A Bush Camp in a Mysterious Land: Guan Wei

Chinese-Australian artist Guan Wei first visited Australia eighteen years ago but it was only in 2006 that he went bush for two weeks with nine other artists, on an artists camp organised by Darwin's contemporary art space 24 Hour Art in collaboration with Injalak Arts and Crafts in Western Arnhem Land. His vivid experiences of the great outdoors, its sounds, animals and birds, led to his A Mysterious Land series. He worked with local Aboriginal artists, was shown rock paintings and found similarities between Aboriginal culture and Taoist philosophy.

Published December 2007

Reskin: Intensive Collaboration

A fascinating participant report on an exciting collaborative project of great vision and experimentation. Reskin 2007 was developed by the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT), the Australian National University School of Art, the Centre for New Media Arts (CNMA) and Craft Australia. It brought twenty international and national artists, designers and technologists together under the guidance of seven professional wearable technology specialists at the forefront of their respective fields. The idea of Reskin, co-ordinated by Alexander Gillespie was to design wearable technologies for the body using the latest materials and methods.

Published December 2007

Mirroring our Dialogue: Danielle Freakley as 'The Quote Generator'

The Quote Generator is a three year public art project where the artist only speaks in quotes which she instantly attributes. For the first year Danielle Freakley will quote from commercial products, the second year from friends and acquaintances and the last year from herself in the past.

Published December 2007

Editorial

Published December 2007

X Strata Indigenous Art Awards

Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award
GoMA, Brisbane
4 August  11 November 2007

Published December 2007

Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater

The CDEP (Community Development Employment Program) was axed by the Howard Federal Government throughout the Northern Territory though is still current in South Australia and Western Australia. The Program was launched in 1977 by the Fraser Government and has been a very valuable way of getting Aboriginal people to be engaged productive community memes in art centres and other activities. A number of key Aboriginal art centres rely on CDEP staff for printing, administration, preparators, artists and craftspeople. It is a vital component in building community self-reliance and pride.

Published December 2007

No. 1

No. 1
six a, North Hobart
24 August - 24 September 2007

Published December 2007

We Can Work it Out: New Style Residencies in Asia

Since the early nineties Asialink has helped to plunge 450 Australian artists into the proverbial deep end of arts practice, the overseas residency. Out of their comfort zones, far from friends and familiar comforts, the artists test their artwork and themselves in new cultural contexts. The recent experiences of Megan Keating in Taiwan, Danius Kesminas in Indonesia, Alwin Reamillo in the Philippines and Ben Morieson in Japan are described in all their variety and embrace of an increasingly Asia-literate world.

Published December 2007

Fremantle Print Awards

Fremantle Print Award 07
Fremantle Arts Centre
8 September - 21 October 2007

Published December 2007

Australian Pastoral by Jeanette Hoorn

Published December 2007

Papunya Tjupi: A New Beginning

Papunya Tjupi: A New Beginning
Ivan Dougherty Gallery
6 September  6 October 2007

Published December 2007

Process, Production and the Invisible Line: Carly Fischer

Carly Fischer's work is on the cover of the Work issue of Artlink. Her latest exhibition at Helen Gory Galerie of everyday cleaning items and broken fluorescent tubes made from blue paper is art that is almost invisible but critiques consumerism and the culture of waste.

Published December 2007