Monash University Performing Arts Centres

Sayes Arares

A poetic multichannel visual and sonic documentary that takes the audience deep into the Middle Sepik region of Papua New Guinea.

Screenings

Event Details

Category

Screenings

Event Starts

Sep 16, 2025

Event Ends

Sep 19, 2025

Venue

David Li Sound Gallery

Location

48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton VIC, Australia

On this journey we hear the Sayes Arares songs: a unique sound and tumbuna (ancestral) belief system held and told in the playing of the mambu (bamboo) flutes.

Extending on a creative relationship that has spanned over 30 years, Sayes Arares is a collaborative project by musicians Gaius Wapi, Pius Wasi, Joachim Mamambi, and David Bridie, with video artist K Verell and the many cultural artists from Changriman Village, Chambri Lakes.

Using the technological capabilities of the David Li Sound Gallery, you will be transported to rural Papua New Guinea for a unique cultural experience that few outsiders are privileged to witness.

Audiences are invited to experience the free installation in their own time from 10am to 4pm, Tuesday to Friday, and to join us for a ticketed special showing on Tues 16 Sept at 6pm followed by an artists talk and Q&A featuring David Bridie, Gaius Wapi and K Verell.

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