Tickets: $15 Adults $15 Under 18 years free Tours of the Dome tickets $5
In partnership with the Superposition Festival and the Linden Observatory Trust, Modern Art Projects Blue Mountains (MAPBM) presents Constellations, an evening of song, performance, moving image and star gazing at the historic Linden Observatory.
At dusk audience participation is encouraged as we sing celestial songs led by the Basic Pitch Choir and local musician Daniel Morphett (El Duende) in addition to performing his own work.
As the Sun sets, day transitions into deepening night, the stars in the sky are slowly revealed and artist Maëlyse Léculier plays other worldly sounds of the Aeolian Harp, transforming wind into music. Twilight Passage suspends us in the crossing from light to dark, from one world over to into the next - a meditation on that brief and magical moment in between.
Artists Carolyn Eccles and Sean O'Keeffe as DARKroom present APUS. Linden Observatory offers APUS a return to the night sky. Reconsidered for this remarkable place of astronomical observation, and heritage, the work brings image, movement, landscape and celestial imagination into dialogue, allowing the observatory itself to become an active presence within the unfolding work.
This is an opportunity to visit and enjoy this unique site of astronomical research. The Linden Observatory will run tours of the dome, night sky viewing and a fundraising sausage sizzle. https://www.lindenobservatory.org.au/ Bring a picnic rug, snacks and settle in.
Constellations is curated by Miriam Williamson Adults $15 Under 18 years free Tours of the Dome tickets $5 There is no available parking on site. Consider car-pooling or booking the festival bus from Linden Station.
MAPBM was established in 2013 by a group of predominantly Blue Mountains-based artists. It is run by artists, curators and others who are interested in, and dedicated to, the promotion and advocacy of contemporary art. MAPBM has partnered with a number of organisations in developing innovative exhibitions and projects and has received funding from the Blue Mountains City of the Arts Trust, Create NSW, Festivals Australia, the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal and a range of other agencies and foundations. Major projects have included the Art and Architecture series (2013-16), Explorers: Narratives of Site (2017), Kiosk 3x6 (2017-18), Fabrik (2020), Lumière: Mt Victoria's Festival of the Moving Image (2022), Catastrophe at Cementa 22 (2022), Aerie (2025) and Sound Night (2025).