For just ten nights, after sunset, Chamberlain Square is briefly transformed by a colossal projected artwork inspired by Filipino folklore narratives by Club Até, a collective from Sydney.
Audiences are invited to encounter a large-scale installation, immersing themselves in the mythical Skyworld – a place of possibility and potential – experiencing how we can live in harmony with our environment. In Muva We Trust provides an opportunity for hopeful reflection at a moment in time where, collectively, we feel vulnerable and overwhelmed by both our recent compulsory social disconnect and the deepening climate crisis.
On the final night of In Muva We Trust, Club Muva rolls into town for a very special evening of vibrant pageantry at Symphony Hall – book your free tickets now.
In Muva We Trust is by Club Até and produced by Insite Arts
In Muva We Trust & Club Muva are presented as part of the UK/Australia Season 2021-22, a major programme of cultural exchange taking place across the two nations. Supported by Australia Council for the Arts and Australian Government RISE Fund and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Audio Descriptions
IN MUVA WE TRUST | PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Click below to listen to Club Ate artists introduce the video artwork.
2 minutes.
IN MUVA WE TRUST | PART TWO: DESCRIPTION
Click below to listen to Club Ate artists describe the video artwork. Please wait until you hear the first sound cue, the sound of water cascading, to start the description in sync with the video.
6 minutes, 20 seconds.
Artist Biography
Club Até is an art collective based on the unceded lands of Sydney, led by interdisciplinary performance artists Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra.
They frequently collaborate with associate artists: Matthew Stegh, set and costume designer; Tristan Jalleh, digital video artist and music video director; and Corin Ileto, composer and electronic music producer, as well as their LGBQTIA+ artistic community.
Concerned with the dissection of cultural theory and identity, Club Até centralise their own personal histories and the narratives within their community, as tools to reframe performance. Their practice transverses sculpture; video; media; performance; and club events, with an emphasis on community nurture and activation.
The work of Club Até is informed by the artists’ shared Filipino / Australian ancestry and the collective is invested in creating their own Future Folklore. They actively seek out collaborations with members of the queer Asia Pacific diaspora in Australia and the Philippines with the objective of finding collaborative meeting points, to celebrate voices of diversity.
Club Até have been invited and commissioned to perform and exhibit their works across Australia and internationally, in a diverse range of spaces and settings including festivals, independent and institutional galleries, theatres, nightclubs and outdoor environments. Their work has been presented at the Sydney Biennale Nirin 2020; Enlighten Festival 2020, National Gallery of Australia; Asialink Residency hosted by Green Papaya Arts, Philippines 2018; Balik Bayan, Blacktown Arts Centre, 2017; AsiaTOPA 2017 ACMI; M+ Museum in Hong Kong, Fault-lines: Disparate and Desperate Intimacies, ICA Singapore, 2016; 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Gallery of Modern Art Brisbane, 2015-16, Sydney MCA and Art Gallery of NSW.
