Zumba and Goliath

BEN COONLEY, GAVAN BLAU, JAMES DEUTSCHER, SUE DODD,

KIM DONALDSON, TIM FLEMING, SAM HANCOCKS,

CHRISTOPHER LG HILL, SUSAN JACOBS, CLAERWEN LEAHY,

DAN LEVENSON, HOLLY MCNAUGHT,

VALENTINA FANIGLIULO & NICHOLAS SELENITSCH

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LIVE PERFORMANCE AT OPENING:�THE METRONOMES

CURATORS: ROWAN MCNAUGHT & DYLAN STATHAM

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Set in the heart of Industrial Williamstown, ZUMBA & GOLIATH is an exhibition bringing together�artists and artefacts in a showcase of new cultural forms
being created and communicated via�emerging technologies and methodologies. The exhibition springs from a fascination with the life of cultural ideas
and practices in the world: their�re-contextualisation over time, and their strange, often superficial, adoption by various cultures.�Zumba refers to the dance
fitness program created in Colombia, a hybrid of Latin dancing and�aerobics. In Zumba, the maraca is not an instrument, but a 'fitness toning stick'.

The artists participating in Zumba & Goliath, both international and locally-based, have worked within this framework as a part of their�own practices. Their work
will be displayed alongside selected artefacts, sourced by the curators and artists�that exemplify this process of cultural ingenuity.�