public program, galleries

Screening: PROJECT/FORWARD: 2049

Adele Sliuzas ·

Image: PROJECT/FORWARD: 2049

May 30, 2025

catalogue

When: Friday, May 30, 10am- 6:30pm

Where: Foyer, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

  • You can find PROJECT/FORWARD: 2049 in The Mill’s foyer, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).

    Accessibility

    The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

Digital Art Projections Reimagining Our Future

We are excited to present a special screening of PROJECT/FORWARD: 2049, joining 20+ countries as part of a micro moving image festival initiated by Micro Galleries!

PROJECT/FORWARD: 2049 transforms everyday spaces into extraordinary galleries through digital art projections that envision better futures for our world. For one night only, international artworks will illuminate The Mill’s foyer, creating a temporary wonderland where people from all walks of life can gather, observe, debate, and dream together.

A 60-minute loop of digital artworks from artists spanning four continents will be displayed in The Mill’s foyer from 10am, and will be viewable through the window on Gunson Street from dusk until 6:30pm.

How to attend:

Show up anytime between 10am and 6:30pm. Feel free to stay for the entire 60min loop, or drop by for a few minutes—it's entirely up to you!

This event is part of Micro Galleries' PROJECT/FORWARD: 2049, happening May 30-31, 2025, in 20+ countries worldwide.

  • Project/Forward is a global micro moving image festival by Micro Galleries that democratises access to new media art by bringing it directly to communities in unexpected public spaces.

    Previous festivals have featured 117 artists and reached audiences exceeding 500,000 people across 22 countries.

    In a time where our digital world is moving at warp speed, with tech billionaires getting all the spoils, countless communities are still waiting for an invitation to the digital art party. That's where Project/Forward crashes the scene—beautifully disrupting this digital divide by transforming ordinary public spaces into extraordinary galleries of possibility.

    Because the future shouldn't be a luxury product—it should be a public experience. And, we should all be part of it.

dance residency, public program

Dance Residency: Erin Fowler, FAFF

chloe metcalfe ·

Photos: Ramsay Taplin.

Showing and Q&A

book tickets

When: Thursday, June 19, 6-7pm

Where: The Breakout at The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: $10 (+ booking fee)

Note: Please arrive 15 minutes early to grab a drink. This event will be 1 hour (including a Q&A). 

  • This showing and Q&A will be held in The Breakout. Please come to The Mill at 154 Angas Street, the bar will be open to grab a drink before we take you through to The Breakout.

    Please arrive at 5:45pm for a 6pm sharp start.

    This event will be 1 hour (including the Q&A).

    Accessibility

    Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St to get to our front door, which will be open.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

    If you have questions or would like to talk to one of The Mill team contact info@themilladelaide.com

FAFF is a protest to a world out of control, offering an escape from the endless global crises, overwhelming responsibilities, and gnawing screen addictions - by putting on a bonnet and escaping into the fantasy world of Jane Austen to ask: “How can I experience joy, when the world is dying?”

FAFF explores how we respond to crises - both personally and collectively - and explores the role of joy in that.

A new dance theatre comedy work by Erin Fowler, developed and performed in this second-stage development with Zoe Dunwoodie, Fallow (Tom Borgas & Amber Cronin), Sam McMahon, Ella Molloy, Hew Parham, Will Spartalis, Carol Wellman-Kelly and Jazzy Williamson-Grey.

Audiences can expect exploration of scenes, concepts and design, along with conversations around the creative process, key themes, and the questions that drive the work.

The showing will be followed by a short Q&A with Erin, hosted by The Mill CEO/Artistic Director Katrina Lazaroff. Audiences will have the opportunity to ask questions about the development and provide feedback about the performance.

About the artists:

  • Erin is an award-winning dance and physical theatre maker, performer, musician, and educator based on Kaurna Yerta.

    She creates and presents deeply feminine, audience-driven, socially minded work and blends together an eclectic mix of contemporary dance, feminine movement, clowning, cabaret and martial arts.

    Erin’s choreographic credits include Erin’s choreographic and performance credits include her two award winning solo works; EGG (2021, Weekly Best Dance Award, Best Dance Hollywood Fringe 2021, NZ Tour Ready Award Adelaide Fringe 2022, Best Theatre Nominee, Sydney Fringe 2022), and FEMME, (2019 Adelaide Fringe - Best Dance Award, 2020 Adelaide Fringe – Made in Adelaide award). Other works include Gen-y (2018) commissioned for the Adelaide Dance Festival; Epoch (2016) created on Australian Dance Theatre for their Ignition season; and the acclaimed environmental dance film, Gaia (2014, 'Best Experimental' London Film Awards and Byron Bay Film Festival).

    As a performer she has worked on Victoria Falconer’s, The Sight at Dark Mofo, and The Vali Myers Project: And Then We Go at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and with BalletLab, Patch Theatre Company and independent artists Lina Limosani, Monte Massi, Ben Brooker & Teddy Dunn (Act Now Theatre) and Larissa McGowan.

    She was also the movement director for Rebecca Meston’s 2024 Adelaide Festival Centre presentation of HITS and is the Director and Choreographer for Joanne Hartstone’s The Smart Girls Guide to Breaking Up in the 2025 Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

  • Hew Parham is a clown and theatre performer and director. Hew has extensively trained and mentored in the in the Pochinko Clowning through Mask Method with John Turner at The Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance.

    Hew has also trained with British Physical Comedy troupe Spymonkey in London, England and Italian clown Giovanni Fusetti. Hew has developed and been commissioned to create several solo shows including Symphony of the Bicycle which toured nationally in 2024 in partnership with Brink and STC, as well as Giovanni, which played at the New York Clown Theatre Festival, The Wonderland Festival in Brisbane and The Adelaide Fringe Festival; Odyssey Schmodyssey which played at the Sangeunay Arts Festival, Quebec Canada; Rudi’s The Rinse Cycle which played at The Adelaide Cabaret Festival, as well as The Riddalin Brothers with Callan Fleming and A Not So Trivial Pursuit (Adelaide Fringe).

    Hew has travelled extensively with Melbourne-based company Bunk Puppets to tour their show Sticks Stones Broken Bones to countries such as Norway, Germany and China. Other credits includes: The Weill File (Adelaide Cabaret Festival); The Swell Mob (Flabberghast Theatre/Adelaide Cabaret Festival); Me and My Shadow (Patch Theatre Company); Boo (Windmill Theatre Company); Superheroes (Stone/Castro); Blister by Sarah Peters (Holden Street Theatres); and If you can learn to fake authenticity you have it made by Rebecca Meston, (Feltspace).

    He has also directed a number of shows including Egg (Erin Fowler, Adelaide Fringe) Chameleon (Frank Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Rumpus); Moof’s Adventures (Backporch Theatre, Adelaide Fringe); Dead Gorgeous (Madness of Two, Adelaide Fringe Festival) and Light Minded (AC Arts).

  • Will is a globe-trotting Production Manager, Circus Producer, Theatre & Film Composer, Sound Designer, Set Builder, Aerial Rigger, and Nightclub Manager.

    Following two decades of experience in Production with Adelaide Fringe, Adelaide Festival Centre, State Opera, State Theatre Company, and a viral smash-hit with his collaborative film project Italian Spiderman, Will relocated to NYC to assume the role of Head of Production at iconic Brooklyn Nightclub and multidisciplinary art space, House of Yes.

    His compositions and sound design work have appeared in numerous State Theatre Company works (Volpone, Gorgon, & Jesikah) as well as for independent theatre and dance productions, including Hew Parham’s Symphony of the Bicycle and Erin Fowler’s EGG. He has also recently completed a commission to compose the score for a South Australian made feature film, Diabolic.  

  • Fallow is a critical spatial practice that focuses on site-sensitive, immersive presentations in public space through sculpture, installation, performance and education.

    A merging of the practices of Amber Cronin and Tom Borgas, its field is the ecological space of arts research and practice– a thinking-through-doing that seeks to reframe an experience of reciprocity and connection as a definitive way of being in the world.

  • Zoe is a performing artist and emerging maker currently living and working on Kaurna Yerta. She graduated from the New Zealand School of Dance in 2011 with a Diploma in Dance Performance, and was shortlisted for the Tanja Liedkte Fellowship for 2024.

    Zoë worked full-time and as a guest dancer for Australian Dance Theatre from 2012 – 2020, under the directorship of Garry Stewart, and toured his works nationally and internationally.  Zoë has worked with local and international choreographers including Daniel Jaber, Ina Christel Johannessen, Lee Brummer, and children’s theatre companies Patch Theatre Company, Windmill Theatre Co and Windmill Pictures. 

    She is currently developing her own works including dance theatre work Llama and children’s puppet show Planet Stella co-created with fellow maker Tim Overton.

  • Ella is a highly skilled and dynamic mover with an extensive technical background. Originally from Sydney, she trained intensively at Classique Dance before furthering her education at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, where she was mentored by leading industry professionals.

    Ella holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts in contemporary dance from Adelaide College of the Arts, where she worked with leading choreographers such as Sue Healy, Daniel Jaber, Leigh Warren, and Lee Brummer. Her rigorous training has shaped her into a versatile and expressive performer, refining both her technical and artistic capabilities.

    Throughout her studies, Ella has worked closely with renowned industry artists, contributing to the development of new works and expanding her choreographic and performance repertoire.

    In 2025, she performed in numerous works at the Adelaide Fringe Festival and Adelaide Festival with Stephanie Lake Dance Company, further cementing her presence in the contemporary dance scene.

  • Sam is an accomplished MC and entertainer, actor, clown, clown doctor and theatre performer. He is regularly engaged as an MC and entertainer for festivals including the Adelaide Fringe, Cabaret Festival and Adelaide as well as other corporate and cultural events. His performance credits include working with Slingsby Theatre Company for the creation and tour of The Tragic Life of Cheeseboy.

  • Jazzy is a contemporary dancer based in Adelaide/Kaurna land. She graduated with a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Dance), from Adelaide College of the Arts in 2022, after performing works by Kialea-Nadine Williams, Peter Sheedy, Tobiah Booth-Remmers, Lee Brummer, Garry Stewart, Alison Currie, Daniel Riley, and Daniel Jaber.

    Following her graduation, she was selected as the 2023 recipient of the ilDance Professional Development program with The Mill and worked with Zoe Dunwoodie on her creative development of Llama. She was also selected as a dancer in the 2024 Choreolab program. Jazzy is interested in interdisciplinary collaboration and is empowered by the creative freedom of improvisation and choreographic composition. She is passionate about exploring themes of the human condition, philosophy, and psychology in future choreographic works.

  • Matt is an award-winning Australia actor working extensively in South Australia, China and The US. Film highlights inc. Monolith (2022, Dir. Matt Vesley) Top End Wedding (2019, Dir. Wayne Blair), Awoken (2020, Dir. Daniel Philips) and One Eyed Girl (2015, Dir. Nick Matthews, Projector Films).

    Matt is an accomplished theatre actor with highlights including Creditors, Switzerland, Romeo and Juliet, Rumpelstiltskin (Windmill co-production), The Red Cross Letters, Volpone; or The Fox, Between Two Waves (Umbrella production), Babyteeth, Pornography and The Give And Take for The State Theatre Company of South Australia.

    Matt has toured with Windmill Theatre extensively through Australia, the US and China. Matt is a theatre maker, collaborating with Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Oz Asia Festival, Theatre Republic, Slingsby, Sandpit, AJZ Productions and made new work as a member of award winning theatre company five.point.one. Matt is also an accomplished voice-over artist.

  • With a zest for life and a passion for dance, theatre, puppetry and musicals, Carol brings 35 years of professional experience to her professional practice which includes dance performance, teaching, choreographing, directing, facilitating and management and has taken her to many parts of the globe.

    Most recently, Carol has been a freelance Dance/Theatre artist working across genres with a wide variety of participants and roles including: mentor and artistic advisor for Independent choreographers and dancers, guest lecturer and assessor for University Dance and Drama departments in Australia and NZ and Board member for Restless Dance Theatre, Ausdance SA and Ausdance National as well as State and Federal funding bodies.

    Carol is dedicated to creating access to the arts for all and is a trained Audio Describer for people with Visual Impairment. 

This residency has support from

 
 
 

This project has been developed in association with the Adelaide Festival Centre’s inSPACE Development Program.

 
 
 

ozasia residency

OzAsia Festival Residency: Sulochana Dissanayake

chloe metcalfe ·

We are thrilled to announce Sulochana Dissanayake as the recipient of the OzAsia Festival Residency for 2025.

Sulochana will be collaborating with Dinuka Liyanawatte for this residency.

This is a creative development and presentation platform available to South Australian performing artists working with contemporary culture. The aim of the residency is to offer place and space as part of a vibrant arts community for artists to develop and show new or existing work.

About the artist:

  • Sulochana Dissanayake, founder and artistic director of Power of Play (PVT) LTD, is dedicated to creating works that reflect identity, diversity, equity, and inclusion while advocating for social change.

    With a cum laude degree in Economics and Theater from Bates College (2009), she combines her expertise in theater, directing, puppetry and writing to craft experiences that engage and challenge audiences on critical societal issues.

    Dissanayake’s experience with leading theatres in the U.S. (Guthrie Theater and Williamstown Theater Festival) has shaped her approach to performance as a powerful tool for social advocacy. She uses creative and interactive methods to spark conversations around cultural and social divides. A Watson Fellowship recipient (2009/10), she traveled to South Africa and Indonesia to explore how performance can foster community engagement and cross-cultural understanding. Her work in Sri Lanka focuses on empowering marginalized voices and promoting social justice through the arts.

    In 2024, Dissanayake migrated to Adelaide with the hope of expanding Power of Play to Australia for intercontinental collaborations. Dissanayake remains active in both countries & capitalises her experience in USA, Europe, Africa and Asia to customise unique communication solutions for communities of South Australia & Sri Lanka. For more information visit www.linkedin.com/in/sulochana-d

This residency has support from

 
 

dance residency

Dance Residency 2025: Erin Fowler

chloe metcalfe ·

We are thrilled to announce Erin Fowler as the recipient of the Dance Residency for 2025.

Erin will be collaborating with South Australian performing artists including Will Spartalis, Hew Parham, Sam McMahon, Jazzy Williamson-Grey and Zoe Dunwoodie.

This is a creative development and presentation platform available to South Australian performing artists working with contemporary culture. The aim of the residency is to offer place and space as part of a vibrant arts community for artists to develop and show new or existing work.

About the artist:

  • Erin Fowler is an award-winning dance and physical theatre maker, performer, musician, and educator based on Kaurna Yerta. She creates and presents deeply feminine, audience driven, socially minded work and blends together an eclectic mix of contemporary dance, feminine movement, clowning, cabaret and martial arts.

    Erin’s choreographic highlights include her two award winning solo works, EGG and FEMME, which toured to festivals globally; Gen-y commissioned for the Adelaide Dance Festival; and Epoch created on Australian Dance Theatre for their Ignition season.

    As a performer she has collaborated on The Sight by on Victoria Falconer (Dark Mofo Festival), and The Vali Myers Project: And Then We Go (Adelaide Cabaret Festival, 2022) and with companies and artists including BalletLab, Patch Theatre Company and independent artists Lina Limosani, Monte Massi, Ben Brooker & Teddy Dunn (Act Now Theatre) and Larissa McGowan.

    She was the movement director for Rebecca Meston’s HITS (Adelaide Festival Centre, 2024) and is currently directing and choreographing Joanne Hartstone's upcoming Adelaide Cabaret Festival show, The Smart Girl's Guide to Breaking Up.

This residency has support from

 
 

theatre residency

Theatre Residency 2025: Katherine Sortini

chloe metcalfe ·

We are thrilled to announce Katherine Sortini as the recipient of the Theatre Residency for 2025.

Katherine will be collaborating with Nate Troisi, Elizabeth Hay, Caroline Reid and Steven Durrey for this residency.

This is a creative development and presentation platform available to South Australian performing artists working with contemporary culture. The aim of the residency is to offer place and space as part of a vibrant arts community for artists to develop and show new or existing work.

About the artist:

  • Katherine is founder of award-winning independent theatre company Deus Ex Femina. She currently works as a freelance creative working as an actor, playwright, spoken-word poet, director, producer and dramaturg.

    She is the current 2023 South Australian Spoken Word Champion. She has written, produced, acted and directed original award-winning shows All the Things I Couldn’t Say and Dirty Energy. In 2023, Katherine was nominated for the 7 News Young Achiever Award and was selected to be a finalist. Her piece, Heroes, was chosen for The Intersection Festival in Sydney in 2021 and was published by Currency Press in Intersection;Unleashed.

This residency has support from

 
 

first nations residency

First Nations Dance Residency 2025: Kaine Sultan-Babij

chloe metcalfe ·

We are thrilled to announce Kaine Sultan-Babij as the recipient of the First Nations Dance Residency for 2025.

Kaine will be collaborating with Liam Somerville and Sascha Budimski for this residency.

This is a creative development and presentation platform available to South Australian performing artists working with contemporary culture. The aim of the residency is to offer place and space as part of a vibrant arts community for artists to develop and show new or existing work.

About the artist:

  • Arrernte and Gurindji Contemporary Dance Artist, Kaine Sultan-Babij, is making a lasting impact on the world of dance and drag.

    With a background that includes performing with Leigh Warren and Dancers, Bangarra Dance Theatre, and the Australian Dance Theatre, Kaine has skilfully blended Contemporary Dance and Contemporary Indigenous Dance. Based in Kaurna Country, Kaine stands as an Independent Dancer and Choreographer, contributing to the vibrant Australian performing arts scene.

    Beyond Kaine's achievements in the dance world, the emergence of Estelle, a captivating Drag Performer and Persona, has added another layer to their artistic repertoire. Estelle quickly gained recognition, establishing herself as a standout performer in the Adelaide Drag Scene. Through electrifying performances, Estelle has earned a respected place in the realm of drag.

    Together, Kaine and Estelle embody a powerful fusion of Tradition, creativity, and contemporary expression, making a lasting impression on the dance and drag communities in Australia.

This project has support from

 
 

centre stage residency

Adelaide Fringe 2025: Poppy Mee, 'PSYCHOPOMP'

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Daniel Marks.

Adelaide Fringe 2025

book tickets

When: February 28 - March 16

Where: The Breakout at The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: From $22-32

Duration: 60 minutes

  • PSYCHOPOMP will be held in The Breakout at The Mill. Please come to the foyer at 154 Angas Street, the bar will be open to grab a drink before we take you through to The Breakout.

    Accessibility

    Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St to get to our front door, which will be open.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

    If you have questions or would like to talk to one of The Mill team contact info@themilladelaide.com

The God Between Life and Death, Conductor of Souls, Usher of Oblivion, is visiting living souls for the first time through the vessel of a lowly mortal - Poppy! Existential as heck, real Stygian energy,  a divine exploration of the meaning human beings bring to their own precious, fleeting existence.

With the support of The Mill, Poppy has enlisted a dream team of local Adelaide theatre-makers, artists and Intense Characters to bring the full production of PSYCHOPOMP screamingly to life. Audiences can expect bodily functions, games, storytelling, all through the eyes of an insensitive, arrogant god and a upsettingly human intermediary.

“A script both witty and wise delivered in a flawlessly clear presentation.” David Cronin, The Clothesline ★★★★

“Psychopomp is a triumph of clowning and storytelling. It’s a show that dares to be both raunchy and sincere, mad and meaningful.” Moss Meunier, Binge Fringe ★★★★

“Poppy’s movement is exacting throughout, with her alternating between her and the deity character at times as subtle as a change in stance.” Gianluca Noble, InDaily ★★★★

This show was developed through The Mill’s Centre Stage Residency, in partnership with Adelaide Fringe.

  • Poppy Mee is an actor, writer and theatre-maker working on unceded Kaurna land. Since completing her undergraduate training at ACArts in 2017, she has worked as an actor and writer on numerous local and interstate stage and screen projects.

    Credits include Heavy Red, Lucy and DiC and Stateless. In 2019 she was the recipient of a Carclew Fellowship to study theatre-making at Fourth Monkey in London, resulting in her first solo project, A Slight Exaggeration, which premiered at The Mill for Adelaide Fringe 2021. As a member of RUMPUS Theatre she performed in various productions as well as serving as co-head writer on Hamlet In The Other Room (2021).

    Poppy recently undertook specialist training at L'Ecole Philippe Gaulier in France, studying Le Jeu and clowning performance technique. Her second solo work, PSYCHOPOMP: A Cordial Evening with the Messenger God of Hope and Doom, premiered its initial season at The Courtyard of Curiosities at Adelaide Fringe 2024, and is currently holding its second creative development for Fringe 2025, with support from Adelaide Fringe and The Mill. Poppy is a proud MEAA member.

 
 

centre stage residency

Adelaide Fringe 2025: Praise Mangena, 'Art is the Medium'

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Morgan Sette.

Adelaide Fringe 2025

book tickets

When: February 28 - March 16

Where: The Breakout at The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: From $20-30

Duration: 60 minutes

  • Art is the Medium will be held in The Breakout at The Mill. Please come to the foyer at 154 Angas Street, the bar will be open to grab a drink before we take you through to The Breakout.

    Accessibility

    Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St to get to our front door, which will be open.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

    If you have questions or would like to talk to one of The Mill team contact info@themilladelaide.com

"Dear Lover", she begins to speak, unseen, her disembodied consciousness extending an invite into a world of creation.

The music plays, each string and key carefully woven as the words are truthfully spoken: "No longer just an incarnation, I am the threads in words that spell out the birth of Nubian Queen."

Curious? Come and see Praise Mangena in a collaborative project of music, movement and spoken word poetry. 

“Such a wonderful and intimate performance which will leave you so impressed! Definitely a must see!” Adelaide Fringe Audience Feed, Hidden Gem

“Every Fringe there is at least one show I absolutely fall in love with, and this year it's Art is the Medium, a spectacular masterpiece of music, spoken word, and physical performance. With beautiful poetry about love, dreams, and time, performer Praise Mangena takes us to bewitching, relatable places from our past and our fantasies. Every line she speaks has a captivating sense of gravitas which, when combined with her slow and deliberate body movements, is simply hypnotising.” Adelaide Adventurer

This show was developed through The Mill’s Centre Stage Residency, in partnership with Adelaide Fringe.

  • Praise Mangena is a multidisciplinary performing artist, based in Kaurna Country-Adelaide, with strong interests in dance and poetry. Over the last three years she has featured in a variety of events and performances such as Word on the Street Vol. 2 (2024), Draw Your (S)words (2024), SA Playwrights Reading Night (2022/24), Mixed Bag Poetry (2023), Soul Lounge (2023), JAUMA FEST (2023) and WOMAD (2022). 

    This year, she debuted as a music video director under the company of Adverse Reign for ‘KABALA’ (by Magajie) and this sets as a continuation of her exploration in art now adding script writing as a skill. She’s continued her work as a creative director in the company playing an integral role in the success of the most recent live show of Word on the Street Vol. 2 which was featured Live at the Lab during the 2024 Illuminate Adelaide Winter Festival. 

    Her journey continues as she prepares to officially launch her project ‘Art is the Medium’ at The Mill Adelaide with musicians Jack Green and Vanté Kay for the 2025 Fringe season. 

 
 

photog in res

Photographer in Residence 2025: Carmen Alcedo

Adele Sliuzas ·

We are thrilled to announce Carmen Alcedo as the recipient of the Photographer in Residence program for 2025. Presented in partnership with the Ana and Christopher Koch Foundation Fund, Carmen will receive a 12-month studio space in 2025 and an exhibition outcome as part of our Visual Arts Program in 2026.

About the artist:

  • Carmen Alcedo is a Spanish-born freelance photographer based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a background as a lawyer.

    With over seven years of experience in professional photography, her work focuses on storytelling, capturing personal narratives and intimate moments through both portrait and documentary photography.

    Carmen's artistic practice explores themes of identity, transformation, and human connection, often delving into how we relate to our environment and the people around us. She combines technical proficiency with emotional depth to create visual narratives that resonate with the viewer.

    Carmen's exhibitions include Imaginary Journeys (SALA 2024), currently on display at Cherrybomb Cafe in Adelaide, and participation in the group exhibition TEACHERS, LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE at 229LAB in Paris (2024). She has also exhibited in the Hybrid Art Fair (2016-2018) and the Affordable Art Fair in Sydney (2022).

    Currently, Carmen is involved in community-driven art projects in the Brompton Community Garden, where she collaborates with others to create work that fosters connection and environmental awareness.

read more about the Residency

Photo: Bri Hammond

This residency has support from

 
 

writers in residence

Writer in Residence 2025: Steph Daughtry

Adele Sliuzas ·

We are thrilled to announce Steph Daughtry as the recipient of the 2025 Writer in Residence.

The Writer in Residence program, in partnership with CityMag, supports emerging writers from a variety of disciplines. The program creates a broader audience for writing through leadership, mentorship and publication.

About the writer:

  • Steph is an award winning cross-disciplinary artist, producer, director, and writer working predominantly in live performance and installation.

    Specialising in collaborative and devised forms of theatre that explore social and environmental impacts, her credits include Brag Drunch (Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2023), The Fish Bowl (Best Theatre and Physical Theatre Award at the Adelaide Fringe in 2022), and Eating Tomorrow (Sustainability Award Adelaide Fringe 2021).

    Steph works as an independent freelance artist, as well as in her role as the co-Founder and co-Artistic Director of production company Post Dining, producing award-winning, innovative forms of entertainment and education designed to engage all the senses.

    Steph is currently completing her PhD as part of Uni SA Creative exploring the impact of cultural policy on the capacity for artists to engage in professional practice. As part of this research Steph has published in the Journal of Sociology exploring the impact of arts funding, and has previously written for Felt Space as part of their writers program, and published pieces in Fine Print magazine and The Skinny (Edinburgh). Steph looks forward to using her residency to translate her research into smaller digestible pieces that engage with the artistic community at The Mill and wider Adelaide. 

read more about the program

Photo: Bri Hammond

Read the articles

 

The Writer in Residence program is presented in partnership with CityMag.

 

public program, photog in res outcomes, galleries

Exhibition: Bri Hammond, Object Permanence

Adele Sliuzas ·

Image: Happy Times, by Bri Hammond

January 27 - March 28, 2025

artist talk tickets

Artist talk: Friday March 7, 12-1pm

finissage tickets
list of works

Gallery I, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

  • You can find Object Permanence in The Mill’s Gallery I, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).

    Gallery I is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.

    Accessibility

    The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

We are excited to present Object Permanence, a new exhibition by Bri Hammond developed through our Photographer in Residence program, presented with support from the Ana and Christopher Koch Foundation.

For Object Permanence Bri has developed a personal project examining the relationship between objects and memory, connecting generations of her family through unlikely treasures. Bri’s signature bright colours and playful aesthetic elicit common memories of childhood. Collections of doll hair brushes, shells collected on the beach by her grandparents, and pieces of board games are common place and yet exquisitely familiar, capable of transporting us back to our own birthday parties and beach trips. While easily disregarded, Bri’s attention to these objects sheds light on their relationships to our bodies, every object held by tiny hands. At the same time, Bri speaks about the joys and the struggles of parenthood, and the overload of information, parenting hacks, theories of childhood development and pasta necklaces that come along with modern parenting.

Object Permanence is presented with support from the Ana and Christopher Koch Foundation.

  • Object Permanence is a still-life photographic series exploring the connection between parenting and childhood, using objects accumulated over generations. The term ‘object permanence’ is used to describe a child’s ability to understand that objects continue to exist, even though they can no longer be seen or heard. Through the work, I am questioning why families hold onto certain things, and how objects and photography can serve as tools for memory. 


    With vibrant colours and graphic compositions, the photos seem at first glance to exude a happy, everything-is-fine mood. But a closer look reveals grubby fingerprints all over a deflated balloon, or ripped hair stuck to an odd collection of tiny brushes. A dead bee, presented to me by my son, is melted into the wax of a birthday candle. A vase I’ve owned for decades, smashed during an unsupervised moment, is mended with playdough and houses a pipe-cleaner flower – a gift from childcare. 


    The hero piece displays hundreds of small items; gathered, photographed and printed on adhesive wallpaper. From precious gemstones foraged by my grandparents, to small game pieces and feathers found on the street, the composition examines what we place value on, especially when parenting and consumerism now feel so entwined. 


    I became a mum in 2022. While grappling with this transition, I came across a theory that has stuck in my mind. Psychotherapist Philippa Perry said in The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read, ‘Whatever age your child is, they are liable to remind you, on a bodily level, of the emotions you went through when you were at a similar stage.’ This prompted me to look back on my own childhood and adolescence, the good and the bad. I’m hoping parents will feel a sense of solidarity with the work, and that others will recognise their own childhood within the frames.

  • Bri Hammond is a photographer living on Kaurna country in Adelaide, previously residing on Wurundjeri land in Melbourne, until recently. Her work displays a mix of authentic emotions and odd moments, usually expressed with poppy colours and graphic compositions. She loves championing the peculiarities of life and highlighting the idiosyncrasies of people and places. Originally a graphic designer, she began her career with a year-long residency at Fabrica, Benetton’s Creative Research Centre in Treviso, Italy in 2011. Bri now creates images for a wide range of clients, publications and organisations across Australia with a unique visual approach.

    Bri’s debut solo exhibition ‘Nuoto da sola (I swim alone)’ was shown at Brunswick Street Gallery in Melbourne, 2019. In 2022, her first photobook ‘Endline - Deathcare during Melbourne’s Covid Crisis’, won the photobook prize at Melbourne’s Centre of Contemporary Photography. Bri has completed a Bachelor of Visual Communication (Design) at UniSA, and a Bachelor of Arts (Photography) at RMIT.

This exhibition has support from

 

The Mill’s Photographer in Residence program, presented with support from the Ana and Christopher Koch Foundation.

 

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Exhibition: Oriana Julie, Head in the Clouds

Adele Sliuzas ·

Image: Oriana Julie

January 27 - March 28, 2025

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Artist talk: Friday February 14, 5:30-6:30

list of works

Gallery II, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

  • You can find Oriana Julie’s exhibition in The Mill’s Gallery II, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).

    Gallery II is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.

    Accessibility

    The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

We are excited to present Head in The Clouds, a new exhibition by Oriana Julie developed through our Visual Arts Studio Residency presented with support from donors Geoff Martin and Sorayya Mahmood Martin.

Head in The Clouds is an exploration of creative play, embracing spontaneous method making in order to form a hybrid, affective sanctuary. Oriana uses foraged objects - discarded furniture, vintage glassware, beads, synthetic fibers, and organic matter - turning everyday items into objects of divine contemplation. She speaks about the idea of sublime escapism, where she has created a shared affective experience for audiences. Here, art and art-making exist outside of language and are instead experienced through feeling. Slow and meditative processes are positioned as a form of care and the body is grounded through the state of creative flow.

Read the Essay by Yana Lehey

  • Situated on Kaurna Land in Adelaide, Oriana pioneers a visual language rooted in Afro-surrealism, leveraging imagination to embrace empowering diasporic narratives. She blends bold visual and performance artistry to spark dialogue on time, identity, and culture, transforming personal narratives into spaces of sublime escape informed by personal mythos. Her work is characterized by a fusion of African American and Italian heritage, shaped by her upbringing on an Air Force base in Woomera and the lush landscapes of the Adelaide Hills. These diverse influences create a unique exploration of cultural identity.

    Oriana’s creative process is deeply connected to the sensory experiences of the body. Utilizing various mediums such as oil paint, beads, and resins, she creates immersive environments that translate embodied sensations into material expression. Inspired by Rococo, Surrealist, and Neoclassical aesthetics, her work blends symbols and motifs into a harmonious chaos.Through her innovative approach, Oriana contributes significantly to the academic and artistic discourse on Afro-surrealism and its relevance in contemporary art culture

    In 2022, Oriana graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Art from Adelaide Central School of Art, earning an invitation to pursue Honours. Over the past few years, she has secured various commissions and residencies. In 2021, she participated in the Nexus Arts Studio residency, held her first solo exhibition, and engaged in a mentorship with Faye Blanche of the Unbound Collective, which enriched her artistic perspective and earned her a nomination for the Don Dunstan Foundation Award. In 2024, she was awarded the Mill Visual Arts Residency, with a solo show planned for 2025, and participated in the Post Ofiice Project’s Studio residency. She was also invited to partake in the Post Office Projects Performance Program, supported by the Creative Industries Grant from the City of PAE and the Kick Start Graduate Grant from Adelaide Central School of Art.

    Oriana continues to push the boundaries of Afro-surrealism, contributing to its discourse and evolution within the contemporary art world. Her work not only reflects her unique cultural heritage and personal experiences but also serves as a powerful commentary on the complexities of identity and the human condition.

  • Informed by my childhood experience of always "having my head in the clouds" and being "off with the fairies," this body of work seeks to reframe this personal narrative into a space of sublime escape through spontaneous method-making, depicting a personal mythos. These moments of sublime escape explore the function of fantasy as an intrinsic tool for imagination, deeply connected to embodied feelings. In this realm of sublime escapism, I grant myself permission to delve into the depths of my being and emotions. The works can be viewed as an internal dialogue, manifesting in tactile forms.

    The exhibition unfolds as an internal conversation, guided by personal mythos and translated into the tactile and material expression of embodied sensation. The sensory processes of the body are integrated into the art-making, forming an intrinsically connected environment through various mediums. In this space, distinctions between worlds and categories dissolve. Soft hues articulate a union between the characters and the spaces they inhabit. During these moments of sublime escape, the characters find solace in transcending societal constraints, becoming unapologetically empowered.

This exhibition has support from

 
 
 

The Visual Arts Residency is presented with support from donors Geoff Martin and Sorayya Mahmood Martin

 

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Kayangan Visual Arts Studio Residency 2025: Dai Trang Nguyen

Adele Sliuzas ·

We are thrilled to announce Dai Trang Nguyen as the recipient of the Kayangan Visual Arts Studio Residency in 2025. The Mill’s Kayangan Visual Arts Studio Residency is supported by donors Geoff Martin and Sorayya Mahmood Martin, Arts SA and OzAsia Festival.

Dai Trang will receive 6-months of studio space and an exhibition outcome in The Mill’s Gallery II as part of OzAsia Festival 2025.

Kayangan is a Malay word meaning ‘heaven’ or ‘from the sky’. 

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  • Dai Trang is a Vietnamese artist and designer based in Kaurna Country whose creative journey spans the UK, Vietnam, and Australia. With a foundation in graphic design, her work radiates vibrancy and a profound connection to colour.

    During the solitude of the COVID-19 pandemic, art became her sanctuary, a way to delve into self-discovery and expression. This transformative period led to her first solo exhibition in Vietnam, exploring themes of self-identity. Inspired by this milestone, she moved to South Australia in 2022 to pursue contemporary art, embracing experimentation and deepening her artistic practice.

    Living far from home has enriched her connection to her heritage and mindfulness practices. Deeply influenced by mindfulness and Buddhism, her work has evolved from structured design to an intuitive, meditative process she calls Moment Art. Rooted in the present moment, by letting go of judgment and pre-determined notions, she lets life unfold naturally through painting, textiles and found objects.

    After three years of solitary practice for self-understanding, Dai Trang has recently begun sharing her work in the local art scene. Her creations reflect her inner journey, inviting viewers to pause, reflect, and connect with their innermost selves.

Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

This residency has support from

 
 
 

The Kayangan Visual Arts Studio Residency is supported by donors Geoff and Sorayya Mahmood Martin.

 

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Visual Arts Studio Residency 2025: Nadera Rasulova

Adele Sliuzas ·

We are thrilled to announce Nadera Rasulova as the recipient of the Visual Arts Studio Residency in the second half of 2025. Nadera Rasulova will receive 6-months of studio space and an exhibition outcome in Gallery II, as part of our 2026 Visual Arts Program.

Our Visual Arts Studio Residency is supported by donors Geoff Martin and Sorayya Mahmood Martin.

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  • Nadera Rasulova is an emerging abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of her Central Asian heritage and Australian upbringing.

    Drawing inspiration from Uzbek cultural traditions and Western societal norms, Nadera’s art fosters a dialogue between these two worlds. Her compositions often take the form of patchwork topographies, evoking the diverse natural environments she has encountered throughout her life.

    Her use of upward and downward strokes in oil paint is reminiscent of the intricate techniques of traditional Uzbek silk weaving, reflecting her cultural roots. These gestures, combined with modern abstraction, create works that resonate with themes of memory, identity, and place.

    Sustainability plays a significant role in Nadera’s practice. She consciously works with canvas and linen offcuts, transforming what would typically be discarded into meaningful, purposeful art. This commitment to repurposing materials reflects both her respect for the environment and her dedication to creative innovation.

    In 2022, Nadera’s work Greenwashing was selected as a finalist for the National Emerging Artist Prize, marking a significant milestone in her career. As her practice evolves, Nadera continues to bridge tradition and contemporary issues, producing art that is both deeply personal and universally resonant.

Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

 

The Visual Arts Residency is presented with support from donors Geoff Martin and Sorayya Mahmood Martin.

 

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Exhibition: Fragments, Erin Daniell

Adele Sliuzas ·

Image: Erin Daniell

October 25, 2024 - January 17, 2025

Finissage tickets

Finissage: Friday January 17, 4:30-6:30pm

list of works

The Mill Foyer, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

  • You can find Fragments in The Mill’s Foyer, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).

    The Mill is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.

    Accessibility

    The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

We are excited to present Fragments, a new Showcase exhibition featuring studio artist and jeweller Erin Daniell.

The exhibition features wearable sculptures inspired by the natural South Australian landscape, in particular the Fleurieu Peninsula.

  • ‘Fragments’ is a small collection of wearable sculptures that are inspired by the eroded coastline of the Fleurieu Peninsula. Each metal form has been hand sculpted in wax to mimic the striations and undulations of sedimentary rock and weathered flora found along the coast. Broken and irregular, these pieces are like broken shells and flotsam and jetsam that washes up along the sand. The intuitive process of moulding is what creates the organic texture found on the surface of the pieces and the uncontrollable nature of the wax material is what informs the final result.

     

    In contrast the expectation mass production set by fast fashion, the making process of this work is slow and mindful. Craft and preservation workmanship is a central part of the artistic practice, and each piece is one of a kind. Driving the work is a love of beauty and the human connection to objects, as they act as reminders of places, people or history.

  • Erin Daniell is a jewellery designer and visual artist based in Tarntanya/Adelaide. She completed a bachelor’s degree in Creative Arts at Flinders University in 2021, and she was selected for the Peter Walker/Helpmann Advancement award in 2020. In 2022, Daniell participated in the JamFactory Associate Training Program in the Jewellery and Metal Studio.

     

    Daniell's design philosophy reflects an exploration of growth and beauty, taking inspiration from natural forms. She builds organic shapes to create small scale sculptures and jewellery collections. Employing her own take on ancient cire perdue techniques, she manipulates liquid wax by pulling and twisting to create fragile forms that are each as unique as a fingerprint. This process infuses her designs with natural textures that carry an elemental aesthetic, reminiscent of mollusc spiral growth patterns and coastal erosion striations.

     

    Daniell has exhibited in galleries such as Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, CRAFT ACT, Canberra and Zu Design, Adelaide and she was selected as finalist in the Parklands Prize in 2023. Her works are currently stocked in KIN Gallery, Canberra and JamFactory, Adelaide. She has received grants from Helpmann Academy and Australia Council for the Arts and has undertaken an Artist in Residence program in the Mornington Peninsula. 

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Exhibition: Between Dream and Reality, Gough Pitawat and August Porter

Adele Sliuzas ·

Image: August Porter

October 25, 2024 - January 17, 2025

Finissage tickets

Finssage: Friday January 17, 4:30-6:30pm

list of works

Gallery II, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

  • You can find Between Dream and Reality in The Mill’s Gallery II, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).

    Gallery II is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.

    Accessibility

    The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

We are excited to present Between Dream and Reality, a new exhibition in Gallery II featuring studio artists Gough Pitawat and August Porter.

The exhibition features landscape paintings by these two emerging artists, whose individual styles create dreamlike, hazy and abstract interpretations of the natural world. We're thrilled to be able to profile these two artists alongside each other, with their distinct practices that compliment each other. 

  • Artist Statement

    I am an impressionistic landscape artist. My work focuses on creating artworks that influence the audience’s feelings through forms, movements, and colours, transporting them to the places I depict not just visually, but as if they were experiencing them firsthand.

    To me, a landscape is not just the sky, the trees, or the mountains. The subject matter is only a part of the landscape. My works encompass the entire environment, aiming to make the audience feel the wind blowing, the warmth of the sun, or the chill of a breeze in the air.

    Through experimentation, I developed a unique oil painting technique and mixture that leaves brush marks on the canvas to enhance the sense of movement. This technique captures the motion of clouds drifting across the sky and bushes swaying in the wind. I want my works to feel alive.

    By using colours to mimic the atmosphere, I evoke sensations such as the feeling of green grass on a hot and humid day, the comfort of being in a particular place, the discomfort of a storm, or the emptiness in your chest when gazing at the evening sky.

    The land holds feelings and memories, causing past events to flash back every time you visit a place. To me, landscapes represent inspiration, hope, and sentimental.

    Biography

    Gough Pitawat was born in a small village in Thailand in 1989 and relocated to Australia in 2014. Although he had a passion for art, considering it initially as a hobby, he began to pursue it more seriously in 2017.

    Over the course of five years, Gough has engaged in intensive training and practice, focusing primarily on classical and realist approaches. However, he felt that this focus alone was not enough, so he decided to enrol in art school in 2022.

    Gough chose to major in Photography to gain a deeper understanding of the elements that influence the emotional impact of photographs and the techniques used in image composition. His objective was to integrate this knowledge of composition, conceptualization, and development into his own artistic practice.

    During the academic year, his work was recognized as one of 'The Australian Top 40 Emerging Photographers of 2022' by Capture magazine, marking a significant step forward in his career within the art world. Unfortunately, due to financial hardships, Gough has been unable to continue his studies. Therefore, has sought alternative opportunities, eventually finding a place at The Mill, where he is now continuing to cultivate his artistic practice and advance his skills.

  • When not painting in studio at The Mill, you’ll find artist August Porter getting her hands dirty in the garden. As an abstract and semi-abstract painter and landscape designer, she draws inspiration from her home’s surrounding bushland. After years of observing the environment and being a passionate gardener, August truly understands nature’s rhythm. Her deep connection to the natural world allows her to paint the peaceful and dynamic life force.

    Self-taught, with years of painting as a hobby, August took the leap to full-time artist in 2020-and has not looked back. As an intuitive painter, she evokes the elusive and intangible, reflecting what can only be felt or sensed as an indescribable beauty of the landscape.

    August’s work explores beyond the surface of what we see and embodies the land’s spirit. She creates depth through layers, and fluid strokes result in dynamic movements within the paintings.

    Rarely static, each piece depicts the fleeting yet eternal, continuous cycle of life. She’s currently exploring these themes on a larger scale and is excited to see what emerges.

This exhibition has support from

 
 

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Exhibition: Glister in the Sun

Adele Sliuzas ·

Belinda Wilson, Teaching lakun (weaving), detail, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 45cm

October 25, 2024 - January 17, 2025

Finissage tickets

Finissage: Friday January 17, 4:30-6:30pm

list of works

Gallery I, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Curator Essay

Free entry, all welcome

  • You can find Glister in the Sun in The Mill’s Gallery II, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).

    Gallery II is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.

    Accessibility

    The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

We are excited to present Glister in the Sun, a new group exhibition featuring Emiko Artemis, Michael Carney, Chelsea Farquhar and Belinda Wilson, curated by Adele Sliuzas.

The exhibition explores the role of the artist within the creation of folklore through visual art, written text and photography. Their work shows that folklore is still alive today, popping up in the stories we tell, songs we sing, and the way we remember and share these traditions. This captivating exhibition encourages viewers to reflect on their connection to tradition, exploring how customs shape personal identity and create a sense of belonging.

  • Glister in the Sun is a new exhibition of works by South Australian artists exploring dialogue with time, history and cultural lore. Featuring new works by Emiko Artemis, Michael Carney, Chelsea Farquhar and Belinda Wilson. The exhibition considers the role of the artist within the creation of folklore; that artistry, style, creation and alteration influence the construction of cultural ideology. The artists represented all explore deep relationships with time through archival research, material flux, exchange, and representation of cultural stories. 

    Let me go on

    Like I glister in the sun

    Let me go on

    Big hands, I know you're the one. 

    Glister in the Sun is an exhibition about the way that ‘art’ and ‘life’ are deeply entwined. Curating an exhibition is kind of like telling a story, pulling together gestures, colours and moods to create a feeling within the gallery space. This story speaks about rituals and journeys, and about the way that art can affect the body of the maker, wearer, viewer, listener. I wanted to bring together artists whose work shows the ways that folklore and folkloric traditions continue within contemporary contexts and exist beyond the written archive- folklore thrives in oral stories, songs, and artifacts, performance, movement and memory. While the cultural study of folklore has taken a western approach to categorising and delineating, I also want to acknowledge that folklores exist outside of the colonial lens- they are oral, flexible and spiritual in ways that resist.

    Excerpt from Curator Essay by Adele Sliuzas, full text available above

  • Artist Statement

    The images presented for the group show, Glister in the Sun, are centered around the ongoing theme of Haunting that I have been exploring for the last two years. First enacted during a residency in Oatlands, Tasmania, i have continued to use the metaphor of  haunting to grapple with ideas around histories that will not sleep until they are resolved. As someone who has personal histories needing resolution, and someone who is also a child of migrants from Sweden who were escaping their own grief and trauma, I have a close understanding of the way history rises up through time to reassert itself in the present until it is addressed. The images were created at Kulkyne/Mildura, on the lands of the Latji Latji peoples. They were created near an historic pumphouse on the river and they ask, what happens to history when it is not addressed? What happens to the people of the past whose stories are not heard? History, as we know, is written by the victors but history never stops speaking. There is always a time to look back and tell the stories of the past. The people of the past are still there, waiting to speak. 

    Biography

    Emiko Artemis graduated with a PhD in 2012 and was awarded the University medal for their honors year. They were a Hatched Graduate exhibitor at PICA in their undergraduate year. They have also completed a master of Design at The University of South Australia. Since graduating Emiko has been a finalist in art prizes and won awards such as category winner in the Manning Valley art prize .Before relocating to South Australia, Emiko was president of IAVA in NSW and was showcased in Wollongong regional gallery’s Local Current show. 

    In 2020 they were selected as a grantee to attend Meeting Place, Arts Access Australia’s annual arts gathering. In 2021 they were artist in residence at Saubier House. Emiko was awarded first prize in the Waverly Woollahra Printmaking Digital Prize. Their work has appeared in publications including CODE magazine and Open Doors Collective. They have been profiled by the Illawarra times and interviewed by Radio Adelaide and Regional Arts Australia about their practice. Alongside their Visual arts practice, Emiko has also run a number of successful community arts projects and has presented work in seminars and online platforms as well as in traditional exhibition format. Recently, Emiko was asked to create temporary sculpture to be exhibited outside of the prestige Adelaide arts venue, The MOD (the Museum of Design) and has successfully completed an innovative sculpture ready for installation.Emiko has also been selected for a scholarship funded arts residence and exhibition at The RoyalSouth Australian Arts Society in 2022/23, presented their talk” Queering the World “ at BetterTogether 2023 and has been awarded funding through Country Arts SA to attend an arts residency atOatlands, Tasmania in 2023. Emiko presented their research and performance work At the Performance of the Real conference in Dunedin New Zealand, with funding through Country Arts South Australia. Emiko’s performance practice has been recognized through invitations to present their performance work at both Burrinja Arts Center in Melbourne in 2023 and Neoetric, part of the Adelaide Festival in South Australia in 2024 as well as HillsceneLive2024. Emiko’s professionalism in their practice has also been recognized through invitations to assess grant applications with Creative Australia and to represent regional South Australia during Regional Arts Australia’s symposium, Artlands 2023. Emiko currently works from their studio space at Fleurieu Arthouse in Maclaren Vale, South Australia. 

  • Artist Statement

    My paintings explore storytelling at its most fractured and fluid, engaging with vignettes and storyboard techniques that deliberately distort and elude traditional narrative structures. Much like folklore, which evolves and shifts over time, my work presents fragmented stories open to the viewer's interpretation, encouraging them to piece together their own meaning from the imagery.

    In Echoe, dual landscapes offer two perspectives, allowing the canvas to be rotated for a compositionally similar, skewed perspective. The horizon lines and illuminated central hillside are compositionally identical in both landscapes, yet the elements making up this composition have shifted and changed. This speaks to how stories over time shift and adapt, much like folklore evolving through oral traditions.

    A Quiet Pursuit, featuring two large figures walking with a melancholic yet purposeful energy, embodies a similar ambiguity. The figures, veiled in white light, suggest a dreamlike quality, obscuring their narrative and allowing for emotional flux. This vagueness encourages the viewer to bring their own energy and interpretation to the work, becoming an active participant in the narrative process.

    The interplay of these works reflects the fluid relationship between myth, memory, and the present, inviting personal connections that ripple through both time and story

    Biography

    Michael Carney is an interdisciplinary artist found most often working with paint, clay, digital and virtual reality mediums.

    His practice began in 2009 as a painting undergraduate at the University of South Australia where he was introduced to ceramics as his minor. By 2016 he had completed a Masters by Research (Visual Arts) where both ceramics and painting became the predominant processes in his exhibition practice.

    Both ceramics and paintings blend contemporary and antiquated aesthetics to present work that plays with notions of time in flux. Works that are rendered or figurative are often shattered with a gestural flourish forcing the viewer to continue to explore the pictorial plane for a familiar foothold. His work stops short of overt explanation, whilst ontological themes and philosophies are presented, he prefers to activate the viewer’s own contemplation within the broader theme.

  • Chelsea is an emerging artist who utilises her artistic practice as a place of observation and contemplation. She is process driven and explorative in her use of mediums from sculpture, performance, and video. Play, testing and examination, are important elements of her practice for blacksmithing, led lighting and costuming. Time is an important contextual element to her work: time it takes to explore materials; make and sculptural works being a marker of time.

    Collaboration with visual artists, musicians and other creatives has pushed her practice to evolve and expand upon the visual language of memories. The fluidity of mediums and flexibility of collaboration has allowed Chelsea to deeply explore her sculptural practice and push concepts of process and product.

    Farquhar graduated with First Class Honours from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2020. She was awarded a West Space Window award and exhibited 2021; in 2018 received a Carclew Fellowship assisting her to complete a Scottish Sculpture Workshop and a New York residency. This year Chelsea will be developing her practice further with a residency at Watch This Space gallery in Alice Springs NT. 

  • Belinda Wilson is a Ngarrindjeri woman, and a painter, weaver and sculptor. She was born on Raukkan mission in 1956, she grew up there until she was four years old. Her father and mother moved to Kingston for work on the waterworks. They stayed in Kingston for a year and then her father got permanent work on the railways in Kalangadoo. She lived there with her three brothers and her sister until she was 16 and then left SA to go to Victoria with her partner.  

    Belinda started painting right there in Kalangadoo, she started drawing at home and then in school. She was always creative and loved to make using things from nature. Her family would go out hunting for kangaroo, swan eggs. Belinda has a daughter and a son who are also very creative. Belinda lives with her daughter on the south coast and collects materials from nature to create her weaving and to make jewellery as well as using recycled and found materials. 

    Her paintings are inspired by nature. There is connection through her work to nature through repetition. Everything is connected, she explores these themes, there is layers and hidden meaning that speaks to people differently.

This exhibition has support from

 
 

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Adelaide Fringe: The Mill 2025 Program

Adele Sliuzas ·

February 21 - March 23, 2025

We’re back with a jam-packed season for Adelaide Fringe 2025!

Expect everything from theatre to spoken word, comedy, music, cabaret, exhibitions and workshops. This year, our intimate black-box theatre, The Breakout, will play host to shows from 13 incredible companies.

Make sure to throw your support behind these acts and grab your tickets!

  • Accessibility

    The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

PSYCHOPOMP

February 28-March 16

The God Between Life and Death, Conductor of Souls, Usher of Oblivion, is visiting living souls for the first time through the vessel of a lowly mortal - Poppy! Existential as heck, real Stygian energy,  a divine exploration of the meaning human beings bring to their own precious, fleeting existence.

With the support of The Mill, Poppy has enlisted a dream team of local Adelaide theatre-makers, artists and Intense Characters to bring the full production of PSYCHOPOMP screamingly to life. Audiences can expect bodily functions, games, storytelling, all through the eyes of an insensitive, arrogant god and a upsettingly human intermediary.

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Art is the Medium

February 28-March 16

“Dear Lover”, she begins to speak, unseen, her disembodied consciousness extending an invite into a world of creation. The music plays, each string and key carefully woven as the words are truthfully spoken…”no longer just an incarnation, I am the threads in words that spell out the birth of Nubian Queen”. 

Curious? Come and see Praise Mangena in a collaborative project of music, movement and spoken word poetry.

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Courier

February 26-March 8

One courier. One impossible delivery. How far will he go to complete his order?

Written & performed by Piers MacKenzie, fresh off his starring role as Daniel Radcliffe in Edinburgh Fringe 2024’s most talked-about show, TERF. This dark comedy, inspired by his time as a Deliveroo cyclist, dives into a fractured mind where reality and imagination collide as the brakes come off.

Strap on your helmets and grip those handlebars tight—this ride is full of sharp twists, sudden turns, and plenty of bumps along the way.

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Administration

March 19-22

A one-person darkly comedic play about growing up autistic (and not knowing it). 

Stumbling into a therapist’s office with a stack of paperwork, (and stories to match) Addy recounts what it was like to grow up in a small town catholic school. 
Through vignettes from Addy’s life, we come to realise the impact your environment can have on coming to accept who you are. We experience how someone may learn to abandon their childhood curiosity and natural expression in favour of an exterior mask: the polar opposite of the internal world. 

Administration welcomes you into a space where we can come together and laugh at some shared experiences. 

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CAST LIST

March 8-15

Get ready for a wild ride this Adelaide Fringe! Cast List: A Theatre Kids Cabaret is here, and it’s bursting with the incredible stories of talented teens in the performing arts scene.

Join us for a night of unforgettable performances by seven young artists from the AK Creative Scholarship Program! This amazing program empowers local youth creatives to explore their talents and produce their own cabaret. You’ll experience a journey filled with laughter, passion, and a sprinkle of teenage drama—think powerful monologues, catchy original songs, and dazzling dance numbers!

Don’t miss your chance to witness the next generation of stars shine bright on stage. Bring your friends and come support our local youth as they share their dreams and challenges in this one-of-a-kind cabaret experience!

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Part of Fringe

March 21

Join Part of Things and regional storytellers from Port Lincoln, Mount Gambier and the Riverland for a behind the scenes sharing of new works in development. 

This will be the first sharing of work in development through the Part of Fringe x Playwright Pals program developed and presented by Part of Things in collaboration with Adelaide Fringe. 

Part of Fringe x Playwright Pals is a three-year strategy to build the skills, confidence, networks, and capacity of regional storytellers to develop, create, and present new original performance work.

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DUST

March 5-22

A man fights for each breath, determined to make it home to Dot. In his isolated, morphine-fuelled delirium, we witness a frail man reliving his fragmented past: a boxer, a soldier, a boilermaker, a miner—dancing with Lady Luck as he battles to win. But is it fate, or sheer will to survive that determines when we return to dust?

Dust is one man’s unforgettable journey, examining generational trauma, resilience, and survival against the backdrop of post-World War II England. Dust is dedicated to the servicemen who fought for their country, the seven men who tragically lost their lives in the 1973 Lofthouse Colliery disaster, and to every miner who lived their lives in darkness, so we could live in the light. Based on a true story.

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POPERA: Sex Death and Politics

March 13-22

Uma Dobia is your game show host for the evening as we spin the wheel, shake our maracas and ding our dong. Spotify playlists collide in Popera with questions such as "Why did Trevor leave? What’s cockrockera? And, who will win the air fryer?". Directed by Bronny Lane, get ready for opera, original pop songs, video and on-stage chaos coated in pop culture. If you love your cabaret dirty with an intellectual twist thrown you will definitely want to play POPERA: Sex, Death & Politics as we stomp on the patriarchy and ageism in a pair of red knee-high sparkly boots. 

Get ready to spin the wheel, shake your maracas and ding your dong as Popera delivers the most iconic moments of opera coupled with pop! Spotify playlists collide in this game show shining a lense on entrenched misogyny and ageism. 

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An Age To Remember

February 21-March 1

Just before her 20th birthday, Abby asked the world (Facebook) advice for the decade of her 20s. Flooded with guidance from well-meaning friends, enemies, and that person she forgot to block. It’s time to check the comments and compare where life took her. Did she - Invest in property? Get that rash looked at? Shoot a man in Reno just to watch him die? Let's find out through song and a Facebook deep dive.

Simultaneously, with a new decade unravelling before her, Abby is again seeking guidance - off the internet. So come in person to dish life advice to the best friend you never knew you didn't want. Bring your hopes and dreams for the 30s. Whether they’re behind you, in front of you, or you’re smack bang in the middle… let’s reminisce, plan and discuss the decades behind and before us.

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Fruition

March 5-8

Cherese is just a girl, standing in front of an orange, asking it to make out with her.

Join citric acid daredevil, Cherese Sonkkila, for her debut solo show.

Fruition is a silly smoothie of ridiculous characters, hot dance moves and useless fruit facts. But also asks the serious question: what if all your juiciest dreams came true?

This show is her Fruition. But it is also yours.

Come and get a taste of this zesty, thirst-quenching hour of laughs.

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Kook

February 21-22

A comical feast of visual music absurdities. Surreal and just plain stupid, it plays with our dark, our light and our overblown ego through theatrical, musical and physical pieces, that draw upon the questions “what unites us and what separates us?”

Collaborating with award winning visual artist extraordinaire Ray Harris, we experiment with illustrations and play with our projections. We dance with the shadow, sing with the dark, absurd ego talk, Patti Smith spark, of musical humour, live visual effects, varied sketches of human aspects, with light and shade and whacked out dismay, of original song, of covered tunes with a cracked view, skewed for you, to peek through. Physical and musical humour at its best. 

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Hag-ia Workshops

March 1-21

Hagia means holy.

Hag: a once sacred word, turned into a slur by powerful men of history who disparaged, demonised and burned women at the stake because they had the temerity to be independent. Their knowledge was erased.

In this workshop we reclaim this word and ask ourselves: can we recover a sense of connection to our women ancestors whose voices were silenced? Can we uncover their lost wisdom? This is a remembering. A relearning. You will gain the language and the time to connect to those who informed who you are. You will experience a successful method of dialogue, making, journalling, and embodying to encounter the stories and wisdom of our women ancestors.

We, our conversations, and what we create together, is the art.

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Finissage: Glister in the Sun, Between Dream and Reality and Fragments

Adele Sliuzas ·

Photo: Daniel Marks.

January 17, 2025

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Finissage: Friday January 17, 4:30-6:30pm

The Exhibition Space, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

  • You can find Glister in the Sun, Between Dream and Reality and Fragments in The Mill’s Gallery I and II, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).

    The Mill's Galleries is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.

    Accessibility

    The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

Please join us for the closing event for our three exhibitions Glister in the Sun, Between Dream and Reality and Fragments.

Glister in the Sun is a new group exhibition featuring Emiko Artemis, Michael Carney, Chelsea Farquhar and Belinda Wilson, curated by Adele Sliuzas. The exhibition explores the role of the artist within the creation of folklore through visual art, written text and photography.

Between Dream and Reality is a new Showcase exhibition featuring studio artists Gough Pitawat and August Porter. The exhibition features landscape paintings by these two emerging artists, whose individual styles create dreamlike, hazy and abstract interpretations of the natural world.

Fragments is a new Showcase exhibition featuring studio artist, jeweller Erin Daniell. The exhibition features wearable sculptures inspired by the natural South Australian landscape, in particular the Fleurieu Peninsula.

More about Glister
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More about Fragments

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Artist talk: Bri Hammond, Object Permanence

Adele Sliuzas ·

Artist Talk

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When: Friday, March 7, 12-1pm

Where: The Mill, 154 Angas Street, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: Free

  • The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.

    Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

Join Bri Hammond and The Mill's Visual Arts Curator Adele Sliuzas for a chat about Bri’s new solo exhibition Object Permanence showing in Gallery I.

About the exhibition

We are excited to present Object Permanence, a new exhibition by Bri Hammond developed through our Photographer in Residence program, presented with support from the Ana and Christopher Koch Foundation.

For Object Permanence Bri has developed a personal project examining the relationship between objects and memory, connecting generations of her family through unlikely treasures. Bri’s signature bright colours and playful aesthetic elicit common memories of childhood.

  • Bri Hammond is a photographer living on Kaurna country in Adelaide, previously residing on Wurundjeri land in Melbourne, until recently. Her work displays a mix of authentic emotions and odd moments, usually expressed with poppy colours and graphic compositions. She loves championing the peculiarities of life and highlighting the idiosyncrasies of people and places. Originally a graphic designer, she began her career with a year-long residency at Fabrica, Benetton’s Creative Research Centre in Treviso, Italy in 2011. Bri now creates images for a wide range of clients, publications and organisations across Australia with a unique visual approach.

    Bri’s debut solo exhibition ‘Nuoto da sola (I swim alone)’ was shown at Brunswick Street Gallery in Melbourne, 2019. In 2022, her first photobook ‘Endline - Deathcare during Melbourne’s Covid Crisis’, won the photobook prize at Melbourne’s Centre of Contemporary Photography. Bri has completed a Bachelor of Visual Communication (Design) at UniSA, and a Bachelor of Arts (Photography) at RMIT.

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The Mill’s Photographer in Residence program is presented with support from the Ana and Christopher Koch Foundation.