There is nothing casual, spontaneous or accidental about soup. Even the most convenient broth, slurped on the run, is the descendent of an involved, deliberate and careful process.

Our friends at [Long Prawn](https://longprawn.com/), whose loving research into the nature of broths and soups and the community they cultivate was due to be shared in bowls and cups as part of [*Stock Exchange*](/festival-program/stock-exchange), have shared with us—and you—the recipe for Paya. A traditional Hyderabadi (southern Indian) celebration soup, it sees young goat and lamb trotters bubble in a complex masala and tomato stock for eight hours before it is passed around, garnished with fresh coriander leaves and inhaled. 

From the Urdu word for legs, Paya comes—in this specific recipe—from Mikhail Rodrick via a web of family and aunties in Mumbai, who have lovingly pieced together his grandmother's ingredients and process. A nourishing and delicious reminder of the power of broth to hold family history, it is ideal for these weeks of stunted, brisk fake-spring nights.

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Been lumped with organising the annual Christmas party at the last minute? Never fear—you can tag along to this one. Long Prawn are putting on a community hall buffet with Sunday Salon for the festival season. Get along to [A Country Practice Christmas](https://events.humanitix.com/a-country-practice-christmas) to nosh on food, wine and art Saturday 11 December, 1—4PM.

## [BUY TICKETS](https://events.humanitix.com/a-country-practice-christmas)

“My first memories of my grandmother Arlette making paya are in Mumbai in the '90s. Back then, visits to India were coordinated with family around the world so that we’d all be there at the same time.

Everyone had their favourite meal that Arlette would obligingly prepare, and paya was a regular petition. I usually skipped the trotters themselves but I still remember the melamine bowls of intensely deep, alimentary liquid. My grandmother loves to share her recipes, even though, like most East Indian cooks she usually (intentionally) leaves at least one key ingredient out.

Through email and text correspondence we wrote a paya recipe together earlier in the year that is a close approximation of her own, using ingredients that are readily accessible in this country. Making her soup is the closest thing to being back in walls of her limed pink kitchen, barefoot, grinning and very full.”

Mikhail's Memories

Long Prawn Paya Soup Event

## Paya / Lamb Trotter Soup  

By Mikhail Rodrick via his grandmother.

__Ingredients__

*Trotters*

- 1kg of young goat and lamb trotters (other types of trotters can work too. Smoking trotters isn’t essential but is recommended)
- salt
- 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder
- 1 tsp of cayenne chili powder

*Dry masala mix*			

- 1tbsp kashmiri chilli powder 
- 1tbsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/4 tsp garam masala

*Aromatics*

- 2 tomatoes, diced
- 1/2 a fresh coconut, grated
- 2 onions
- 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp cayenne chili powder
- 2 curry leaves
- 3 green chillies
- 1/2 a garlic bulb
- 1 large piece of ginger
- small piece of tamarind
- 1 cinnamon quill
- 1 pinch clove buds
- 1 pinch cardamom pods

*Garnish*

- 1/2 bunch coriander leaves, chopped

__Method__

Clean trotters well. 

Ensure trotters are well cleaned and washed. Season them with salt, turmeric powder and cayenne. Set aside.

In a large frypan, heat a splash of neutral oil over medium. Roast the aromatics in the oil until well browned. Let cool.			

Add aromatic mixture to a wet grinder (you could also use a blender or food processor on pulse setting) to blend, adding a little water until it becomes a coarse paste.

Combine dry masala ingredients in a heavy-based stock pot. Add the paste and mix well. Over medium heat, add the seasoned trotters and 1.75L (7 cups) of water. Bring water to a boil, then lower to a simmer and let simmer for 8 hours.

Serve Paya garnished with chopped coriander leaves.


Pick up this RISING vessel and put “single-use” in the bin, no wait, out of the bin. You know what we mean.

ON A COLD WINTER'S NIGHT VESSEL (450ML)

*Stock Exchange* lives on as our friends at Long Prawn help tease out the method for this family recipe. 

Recipe: Long Prawn and Mikhail's Paya Soup

To commemorate the landmark exhibition in Flinders Street Station, RISING has collaborated with Patricia Piccinini and iconic Melbourne brand, [ALPHA60](https://www.alpha60.com.au/?utm_source=RISING&utm_medium=Wormhole&utm_campaign=Merch&utm_content=Launch "ALPHA60's website"), on a limited-edition apparel range. Vivid hues and equivocal imagery define ALPHA60’s collaboration with renowned artist Patricia Piccinini. 

Ultra-lively yet chic this capsule collection includes four dresses. A classic Alpha60 silhouette, each dress is cut from custom print silk twill and drapes elegantly over the body. You will also find a long sleeve crew neck tee shirt and baseball cap.  

Or if a small keepsake is more your style, pick up a pack of postcards featuring key works set among the mythologised upper levels of Flinders Street Station.  


If you'd like to buy a RISING voucher as a gift to purchase Patricia Piccinini merchandise or festival tickets, you can purchase our official festival currency—[Moon Units](https://tickets.rising.melbourne/moon-units?utm_source=Moon+Mail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Nov-XMAS)

## [Buy Moon Units](https://tickets.rising.melbourne/moon-units?utm_source=Moon+Mail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Nov-XMAS)

 Revisit the intimacy and the wonder of *A Miracle Constantly Repeated*—or share it with a friend. Printed on  350gsm, 100% recycled paper stock.

Postcards

Manifest a new energy for 2022 with this miracle-affirming, limited edition cap from RISING, Patricia Piccinini and ALPHA60. *A Miracle Constantly Repeated* is grounded in speculative optimism and hope—and we’re ready to stamp this on our foreheads.  

RISING X ALPHA60 X Patricia Piccinini Miracle cap

Featuring *La Brava*—the singing cat-meets-running shoe sculpture and belle of The Ballroom. For the bold and daring, it’s perfect for fire signs like Tina Turner, one of the divas who inspired *La Brava*’s creation. 

PP ALPHA Tee

Captured in the historic Flinders Street ballroom, this is a unique opportunity to wear a piece of art created in collaboration with Australia’s pre-eminent visual artist. 

RISING X ALPHA60 X Patricia Piccinini dress

ALPHA60 and Patricia Piccinini explore the nurturing nature of hugs in a series of whimsical, inspiring and emotive textile works.

ALPHA60 X Patricia Piccinini — Hugs blanket

Take home a piece of *A Miracle Constantly Repeated*.

New Patricia Piccinini X RISING X ALPHA60 merchandise

Calling 2020 a rollercoaster would be an understatement. So to match the year’s twists, turns, peaks and troughs, we’ve got this freewheeling mix from Milo Eastwood, host of PBS FM’s The Breakfast Spread.

There’s ‘90s hip-house, vocoder boogie, Latin funk, big-hearted disco and even a kookaburra. These two hours of unbridled musical optimism will reinflate your inner balloon animal and kickstart the new year with a double-shot, positivity cappuccino.

Purveyor of the low-tempo and high energy, Butter Sessions staple Darcy Justice is an expert in keeping a dancefloor in her grasp.

Mix: DJ Darcy Justice — Vibe Out

To ensure your RISING gift arrives in time for Christmas, please place your order no later than 15 December. Exhibition tickets and Moon Units are sent digitally, so can be purchased any time.

### For your office Secret Santa

A gift that says "I've loved looking at your WFH video backdrop and can't wait to bump into you at the coffee machine again", this 8-card pack captures the wonder of Patricia Piccinini’s transformative exhibition on 100% recycled paper stock.  

## For your BFF

Whether you've been already or have been patiently waiting for the time you can venture up the stairs to the Flinders Street Station ballroom, [*A Miracle Constantly Repeated*](/festival-program/patricia-piccinini) is something to share. Time your visit for sunset to watch the golden light play against Patricia Piccinini’s sculptures, or make it a late-night affair paired with dinner at a city haunt.
## [BUY TICKETS](/festival-program/patricia-piccinini)

## For your housemate

At sunrise and sunset, you're attached at the hip. When they're slithering into your bedroom or bumping into you in the background, your housemate's fit is not complete without a limited edition cap from RISING, Patricia Piccinini and ALPHA60. And they’ll thank you for helping them hide their untamed locks until their hairdresser can fit them in next year.


## For your girlfriend

For the walking work of art in your life. Made using custom print silk twill, these dresses are the centrepiece of the capsule collection we made in collaboration with Melbourne design stalwarts [ALPHA60](https://www.alpha60.com.au/?utm_source=RISING&utm_medium=Wormhole&utm_campaign=Merch&utm_content=GiftGuide "ALPHA60 website") to celebrate the majesty and mythology of Patricia Piccinini's work. Pair your person's personality with one of the four limited edition prints immortalising work from *A Miracle Constantly Repeated*.


## For Mum

Draped across the back of the couch or displayed on the wall, Hugs bring the intimate and nurturing figures from Patricia Piccinini's archive to your home. Drape mum in LITTER, KINDRED or SANCTUARY this Christmas.


## For your nephew/niece

For niblings big and small, the Mookie t-shirts were designed in respectful collaboration with Aunty Zeta Thomson (Wurundjeri/Yorta Yorta). They bear a glow-in-the-dark rendering of a scene first depicted in [Thomson's 2021 Melbourne Art Trams work, *Mookies  Around the Waterhole*](/wormhole/2021-melbourne-art-trams-aunty-zeta-thomson).

Even sweeter: a portion of the profits will be donated to Aunty Zeta Thomson’s nominated charity, [Wildlife Victoria](https://www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/?utm_source=RISING&utm_medium=Wormhole&utm_campaign=Merch "Wildlife Victoria website").

Aunty Zeta Mookie long-sleeve t-shirt—kids

Aunty Zeta Mookie Tee-adult

## For your aunty

Keep your aunty high and dry with her own piece of art history. The motif on this limited-edition [Reko Rennie umbrella](https://shop.rising.melbourne/products/reko-rennie-umbrella?variant=39611666038960) captures Kamilaroi/Gamilaroi artist Reko Rennie's calling card: ‘Original Aboriginal’. Rennie has used the term in tags, lettering, neons and more. 

Don't forget to mention a portion of profits from each sale go to Rennie’s nominated charity, Elizabeth Morgan House.


Created alongside Reko Rennie's new video work Initiation OA_RR, which premiered at RISING.

REKO RENNIE OA_RR UMBRELLA

## For you

Roomy enough to stash a spare layer—just in case—or pack a board for one more summer picnic, this oversized [tote](https://shop.rising.melbourne/products/p-a-m-x-chunky-move-tote?variant=39740278571184) was made in a super-limited run of just 50 for RISING by iconic Melbourne streetwear label Perks and Mini in collaboration with Chunky Move for their show, [*Yung Lung*](/wormhole/chunky-moves-yung-lung-returns). Completely unique and constructed from recut and sewn P.A.M. garments from past collections, each tote carries its past as easily as you do.


Choose between black or white. Only 50 in existence.

P.A.M OVERSIZED TOTE BAG—$150

## For the friend you always lose in a crowd

Forget the "where are you?" texts and look out for their beacon: the glow-in-the-dark print from Aunty Zeta Thomson's (Wurundjeri/Yorta Yorta) 2021 Melbourne Art Trams work,  *Mookies  Around the Waterhole*. The [Aunty Zeta Mookie rain slicker](https://shop.rising.melbourne/products/aunty-zeta-slicker?variant=39677996859568) is an extra layer for when the weather turns or the finishing touch to a fit.

A portion of the profits will be donated to Aunty Zeta's nominated charity, Wildlife Victoria.


A relaxed fit, made from recycled materials—the slicker's glow-in-the-dark print is a cheeky beacon in the night.

Slicker

## For the person who has everything

Maybe you left it a bit late to find them a gift, maybe you only skimmed those headlines about supply chains, or maybe you know the only gift they'll really love is a RISING experience they can plan themselves. Gift them New Festival Tokens, RISING's own currency that can be spent on tickets, merch, and events at the box office.

## [BUY MOON UNITS](https://tickets.rising.melbourne/moon-units?utm_source=Moon+Mail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Nov-XMAS)


Gift ideas to tame long and unwieldy holiday shopping lists; ensure no-one says, "It's the thought that counts"; and fill the calendars and closets of your friends, family and vague work acquaintances in between.

RISING's Guide To Holiday Gifting

Over 500 hours of content are uploaded to YouTube every minute. Different generations of humanity sink or swim in a sea of knowledge, false narratives, dog memes and viral dances. Our fleshy bodies can’t possibly process it all.

[*Yung Lung*](/festival-program/yung-lung) is a rave on Mount Olympus from [Chunky Move](https://chunkymove.com/works/yung-lung/ "Chunky Move website")—one of Australia’s leading contemporary dance companies for more than 25 years—and a host of collaborators from the worlds of music, design and art.

Dancers stomp on a god-like effigy by artist Callum Morton, as a barrage of online imagery manipulated by music video director Kris Moyes rains down. Sweat soaks through Perks & Mini-designed club regalia as Bosco Shaw’s lighting pulsates to the bass-heavy soundtrack of Melbourne techno experimentalist Chiara Kickdrum.

*Yung Lung* is a techno treatise and party prophecy, and you can be part of it with Chunky Move's new run of dates in Sydney and Melbourne. 

### YUNG LUNG 2022

- __Carriagworks, Sydney Festival—20—23 January 2022__
- __The Substation, Melbourne—1—12 February 2022__

## [Book Sydney](https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/yung-lung?utm_source=RISING&utm_medium=Wormhole&utm_campaign=New+Dates&utm_content=Sydney)

## [Book Melbourne](https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/yung-lung-tickets-207655040817?discount=CHUNKYVIP&utm_source=RISING&utm_medium=Wormhole&utm_campaign=New+Dates&utm_content=Melbourne)

## Bag it

To celebrate the new commission, RISING collaborated with Chunky Move and iconic Melbourne label Perks and Mini to create a limited edition, oversized tote bag, tying into the P.A.M-designed *Yung Lung* costumes.

Stomping on history while raving to a new dawn. A dance for the digital age. Chunky Move finally premieres *Yung Lung* this summer.

New dates announced

Chunky Move's Yung Lung Returns

Aunty Rochelle Patten Gallery

# MARCH OF THE ANTS
### BY AUNTY ROCHELLE PATTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH HER GRANDSON DIXON PATTEN (DHUDHUROA/WEMBA WEMBA/YORTA YORTA PEOPLES)

Tram Route: 58, 59

“This artwork is titled march of the ants. It pays respects to environment and caring for country and community. Our old people learnt a lot by observing the environment, it taught us things, it still tells us things if we are open to listening. The ants represent travelling, working together and participating in our communities. Every ant has a role to play to ensure survival and continuity. All roles are important in the community’s success. The feet represent us observing and learning from them and applying those principles to our society. As individuals; the ants are minute and weak. But together, they are strong. This is how I view our society when we work together. It’s all of our duty to care for country and each other.”

Aunty Rochelle Patten

__Biography__

Aunty Rochelle Patten is a highly respected elder and cultural leader and artist. Patten has a Masters of Applied Science at Deakin University—which she achieved at fifty years of age—focused on the health of the Dungahla (Murray) River and Murray Darling Basin areas of where she has lived and continues to care for. She has worked for the Native Title Legal Service and the Cummeragunja Aboriginal Medical Service as the chairperson for sixteen years. Patten also sits on the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council as a director for her region. Patten has been creating art for many years and recently had a joint exhibition at Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre titled Two Strong Sisters. Patten has been on the Yulendj knowledge group for Museums Victoria since 2012 and was an integral contributor to the First Peoples exhibition at Melbourne Museum. She is a respected member of her community and currently lives in the Barmah Forest connecting and caring to her country and animal friends.

__2021 Melbourne Art Trams__

The place now known as Melbourne is a city built on the lands of the Kulin Nation peoples; Traditional Owners who continue to maintain deep connections to their country, kin and waterways that have existed for tens of thousands of years. 

In 2021, for the first time, each Melbourne Art Tram has been designed by a First Peoples artist. As a collective of moving artworks all six share with us the strength and beauty of creative cultural expression and the interwoven connections and continuous cultures of First Peoples in Victoria. Below you'll find links to the work of each contributing artist, as well as further reading on the curation and selection process undertaken by RISING: 

- Curation by [RISING Artistic Associate Kimberley Moulton (Yorta Yorta)](/arttrams)
- [Deanne Gilson (Wadawurrung)](/wormhole/2021-melbourne-art-trams-deanne-gilson)
- [Thomas Marks (Wotjobaluk/Gunaikurnai)](/wormhole/2021-melbourne-art-trams-thomas-marks)
- [Aunty Rochelle Patten (Dhudhuroa/Wemba Wemba/Yorta Yorta)](/wormhole/2021-melbourne-art-trams-aunty-rochelle-patten)
- [Jarra Karalinar Steel (Boonwurrung/Wemba Wemba)](/wormhole/2021-melbourne-art-trams-jarra-karalinar)
- [Ray Thomas (Brabrawooloong Gunnai)](/wormhole/2021-melbourne-art-trams-ray-thomas)
- [Aunty Zeta Thomson (Wurundjeri/Yorta Yorta)](/wormhole/2021-melbourne-art-trams-aunty-zeta-thomson)

Aunty Rochelle Patten’s rolling artwork, *March of the Ants*, is one of the six Melbourne Art Trams designed exclusively by First Peoples artists in 2021.

2021 Melbourne Art Trams: Aunty Rochelle Patten

Gallery

# KARRINGALABIL BUNDJIL MURRUP, MANNA GUM TREE (THE CREATION TREE OF KNOWLEDGE)
### BY DEANNE GILSON (WADAWURRUNG PEOPLES)

Tram Route: 3, 3a, 64, 67

“My painting depicts the Wadawurrung Creation Story of South Eastern Victoria, at a place known as Black Hill in Gordon, situated on my ancestral Country. A man known as Karringalabil the creator spirit, created the first man and woman out of clay (paapul). He took bark and leaves from the great birthing tree known today as the manna gum tree. The manna gum tree is a sacred tree that housed all the spirits of creation within its branches. Karringalabil turned the tree spirits into the birds of creation, who today, represent our ancestral totems. He then turned himself into the largest and most powerful bird, Bundjil the Eaglehawk. The role of the other birds was to help Karringalabil Bundjil, give and sustain life on earth.”

Deanne Gilson

"After creating the plants, animals, waterways, forests and mountains, Bundjil asked his friends the birds, to perform different roles in order to complete his creation. Firstly, Parrwang the magpies lifted the sky, from darkness to light, giving us the first sunrise. Then Waa the ancestral crow, opened his lungs and blew life in to the people, scattering them across the countryside, after which they needed to keep warm and cook food, so Bundjil asked Jinap the cockatoo to bend down and scatter fire across Country on his burnt crest. Bundjil then took his two wives, Koonawarra the black swan sisters and flew high up in the sky above Lal Lal Falls, our sacred creation site today where he watches over all of us today."


__Biography__

Deanne Gilson is a proud Wadawurrung woman of Aboriginal and Australian/English descent, living on her ancestral Country of Ballarat in Victoria. Her award-winning art practice has spanned 35 years full time, or an entire lifetime, choosing to work full time on a painting and sculptural practice, along with facilitating cultural educational workshops in schools and local business. Gilson’s contemporary artworks aim to reconnect back to traditional stories, in particular her Creation Story given to her by her mum Marlene. Along with using marks found on ancestral artefacts, thus revealing cultural knowledge of women’s business and ceremony, while as the same time reflecting the colonial gaze as a way to strengthen and regain her identity back. Reviving ochre painting across Wadawurrung Country and creating a platform for healing, acceptance, reconciliation and strength. Stating that “my art is part of my Dreaming and ceremony, always was, always will be.”

Working in and out of western genres, like still life painting and traditional stone circles, Gilson was the first Wadawurrung artist to bring back traditional marks and ancestral stories within her art practice after colonisation, along with teaching her mum Marlene Gilson how to paint. An emerging elder in her community, Gilson has just received three awards including a community award for her art and teaching over 10,000 students about her culture and bringing positive change and awareness of Aboriginal people through art.

Deanne Gilson’s rolling artwork, *Karringalabil Bundjil Murrup, Manna Gum Tree (The Creation Tree of Knowledge)*, is one of the six Melbourne Art Trams designed exclusively by First Peoples artists in 2021.

2021 Melbourne Art Trams: Deanne Gilson

Jara Gallery

# iilk (eel)
### BY JARRA KARALINAR STEEL (BOONWURRUNG/WEMBA WEMBA PEOPLES)

Tram route: 48, 109

“From a small child my mother would tell me stories of the iilk (eel) and their long Journey Cycles, as well as their importance as a food source for our people the Boonwurrung.”

JARRA KARALINAR STEEL

"I was always fascinated by the idea of them making their journey along Elizabeth Street which originally was a creek running from the Birrarung (Yarra River). Elizabeth Street was the main street in which our tram would enter the city when I was a child and teen, coming from Brunswick and North Melbourne and I’d often reflect on this story.

The reason for using the iilk is because I like the idea of them taking back and reclaiming their important place in what we call Melbourne today. I imagine them all traveling along our tram lines as part of their Journey Cycle.

This work I have included some personal icons: The wattle being my name Jarra Karalinar (wattle tree woman); the feathers being Bundjil (wedge tail eagle) and Waa (crow); some pattern design influenced by Kulin designs;
and lastly my Walert Murrup (possum spirits) which are healing spirits.

I wanted to express my lifelong connection and love to this city of Melbourne and our trams. I was conceived in Richmond (my twin and I are IVF babies) and born at Queen Victoria Hospital. I’ve spent a majority of my life in Melbourne catching and riding trams, trams are my main transport to keep me connected and the sound they make would be the background to the soundtrack of my life."

__Biography__

Jarra Karalinar Steel is a multi-disciplinary artist known for her powerful emu engravings, poster art, large scale public installations, Digital/Augmented Reality Art, RAP artwork and commemorative signage. Karalinar Steel is of Boonwurrung, Wemba Wemba, English and Scottish descent. Karalinar Steel completed her Master of Arts (Art in Public Space) from RMIT in 2020. Karalinar Steel is a passionate advocate/consultant for Self-Representation of Kulin and Victorian First Peoples Art and culture and making sure it is kept alive and thriving.

Jarra Karalinar Steel’s rolling artwork, *iilk (eel)*, is one of the six Melbourne Art Trams designed exclusively by First Peoples artists in 2021.

2021 Melbourne Art Trams: Jarra Karalinar Steel

Thomas Marks Gallery

# WALKING ON MY FATHER’S COUNTRY
### BY THOMAS MARKS (WOTJOBALUK/GUNAIKURNAI PEOPLES)

Tram Route: 6, 19

“This work represents walking on my father’s Country and the importance of leaving my footprints and connections. My father was a proud Wotjobaluk man. It’s a tribute to him, connecting our two spirits together as father and son. It shows flowering Indigenous plants that grow along the Wimmera River nurtured by the warmth of the sun and the river. These have provided food and cultural resources for Wotjobaluk people for generations.”

THOMAS MARKS

__Biography__

Thomas "Marksey" Marks is a Wotjobaluk/Gunaikurnai man from Gippsland. Being one of many Stolen Generations children, he wasn’t able to grow up on his traditional country. As an adult, he is now proudly reclaiming his Aboriginal identity through art. Marks proudly acknowledges his involvement with the highly successful Pitcha Makin’ Fellas art collective in Ballarat before going to prison. He remembers meeting The Torch CEO, Kent Morris, at Indigenous art exhibitions and events and then again at Ravenhall Correctional Centre, where he joined The Torch Program in 2018.

“Becoming an artist has changed me in so many ways. It has given me a better perspective and outlook on life and it has taught me to have patience; I guess it’s created a whole new world for me and has given me a lot more confidence in myself,” says Marks, who is motivated by the injustices of his past, as a stolen generations child. This is strongly depicted in the poems written within his artworks. 

“I guess I focus on things from my past, like the Stolen Generations. It wasn’t my choice, it’s something that was forced upon me. I not only get inspiration from my Stolen Generations background but through my subsequent life experiences in trying to connect back to my identity, culture and aboriginality. When I complete a painting, I feel I have achieved a little bit more of the healing process. It gives me a sense of belonging; a knowing of who I really am. It also gives me a sense that I can achieve anything that I put my mind too.”

Thomas Marks’ rolling artwork, *Walking on My Father’s Country*, is one of the six Melbourne Art Trams designed exclusively by First Peoples artists in 2021.

2021 Melbourne Art Trams: Thomas Marks

Ray Thomas Gallery

# DJEETGUN DREAMING
### BY RAY THOMAS (BRABRAWOOLOONG GUNNAI PEOPLES)

Tram Route: 70, 75

“Djeetgun, the female blue wren, is the wrukut (womens) totem of the Gunnai people of Gippsland. The Gunnai nation consist of five clan groups. My family are from the Brabrawooloong clan. Our country begins just east of Stratford and takes in the Mitchell, Nicholson and Tambo rivers and all their water tributaries. To the north we are locked by the mountains while our southern boundary ends around Paynesville and the lakes. The patterning in my design pays respect to my Ancestors. These markings have been inspired by the shields that were collected in the late 1800s by the squatters from the area at the time.”

Ray Thomas

"A number of these shields ended up in the Victorian Museum collection in Melbourne and eventually were returned to the community in the mid-1990s. This was a period when artefacts and cultural material were being repatriated after negotiations with the then government. They are now housed in the Krowathunkooloong Keeping Place in Bairnsdale, which I briefly managed between 1998—2000. The beautiful little Gunnai Lit (Child) is my granddaughter, Bryeesha. I christened her Djeetgun when I first laid eyes on her as a baby and she is affectionately called Djeetgun by the whole family to this day. The gums leaves represent the little bird Djeetgun as she flutters through the under growth and through the bush."

__Biography__

Ray Thomas was born in Melbourne in 1960 and is a highly acclaimed Victorian Aboriginal artist. He is mainly self-taught and was influenced by the award-winning artist, Lin Onus, who he met in the early 1970s. Since the mid-1980s Thomas has been researching his Gunnai people’s stories, histories and iconography, influenced by archives and historical cultural material held in museums and keeping places from his people. Thomas won the Deadly Art Award through the Victorian Aboriginal Art Awards in 2013 for a portrait of his mother, Alice and is a practicing mural artist. His work includes large murals at the Northcote Town Hall, the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service Preston and Fitzroy, and he is one of several mural artists behind the Aboriginal Advancement League Mural Wall on St Georges Road. Thomas has work in various collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Museum and Darebin City Council.

Ray Thomas’s rolling artwork, *Djeetgun Dreaming*, is one of the six Melbourne Art Trams designed exclusively by First Peoples artists in 2021.

2021 Melbourne Art Trams: Ray Thomas

AZT Gallery

# MOOKIES AROUND THE WATERHOLE
### BY AUNTY ZETA THOMSON (WURUNDJERI AND YORTA YORTA PEOPLES)

Tram Route: 5, 6, 16, 58, 72

“Mookie means spirit in Yorta Yorta. In our culture, visitors would call out to Ancestor Mookies as they walked through the bush announcing they were coming onto Country. They would meet and gather at sacred waterholes for ceremony.” Her statement continues, “After meeting, the travellers would begin their journey across Country to the next place, ‘galyan woka ngana buraya moya’—a beautiful place far, far away. This work teaches us to respect Country and honour Ancestors.”

Aunty Zeta Thomson

__Biography__

Aunty Zeta Thomson is a respected Elder and descendant of the Yarra Yarra Clan of the Wurundjeri people through her father and grandfather, Alexander Briggs, and is a descendant of the Ulupna Clan of the Yorta Yorta people on her mother and grandmother, Teresa (Yarmuk) Clements’ side. She is a renowned artist, culture teacher and advocate for the rights of Aboriginal prisoners in Victoria. Aunty Zeta was born in 1946 to Geraldine Briggs and Selwyn Briggs. She is one of 13 children and grew up with her large family in Shepparton, Victoria. Aunty Zeta retains strong connections to her ancestral homelands.

Her parents participated in the historic Cummeragunja Walk-Off, relocating to the Shepparton-Mooroopna. Her family maintains links with Cummeragunja through the continuing use of ancestral burial grounds. Her knowledge of culture has been passed down by her mother and father and maternal grandmother. Aunty Zeta and her husband, Edward have been proudly for married 54 years. She is a mother of three children and a grandmother of ten.She has had a lifetime involvement in Aboriginal affairs, working at a community level, like many of her family members. She has supported land rights and Aboriginal rights with her family. Aunty Zeta was the first Victorian Aboriginal artist to have work exhibited at Melbourne Museum’s Bunjilaka Gallery. Her paintings are inspired by the family stories and her work showcases the Yorta Yorta creation story: “Aboriginal art is storytelling; it is inspired by old creation stories”.

 You can buy a tote, tee or raincoat featuring Aunty Zeta Thomson's iconic Mookie motif in the RISING Shop. A portion of sales will be donated to Aunty Zeta's nominated charity Wildlife Victoria.

Shop the Aunty Zeta Thomson Collection

Aunty Zeta Thomson’s rolling artwork, *Mookies Around the Watering Hole*, is one of the six Melbourne Art Trams designed exclusively by First Peoples artists in 2021.

2021 Melbourne Art Trams: Aunty Zeta Thomson

With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to disrupt the employment and income of arts workers across Australia, we’ve put together a short list of places you can turn to if you need help, or to recover lost income or fund a future project. Be sure to check the rules carefully and compare the payments to find the best option for your situation. 

Please note, this list is a guide only for the arts sector support available.  


## GENERAL SUPPORT 

A number of Federal and State government payments are available for Australian residents who have lost work and income from Covid-19 related lock downs and restrictions; as well as payments for people required to self-isolate or quarantine. Payments and eligibility vary for each. 

- [Covid-19 Disaster Payment](https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/covid-19-disaster-payment): A Federal government lump sum payment to help workers unable to earn income due to a Covid-19 state public health order. 

- [Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment](https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/pandemic-leave-disaster-payment-victoria): The Victorian State Governement’s Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment is a lump sum payment to help you during the 14 days you need to self-isolate, quarantine or care for someone. 

- [Coronavirus (COVID-19) Test Isolation Payment](https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/450-coronavirus-covid-19-test-isolation-payment): Support payments for workers waiting for waiting for Covid-19 test results. 


## INDUSTRY SPECIFIC SUPPORT 

Support for arts and entertainment industry workers is available from a range of government sources, not-for-profit organisations and cultural institutions too. Some provide financial support, others are there to support the mental health of workers during a difficult time. In addition, there are grant opportunities open for the development of new work.  

### Government 

__Federal__

- [Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund](https://www.arts.gov.au/funding-and-support/rise-fund): Funding for major organisations, and individuals, to stage cultural activities, projects and events that would otherwise be unable to proceed because of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

__Victoria__

- [Sustaining Creative Workers Initiative](https://creative.vic.gov.au/grants-and-support/programs/sustaining-creative-workers-initiative): Grants range from $5000—$10,000 for individuals, collectives, micro-organisations and businesses to assist in reopening in the wake of the pandemic. Each grant can support the creation of new work as well as professional development. The program is open to Victorian artists from any medium, or career stage, and is funded by a $15m package supplied by the Victorian Government. 

### Non-Governmental Organisations and Grants 

- [Support Act](https://supportact.org.au/get-help/): Support Act offers crisis relief services to artists, crew and music workers as a result of ill health, injury, a mental health problem, or some other crisis that impacts on their ability to work in music. 

- [The Arts Wellbeing Collective](https://artswellbeingcollective.com.au/): A place to find resources and services to support the positive mental health of performing arts workers. Run by Arts Centre Melbourne. 

- [Performing Lines: Hyper Local]( https://www.performinglines.org.au/2021/08/30/hyperlocal-now-accepting-eois-from-victorian-based-artists/): Performing Lines is offering Victoria-based artists $26,500 grants to create and develop new performance works. In addition, grants receive production, tech support and venue hire. 


*This list is just a selection we thought could be helpful and is far from exhaustive. If you have a suggestion for a support program or grant opportunity to add to the list, please send it through to hello@rising.melbourne*

Packages, grants and funds for arts workers and suppliers across Australia. 

Covid-19 Assistance for Arts and Entertainment Workers 

A few weeks ago we took recommendations for top local restaurants via our Instagram Stories. By popular demand, we've taken all your hot tips for Melbourne's best takeaway food and enshrined them here for posterity. 

Scroll down to see what's on the lockdown menu in your 5km radius, and bookmark this page for the next time your stomach is a'rumbling. 

## NORTH

- [Warung Agus](http://www.warungagus.com.au/), North Melbourne 

- [The Brandon Hotel](http://brandonhotel.com.au/), Carlton North. "The beef burger is always cooked to perfection"

- [Epocha](https://epocha.com.au/), Carlton. "Friendly staff and amazing roast packs that come with the BEST duck fat potatoes"

- [Heartattack and Vine](http://www.heartattackandvine.com.au/), Carlton. "Veggie schnitzel and slaw ciabatta. Amazing" 

- [D'Penyetz & D'Cendol](https://www.dpenyetz.com.au/), Carlton. "Ox tail soup has so much flavour"

- [Takeaway Pizza](https://www.takeawaypizza.melbourne/), Preston. "Pastrami and bone parrow pizza is incredible"

- [The Golden Peanut](https://www.thegoldenpeanut.com.au/), Reservoir. "Next level Thai flavours"

- [Lagoon Dining](https://www.lagoondining.com/), Carlton. "They retain Chinese culinary traditions yet modernise in an extraordinary flavour bomb" 

- [Curry Cafe](http://curry.cafe/), Northcote

- [Ying Thai 2](https://yingthai2.com.au/), Carlton 

- [1800Lasagne](https://www.1800lasagne.com.au/), Thornbury. "So delicious, would highly recommend" 

- [Casa Nata](https://casanata.com.au/), Thornbury. "For the Portugese tart dreams are made of" 

- [Croxton Roosters Charcoal Chicken ](https://www.menulog.com.au/restaurants-croxton-roosters-charcoal-chicken/menu)

- [Mesob](https://www.mesob.com.au/), Northcote. "Ethiopian buzz, injera for days" 


### NORTHERN SUBURB SPOTLIGHT—BRUNSWICK

- [Theodore's](https://www.theodor.es/). "Delicious, unfussy seasonal food cooked with love"

- [Very Good Falafel](https://www.shukiandlouisa.com/)

- [Tochi Deli](https://www.instagram.com/tochideli/). "Lovely people making delicious and affordable Japanese food"

- [Old Palm Liquor](https://oldpalmliquor.com/). "Great hot meals and wine selection, so good"

- [The B.east](https://www.theb-east.com/). "The burgers are filthy but always perfection"

- [Carolina Cafe](https://www.carolinabrunswick.com.au/). "Coffee! Brekkie burger, tofu sandwich and hash browns"

- [Bellboy](https://bellboycafe.com.au/). "Amazing bagels and staff, yummy coffee too"

- [Gelobar](https://gelobar.com.au/)

- [All Day Donuts](https://www.alldaydonuts.com/). "For a delish donut (Don Homer is a classic)"

- [Rin Sura](https://www.rinsura.com.au/). "A delicious Thai restaurant! They have limited takeaway slots though, so book early"

- [New Day Rising](https://www.zomato.com/melbourne/new-day-rising-brunswick). "I love a takeaway bagel from the top of Nicholson Street, then go walk Merri Creek and get avocado all over yourself"


### NORTHERN SUBURB SPOTLIGHT—FITZROY

- [ASRC Catering](https://www.catering.asrc.org.au/). "Delicious takeaway meals, providing jobs for asylum seekers"

- [Neighbourhood Wine](https://neighourhood-wine.myshopify.com/). "Hampers are delicious, easy and good fun to put together"

- [Viet Rose](https://vietrosefitzroy.com.au/). "Their laksa makes everything better"

- [Citrus](https://www.facebook.com/citrusfitzroy/). "Everything is just so incredibly flavoursome. The devilled fish, the pickles, the kothu"

- [Horn Please](http://hornplease.com.au/)

- [East Meets West](https://eastmeetswestfitzroy.com.au/)

- [Tamura Sake Bar](https://www.tamurasakebar.com/). "Great ramen, bentos and katsu sandos plus jazz while you wait"

- [Malaymas](https://m.facebook.com/Malaymas-209732526084836/). "Rich flavoured Malaysian food"

- [Tora Dumplings](https://www.zomato.com/melbourne/tora-dumplings-fitzroy). "Wontons in chilli, peanut and sesame sauce"

- [Shop Ramen](https://www.facebook.com/SHOPRAMEN)

- [Smith & Deli](https://www.smithanddaughters.com/smith-deli). "For all the vegan takeaway and grocery goodness" 

## NORTH-EAST

- [My Rice Story](https://www.zomato.com/melbourne/my-rice-story-ivanhoe), Ivanhoe. "Amazing Korean food and super friendly owner and family"

- [Jinda Thai](https://www.facebook.com/Jindamelb), Abbotsford

- [Kissaten](https://kissatenalphington.com.au/), Alphington. "Their okonomiyaki is incredible. Oh, and the matcha brownies—yes please"

- [Ritas](https://www.ritasabbotsford.com/), Abbotsford. "The best pizza in Melbourne. Mushroom is my fav, but you can't go wrong with that dough"

- [Laserpig Pizza Parlour](http://www.lazerpig.com.au/), Collingwood. "Dreamy caprese pizza"

- [Kantan](https://www.agfg.com.au/restaurant/kantan-79630), Collingwood. "The flavour and quality cannot be matched"

- [Green Burger](https://greenburger.com.au/), Collingwood. "Amazing vegan burgers and fried food"

## EAST

- [The Joy Parade](https://www.thejoyparade.com.au/), Blackburn. "Family run business with a smile in a beautiful local community location"

- [Red Sparrow Pizza](https://www.redsparrowpizza.com/), Prahran. "It's all vegan and has so many interesting flavours"

- [Camberwell Curry House](https://www.camberwellcurryhouse.com.au/), Camberwell. "Best Indian food"

- [Malay Kitchen](https://www.zomato.com/melbourne/malay-kitchen-camberwell/menu), Camberwell 

- [Dale La Pau](https://dalelapau.com/), Camberwell. "Spicy, rich Indonesian food like you've never tasted before" 


### EASTERN SUBURB SPOTLIGHT—RICHMOND

- [Tran Tran](http://trantran.com.au/). "Family owned, inexpensive and fresh Vietnamese food. Great noodle soups"

- [Hectors Deli](https://www.hectorsdeli.com.au/). "Unbelievably good sangas"

- [Pho Chu The](https://www.zomato.com/melbourne/pho-chu-the-richmond/menu). "The best pho on Victoria Street"

- [Fourteen Bridge](https://www.14bridge.com.au/). "Great specials" $29 for two plates, dessert, drinks"

- [Chef Lagenda](https://www.cheflagenda.com/). "Veg laksa is outta control"

- [Lene Restaurant](https://lene.com.au/). "The bread, oooh the bread"

## SOUTH

- [Babu Ji](https://www.babuji.com.au/), St Kilda. "Great value meal deals and delicious curries"

- [Pars Kitchen](https://parskitchen.com.au/), St Kilda. "Amazing Iranian food"

- [OzzyThai](https://ozzythai.com.au/), St Kilda

- [Cafe Southall](https://www.cafesouthall.com/), St Kilda. "Their nutfree butter chicken and Goan fish curry, and the take home simmer sauces" 

- [Tavlin](https://tavlin.com.au/), Balaclava. "Fresh Israeli food. Vegan, veg or with meat—all options are delicious"

- [Mopho Canteen](https://www.facebook.com/mophocanteen), Balaclava. "Super delicious, generous portions"

- [Figo](https://www.figo.com.au/), Elwood. "Best Italian in town"

- [Saigon Street Eats](https://www.saigonstreeteats.com.au/), Balaclava. "Lovely staff, well priced and great portions. Delicious" 

- [Madam Mekong](https://www.madammekong.com.au/), Frankston. "Their food is so yummy, the staff is very nice and the restaurant is cool"


## WEST

- [Mabu Mabu](https://www.mabumabu.com.au/), Yarraville. "Torres Strait owned, celebrating Indigenous and native ingredients"

- [Thuan Phat](https://www.zomato.com/melbourne/thuan-phat-vietnamese-and-chinese-restaurant-st-albans), St Albans. "There's a reason it's so busy. XO Duck Fried Rice is my pick"

- [Fresh Chilli Deli](http://www.freshchillideli.com/), St Albans. "Best banh mi"

- [Laksa King](https://www.laksaking.com.au/flemington/), Flemington. "Fast service and delicious Malaysian chicken curry dish" 

- [La Tortilleria, Kensington](https://latortilleria.com.au/). "Mexican take home packs and the freshest tacos"

- [London K Burgers](https://www.londonkburgers.com.au/), Kensington. "Dirty burgers, giant poutine and such a nice team!"

- [Minh's, Moonee Ponds.](https://www.zomato.com/melbourne/minhs-moonee-ponds/menu) "She makes this badass sauce for her banh mi"

- [Angie's Kitchen](https://www.zomato.com/melbourne/angies-kitchen-moonee-ponds), Moonee Ponds. "Yummy for Chinese food. The Chicken & Prawn wontons are my favourite, and the people are really lovely!"

- [Hello Jose](http://www.hellojose.com.au/), West Melbourne. "Best tacos"

- [Advieh](https://www.facebook.com/Adviehseddon/), Seddon

### WESTERN SUBURB SPOTLIGHT—FOOTSCRAY

- [Up in Smoke](https://upinsmoke.net.au/). "The brisket melts in your mouth, and the staff are super friendly"

- [Thanh Vinh](https://www.facebook.com/thanhvinhrestaurant). "The cubed beef is the best I've ever had—tender and melting and balanced well"

- [Sapa Hills](http://www.sapahills.com.au/). "Every single thing on the menu (which is huge) is a flavour sensation"

- [Roti Road](https://www.rotiroad.com.au/)

- [Slice Girls West](https://www.slicegirlswest.com.au/)

- [Ras Dashen](https://www.zomato.com/melbourne/ras-dashen-footscray/menu). "So delicious, a family restaurant and the ginger tea"

- [Harley and Rose](https://www.harleyandrose.net.au/). "Delish pizzas and the cod dip—mmmmm"

## CENTRAL 

- [Soi 38](https://www.soi38.com/). "Authentic Thai food with amazing flavours"

- [Big Esso](https://www.mabumabu.com.au/dining). "Torres Strair owned, celebrating Indigenous and native ingredients"

- [Shimbashi Soba & Sake Bar](https://www.shimbashisobamelbourne.net/)

- [Flower Drum](http://flowerdrum.melbourne/)

- [Tian38](https://www.tian38.com.au/). "The best Hainanese chicken rice"

- [Rose Garden BBQ](https://www.zomato.com/melbourne/rose-garden-bbq-1-cbd). "They sell out by 7pm, and the omelette on rice"

- [Spring Street Grocer](https://springstreetgrocer.com.au/). "No brainer cheese selection, accompaniments and wine"

- [Embla](https://embla.com.au/). "Fancy enough for occasions, but also just because"

- [Gai Wong](https://gaiwong.com.au/). "My favourite is the Hainanese chicken" 

- [Delhi Streets](https://www.delhistreets.com.au/). "Indian street food to take you on a holiday when you can't go anywhere" 


See what's hot on the takeaway menu in Melbourne


Master Dinner List

With the city in lockdown, Sydney’s musicians are unable to tour or fill its band rooms and clubs. But its music can’t be silenced entirely. This playlist is a small acknowledgement of solidarity with the harbour city’s bands, producers, DJs and rappers. 

The playlist is as diverse as the city itself. From the solemn beginnings of Chris Abrahams’ haunting piano, the track selection takes a dive into Andy Rantzen’s atmospheric dub, and gentle breakbeats care of Logic1000. In its mid-section you’ll find Party Dozen’s doom-laden saxophone and drums; and ONEFOUR’s irrepressible rap, documenting life in Mount Druitt, in Sydney’s Western Suburbs. Keep on listening for GODTET’s fresh waves of antipodean jazz. 

The sound of Sydney’s underground, emanating from beyond lockdown—a city that can’t be silenced.

Playlist: Have a Nice Day

Flinders Street Station is a nexus point between man and machine, the landscape and engineering. Its trains and tracks help us accomplish speed beyond the possibilities of our own physiology. But convenience and has come at the cost of the Birrarung river’s scarred banks.

Learning how to approach nature’s permutations with care, while living with the technologies that facilitate our lives, is the thematic heart of Patricia Piccinini’s [*A Miracle Constantly Repeated*](/festival-program/patricia-piccinini)—the artist’s first-of-its-kind takeover of [Flinders Street Station’s](/wormhole/stories-above-the-tracks) decades-hidden third level and ballroom.


“When we put ‘mother nature’ on one side and ‘people’ on the other, we make it harder to realise that when we hurt nature, we hurt ourselves,” says Piccinini. 

Nurture Nature

Existing in Piccinini’s world are human-animal hybrids, and chimeras that bridge the gap between the organic, mechanical and sentience. Surrounded by the station’s peeling paint, in rooms that were once sites of community congregation and collective joy, her creations and their human companions are visions of care, intimacy and inter-species companionship.

In *No Fear of Depths*, 2021—which in her personal audio guide Piccinini describes as the exhibition’s most personal work—a chimera based on the Australian humpback dolphin cradles a prepubescent girl, in a maternal embrace. 


“This work is special to me because it’s a realistic portrait of my daughter Roxy, just before she started the journey to adulthood,” says Piccinini. “I feel that the role that women play culturally as mothers and carers has put care on the wrong side of an important/not important dichotomy in our culture, yet care is what we need now, more than anything. What does it matter about profit, or even new technologies, if there is no planet to live on? I think the humpback dolphins would get that.”

Sapling and No Fear of Depths

It's not just living things that possess an intelligence we’re capable of comprehending, like dolphins, that Piccinini examines our relationship to. She also considers our responsibility to, and reliance on, plant life as a vital part of the planet’s eco-system. 

In *Sapling*, 2020, we see an adult human man carrying what appears to be a child-like tree root on his shoulders. It’s an image that Piccinini says shows plants as living entities we must nurture, that need our help to grow and thrive, rather than just being resources or sources of sustenance.

“I had heard of the idea of giving personhood to plants to help save our forests, especially our old growth forests,” says Piccinini. “We grant personhood to companies, which gives these artificial organisations certain legal rights and protections. If we give this status to trees it would help to establish their rights under our existing legal system, and hopefully give them greater protection. Ironically, this is still mostly for our benefit: we cannot survive without plants, but they will thrive without us.”

During her conversation with [*Guardian Australia*](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/may/26/patricia-piccinini-brings-flinders-street-stations-forgotten-ballroom-back-to-life "Guardian Article"), Piccinini says the work poses a question: 


“How do we build our lives together with other, more-than-human animals? And how can it be a nurturing relationship? How can we have an understanding and experience of nature, which is not just about this very traditional idea of pristine nature, untouched by humans? Because that doesn’t exist, and the idea is not workable anymore.”

Humanity has indisputably interrupted the lives of Earth’s inhabitants and irrevocably reshaped its landscapes—what Piccinini calls a “post-natural world”. Nonetheless, in her film *We Travel Together*, 2021, she suggests we still have a responsibility to care for what remains or what new life springs forth. The film shows a young woman accompanying a strange new lifeform reminiscent of an echidna.

“I wanted to show a real connection between the two, depicting a kind of love. It’s also about finding a kind of beauty in the post-natural landscapes, and the way that even in the most devastated places, life will begin to return, if we let it,” says Piccinini.

Mothering nature

Together they move through an in turns ravaged and beautiful landscape before parting ways on an expansive plain. Piccinini says our proclivity to try and control the natural world is counterintuitive—instead, we should be supporting it to grow, thrive and journey where it may.


“The creature adopts her and she connects with it, and then realises that the best thing for the creature is to let it go,” says Piccinini in The Age. “That’s often what love is, it’s the dynamic of the maternal relationship—you love your children, but you have to let them go, and trust them; you have to relinquish control.”

*Patricia Piccinini’s A Miracle Constantly Repeated is on now at Flinders Street Station.*

## [Book now](https://tickets.rising.melbourne/patricia-piccinini)

For *A Miracle Constantly Repeated*, the landmark takeover of Flinders Street Station’s hidden third level, Patricia Piccinini has created a world built on care, empathy and resilience. As well as these themes, her works suggest a future built on nurture and co-existence. 

Patricia Piccinini’s Unconditional Love

Given their proclivity for riff-crazy horror rock, Melbourne’s Rot TV know the shadows well. So we asked them to emerge from their dank cave of creativity and deliver our next Singles Club release.

On their debut vinyl release, [*FDA/Transylvanian Nights*](https://rottv.bandcamp.com/album/fda-transylvanian-nights), Rot TV took influence from punk, metal, ‘80s horror films and ‘70s rock for a hard ‘n heavy double feature of howling riffs.

Here they veer towards classic ‘60s rock with a cover of their favourite track by The Kinks’, the 1965 proto punk anthem ‘I’m Not Like Everybody Else’—which they douse in a big ol’ bucket of fuzz. For this single, Rot TV invited their go-to engineer and producer Rob Muiños (founder of Sauna Studios in Collingwood) to conjure some demons on lead guitar.

As we move in and out of lockdowns, we think the track’s first verse has some pretty good words to live by, for the moment things open back up:


*And I'm not gonna take it all lying down,*

*'Cause once I get started I go to town*


*Singles Club is RISING’s series of specially commissioned, celestial tunes, released under the light of a full moon. Listen to all the Singles Club releases below.*

Melbourne’s peddlers of headbanging horror rock, Rot TV, slide into cruise control with their fuzzed-out cover of The Kinks’ ‘I’m Not Like Everybody Else’.

Singles Club: Rot TV 

After scaling the stairs of our Chinatown art car park [Golden Square](/festival-program/golden-square), you’d weave past colossal ice sculptures and head straight for our rooftop cocktail bar, helmed by travelling bar crew [Fancy Free](https://www.fancyfreebar.com.au/). 

Between them, Fancy Free’s bartenders Ryan Noreiks, Rob Libecans and Matt Stirling have been pumping out drinks at some of Australia’s best bars (Black Pearl, Baxter Inn) for years. Together, they’ve played an integral part in launching Australian cocktail culture ever further onto the world stage. 

For their inaugural RISING cocktail menu, the team took influence from Golden Square’s artworks to create Parallels—a rhubarb and strawberry gum-spiked twist on a gin and tonic. They were inspired by the intense colour palette of [Reko Rennie’s *Initiation OA_RR*](/wormhole/initiation-oa_rr), the frozen magnificence of [Lucy Bleach’s *By This Lake*](/festival-program/by-this-lake), and the ceremony of Jason Phu, James Nguyen, Nabilah Nordin and Veisinia Tonga’s [*Parade for the Moon*](/festival-program/parade-for-the-moon).

“An afternoon gin and tonic is its own special ceremony; rhubarb has this really vibrant colour that reminded us of Reko’s work and we combined that with large ice blocks to keep the drink just right,” says Sterling. “Melbourne is just heaving with rosemary, so we picked some up from a couple of our favourite spots to finish it off.”

Golden inspiration

Fancy Free’s first permanent bar is aiming to open next year, until then you can enjoy Parallels at home. You’ll need to do a little bit of prep to create the syrup, but trust us, it’s worth it. 

## Parallels Cocktail

### Bittered Rhubarb and Strawberry Gum Syrup 

Serves: A fair few drinks

__Ingredients__

500g Rhubarb (leaves trimmed, washed and chopped) 

500ml water 

500g Sugar 

Peels of 1 large grapefruit  

10g strawberry gum (ground and dried)  

5g sea salt 

__Method__ 

Rinse the rhubarb clean, remove the ends and chop into small pieces.  

Place the chopped rhubarb and grapefruit peels in a medium saucepan. Cover with water and bring to a boil. Reduce to a medium simmer, skimming any foam that rises to the top. 

After about 20 minutes, the rhubarb will become soft and will have lost most of its colour. The water will be a bright pink. Add the strawberry gum and allow the mixture to stand off the heat for 20 minutes. 

Strain the liquid through a fine mesh strainer into another clean pot, separating the solids from the liquid. Do not press the fruit. Rhubarb breaks down more than other fruit, so patience is key to ensure a clear syrup. 

Once the liquid has been strained, discard the rhubarb and other solids. Add the sugar to the liquid and gently simmer for 5 minutes until it has completely dissolved, skimming any additional foam that rises to the top. 

Remove from the heat, add salt and allow to cool completely. Pour into a glass container, seal and refrigerate. The syrup should last for several weeks. 

### Parallels 

__Ingredients__

45ml gin (Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin is recommended) 

15ml bittered rhubarb and strawberry gum syrup 

Dry tonic water 

Slice of lemon 

Rosemary spear 

Glass: Tall Collins, or your favourite mug. 

Ice: Big cubes are ideal, but whatever you do, don’t skimp. 

__Method__ 

Add your gin, rhubarb syrup and a squeezed a slice of lemon to a tall glass or mug.  

Half fill the glass with tonic water then fill with ice. Add the ice last to stop it diluting the drink.  

Finish off the drink by placing a big spear of rosemary and a slice of lemon on top. 


Pick up this RISING vessel and put “single-use” in the bin, no wait, out of the bin. You know what we mean. 50% off when you add to cart. 

Melbourne’s travelling bar crew Fancy Free share their Parallels cocktail, originally served on the roof of our Chinatown art car park Golden Square.

Recipe: Fancy Free’s Rhubarb and Strawberry Gum Gin and Tonic

One of Melbourne’s most storied public spaces, the upper level and ballroom at Flinders Street Station, has remained hidden for more than two decades. Patricia Piccinini’s *A Miracle Constantly Repeated* has reopened the space and transformed its rooms into a nurturing eco-system. But embedded in the walls’ peeling paint is a history of community and cultivation. 

# Origins

For many people, a big part of their visit to [*A Miracle Constantly Repeated*](/festival-program/patricia-piccinini) is seeing Flinders Street Station’s folkloric ballroom. But the ballroom is just one of ten rooms inhabited by the works of Patricia Piccinini, across the station’s third floor—an extension opened in the early 20th Century as the headquarters of the Victorian Railway Institute (VRI). 

Upon opening, the new level provided improved facilities and activities rooms for railway employees, but also came with an ulterior motive. The new facilities were created, in part, as a response to railway strikes in 1903, with the intention of counteracting the influence of trade unions and fostering a “corporate culture”.


The new facilities were created, in part, as a response to railway strikes in 1903, with the intention of counteracting the influence of trade unions and fostering a “corporate culture”.

A striking response

Victorian Railway Strike 1903

# The Fit Out

The new level was designed by James Fawcett, an architect and Railways Department employee who had previously won a competition to design the station. 


Completed in 1910, his new additions to the station included billiards and games rooms, a gymnasium and 10,000-volume library, smoking rooms and classrooms, and a concert hall—the precursor to the fabled ballroom. At the time, the rooms were said to be decorated with “tastefully framed and artistic pictures.” 


1910 Renovation

Fawcett’s most famed design element was an extensive pressed metal ceiling in the concert hall, inspired by the Art Nouveau design movement. A 1990 conservation study found the work carried out in the concert hall, or ballroom, was considered some of the most diverse and extensive in any Australian public building.

Ballroom 1930 v 2008

# Community

With space to gather and facilities to use, VRI members formed all sorts of community groups. An amateur dramatic society would read from scripts, music and orchestral societies took advantage of the concert hall, and sweating rail workers would box, wrestle and practice gymnastics in the gymnasium. A monthly newsletter outlined the building’s events program as well as new volumes added to the library’s catalogue, from which members could have delivery arranged across the rail network.


Following use by various clubs for dances and socials, from as early as 1918, the VRI began converting the concert hall into what we now know as the ballroom in 1932—33, officially opening in 1934. The conversion saw the removal of the stage, making more room for dances and even a boxing ring for amateur bouts and wrestling displays. 


Historian Jenny Davies describes how single men wishing to meet a date would arrive holding a box of Cadbury Roses chocolates. 

Thank you very much

The space became a social focal point for Melbourne, and one of the city’s largest dance venues. During the peak of social dancing in the ‘30s and ‘40s, the ballroom would host 50/50 dances—events in which the era’s two most popular styles, modern and old time, were given equal room on the floor. 

The venue served snacks and was unlicensed, but some attendees would head to nearby establishments for a drink. In her book, [*Beyond the Facade: Flinders Street, More Than Just a Railway Station*](https://melbournalia.com.au/products/jennydaviesbeyondthefacade "Buy the book"), historian Jenny Davies describes how single men wishing to meet a date would arrive holding a box of Cadbury Roses chocolates. 


# Decline and Reopening 

By the 1970s, the popularity of rock and roll saw a downturn in interest in ballroom dancing. Many of the VRI’s rooms were now being rented by other community groups, including the Cat Protection Society and Australian Matchbox Collectors; as well as Australian Football cheer squads supporting Melbourne, St Kilda and Collingwood. 

As usage of the ballroom declined, maintenance costs became unmanageable; in 1985, the VRI moved its headquarters to Flinders Street; and in 1995 most of the rooms were converted into offices (the ballroom and gymnasium were left intact)—remnants of which can be seen in the strip lighting and filing cabinets that are scattered throughout *A Miracle Constantly Repeated*. 


Piccinini sculptures in Flinders Street Station

The staging of [*A Miracle Constantly Repeated*](/festival-program/patricia-piccinini) required over two years of planning before RISING was able to set foot in the building. Its Heritage-listed status meant the utmost care was taken to preserve the building’s interiors, including caring for its peeling paint and storing its worn carpets.

Over the years, various plans for the ballroom have been mooted, but beyond a few small public tours, including by Open House Melbourne, Flinders Street Station’s third level has remained hidden from the public. Now, for the first time in more than 20 years, *A Miracle Constantly Repeated*, has made Flinders Street Station’s upper level and ballroom a community focal point once again—one of many stories yet to come.


The staging of A Miracle Constantly Repeated required over two years of planning before RISING was able to set foot in the building.


A Miracle years in the making

*RISING would like to thank the State Library of Victoria and writer Blair Gatehouse for their extensive piece, “[Dancing above the tracks: The VRI Ballroom at Flinders Street Station](https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/dancing-above-the-tracks-the-vri-ballroom-at-flinders-street-station/ "State Library of Victoria article")”, which was the primary source for this article.* 

*In addition, RISING would like to thank historian Jenny Davies for sharing her knowledge of the station, ballroom and upper level. You can read her extensive work in Beyond the Facade: Flinders Street, More Than Just a Railway Station (2008).*



## [Book now](https://tickets.rising.melbourne/patricia-piccinini)

Discover the stories, hidden by peeling paint, in Flinders Street Station’s hidden third level.

A History of Flinders Street Station

Stories Above the Tracks

A 1973 Holden Monaro coupe revs its engine, tires squeal and the smoke from burning rubber billows through Melbourne’s western suburbs. But the car’s decked out in hot metallic pink and there’s opera on the stereo. This is *Initiation OA_RR*, a new video work by celebrated visual artist Reko Rennie.

In this new RISING commission—the follow-up to his 2016 work *OA_RR*—Rennie cruises the working-class landscapes of his youth in Melbourne’s west. At an open tarmac, he puts the customised Monaro through a series of burnouts, referencing 'Westie’ drag-racing culture, First Peoples initiation practices in an urban context and the traditional sand engraving motifs of the Kamilaroi/Gamilaroi people.


"The work is a road trip going back to the suburb of my birth and relates to my experiences growing up in the 1970s and '80s working class western suburbs of inner Melbourne. I was born in an urban environment where traditional notions of initiation, were experienced in a completely different way to my ancestral home of the Kamilaroi/Gamilaroi people of North Western New South Wales."


[*Initiation OA_RR*](/festival-program/reko-rennie) was first screened on the roof of RISING’s spiraling Chinatown installation [*Golden Square*](/festival-program/golden-square), accompanied by a newly commissioned operatic score from Yorta Yorta woman, composer and soprano, Deborah Cheetham AO. 

You can see *Initiation OA_RR* on level 3 at NGV International from 7 August to 30 January 2022. Entry is free. Open daily, 10am—5pm. Head to the [NGV website](https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/initiation-oa_rr/) for more information.

 *Initiation OA_RR* will then make its way to South Australia for the [*2022 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Free/State*](https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/whats-on/adelaide-biennial-of-australian-art/2022-adelaide-biennial-of-australian-art-freestate/?utm_source=RISING&utm_medium=Wormhole&utm_campaign=AGSA "Art Gallery of South Australia's webpage on the 2022 Adelaide Biennial"), from 4 March to 5 June 2022.

Exclusive RISING collaboration with Reko Rennie. Wear a piece of contemporary First Peoples street culture

Reko Rennie

Burnouts, opera and Kamilaroi/Gamilaroi mark making. Initially commissioned by RISING, Rennie's major new video work screens at the National Gallery of Victoria from August.

Reko Rennie at NGV

Initiation OA_RR

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Julia Stock image

Get this barley, cavolo nero and beef broth on the simmer this weekend.


Recipe: Julia Busuttil Nishimura's Stock Exchange Broth

Australia’s current national anthem is an anachronism, two verses lifted from a song written in 1878 which, even in those days, had an absurdly narrow focus. Minor alterations won’t make it right.

*Reverse Anthem* is the newest iteration of an ongoing project—begun by artist Stewart Russell, and artist and educator Kate Daw in 2016—that reworks the national anthem, holding up a mirror to its hypocrisies and inconsistencies. 

Composer Jonathon Welch AM’s new treatment, *Reverse Anthem*, asked singers to learn the anthem back to front and upside down, in a collective raising of voices—including soprano Shauntai Batzke (Wiradjuri), with singers Eddie Muliaumaseali’i, Danielle Matthews and Daniel Brinsmead—in support and encouragement for those on the outside. 

Following the tragic passing of Daw, Welch’s composition was embellished by new collaborators including dance maker Amrita Hepi (Bundjulung/Ngapuhi); and filmmaker Antuong Nguyen, who has applied the theme of reversal to filmic techniques.

The collaboration between artists, composer, filmmaker, choreographer and choir takes the form of a single city-wide broadcast across a choir of screens—a provocation and lament to the impossible claims of unification made by ‘Advance Australia Fair’ in 2021.

"We’d been working with Jonathon on *Reverse Anthem* for over 12 months when Kate was diagnosed with cancer and tragically, late last year, our friend and generous collaborator, passed away. Naturally we’d all like to dedicate this work to Kate. But I know she wouldn’t approve of that gesture. In her art she chose to highlight the achievements of others, to collaborate and teach us to de-value the ego of the artist."—Stewart Russell

__Artistic Team__
- Artists: Kate Daw and Stewart Russell; in collaboration with Jonathon Welch AM, Amrita Hepi and Antuong Nguyen
- Composer and Musical Director: Jonathon Welch AM
- Choreographer: Amrita Hepi
- Film Director: Antuong Nguyen
- Executive Producer: Naomi Velphi
- Producer: Alexandra George
- Lead singers: Danielle Matthews, Eddie Muliamasealii, Shauntai Batzke and Daniel Brinsmead
- Community Singers: The Cho!r

Advance Australia Fair, upside down and back to front, a single renunciation of an impossible claim.

Kate Daw and Stewart Russell; in collaboration with Jonathon Welch AM, Amrita Hepi and Antuong Nguyen 

Reverse Anthem

No artwork at RISING 2021 was quite like [*Flow State*](/festival-program/flow-state). Only accessible through a lottery, the work—by artists Sarah Retallick and Amanda Roff—asked participants to depart the banks of the Birrarung (Yarra) river in a boat destined for Herring Island. On their arrival participants were led through the bush to a private, sound-emitting bathtub equipped with speakers specially designed to vibrate the fluid tissue, skull and inner ear nerves.

With its run cut short, and following thousands of entries to the draw, we thought it only right to share with you a piece of what made it special. Flow State’s full audio soundtrack is streaming now via the link below. Use the password to access the audio and be sure to have some good quality headphones handy for the best experience.

[FLOW STATE AUDIO](https://www.sararetallick.com/thankyouforenteringflowstate)  

__Password__: flowstate


Enter the stream of our sonic bathing experience from your own tub.

Flow State at Home

Over the last 20 years, sound systems—shorthand for the massive custom speaker stacks (think metres high and wide) through which crews of selectors, DJs and emcees play abdomen-vibrating tracks—have been a relatively well-kept secret here in Melbourne.

But with the scene growing, the now on-pause debut of *Heavy Congress* at RISING was set to be a baptism of bass, and a broad introduction to the scene for Melbourne.

Conceived by artist Jason Maling, reggae ambassador Stick Mareebo and Northside Records’ Chris Gill, *Heavy Congress* will see 18 local sound system crews come together to battle it out in a colosseum of speaker stacks and Afro-Caribbean dance music.

"The display and the volume of the potential sound in front of the audience will be staggering," Gill says. "It will be an absolutely beautiful, sculptural, freak-out for people—even before we've turned on any electricity."

Born from reggae and dancehall, sound systems have also become the ideal delivery method for Colombian music, techno, hip hop and Latin flavours.
Audiences new to sound system culture will experience music in a way they never have. There are no stages here. No artists kept at a distance—the selectors are close enough to touch (but maybe don't). Sound systems thrive in the streets and in community settings where their intensity and directness is most appreciated. 

The crews at *Heavy Congress* represent all corners of the city. [El Gran Mono](https://elgranmono.com.au/) brings the vibrant history of picó sound system culture—which sees tropical music blasting out of huge, hand-painted, fluorescent speaker stacks—all the way from the Caribbean coast of Colombia.

Adrian Hough first built his sound system, [Adrian's Wall](https://www.facebook.com/AdriansWallSoundSystem), after visiting Notting Hill Carnival in 2007. When he moved to Melbourne a few years later, his was one of only four sound systems in the country. *Heavy Congress* is testament to the growth of the scene in the decade since.

Melbourne is also the proud home of over 35 female DJs spinning reggae music on the regular, and *Heavy Congress* will, for the first time in our city, feature an all-woman sound system. Fiona Bourne, aka Miss Fee, and Yasmin Rupesinghe, aka Bellyas, of [Housewife's Choice](https://www.facebook.com/housewifeschoicesound/) are experts in Jamaican music and more than ready to battle it out for the top spot.

Sound system battles are competitive, but there are no ballots or score cards: you vote with your feet and your voice—making a booty-shaking case for the sound system you want to win.

"Sound will not break your windows, but you will feel it," Mareebo warns. "If you get close to it, you feel the bass in your face. We don't want to keep the neighbourhood awake all night, but we're looking forward to having some good quality sound."

Want to explore the neighbourhoods of the *Heavy Congress* crews? Here's where to grab a drink before, or coffee the morning after, they battle it out.

### JOHNNY EL PÁJARO—EL GRAN MONO
__RISING: What's your suburb?__  
__JP:__ Reservoir.

__RISING: Favourite bar?__  
__JP:__ [Future Mountain Brewing and Blending](https://www.futuremountain.com.au/).

### YASMINE RUPESINGHE—HOUSEWIFE'S CHOICE
__RISING: What's your suburb?__  
__YR:__ West Melbourne.

__RISING: Where do you hang out?__  
__YR:__ [Code Black](https://codeblackcoffee.com.au/), for excellent coffee and vibes.

### ADRIAN BOURNE—ADRIAN'S WALL
__RISING: What's your suburb?__  
__AB:__ Campbellfield.

__RISING: What's the coolest thing about your neighbourhood?__  
__AB:__ Probably the ice cream on waffles at [Sweet Inspirations Lebanese Patisserie](https://www.facebook.com/Sweet-Inspirations-Lebanese-Patisserie-1388669258053242/). Best waffles in the north.


Since taking root in Jamaica in the 1950s, sound system culture has migrated and seen local crews spring up in neighbourhood pockets all over the world—including here in Melbourne.

An Introduction to Melbourne's Sound System Culture

Getting Heavy

Our festival is down but not out, there’s still plenty of ways to experience our program. We’ve got podcasts brimming with big ideas, guided audio tours, projections saturated with colour, colossal lantern installations and moving audio works. And if you’d like to support the festival, our full suite of festival merch is on sale now.

## If It’s In Your 5km Radius
We ask that you don’t travel to these works, but consider experiencing them if you are exercising within 5km of your home.

[__Wander the Wood__](/festival-program/wander-the-wood)
- Take a self-guided, podcast walking tour through Collingwood. Listen to stories of the area’s creative history and hear about its residents’ talents and journeys.

[__Ancestral Memory__](/festival-program/ancestral-memory)
- A flowing Spirit Eel weaves its way across Hamer Hall in this saturated projection work.

[__The Rivers Sing__](/festival-program/the-rivers-sing)
- Our major sonic artwork projecting sounds and voices collected on Country. If you live beyond 5km of the work, tune-in to its Instagram Live stream every night at 5.15PM by following [@the_rivers_sing](https://www.instagram.com/the_rivers_sing/?hl=en)

[__Wandering Stars__](/festival-program/wandering-stars)
- A 500-metre-long lantern installation exploring the eel’s migratory journey from inland waterways to the deeps of the Coral Sea; and its embodiment of First Peoples knowledge of the land, sea, river and sky.

__Moving Objects__
- Dotted around the city you’ll find the [poster-based](/festival-program/moving-objects-cbd-posters) and [Metro hoarding](/festival-program/moving-objects-metro) artworks that make up *Moving Objects*—a sprawling exhibit showing responses by First Peoples artists to the collections of Museums Victoria. Also included is *Mulunma—Inside Within*—contemporary dance and choreography projected onto Melbourne Museum from dusk to dawn.

__Melbourne Art Trams__
- The new fleet of 2021 Melbourne Art trams have are now rolling out across the network. For the first time, each tram has been designed by a First Peoples artist—together they make up a rolling, city-wide art exhibition. Head [here](/arttrams) to learn about each tram, find their tram IDs and track if they’ll be passing through you neighbourhood soon.

## Official festival merchandise

[__Reko Rennie Collection__](https://shop.rising.melbourne/collections/reko-rennie)
- Acclaimed visual artist Reko Rennie (Kamilaroi/Gamilaroi) has created a mini collection in bold blue and pink, featuring a long sleeved tee and umbrella. A portion of the profits will be donated to Rennie’s nominated charity Elizabeth Morgan House.

[__Aunty Zeta Thomson Collection__](https://shop.rising.melbourne/collections/aunty-zeta-thomson)
- For her collection, Aunty Zeta Tomson adapts her Melbourne Art Trams design, *Mookies Around the Waterhole*, into a range of tees, a tote and wet weather gear. A portion of the profits will be donated to Thomson’s nominated charity, Wildlife Victoria.

[__RISING Collection__](https://shop.rising.melbourne/collections/rising)
- We designed our RISING collection to keep you toasty well beyond festival season. Rug up and avoid the cold sting of winter regret.

## The Festival In Liquid Form

__RISING festival x Blackhearts & Sparrows Wines__
- Imbibe some of our collaborative grape juice from the comfort of your own home. We’ve got a [textural Fiano](https://www.blackheartsandsparrows.com.au/products/21804/rising-2021-x-blackhearts-white-fiano-2020) and a [spicy Tempranillo](https://www.blackheartsandsparrows.com.au/products/21798/rising-2021-x-blackhearts-red-tempranillo-2020).

[__Bloody Moon__](https://www.blackheartsandsparrows.com.au/products/21757/four-pillars-x-blackhearts-x-rising-2021-bloody-moon-negroni-cocktail-500ml)
- The Bloody Moon is Four Pillars Gin and Blackhearts & Sparrows’ complex, bold update to the Negroni; featuring Bloody Shiraz Gin, Davidson plum, white chocolate and tonka bean. The lockdown cocktail you need.

## For Your Ears 

[__The RISING Podcast__](https://www.litmus.media/podcasts/rising-2021-podcast)
- We took a deep dive on some of the festival’s most thematically rich works. Each episode pairs an esteemed host with the works’ creators. John Safran meets Back to Back Theatre, opera singer and composer Deborah Cheetham AO speaks to journalist Daniel Browning, and the drummers of The Necks and Dirty Three discuss their bands’ origins. 

[__Festival Playlists__](https://open.spotify.com/user/xtftdfo9o882j4bl4ngkqmox4?si=26f016753e5c4c15)
- Our first music program spanned epic sets of improvisation, otherworldly R&B, bass-heavy club tracks. Check out some of those peaceful, passionate or political voices on one of our playlists.

[__Heavy Congress Playlist__](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/34h7iQlZHVtlzD1987FYsv?si=bdc56b90126d4e5d)
- What was to be our baptism of bass at Melbourne Town Hall is on pause—but that doesn’t mean you can’t dive into the decades of rich history that make up the world’s sound system cultures. After you're done listening, have a read about the project's crews, and where they're from, [here](/wormhole/getting-heavy).

[__RISING: Singles Club__](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2aVoj69YPihr4rZiXwAfU2?si=9c768a03b99a4d4c)
- Listen to our series of specially commissioned cover songs from the country’s best. Julia Jacklin and RVG cover Björk, Gregor and Sweet Whirl take on Creedence, and you can charge up to Amyl and The Sniffers belting redo of ‘Born To Be Alive’.

## Donate

While recent developments are devastating, we are buoyed by the sheer resilience of the staff and artists involved with RISING. Together they created something that spoke to Melbourne; something beautiful and beguiling; something extraordinary, for extraordinary times. We could not be prouder. If you can, please consider making a gift today to support RISING’s future. [Donate here](https://tickets.rising.melbourne/donate).


Wormhole

Recipe: Long Prawn and Mikhail's Paya Soup

New Patricia Piccinini X RISING X ALPHA60 merchandise

Mix: DJ Darcy Justice — Vibe Out

RISING's Guide To Holiday Gifting

Chunky Move's Yung Lung Returns: New dates announced

2021 Melbourne Art Trams: Aunty Rochelle Patten

2021 Melbourne Art Trams: Deanne Gilson

2021 Melbourne Art Trams: Jarra Karalinar Steel

2021 Melbourne Art Trams: Thomas Marks

2021 Melbourne Art Trams: Ray Thomas

2021 Melbourne Art Trams: Aunty Zeta Thomson

Covid-19 Assistance for Arts and Entertainment Workers

Master Dinner List

Playlist: Have a Nice Day

Patricia Piccinini’s Unconditional Love

Singles Club: Rot TV

Recipe: Fancy Free’s Rhubarb and Strawberry Gum Gin and Tonic

Stories Above the Tracks: A History of Flinders Street Station

Initiation OA_RR: Reko Rennie at NGV

Recipe: Julia Busuttil Nishimura's Stock Exchange Broth

Reverse Anthem: Kate Daw and Stewart Russell; in collaboration with Jonathon Welch AM, Amrita Hepi and Antuong Nguyen

Flow State at Home

Getting Heavy: An Introduction to Melbourne's Sound System Culture

RISING at Home

Golden Square Program

Q&A: Red's Amber Haines and Kyle Page

Q&A: Food Court's Sarah Mainwaring

Top Five: Jacinta Parsons

Jason Phu's Chinatown: An Artist's Guide to Food and Drink

2021 Festival Guides: Curated Itineraries, Just for You

Catalogue Text: Seasons in Blak Box

Road Trip down to Dromana for Deep Throat Drive-In

Podcast: Back to Back Theatre, with John Safran and Vikrant Kishore

Podcast: Deep Throat Drive-In, with Annie Sprinkle and Sandi Sissel

Podcast: The Rivers Sing, with Deborah Cheetham and Daniel Browning

Podcast: The Dispute, with Theatre Directors Jackson Castiglione and Mohamed El Khatib

Podcast: The Necks and Dirty Three, with Tony Buck, Jim White and Woody McDonald

The Rivers Sing : Opening at the TarraWarra Biennial 2021

Singles Club: Gregor and Sweet Whirl

A Broad and Rowdy Church

Singles Club: Kee’ahn

In the Making: Atong Atem

Playlist: A World of Your Own

2021 Melbourne Art Trams: First Peoples Call Out

Singles Club: Amyl and the Sniffers

Mix: Milo Eastwood's I Believe In Miracles

Mix: C.FRIM's It's Ovah

Giveaway: Blue Moon T-Shirt

Singles Club: Luluc

Live Conversation: Punk Prayers with Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova

Playlist: Back to the Womb

Playlist: Land Back

Essential Art and the New World Order

Destiny Deacon’s Home Video

In Plain Sight, Cassils and rafa esparza

Cooked: Mooncake Memories

Swooning Moon, Spring Perfume

Calling All Space Cadets

Singles Club: The Green Child

Q&A: RISING's Kimberley Moulton

David Woods Answers the Call

Playlist: Sunglasses After Dark

The Nightline

Cooked: Family and Ritual at Jinda Thai

Jarvis Cocker’s Wireless Nights

Brightest Light, Blackest Night

Mark Leckey’s Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore

The Present Belongs to Crowds

The Power of Crowds

Playlist: Far From the Maddening Crowd

Playlist: Smoko Memories