in that it brought together communities that
would not normally connect, in particular those from the Turkish, Greek
and Cypriot communities. It attracted 400 people at the opening of the
exhibition and another 300 people at the performance night.
2000
- Saloni M goes South 2003
- Saloni M swims East
2005 - Saloni
M presents The Shades of Love
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