'The Edge'- creative space at SLQ

Since February i am a catalyst at the 'The Edge' at the State Library in Brisbane.

Workshop on how to make stuff move

Hello everyone!

I am having a workshop on 'how to make stuff move' at the 'Edge', State Library next Sunday the 28th of February. The Workshop starts at 12pm and goes for two hours. You could drop in anytime between those two hours and it is freeeeee!

I will be presenting my kinetic work and talk about the work process i go through. People will then make their own little cardboard kinetic thingy.

The workshop is also about finding different solutions to make things move with basic material and brainstorming ideas on the concept of 'movement'. It will be fun for anyone who wants to explore, play with ideas and finds enjoyment in making stuff.

Second International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival "One World"

My video work "Push" has been included in the Second International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World at The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Mind the Steps (video art program, curator: Atanas Djonov, Australia, 2009, 64 min.)

Mind the Steps is a rich programme of time-based art works produced in

Australia, characterised by a variety of genres and approaches to video

art. The selection features experimental film and video works,

animations and music-based art. It is compiled to represent the socio-

political and economic factors that have influenced the Australian video

art scene during the last decade. The represented artists vary in their

socio-cultural background and status, as well as in their political and

artistic orientation.

Mind the Steps raises awareness of arts potential to give rise to socio-

cultural and political progress. The program’s title also reflects the

strong sense of uncertainty regarding the status of video art that is still

evident in both Australia and globally.

Exhibition – Haus

Haus at The Corner, State Library Queensland

http://www.thecorner.slq.qld.gov.au/home.html

Children and the home environment

During the early years of childhood, it is vital that children have a secure and loving home environment. For the very young, the home is their whole world. It’s where meals are cooked, things are made, treasures are kept, discoveries happen and explorations are undertaken. It’s also where the most important people live. Most key developmental stages for the child, both physical and cognitive, take place in the home environment. Children engage with their immediate physical surrounding on a deep and multi-sensory level so it is crucial that the home is a positive place that gives both the stimulation and security that every child needs.

Haus in The Corner celebrates and explores children’s interactions with the home environment through the lens of the Bauhaus design movement.

The Bauhaus

The Bauhaus is one of the most important and influential design movements of the modern era. The Bauhaus championed the idea of art for all people, making no differentiation between what was considered ‘fine art’ and ‘arts and crafts’. The aim was to bring a design aesthetic to the everyday object, equally valuing form and function. The Bauhaus embraced technology, and continually looked toward the future whilst still being influenced by artisans and art movements of the past. Bauhaus teachers were inspired by the artwork of children, and considered children as artists in their own right.

Use a range of materials and methods to create art and designs at The Corner or at home. Try making a mobile using string and simple shapes, weaving with wool, felt and grasses, or printing onto different fabrics and papers. Experiment with different techniques and show off the results at your own exhibition.

the exhibition

This digital exhibition features works of art by children from Asia and Australia. These original paintings and drawings are part of the Dr Barbara Piscitelli AM Children’s Art Archive in the John Oxley Library at the State Library of Queensland.

State Library thanks our creative collaborators:

• Set Construction: Ken Clarke from KDM Sets
• Costumes: Jackqueline Parry at Queensland Performing Arts Centre
• Bauhaus Baby Mat: Penny Lau
• Mobiles: Sandra Landolt
• Didactics and computer game design: Designfront
• Digital Exhibition Layout and Design: Markwell Presents

"Painted Lady" Group Show, Judith Wright Center, Brisbane

"Painted Lady" Exhibition opening on Wednesday, November 4 at 5:30pm Shopfront Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane

Seven female artists: Alice Lang, Camille Serisier, Fiona Mail (Kate Woodcroft and Catherine Sagin), Mariam Arcilla, Michelle Xen and Sandra Landolt have come together for a street-side exhibition that explores the precarious balance between nature and technology. Named after the Painted Lady butterfly, this eclectic exhibition will feature video installations, stop-motion animation, miniature stage installations, kinetic and soft sculpture. The exhibition will be housed in the ShopFront of the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts on Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley and can be viewed 24 hours a day from the street outside.

Curated by local Brisbane artist Dhana Merritt, the exhibition has been designed to encourage viewers to linger and enjoy the show as a theatrical spotlight moves from installation to installation.

(picture shows Sandra Landolt's kinetic mobil 'Wangana & Talinga')

The Judith Wright Center

http://www.jwcoca.qld.gov.au/02_cal/details.asp?ID=755

more to come soon!

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