Biennale of Sydney

For the 25th Biennale of Sydney, this one‑day gathering listens to the echoes of lived experience to reclaim what has been forgotten, reframe what has been misremembered, and inscribe new community stories of our city in response to Rememory. Through panel conversations and performances, artists, organisers, and cultural workers trace lineages of queer nightlife, diasporic identities in performance, and embodied storytelling—insisting that memory is active, communal, and future‑forming.

12:45-1:00pm: Welcome to Country by Daniel McDonald and introductions by Nicol and Ford

1:00-1:45pm: Reclaiming Performance, moderated by Felicity Tchorlian in conversation with artists to explore histories of performance, clowning, vaudeville, sideshow and cabaret through lenses of class, gender and race.

1:45-2:00pm: Performance: Poet Nyaluak Leth debuts a new commissioned spoken word piece, weaving language and identity into White Bay Power Station

2:30-3:15pm: Reclaiming Spaces, moderated by community icon Jonny Seymour, explores the architectures of nightlife and cultural gathering with visionary creators shaping ballroom culture, queer festivals, and platforms that amplify traditionally underrepresented performers.

3:45-4:30pm: Reclaiming Identities, led by Dino Dimitriadis, explores intergenerational transgender experiences across community, culture and performance, spanning mainstage productions to ballroom culture.

4:30-4:45pm: Performance: Fetu Taku closes the day with a powerful movement performance, guiding the audience through Rememory and transforming the venue into a space of reclamation and collective renewal.

Curated by the creative minds behind Nicol & Ford, an Inner West independent fashion house renowned for pushing boundaries in contemporary couture and celebrated for uncovering erased histories.

The Programs Space is located on the upper floor of the Boiler House within White Bay Power Station. This can be accessed by the internal Boiler House staircase or the lift, which is located in the centre of the building. If you take the lift exit at ‘Level 3’ and continue through to the right. From here at the far side of the room you will see a sign for the ‘Program Hub’.