all projects
2008
Boite en Valise contributed artwork to David Medalla’s work for exhibition at the Pont des Arts and 28th Sao Paulo Biennial. London Biennale France and Brazil
Yuan Hegemony video. The Academy of Electronic Arts Carnival of e-Creativity & Change-agents Conclave India International Centre New Delhi, India
2007
As Above, so below : the New York Stock Exchange mixed media. Funded by the University of Sydney Galeria Metropolitana Santiago, Chile
Dream Catcher’s Hunt mixed media. The Howard Years At the Vanishing Point Gallery Sydney
Yuan Hegemony video. Looking for Democracy Mori Gallery Sydney
Surveillance Series photographs. Snap to Grid Los Angeles Centre for Digital Art Los Angeles, America
Tied mixed media It’s getting hot in here At the Vanishing Point Gallery SydneyDocumentation of performance on the Derrubin with partners: Sydney Fish Market, Tribal Warrior & Mount Druitt Pacific Island Action Network. See 2006 Funded by the City of Sydney, in-kind support from Sydney Fish Market Sydney
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Garibaldi 200 years
Selected graphic work will travel with others starting in Bergamo (Italy) & conclude in South America in Ciudad de Montevideo (Uruguay). Free International Artists, the Institute Fernando Santi & Di Vittorio Foundation Italy & South America
This work illustrates the internal change process experienced by individuals & large groups of people who were profoundly affected by Garibaldi’s ideas for revolutionary nationalism & liberalism.
Glebe Audiotour: seeing what’s left
Self-directed audiotour involving an artistic interpretation of Glebe Point Road’s cultural & political hotspots that documents most of Australia’s left wing history. Funded to concept stage by the City of Sydney. Sydney
The Space Between
Event within a larger work with artists from Canada, Korea, Japan & Australia. The larger work was curated by Neil Berecry-Brown in association with eO. A tree in Gosford Mall provided support for a stall display board as well as leaves to pin to it, which were sold to passersby. Conversations focused on the limits of commodification processes, who controls monetary regimes & determines monetary values, & the broader ethical concerns of deceit & powerlessness for many within this system. Gosford
2006
Tied, Mayday 2006
Community performance/installation/intervention with Tribal Warrior, Pacific Island Mount Druitt Action Network & community participants. Documentation artworks part of:
- Liverpool Biennial
- Arcadia Stables Gallery London
- The End of Dollar Hegemony Loose Sydney
- Greenpeace Art 4 Action Changing Nature 2006 Darling Park Gallery Sydney
- Phoenix Spiritual Prize for Art Highly commended award Australian National University School of Fine Art Gallery Canberra
- Is It Getting Hotter in Here? At the Vanishing Point Sydney
Partners: Sydney Fish Market, Tribal Warrior & Mount Druitt Pacific Island Action Network. Funded by the City of Sydney, in-kind support from Sydney Fish Market Sydney Harbour
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Sight / Sound / Site
Electrofringe masterclass audio/video public event with cicada.tv & artists from America & Australia Newcastle
Temporary Refuge documentary / site installations / re-used material (floorboards with joists cut from Californian bungalows) train carriage house - to be completed. “The body is an inn” said the Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng. His temple was visited & documented in Southern China Katoomba
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Photograph Girne, Cyprus
The End of Dollar Hegemony Video, mixed media & performance by John Archer. Shrine to John Archer shown. Three wall works by John Archer, over 10 of his books predicting & discussing Australia’s now widely known water crisis, as well as a 1980’s video documentary of John building a structure in remote Australia for & with Indigenous people recovering from petrol sniffing Loose Sydney
The End of Dollar Hegemony is an essay by Senator Ron Paul presented to the U S House of Representatives in early 2006. It is included in this work as pictured as well as being emailed to over 1000 people worldwide. It can be read in the reading section. Senator Ron Paul is currently running for presidency.
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Memoirs of my days on the New Testament - Mark
Photograph with text. Carte Blanche Mobile Gallery Check Inn Stu-Dio Ra Contemporary Art Rome, Italy
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The Foundry Shoreditch, London
2 A4 sheets
Loose Sydney
photographs
Mezzanine Gallery Ourimbah
2005
For Healing video work & artist talk Gosford Regional Art Gallery Gosford
Surveillance Series from the Shanghai Natural History Museum
Fabric scroll photographs for the Artists Against Sedition Exhibition, Australia-China Council residency works Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Sydney
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Learning the ropes - Tribal Warrior Program
Students from Green Square (behavioural) School learnt crewing skills from the Tribal Warrior, an Indigenous owned and crewed boat. Funded by Australians Working Together. Sydney
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Views BAU Gallery Shanghai
Australia-China Council residency, supported by NAVA & NSW Ministry for the Arts. > more
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Placing stones as they are found event where video documentation follows stones bought in K-Mart Broadway and returned to place of origin based on advice from Chinese people. People from Uluru to the coastline drew circles on the backs of postcards depicting local stone and discussed their connection to stone.
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Interviewed artist for installation by Anne Kay & Jane Polkinghorne
Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney
Terrain Vague
Public artwork with text contributions from 40 artists from 10 countries - to be completed. Collaboration with Brearley Architects + Urbanists funded in a residency program provided by the Australia-China Council, and supported by the NSW Ministry for the Arts and NAVA Shanghai
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2004
Initiation: submission containment liberation
Plant beds designed & planted by Morriset Hospital forensic clients & Community Environment Network Funded by Gosford City Council with in-kind support from Gosford Quarries & Organic Matters Ourimbah
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2003
artnode
Sculptural trail employing 12 artists, & working with horticulturalists, five university faculties & groups of people with disabilities. Includes five carved stone works, access audio guide, access map & documentary. Funded by Australia Council CCD & NSW Ministry for the Arts CCD & Indigenous Programs, & Centenary of Federation Fund Newcastle
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2002
Singleton Women’s Script
Audio interview with researching anthropologist, photographic maps, artefacts
Dubbo Regional Art Gallery Dubbo
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Iwadeyama, Japan
Maitland Regional Art Gallery Maitland
2001
University of Newcastle Acquisitive Art Prize Glass bottles were collected from five houses over a five week period and melted in five metal forms Watt Space GalleryNewcastle
Newcastle
Newcastle
Designs for children’s play equipment. Commissioned by Pambulong Development Lake Macquarie
2000
1997-2000
1999
BHP Ribbons of Steel
Co-curator & project development collaborator for over 50 projects (26 with steelworkers) to commemorate BHP Steelwork’s closure in Newcastle. Funded by BHP & the Australia Council Newcastle
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with actors, Kin Tucka Tiddas , by Nogoroe-kah Indigenous Theatre & Fiona Winning, Funded by the Australia Council & NSW Ministry for the Arts Newcastle
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1998
Giant cicada
Reconciliation float coordinator & collaborator with gay HIV+ men & Nogoroe-kah Indigenous Theatre Company. Mardi Gras, Sydney
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ReflectionsPhoto exhibition collaborator with people from culturally & linguistically diverse backgrounds with a psychiatric disability Newcastle Region Art Gallery. Funded by Carnivale & Accessible Arts Newcastle
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Mural collaborator with people with a disability. Funded by Accessible Arts & South Sydney Region of Councils Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
1997
Mural with accessible ramp. Coordinator & collaborator with 99 people with a disability, Civic Railway. Funded by the Newcastle (colonial) Bicentenary Corporation Newcastle
Mural coordinator & collaborator. Funded by Artstart Newcastle