# Nexus Arts Presents Common Ground

**Featured** — On Your Markus  
**Published:** 2 April 2026  
**Author:** Markus Hamence  
**Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/nexus-arts-presents-common-ground/

Nexus Arts Presents Common Ground: Nexus Arts is pleased to present our mid-year program Common Ground, featuring live music and visual arts that share stories from culturally diverse artists from across the country. Common Ground is a celebration of connection at Nexus Arts, where artists and audiences meet across cultures, disciplines, and perspectives. In a…

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**Nexus Arts Presents Common Ground:** Nexus Arts is pleased to present our mid-year program ***Common Ground***, featuring live music and visual arts that share stories from culturally diverse artists from across the country.

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***Common Ground ***is a celebration of connection at Nexus Arts, where artists and audiences meet across cultures, disciplines, and perspectives. In a time when the world can feel divided, this program highlights the shared spaces that art makes possible.

***Fruit Tree Sun workshop (10 April) ***by artists Allison Chhorn. Centred in this gathering is tea making, story sharing and reflections on inheritance. With ingredients inspired by Allison’s own maternal backyard, the garden becomes a metaphor for her family’s history in Australia.

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***Making Marks: Exploring Functional Design (23 April – 22 May) ***highlights the intersection between design and art. At the core of every object is functionality, and a range of techniques from ancient historic practices to contemporary technology are utilized, drawing attention to the shifts and changes of design in modern culture.

***The Adventurous Project: Graphic Scores of Austin Engelhardt (24 April + 1 May)****. *Esmond Choi brings together an eclectic group of musicians for an evening of curiosity, collaboration and sonic exploration, improvising to Austin Engelhardt’s graphic scores.

***Letters from Home – Nexus Arts Orchestra (8 May) ***a collection of musical works reflecting its spirit of brilliant cross-cultural artistic collaboration. Featuring world premiere compositions by South Australian cellist and composer Jack Overall, it explores memory, identity and connection through sound.

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***Borogodó (15 May) ***is a new 7-piece ensemble made up of Mike Bevan, Alain Valodze, Fabian Hevia, Karen De Nardi, Gareth Chin, Gustavo Quintino with guest Andy Bevan. Borogodó is a  
Brazilian expression meaning groove or an irresistible vibe, its set to be an engaging performance.

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***Wien Times Folk Sessions (22 May) ***is an intimate evening of contemporary Chinese folk and global sounds. Led by percussionist Yanchao Liu, together with the band featuring Bobi on bass and Millie Tang on keyboard.

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**Half Tones (4 – 26 June) **group exhibition responding directly to screen printed political posters from the 1980s, originally created by a collective of European migrants. Their bright colours and bold statements tell stories of displacement, cultural exchange, and political turmoil.

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***Dans les arbres (4 June) ***presented by COMA & Nexus Arts, the critically acclaimed group from Norway & France perform in a rare Adelaide appearance. Intimate, spontaneous improvisations that create a singular sonic world. An essential night of adventurous listening.

***Residual (10 June) ***a collaboration between Peter Knight & Dung Nguyen. Residual explores groundbreaking Vietnamese-Western fusion through extended techniques & electroacoustic composition, creating music that transcends boundaries

***Make Music Day (20 June) ***Nexus Arts will be celebrating with a gig that showcases the best of contemporary intercultural collaboration and shows the vast talent of our community of artists, watch this space for program announcements.

**[For more information about the Nexus Arts program check out the website – Common Ground](https://nexusarts.org.au/what-we-do/nexus-arts-presents-common-ground/)**

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