City of Darebin’s FUSE Festival will take place 14- 22 September. The City of Darebin’s multi-arts festival FUSE spring 2024 kicks off with Ganbu Gulin.
Meaning “One Mob” in Woi-Wurrung language, Ganbu Gulin is a co-created event with Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation. On Saturday 14 September, this annual inclusive celebration welcomes all Darebin citizens, existing and new, to Wurundjeri WoiWurrung Country with a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony.
Audiences can expect a thematic curated offering of live music, visual art, panel talk and community participatory workshops. This free event is an invitation to all community members to acknowledge, respect and learn from Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung the Traditional Owners, and celebrate First Nations artists.
City of Darebin’s FUSE Festival has announced the appointment of Allara Briggs Pattison as Curator-in-Residence for Ganbu Gulin, which launches the City of Darebin’s multi-arts festival FUSE Spring 2024.
Allara is a powerful Yorta Yorta winyarr. She is a storyteller, composer, director, producer, musician, and sound designer. With humour and integrity, Allara uses the double-bass and sound samples from Country to weave textures for healing in her work “I am Sovereign, I am Free”. Allara’s innovative music speaks to Blak justice and sovereignty.
In appreciation of NAIDOC week, Allara reflected on how she views her role and Ganbu Gulin’s purpose in relation to this year’s NAIDOC theme of ‘Keep the Fire Burning’: “Blak, loud and proud, we let those sparks fly through our songs and ceremony to light a cool burn, slowly but steadily cleaning out old colonial formats to make space for justice for our people, waters, lands and kin, as well as standing in solidarity and power with all oppressed peoples across the world. Together with Wurundjeri, on Woi Wurrung Country.”
FUSE is the City of Darebin’s multi-arts festival—providing a platform for local artists, designers and performers to transform our amazing city into a dynamic hub of creativity. FUSE allows artists and audiences alike to enjoy Darebin’s streets, parks, venues, theatres, galleries and public spaces as transformative zones—infused with the power of art, culture, and creativity.
FUSE Festival 14-22 September www.fusedarebin.com.au
