- ‘Anigozanthos flavidus’ 2011, Eva Fernandez, ‘Experiment 03 – Viral Poster Project’ 2011, Carl Scrase
about
We are offering a space to explore and contest personal and shared experience. We are a group of artists empowering our own voices. We encourage the same in others through this exhibition. We want to share the range of creative and critical approaches to contemporary life in our art, with others.
artists
Monika Behrens
Boatpeople.org
Jessie Boylan
Brown Council
Sapna Chandu
ZHEN
Bindi Cole
Eva Fernandez
Ann Fuata
Jane Korman
Keith Lim
MISO
Paula do Prado
Roberta Rich
Carl Scrase
Dario Vacirca
Michael Warnock
Paul Yore
project organisers
artistic director
Sapna Chandu is an emerging artist and curator. The “Manifestations of Now’ exhibition is curated by Sapna Chandu with the guidance of mentors Zara Stanhope, Nikos Papastergiadis, and Jeff Khan. Sapna is interested in exploring new narratives in identity and culture. www.sapnachandu.net
producer
Ilana Russell: brings expertise in the areas of touring, producing and managing arts and cultural events, festivals and musicians. Her work history includes the Melbourne International Arts Festival, Laneway Festival and the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Ilana is currently the Production Manager for the Sustainable Living Festival, Funding and Grants Manager for the Australasian World Music Festival, and Tour Manager with Mistletone Records.
Production Team
Carl Scrase is a practicing artist, curator, arts worker and writer. He co-founded Oprojects Artist Run Space in 2008, which specialised in cross art-form collaboration and communication. In 2010 he co-founded both S.E.R.I. and the Wemakeus Collective, both exploring the potential of creative practice in unique, innovative ways. . Carl is currently a board member of Bus Projects ARI in Melbourne. 2012 will see Carl undertake a residency at the prestigious SymbioticA art/science lab in Perth, followed by his second solo commercial show by John Buckley Gallery. www.carlscrase.tumblr.com
Marie Schoenmaker: a practicing artist and facilitator. In 2010 she founded window99 gallery, a space that continues to provide young and emerging artists with an inexpensive and highly exposed exhibition space in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. Marie’s art practice utilises the body as a tool for performance along side photography and video. Marie is interested in exploring gender and culture’s impact on identity. www.window99brunswickstreet.blogspot.com
Ebony Addinsall: a practising glass artist currently undertaking her Masters in Arts and Cultural Management at Melbourne University. She is interested in the influence of arts programs and their impact on Australian society and culture. Ebony’s practise investigates the connections which occur between the meeting of positive forms with the negative space of our surrounding environment and the contemplative relationships which can be formed. www.anitatraversogallery.com.au/Artists/EBONY-ADDINSALL
Hayley Haynes
Hayley is completing a Bachelor of Arts/Visual Arts at Monash University. Prior to joining We Australians, she was active in the organisation and delivery of the international conference Culture: A New Way of Thinking for Local Government held by the Cultural Development Network. Hayley is passionate about the potential for art to act as a catalyst for positive social change and interested in the relationship between space, place and identity.
Scarlett Moloney
Lakshmi Balakrishnan
Loretta Mui
mentors
Zara Stanhope is an Independent Curator, writer and Phd candidate (ANU), and is the former Senior Curator of Heide Gallery, Melbourne.
Nikos Papastergiadis is Professor of Cultural Studies and Media Communications, The University of Melbourne.
Jeff Khan is the Associate Curator, Performance Space, Sydney and has just completed four years as the artistic director of Next Wave.
Magdelena Moreno is CEO of Kultour.
Georgie Sedgwick is Program Manager of Kultour .
