Adelaide Contemporary Experimental

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Wednesday 11:00am to 4:00pm

Lion Arts Centre, North Terrace
Kaurna Yarta, Adelaide 5000

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Current Exhibitions

Justine Youssef: Somewhat Eternal

31 August - 19 October 2024

Justine Youssef: Somewhat Eternal

Justine Youssef’s Somewhat Eternal is a multi-sensory installation, encompassing video, textiles, text, scent. Youssef’s auto-ethnographic films and installations explore the impacts of displacement and prompt us to consider our complicity in creating it.

Kaurna Women's Art Collective: Sisters of Lartelare

31 August - 19 October 2024

Kaurna Women's Art Collective: Sisters of Lartelare

Sisters of Lartelare, by the Kaurna Women’s Art Collective, is a rich, multi-sensory exhibition aiming to open new understandings of Kaurna history, stories, and culture connected to Yartapuulti-Port Adelaide. 

What’s On

Diner Club at Somewhat Eternal

Public Program

17 October 2024

Diner Club at Somewhat Eternal
Deaf-led tour – Somewhat Eternal

Public Program

19 October 2024

Deaf-led tour – Somewhat Eternal
Opening Celebrations – Studios: 2024

Public Program

08 November 2024

Opening Celebrations – Studios: 2024
Studios: 2024

Exhibition

09 November - 14 December 2024

Studios: 2024

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

ACE respectfully acknowledges the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.

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

ACE respectfully acknowledges the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.