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Can’t Do Tomorrow

Melbourne’s new urban art festival ‘Can’t Do Tomorrow’ is open from 20 to 29 February in The
Facility, a warehouse space in Kensington. The ticketed event will showcase work across three
exhibition zones curated by Toby Benador. Audiences will find ‘Unleash’ a selection of new work
for sale by 80 independent artists, ‘Unlock’ comprises presentations from galleries showing both
new work and charting the development of urban art, and ‘Unlimited’ is an immersive display of
installation and experiential
art from Alex Lehours, Callum
Preston, Georgie Seccull –
as well as Kaff-eine whose
work ‘Infinite Thanks’ pays
tribute to LGBTQI ‘rainbow
deities’ and Michael Peck who
prompts us to consider the
postmodern condition, whilst
floating in a sailboat within a
shipping container.

cantdotomorrow.com

Kaff-eine, Infinite Thanks, Saint Dana
Scully, watercolour and ink on 640gsm
Lanaquarelle paper, 21 x 29cm
Courtesy the artist
Asia TOPA

Asia TOPA continues through March with special presentations of theatre, music, visual art
and performance exploring the connections between contemporary Australia and its growing
diaspora. Among the many venues participating, we suggest visiting Arts Centre Melbourne to
see ‘Knowledge in your hands, eyes and mind’ by Phaptawan Suwannakudt, a multi-sensory
installation evoking spiritual elements from Suwannakudt’s personal history. Other interesting
installations include ‘Biometric Mirror’ at the University of Melbourne, and ‘HuRU-hARa’
and ‘When It Rains (I feel like eating Jeon)’ at Abbotsford Convent. Australian Centre for
Contemporary Art will present a speculative future in ‘Feedback Loops’, the National Gallery of
Victoria traces the history of Chinese photography in ‘Turning Points’, screens Shirin Neshat’s
video work ‘Dreamers’, and exhibits ‘Japanese Modernism’, whereas The Substation hosts
a survey of Akio Suzuki’s aurally driven events/ performances and Arts House is home to a
multi-media installation titled (and
considering) ‘What is Chinese?’

asiatopa.com.au

Biometric Mirror, performance Under Serveillance, 2020,
artist in photo: Mindy Meng Wang. Technical Director,
Niels Wouter. Artist Director: Mindy Meng Wang
Interdace Designer: Melanie Huang. Visual: Rdystdy.
Dancer: Tony Yap. Installation: Erin Veronica Enfer and
Henrik Ender. Sound: Daniel Jenatsch
Photograph: Gu photo studio Lanzhou
Courtesy Arts Centre Melbourne, Victoria

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