Join us for a full weekend of free 80’s inspired programs to celebrate the opening of Wilder Times.
With performances by legendary rock-reggae band No Fixed Address, talks, wearable fashion workshops and guided ecological walks. Each day concludes with a film showing featuring iconic Australian 80s talent.
Admission to the Art Museum is free all weekend.
Saturday 6 July
10am | Art Museum opens to the public
11:30am-6pm | Nomad Kitchen & BBQ Foodtruck
11:45am | Smoking Ceremony by Gadhungal Marring
12pm-12:30pm | Welcome to Country & Opening Remarks
AUSLAN Interpreted
1pm – 4pm | Wearable Art Workshop
Aunty Deidre Martin leads a drop-in workshop for all ages
*Drop in all ages fun, no bookings needed
1pm-2:30pm | DJ Matt Vaughan
Catch Matt spinning classic 80s tunes throughout the afternoon
1pm-2:30pm | Artists in conversation
Join exhibiting artists for a discussion about the making of their work and the 1980s cultural landscape
AUSLAN Interpreted
2:30pm | No Fixed Address
Prepare for an extraordinary afternoon of resilience, culture and electric music with legendary First Nations rock-reggae band No Fixed Address.
*Limited capacity, pre-booking required
3:30pm-4:30pm | DJ Matt Vaughan
Catch Matt spinning classic 80s tunes throughout the afternoon
4pm | Midnight Oil 1984
Enjoy a film screening with intro from Director Ray Argall (2018, Rated M)
*Limited capacity, pre-booking required
Sunday 7 July
10-11:30am | Conservation Bushwalk
Walk the Buddawang Track with Bundanon’s Natural Resources Manager
*Limited capacity, pre-booking required
12-12:45pm | Gallery Talk
Enjoy a closer look at Boyd’s landscapes with Arts Centre Melbourne curator, Dr Steven Tonkin
12pm-3pm | DJ Charlie Villas
Catch Charlie spinning classic 80s tunes throughout the afternoon
2:30pm | The Year My Voice Broke
Enjoy a film screening of this 80s classic (1987, Rated M) (Courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia)
*Limited capacity, pre-booking required
Pre-order your picnic
Pre-order your picnic of charcuterie, pickles, cheese and fruit to enjoy sitting on the hill during the concert, or throughout your visit. Gluten free or vegetarian available on request.
Picnic pre-orders close 2 days prior to the event
WILDER TIMES: Arthur Boyd and the mid-1980s landscape
This event is part of Bundanon’s program of live events for new exhibition Wilder Times, which sees the return of a series of Shoalhaven landscape paintings by Arthur Boyd to Bundanon for the first time since their creation in 1984 as a commission for the new Arts Centre Melbourne.
The exhibition also brings together over 60 works by seminal Australian artists from the same time Boyd created this momentous body of work. The exhibition provides a window into a period of cultural dynamism in Australia, when ideas of landscape, land ownership and environmental protection were actively interrogated.
