The Powerhouse

Monthly sky maps from the 2023 Australasian Sky Guide by Dr Nick Lomb What’s in the sky this June? Constellations It’s cold outside but arguably the best time of year to enjoy stunning views of the river in the sky, the Milky Way on a moonless night away from the lights of towns and cities. Join us as we explore the wonders of the southern sky with your guide for this month, Geoffrey Wyatt. Over thousands of years the sky has been mapped into suburbs or constellations.

Emma Pham Enter The Third Space Digital art/video Installation, 4 minutes 30 seconds, 1920 x 1080 pixels, sampling Synthwave Vintage Future Synth 80s Retro Game Futuristic Musicby REDproductions from pixabay.com, Sydney, Australia, commissioned by Powerhouse 2022. — A game-inspired pixel art animation ruminating on the possibilities for connection and speculative imaginings that linger between our public and private worlds.

Absolutely Queer is an exhibition celebrating contemporary queer creativity for Sydney WorldPride 2023. The exhibition explores Sydney’s leading queer creatives who are reshaping attitudes towards their community through their work, creative processes and personal stories. Absolutely Queer will feature costumes, design, artworks, fashion, activism and multimedia.

What’s in the sky this May? Constellations Constellations are groups of stars that form a picture. These pictures were given names and for millennia have been used as a tool for navigation and to share significant cultural stories. Astronomers use these constellations to delineate portions of the sky and as a way for locating astronomical objects. In May the following constellations dominate the autumn sky: Orion – the hunter is on his side, low in the western sky after sunset.

Powerhouse Late: Gaming unpacks the art behind the game in a mix of colour, sound and stories. Join us for an evening of animation, illustration, composition and narrative creation. Visitors will be able to experience and play a curated selection of Australian made video games, board games and tabletop role-playing games. Explore Powerhouse Ultimo to hear gaming industry talks and find interactive art installations that allow you to create and share your own pixel art creations.

What’s in the sky this April? Please note that Daylight Saving time ends on Sunday April 02 at 03:00am for NSW, ACT, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia – put your clocks back 1-hour Constellations Constellations represent groupings of stars that have been given a name. For millennia they have been used as a tool to share significant cultural stories. Today, they also help astronomers delineate portions of the sky and are a navigational tool for locating astronomical objects.

On this International Women’s Day in 2023 Dr Toner Stevenson reveals what we can learn from the past when we investigate women’s, sometimes unacknowledged, contribution to Australia’s astronomical history. This year we learn about Mary Acworth Evershed (nee Orr) (1867–1949) – astronomer, author, eclipse chaser. The cover of Easy Guide to the Southern Stars by M.A. Orr, 1896. Photograph: T. Stevenson. A few months ago a small but precious parcel arrived in my letterbox.

The calendar we use in civil society (the ‘Gregorian’ calendar) is a solar one – based on the time it takes for the Earth to orbit the Sun. Many religious calendars, however, are based on the phases of the Moon. These include the Catholic, Jewish and Islamic religious calendars. The dates of festivities, holidays and important events in the lunar calendar move by about 10 days every year within the Gregorian calendar.

We are shades of our lands. We are not one people, nor a single voice, or of city or bush. We are many people and many cultures. We are people of family, of kinship. Our Elders hold our knowledge; our young carry our hopes. We share an understanding but hold many beliefs. Our pasts and our futures are joined. We’ve known great loss and shown great strength. We are the first people of these lands. We are shades of our lands. We are here.

I am a Yamatji Wajarri woman with Indigenous, English and Dutch ancestry. nyinajimanha (sitting together) forms part of a larger collection marlu, a range of furniture that was supported by Arts NSW, Australian Design Centre and my mentor Terri Winter from Top3 by Design. Meaning ‘kangaroo’, marlu was inspired by a trip back on Country, visiting my 93-year-old Aunty Dora Dann and reminiscing about her childhood and stories of my great-great-grandmother’s renowned kangaroo-tail stew.