Antonio Lazarus
Brisbane based artist with 14 years experience. Specialises in characters and letters. Common tools of choice are house paints, spray paints, and inks.
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Now is Nigh
There are few times and places in life where the truly unimaginable takes place; and in these moments, these precious few instances, where reality drifts and fantasy takes hold, is where Yonder exists.
Now is Nigh provides a path down the rabbit hole for one night only in the first time Yonder reimagines the immersive experience in an industrial inner-city location. The first warehouse party presented by Yonder will mark the end of an incredible two weeks of BSAF events, murals, exhibitions and showcases. In this first instalment, we embrace the moment and incite the weird and wonderful. Now Is Nigh will transform Superordinary into a wonderland featuring live music, exhibitions, and live performances. Join us as we send off BSAF 2022 at Superordinary Northshore, and indulge in a celebration of Southeast Queensland’s musical and artistic talent. Allow Now is Nigh to deliver you the unconventional, the strange, and the eclectic.
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Embroidered with the richness of the art and poetry of his family’s village, Bcharre’s immersive, transportive music draws deeply from his Middle Eastern roots, language and culture. Experience the dynamic rhythms and cinematic textures of his Berlin-techno meets cinematic sound.
C H U R C H is a collective of musicians versed in the abilities of on-the-spot stylistic improvisations. Ofa Fanaika leads a revolving line up of artists for every show and is returning to BSAF for another epic collab jam show.
Meanjin based musician DancingWater bringing a new wave of neo soul and punk.
Inspired by societal injustices and the drive for global equity DancingWater tells stories through spoken word & antiquated melodies.
The pungent product of a long-term collaboration between two finely aged music producers MakCheese and Desmond Bagely.
DJ: Jaia & Liav
From hip-hop to house, await this back-to-back immersive DJ performance by dynamic duo Jaia & Liav who will unleash a set that will guarantee a good time.
Kitch began as a Beatboxer and over the past 17 years has evolved through Dance Music and EDM through to his cultural expression as a Samoan creative, where he has performed and collaborated across Australia, Asia and Canada.
Through ideas generated from the audience, Life on Earth are a powerhouse improvisation collective, who perform one-time-only songs infusing a serve of life’s dynamic experiences, all with a new wave fusion jazz hop sound. Witness the live alchemy of made-in-the-moment heartfelt ballads and expansive bangers across the tones of new jazz, hip hop and soul.
Menajerie is a 6-piece female led funk and soul collective, blending high-energy music you know and love with tasty originals inspired by artists like The Meters, Hiatus Kaiyote, Jon Cleary & Moonchild.
Old Home is a platform for the performance of poetry and spontaneous composition, digging deep in the human psyche to offer a different perspective and mend broken hearts with love and kindness.
Ruckus Slam is what happens when poetry slam meets circus meets loud heckling meets wild applause. Irreverent, classy and wild, Ruckus has grown into a community of triassic scale, hosting international and local storytellers of all walks of life.
Sacred Hearts are a Meanjin-based act making music that carves a new space in the 21st century for post-punk. Blending haunting vocals with accented bass and hypnotic guitar riffs, their evocative performance will transport you to shadowy bars and hazy clubs of times gone by.
Theatre of Thunder is a sonic-body performance ensemble fusing immersive sound, Butoh-based movement and atmospheric installation.
UQ Taiko was established with the team concept of 「みんなの太鼓」which in Japanese means, “Taiko drumming for anyone and everyone!” The team endeavours to share this beautiful and powerful music, art and culture of traditional Japanese taiko drumming with the wider community.
Voices of Colour Showcase: LYDiE
Lydie Mwamikazi Gakindi or ‘LYDiE’, is a Brisbane based singer, song writer and performer. Known for her alternative take on Afrobeats, she is currently working on a body of work that explores soft, soulful Afrobeat’s with lingering tones of RnB, pop and neo-soul.
Join Rura as this duo traverse the lowest pits in the highest mountains of pain and joy, bringing you stories and songs of their pilgrimage back to the sacred way.
MARITIME GREEN PARTY
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Alex Sugar
Alex Sugar is a Perth-born artist currently based in Melbourne who has been passionate about drawing Alex Sugar is well-known for his realism in painting native flora and fauna in conjunction with objects that consider the concept of time and place. He draws these elements together with a slightly surreal twist and complimentary colour palettes.
BSAF X FELONS PARTY
Join the BSAF artists and community at Brisbane’s iconic riverside venue, Felons, to kick off the final weekend of BSAF 2022. On Friday 20th May, BSAF will transform Felons’ Barrel Hall into a divine collaboration of visual and sonic pleasure, featuring the music and artworks of our incredible local creative scene. Also making a return on the night is Scribble Slam, an immersive and ephemeral art battle between two of the festival’s incredible artists, where you as the public get to choose who wins. Also an opportunity to try the official BSAF 2022 beer, designed and developed by the one and only Sofles.
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Dream Coast is an analogue electronic-music visual project with a focus on creating emotive synth soundscapes.
Audio-visual entrepreneur and architect of frequency and emotion, Ethan Greaves will perform a collection of deep and groove-laden textural featurettes designed to make hearts beat and bodies move.
Vocally virtuosic and compositionally kaleidoscopic, Hannah Macklin’s sound ranges from moments of gentle introspection to raucous metal-tinged mayhem and invites R&B, jazz and punk influences into a progressive pop rock context, allowing Hannah’s trademark voice to lead the adventures.
Liz Young began playing the violin at the age of 7 and since then has been a part of many projects such as the Brisbane’s Sanctuary String Quartet, the Rock Orchestra Deep Blue and the Mendoza tango Quartet. Liz will be presenting an Aerial Violin performance.
The Mad Mariachi brings the unmistakable flavour and flair of a traditional Mexican Mariachi band to contemporary and diverse crowds across Australia.
Phil has been a fixture on the Australian electronic music scene for over 30 years and is renowned for playing fresh sounds and forward thinking electronic music. Co-founder of record labels Think and Thunk, he’s also released original material and remixes under various guises on labels like Motorik, Junkbeats and Future Classic.
Duo Phill Thomson (Nam Shub of Enki/Monster Zoku Onsomb) & James Bullen (Sonic Acid) will bring their raw techno slammers and full-bore rave epics to their BSAF x Felons set, firing bolts of electricity through body.
UQ Taiko was established with the team concept of 「みんなの太鼓」which in Japanese means, “Taiko drumming for anyone and everyone!” The team endeavours to share this beautiful and powerful music, art and culture of traditional Japanese taiko drumming with the wider community.
Aleja Hine
Aleja is a visual/street artist, creative director and curator based in Meanjin. In her studio she is primarily an oil painter, however uses mixed media such as acrylic and aerosol on canvas. Her style involves a form of realistic composite art with enhanced and abstracted colours, drawing from the ideas and style of surrealism. She plays between the boundaries of traditional and digital art. Using traditional realism juxtaposed against bold block imagery in thought provoking ways to depict modern ideals of beauty aesthetics, sexual freedom and fluidity. Her work largely focuses on depicting women in unique ways to tell stories about the world.
23rd Key
Jess began creating work in 2005, first exhibiting her work in 2008, and has spent most of her time toiling over a table ever since. Under the pseudonym 23rd Key, she creates photo-realistic stencils and hand-painted works, taking no shortcuts and cutting all her stencils by hand. With a background in Printmaking, Graphic Design, Audio Engineering and Architecture, she brings this knowledge into her work and in recent years has adapted to installing and hand painting large-scale mural works without the use of stencils.
Elements Collective Battle Night FT. Scribble Slam
One of Brisbane’s most iconic creative spaces Elements Collective & EC Venue are set to host a night celebrating all things street culture on Saturday 14th May 2022.
Featuring some of Brisbane’s best hip-hop talent the event will showcase a Bonnie & Clyde All-styles Dance Battle, Street culture art & photo exhibitions, Hip-hop DJ’s and a Scribble Slam hosted by the Brisbane Street Arts Festival (BSAF) crew.
Held across EC’s newly renovated ground floor venue, it’s the perfect place to chill back and experience Brisbane’s street art and culture in all its elements.
This is an 18+ event.
THE CROWN AND THE QUIVR 2.0
The Princess Theatre is Brisbane’s newest, oldest music and arts space situated in the heart of Woolloongabba. After its recent facelift and relaunch late last year, The Princess is ready to showcase some of Brisbane’s best music in the midst of brilliant art on the walls of the neighbouring laneway.
Featuring pieces completed as part of BSAF 2021 from Muchos, Camille Manley, Birrunga Wiradyuri, Kane Brunjes and Stevie O’Chin, plus live sets from The House That Jazz Built, Kuzco, DJ Sweaty Baby, Dameeeela and Luke Brazier, The Crown & The QUIVR 2.0 is part of Radical Habitat, a series of free, all-ages events in autumn presented by The Princess Theatre and QUIVR, with support from Brisbane City Council.
THE GO SHOW
‘The Go Show’ is a theatre performance created to exhibit the many struggles and triumphs of an enduring graffiti writer. Presented at a hidden outdoor location, the show takes form in the autobiographical narration of a graffiti writer addressing the mental conflicts that develop with doing this illegal art form. With captivating stage play, and the use of true archival image and video projections, the show becomes a mixture of fiction and documentary with different narrative levels.
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