Modern Art Projects Blue Mountains (MAPBM) presents an evening of song, performance, moving image and star gazing at the historic Linden Observatory.
Audience participation is encouraged as we sing select songs to the stars led by local musician Daniel Morphett (El Duende) in addition to performing his own work accompanied by projections on the observatory dome.
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 and night sky viewing through a range of telescopes
Constellations is curated by Miriam Williamson The SLAB
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).