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Artspace and Create NSW have announced the nine finalists for the 2017 edition of the prestigious NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship (NSWVAEF) including Fernando do Campo, Emma Fielden, Ashleigh Garwood, Spence Messih, Claudia Nicholson, Emily Parsons-Lord, Jason Phu, Shan Turner-Carroll and Louise Zhang.

This year seven artists associated with UNSW Art & Design are finalists including: current MFA candidates Spence Messih and Claudia Nicholson; four alumni Ashleigh Garwood, Emily Parsons-Lord, Jason Phu and Louise Zhang; and recently appointed lecturer Fernando do Campo.

Valued at $30,000, this Fellowship is offered by the NSW Government through Create NSW to enable a visual artist at the beginning of their career to undertake a self-directed program of professional development. The Fellowship exhibition is a key platform for profiling the dynamism and breadth of emerging contemporary artistic practice in NSW. Now in its 21st year at Artspace, this initiative continues to define new generations of contemporary art practice for both artists and audiences.

Each year Create NSW convenes an independent judging panel to determine the finalists. In 2017, once again it was a highly competitive field of proposals.

Artspace Executive Director Alexie Glass-Kantor, Curator Talia Linz and Curatorial Assistant Lola Pinder will undertake a series of studio visits with each of the artists as part of three months of curatorial development leading up to the exhibition. One of the participating artists will be awarded the Fellowship on the opening night of the exhibition on Wednesday 8 November 2017. More information.

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FINAL WORK

To respond to the question I began thinking about the relationship between humans & non-humans, thinking about what it is that makes humans unique from things that are non-human (objects, animals, buildings, materials, etc.)

However through attempting to seperate the two I found it was less simple than I thought.  A human has flesh, however a piece of fruit can also have flesh, humans have emotions but animals can also have emotions, humans consume & create but so do machines, etc.

I decided to create an object which blurred the boundary between the two categories ‘human and non-human’. I used objects/materials that relate to humans, the X-ray (displays our inner physical body, also a recognisable object in medicine), stockings and string, (used for everyday clothing, intimate connection with physical skin) and a stool (ordinary household object without specific location to culture/time period).

I combined the materials into an object/creature which visually has the characteristics of both human & non-human. For example I sewed and stuffed the stockings to appear as skin, intestines and organs, however I contrasted this with the clinical, clean cut and machine-like appearance of the X-rays.

The object I created is clearly non-human, however through adding these features I aimed to blur this boundary. I called my creature ‘Cutie_bp1’ or Kutie Beepee’ (on Facebook) through Instagram & Facebook pages. ‘Cutie_bp1’ is a revival of my 2007 Club penguin account name.

The final poster is a collage of Cutie Bp’s social media accounts, its interaction and participation on this technological ecology, as ‘proof’ of Cutie_bp1’s living existence, the relationship between its human and non-human parts.

@Cutie_bp1

Kutie Beepee

This is my final sculpture with projections. 

My poster: collage of the social media pages and X-rays

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As part of the Art Gallery of New South Wales' ongoing UBS Contemporary Art Series, a new self-titled exhibition is set to open in August highlighting celebrated Sydney-based artist and UNSW Art & Design graduate Mikala Dwyer's practice.  More information.

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Carriageworks and the City of Sydney present 1917: The Great Strike to commemorate the centenary of one of Australia’s most significant industrial conflicts. Fusing historical archives with newly commissioned work from artists such as alumni Sarah Contos, this exhibition examines the Great Strike which originated at the Eveleigh Railway Workshops (now Carriageworks) and the Randwick Tram Sheds on 2 August 1917. Click on the image to find out more.

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The Australian Centre for Photography has launched a new series called RECORD. Beginning 6 July 2017, this exciting audience-led series features Simone Rosenbauer, Lyndal Irons and Todd McMillan discussing the topology of photography. More information. Image: Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, Untitled from One Wall a Web, 2014-2017 and Daniel Shea, Untitled from Devil's Lake, 2016. Courtesy and © the artists.

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August | 2015

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Take a look at the creative community we have at UNSW Art and Design 

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NAIDOC WEEK 2017 Forum: Speaking Our Language at the MCA

Wednesday 5 July, 5.30–7pm Veolia Lecture Theatre, Level 2 Free, rsvp recommended

https://www.mca.com.au/events/naidoc-week-2017-forum-speaking-our-language/

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Re: materialise

PATRICK YOUNIS, TARA JADE PEARSON, LOC NGUYEN, ALYSSA KULYK, LILY BELNICK5 

22 JULY, 2017OPENING NIGHT TUESDAY 4 JULY 2017, 5-7PM

http://www.arc.unsw.edu.au/communities/art-design/kudos-gallery/exhibitions/2017-1/re-materialise-group-show

Re: materialise is an exhibition that explores the materiality of tangible communication and the virtual form through interactive installations. Using new media technologies to realise immersive environments, audiences are encouraged to transgress the behavioural codes within a gallery space in the form of movement, gesture, sound and touch.  

Re: materialise aims to create a synergy between the virtual and physical worlds in order to demonstrate the embodied and tangible capabilities of the digital. People are invited to explore the physical and conceptual potential of new media, as hosted by interactive and immersive artworks.

Image: TiFLTMNTN, 2016, Patrick Younis.

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Claudia Nicholson

All I Have Are Dreams Of You 2017, Sawdust, Glitter, Rose Petals and Sand, 5m

Perfomance: 

When: Sun 25 Jun 2017, 3pm 20 mins

Where: Carriageworks 

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Interview with Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran for The National 2016: New Australian Art 

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Understanding Copyright – National Seminar Series Sydney: 24th, 25th & 27th July

Learn about copyright licences, protecting your copyright and managing risk with the Australian Copyright Council in their 2017 series Understanding Copyright: Making it Work for You.

Choose from 23 sessions over two days, presented by experts in the field using real life examples – there’s something for everyone! Topics include:

Copyright in practice for Businesses & Creators;

Practical, tailored seminars for Education and Training; and

Sessions specifically for GLAM – Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums.

Venue: Saxons Training Facilities, Sydney NSW 2000

Pricing: Starts from $90 p/session

Save 10% when you register for a Full Day Package

See the Australian Copyright Council website for more information

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Learn more about our creative degrees at Student Parent Information Evening on Thursday 22 June 2017.

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Collaboration and Interdisciplinary Practice: Design, Art and Engineering

How can interdisciplinary collaborations tackle complex health, environmental and economic challenges?

Through the contribution of new ideas, angles or expertise, collaborations between designers, artists and engineers can provide effective ways to problem solve our largest issues and advance technology. From 3D printed coral reefs to groundbreaking medical implants, these collaborations are diverse and unexpected.

The Powerhouse Museum is hosting a panel of Australian experts as they discuss their careers and some of the unlikely collaborations they have been involved in.

Panelists include 3D print specialist and architect Dr James Gardiner, research-leader at the Creative Robotics Lab, UNSW Art and Design, Kate Dunn and Principle curator and curator of the Out Of Hand exhibition, Matthew Connell. Moderated by Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences Curator Nina Earl.

More information.

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Congratulations to UNSW Art & Design graduate and Sydney-based emerging artist, Sarah Contos, who has won the inaugural $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize -  Australia’s richest prize for young contemporary artists.

https://ramsay.artgallery.sa.gov.au

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https://www.vividsydney.com/event/light/crystallise

Check out Crystalise at Vivid 

by UNSW student artist collective, CREATE: Yunzhen Zhang (Australia) / Christopher Ho (Australia) / Alison Zhang (Australia) / Randy Tjang (Singapore) / Guoyu Chu (China) / William Weng (Australia)