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Western Terrace: Wrapped Around the Sun
Gather at sunset for herb harvesting, performance, creative workshops and sound installations grounded in collective practice curated by Marian Abboud.
Reconnect with the sun through herb harvesting.
Marian’s family home faces west and is nurtured by olive trees and parsley fields. There is more green space than built structures. The garden has been the main source of food nourishment and connectivity. Every season, Marian’s family turns the soil, plants the seeds and waits for the new harvest.
Curated by Marian Abboud, Wrapped Around The Sun looks at traditional harvesting processes and how we sustain both ourselves and community. You are invited to join in the ritual and intimacy of Marian’s family gatherings reimagined on the Western Terrace. Expect the joy, fluidity, chaos and silliness present in impromptu family visits. Infused by music sounds, performance and intuitive workshops that connect to collective practice, Wrapped Around The Sun is an opportunity to reconnect with the sun and each other.
Joining us on the night will be:
+Sisters Marian, Susan, Carol, Georgina, Angela, Sonia, Michelle in a Collective Parsley gathering workshop and performance
Brothers Majdi and Seraj Jelda sharing Palestinian songs and music.
Helen Guliana Performing original poetry in Arabic/English
Faith Chaza Bending sound and language with built synth
The Seed of Hope Collective Sharing delicious homemade food from Morocco, Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon
an.othercollective Community sisterhood workshop
Jamil Lahoud Lino printing workshop love and resistance
When: Wednesday 27 November, 6pm - 8pm
Location: Level 3, Western Terrace
Registration: Spaces are limited with some seats and standing room. Registration is essential. As this is an outdoor venue, please dress accordingly. For access requirements please contact PHIVEtickets@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au
About Marian
Image credit Garry Trinh
Marian Abboud is a multi-disciplinary Western Sydney based artist. She works across various technologies to create collective outcomes through projected images that feed into performance, installation and site-specific works. Marian uses multilingualism through movement, video, sound and text to develop live performances for civic engagement and social activism.
Marian works with participants from diverse communities to develop agency and socially responsive projects using curiosity as the springboard for cultural exchange and developing unique learning opportunities through creative expression. She is passionate about forging connections and creating meaning across perceived borders of place, language and identity.
Navigating themes of memory, loss and resilience. Her interests lie in oral histories, ancestral knowledge and collective mythologies. Although Marian’s works develop from deeply personal and daily experiences, they often reference layered and complex histories that point to universal experiences of sovereignty, geopolitics and migration. Marian creates complex narratives by engaging with the community to build multi-layered works.