Manifestations of now is an exhibition of Australian artist and their how they reflect their cultures in their artwork. Spread over several venues around Fed Square with performances, videos, installations, paintings and prints this large collection of art works by contemporary artist are worth a look. There are also talks and public forums organiesed for these show.
Category: Openings & Events
William Kentridge Media Conference at Acmi
The William Kentridge exhibition is an amazing show, and below is a video of the media conference at Acmi. It's a very long video but it is great for if you want some insight on Kentrigde's work. Kentridge is very eloquent.
William Kentriage: five themes Media conference conducted on the 7th of March 2012
00:00 INTRO: William Kentriage: Five themes
00:03 Introduction to the ACMI exhibtion by Tony Sweeney ACMI Director
05:50 William Kentriage talks about his work
10:36 Question and Answer (talks about erasure, drawing, uses of blue, advice for aspiring artist)
18:16 Acmi 8 March- 27th May 2012 Exhibition open daily 10am -6pm . More information at www.acmi.net.au
18:22 Credits: Video Brought to you by Art & Artists Blog and esperanto magazine
18:27 Cedits: Filmed By PANORAMIC+
Briony Barr: Art Experiment #1
On the 18th and 19th of February a group of people came together for Briony Barr's Art Experiment. Two days of fun, combining Art with Science in the beautiful South Melbourne Commons. It was really fun.
So with some tools, rules, a floor with some boundries and lots of explaining we created our own complex systems using people and tape.
It was like playing a game, goals, scores and prizes.
Above is an image of Elana person to reach the goal.
Keeping score, who whichever colour reached the goal more got paid more, how much? No idea. It really just made thing more interesting, however after a while I gave up on making the goal and tried to make the patterns look nice.
The pay packet above.
Above is a science that we learnt about complex systems, explained by Dr. Andrew Melatos of The University of Melbourne's Astrophysics Group.
Extra bits of fun and making of friends above.
Lots of group discussions and directions were made.
Than there was the undo-ing of all the tap. This is what happened…
The unplaned ball game…
The amazing food that was provided…
WANT TO JOIN IN?
Briony Barr going to do to another Art Experiment , she is looking for around 30 people (Agents) to participate in 'Art Experiment #2'. The experiment is part of a project called 'Drawing on Complexity' which is a collaboration between myself and physicist Dr. Andrew Melatos. It is funded by a grant from the Australia Council for the Arts.
-The experiment will run from 10am to 8pm on Sunday April 1st.
– There will be snack/tea breaks, as well as lunch and dinner times. Dinner will be served at 7pm so you have the option to leave then if needed. All food will be vegetarian and delicious. Thanks Tony, aka SOYALENT GREEN.
– We will be working on the floor with tape. All tools provided.
– No experience necessary. You DO NOT need to be a visual artist (or a scientist!)
– There will be lots of photo documentation.
– The location is the ROSINA AUDITORIUM at ABBOTSFORD CONVENT.
If you want to be involved please contact Briony :
Wanna see more? Click here
Kubota Fumikazu at Blindside
I recommend everyone to checkout Kubota Fumikazu’s show (UN)FORTUNATELY NO LONGER HUMAN at Blindside in Gallery Two from 29 Feb – 17 Mar 2012.
In a world where we can so easily create lines using digital media, it is refreshing to see such intricately beautiful hand drawn elaborate graphic drawings. You feel like you want to dive into his oddly un-human world of lines and negative space.
This is Kubota Fumikazu standing next to my favorite work in the show. It is a must see in person.
Installation view below.
On a side note his also had nice business cards and price list. Oh yes the prices were also very reasonable price started at $800.
To see more of his work click here
Kinetic sculptor in Fed Square
So ever since I saw Theo Jansen's Ted talk video in 2007 about his awesome Kinetic sculptors I wanted to see one up close and personal. I will be going to the Occupy Art event in Melbourne city square so while I'm there I will stop off at Fed Square to see his amazing sculptors. I can't wait. I will post a review of what I think later this week but in the meanwhile check out these videos.
Kinetic sculptor at Federation Square
A recent ted talk…