realtime in 2012
Happy New Year from the RealTime Team! 2012 brings exciting developments for RealTime online, as we hope it does for you too. Over the next few months look out for new features including:
• artv: video interviews and mini documentaries with Australia’s most interesting emerging and established artists
• realtime traveller: micro-guides for the arts traveller to the world’s most intriguing cities
• studio: exploring works on the boil with more audiovisual content
• sound capsule: bi-monthly selections of new audio for curious ears
• that art word: RealTime editors' blog (coming soon)
• more in the loop to keep you in the know
• more giveaways to say thanks
We’ll also be sharing RealTime's vast back catalogue of over 3,000 articles through archive selections online and through Facebook updates. So if you haven’t already, join our e-dition list and become a fan of our RealTime FB page and don’t miss a trick!
all action in the west
U-Ram Choe, Cakra-2552-a, 2008, metallic material, machinery, electronic devices (CPU board, motor) courtesy the artist |
At the John Curtin Gallery, as part of the visual arts program of PIAF, Korean artist U-Ram Choe will exhibit his miraculous kinetic sculptures. Extrapolated from biological organisms combined with science-fiction dreaming, Choe creates exquisite hybrid creatures made from stainless steel, LEDs, tiny motors and acrylic bones, each with their own scientific name and evolutionary histories. With some responding to the viewers' body heat and movement the artist presents a garden of futuristic flora and fauna. Choe says of the cycle of technology "They are born, they live their lives, some day they break down or get worn out, and then eventually die. And after they die, they get dismantled and some parts get recycled or reborn so to speak.” While this is the first exhibition of Choe’s work in Australia, he has exhibited widely across Asia, as well as internationally. U-Ram Choe, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Feb 3-March 2 2012; www.johncurtingallery.curtin.edu.au; See video Interview with U-Ram Choe by The Creators Project Video
After last year’s taste-test, 2012 sees the first full Fringe World Program, the official Perth fringe festival, run by the irrepressible Marcus Canning and the Artrage team. Over 150 events will take place around the city with venue hubs including Perth’s own Spiegeltent (every city’s gotta have one), The Orchard outdoor garden, The Old Treasury Building (opening its doors for the first time in 15 years and requiring audiences to sign an indemnity waiver) and various venues in the Cultural Precinct. With so much on, it’s hard to pick favourites but the Proximity festival definitely caught our eye.
Proximity, How Sweet is Your Life, THE UNION Of People Against Very Small Injustices, Slow Food Sunday courtesy the artists |
a world of theatre
Il Pixel Ross, And the Birds Fell from the Sky photo courtesy World Theatre Festival |
From the UK, Il Pixel Rosso present And the Birds Fell from the Sky, where each audience member is fitted with video goggles in order to become the main character, Faruk the clown, in a range of interactive and augmented adventures. Australian works on the bill include Team Mess’ This is It (see reviews of the show at Artshouse & PICA); and Bunny by Roarawar Feartata, “a cruel and unusual love story about men” (website), a hit of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Returning after a sell-out run in the Scratch Season last year is Elephant Gun by Brisbane-based companies the Escapists and Breadbeard Collective, using the whole of the Powerhouse as its stage. Also looking impressive is the collaboration between Brisbane-based Topology and Abhinaya Theatre Company from India presenting The Lady from the Sea, based on the Ibsen play. The Scratch season will also continue featuring works in rehearsal and development by groups such as ERTH, Backbone Youth Theatre and Kelly Ryall & Martyn Coutts. The program is completed by a range of talks and masterclasses with some of the visiting companies. World Theatre Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse, Feb 16-26; www.worldtheatrefestival.com
new indigenous celebrations
Darren Siwes, SILVER BOY (2008) courtesy the artist and Nellie Castan Gallery |
Overlapping with the festival will be the National Indigenous Photo-Media Forum at ACMI which will include three-days of talks, presentations and workshops exploring current issues in photomedia from Indigenous perspectives, including photography in the digital age, copyright issues, storytelling and professional development. The keynote speech will be delivered by Marcia Langton; other presenters include leading artists and curators such as r e a, Jenny Fraser, Darren Siwes, Reko Rennie, Beck Cole and Djon Mundine. Melbourne Indigenous Arts Festival, various venues; Feb 10-12, www.thatsmelbourne.com.au/Whatson/iaf/Pages/iaf.aspx; National Indigenous Photo-Media Forum, ACMI, Feb 8-10, registrations close Feb 3; www.acmi.net.au/melb-indigenous-arts-fest.aspx
music theatre in the raw
DreamSong photo courtesy University of Melbourne |
china rocks
AV Okubo photo Matthew Niederhauser |
sculpture in the rainforest
Steven Short courtesy the artist |
opportunities
The 19th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) taking place in Sydney in June 2013, under the stewardship of Marcus Westbury, has opened the first round of its call for submissions. The festival is themed Electronic Art—Resistance is Futile, exploring how digital technology is now at the heart of our culture with Westbury stating “Digital electronic art is our source of innovation, the new norm… The urban spaces of Sydney will provide the scene for thinking through the consequences of digital life, creative industries, and contemporary electronic art practice” (website). The first round (due Feb 6) is for large-scale projects that may be developed in association with ISEA2013 and dependent on current funding rounds. Subsequent deadlines are April 6 and June 8 for smaller scale projects and papers. For more info see www.isea2013.org/proposals
The City of Sydney has also opened its call for proposal for 2012 Art & About seeking artists, curators and organisations for multidisciplinary projects and installations with a deadline of Tues March 6, 11 am. The Call for Laneway Art & City Spaces is also still open until Feb 28; and their general City Grants Projects will open for application on Feb 13 including Cultural, Heritage, Community and Environmental programs. For more info http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/cityart/news/
Sydney-based ARI Serial Space is calling for proposals for their Time Machine project, taking place July 16-29. They are seeking work that fits into four main streams: Sound & Vision, Performance, Lab and Talk, but in true Serial Space anti-authoritarian style they welcome activities that defy these categories. Leading up to the event they are also offering residencies and commissions. Applications are due Feb 19, 12am; for more info http://serialspace.org/events/112/call-for-proposals-time-machine/
RealTime issue #106 Dec-Jan 2011 pg. web
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