TAKEAWAY: TALES FROM THE FLAVOUR SUPERHIGHWAY

Marley Dawson, Keg de Souza, Gianna Christella Hayes, Gillian Kayrooz, Zora Pang, Janhavi Salvi, James Tylor

Curated by Mariam Ella Arcilla and Denise Thwaites

Presented as part of Canberra Art Biennial.

12 September - 24 October 2026
Exhibition Opening: Friday 11 September 2026, 6pm

TAKEAWAY: Tales from the Flavour Superhighway is an artistic program exploring ecological networks, food sovereignty and decolonial cultural practices. The project invites audiences to engage with the complex and regenerative stories that underpin eating and cultivating food by asking them to reimagine social, historical, and cultural systems for community nourishment, while reclaiming food and waste economies. 

TAKEAWAY comprises professional development programs for early and mid-career ACT and NSW artists produced in collaboration with Tributary Projects and Magenta House. The program culminates in an energetic group exhibition at Canberra Contemporary featuring artists Marley Dawson, Keg de Souza, Gianna Christella Hayes, Gillian Kayrooz, Zora Pang, Janhavi Salvi, and James Tylor. The project is accompanied by a roving public program exploring eating rituals, farming ecosystems, and gastropoetics. 

Held as part of Canberra Art Biennial 2026, the exhibition takes place from Saturday 12 September – Saturday 24 October 2026, with public talks and tours held across multiple venues that respond to urban, regional and rural contexts. TAKEAWAY looks at the ways we eat with intention, while digesting fraught histories and ecologies of land, water and labour.

The project has received funding support from Creative Australia and the University of Canberra.

Image: Gillian Kayrooz, From The Palm Of, 2024, Two-Channel video, 1080p, 1 hour 27 minutes, still. Image courtesy the artist.