MAP Blue Mountains

28/09/2026

MAPBM Presents Constellations at Linden Observatory, Saturday 28 November 2026, 6:30-9:30pm

In partnership with the Superposition Festival, Modern Art Projects Blue Mountains (MAPBM) presents "Constellations", an evening of song, performance, moving image and star gazing at the historic Linden Observatory. Audience participation is encouraged as we sing select songs to the stars led by the Basic Pitch Choir and local musician Daniel Morphett (El Duende) in addition to performing his own work.

As the Sun sets, day transitions into deepening night, the stars in the sky are slowly revealed and artist Maëlyse Léculier plays other worldly sounds of the Aeolian Harp, transforming wind into music. Twilight Passage suspends us in the crossing from light to dark, from one world over to into the next - a meditation on that brief and magical moment in between.

Artists Carolyn Eccles and Sean O'Keeffe as DARKroom present "APUS". Linden Observatory offers APUS a return to the night sky. Reconsidered for this remarkable place of astronomical observation, and heritage, the work brings image, movement, landscape and celestial imagination into dialogue, allowing the observatory itself to become an active presence within the unfolding work.

This is an opportunity to visit and enjoy this unique site of astronomical research. The Linden Observatory will run tours of the dome and night sky viewing: https://www.lindenobservatory.org.au/ Linden Observatory will also run a fundraising sausage sizzle, so bring a picnic rug and settle in.

Constellations is curated by Miriam Williamson

Adults $15 Under 18 years free. Tours of the Dome tickets $5.
Tickets from https://events.humanitix.com/constellations-g5gxzucc

There is no available parking on site. Consider car pooling or booking the festival bus from Linden Station.

29/07/2026

Opening Saturday 1 August 3-5pm at Articulate Articulate project space
𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 / 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝘈 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭

This exhibition celebrates the life, curatorial practice, and professional career of Lizzy Marshall - curator, educator, writer, mentor, and friend.

site / situation draws from Lizzy’s teaching and long-standing engagement with site-responsive practice and art in the public domain: approaches that consider how meaning is shaped through place, context, encounter, and lived experience. Presented at Articulate Project Space - the site of Lizzy’s final exhibition - the project serves as a tribute, a reflection, and an opportunity to come together.

A reverie is a state between reality and imagination; a daydream shaped by memory, feeling, and association. Bringing together artists who collaborated with Lizzy throughout her career, the exhibition presents a series of responses across media that reflect on shared histories, creative exchanges, and the traces she leaves in artistic practice and community.

site / situation is a delicate meditation on memory, grief, and the quiet joy of remembering.

Featuring:
Beata Geyer
Billy Gruner
Fiona Davies
Gary Deirmendjian
Ian Milliss
Liam Benson
M Bozzec
Sarah Keighery
Tom Loveday

Curated by Leo Magyar Yo Melones
Assistant Curator Arianne Bulanos Arianne Bulanos

Featured artwork: Tom Loveday: Blue Mountains, Closeup (2015-2025).

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Exhibition Dates: 1–23 August
Opening Event: Saturday 1 August 3-5PM
Location: Articulate Project Space Articulate project space 497 Parramatta Road Leichhardt NSW 2040

28/06/2026

Next Saturday Night in Wentworth Falls. be there

MAPBM presents: Theatre of Light: the Ectoplasmic Apparition Machine, unfolding on the 4th July at Wentworth Falls School of Arts

An evening of sound curios, wonder, and unworldly transmissions, curated by Naomi Oliver and Mx Robert Frost. Featuring an astral projected performance by Katya Petetskaya, moving somewhere between presence and absence, body and echo.
 
The night will drift between séance and signal, where performance slips in and out of visibility like an apparition. Visuals and handmade apparatus accompany the sound works. Flickering devices, refracted light, and illusion-based experiments draw on the language of nineteenth-century spiritualism and the mechanics of the famous Pepper’s Ghost illusion. Immerse yourself in the suggestion of levitation, ascension, and perhaps even contact. 
 
Tickets: $30 and $25 concession/MAPBM Members, available from https://events.humanitix.com/mapbm-theatre-of-light

Ticket link in bio.
 
7:00pm, Saturday 4 July 2026
Wentworth Falls School of Arts, 217-219 Great Western Hwy, Wentworth Falls NSW
Doors open 7:00pm and performance begins 7:30pm sharp. There will be a 20-minute intermission. Cash bar.


petetskaya

26/05/2026

MAPBM presents: Theatre of Light: the Ectoplasmic Apparition Machine, unfolding on the 4th July at Wentworth Falls School of Arts

An evening of sound curios, wonder, and unworldly transmissions, curated by Naomi Oliver and Mx Robert Frost. Featuring an astral projected performance by Katya Petetskaya, moving somewhere between presence and absence, body and echo.
 
The night will drift between séance and signal, where performance slips in and out of visibility like an apparition. Visuals and handmade apparatus accompany the sound works. Flickering devices, refracted light, and illusion-based experiments draw on the language of nineteenth-century spiritualism and the mechanics of the famous Pepper’s Ghost illusion. Immerse yourself in the suggestion of levitation, ascension, and perhaps even contact. 
 
Tickets: $30 and $25 concession/MAPBM Members, available from https://events.humanitix.com/mapbm-theatre-of-light

Ticket link in bio.
 
7:00pm, Saturday 4 July 2026
Wentworth Falls School of Arts, 217-219 Great Western Hwy, Wentworth Falls NSW
Doors open 7:00pm and performance begins 7:30pm sharp. There will be a 20-minute intermission. Cash bar.


petetskaya

14/05/2026

A reminder that MAPBM will presenting the first in our seminar series for 2026, "Broken Data", a Glitch Art Seminar with Naomi Oliver, from 6:00 to 8:00pm on Wednesday 20 May 2026 at RoseyRavelston Books, 1 Badgery Crescent Lawson.

'"Broken Data": A seminar exploring glitch art as both an aesthetic and a way of thinking, drawing on broken files, obsolete media, and digital errors as creative material. It traces how technology’s failures can reveal unexpected, uncanny beauty.'

Tickets cost only $6:00 and are available from https://events.humanitix.com/mapbmbrokendata. The price includes light refreshments and a donation for a drink.

01/05/2026

The first MAPBM Seminar for 2026 – Broken Data, a Glitch Art Seminar with Naomi Oliver, from 6:00 to 8:00pm Wednesday 20 May 2026 at RoseyRavelston Books, 1 Badgery Crescent Lawson.

“Broken Data”: A seminar exploring glitch art as both an aesthetic and a way of thinking, drawing on broken files, obsolete media, and digital errors as creative material. It traces how technology’s failures can reveal unexpected, uncanny beauty.

Ticket $6 via Humanitix includes light refreshments and a donation towards a free drink. For more information and to book link in bio.









Image: Naomi Oliver, Error collections