biography ...a
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Art Practice
Through drawing, design, object making, sound and language,
a curiosity for the poetics of territory, absurdity, psychological
space & natural forces have emerged: a suite of delicate
quirky drawings; odd little objects left in public to be pocketed;
a darkened room filled with the acts of combat & flight;
tshirts narrating forces going horribly wrong; an edgy model
balsa community; a multi speaker box reciting composed phrases
from travel language books; electronic birds received through
infra-red headphones; site-specific installations with modular
intentions; squares & chairs for playful discourse; recordings,
objects, images and texts that stand alone.
Creating a narrative/diagram/score has driven
most projects to date, and increasingly it's developing works
on paper that I am enjoying most (although it feels like it's
about time to dabble in some more sculptural forms!). 'How
is a space performed?' is a lingering motive. In my mind,
it's nearly always about the rhythm that defines the subject,
and of course, how it performs the space through placement.
My drawings tend to adopt an illustrative
style to depict quirky scenarios that could very well be stills
or pages plucked from an unknown source. Often they come across
as a little edgy, sometimes even cute (a term I've grown to
accept!) and more likely somewhat confounding, as the narrative
is not always clear (& nor should it necessarily be).
Due to their small scale, they tend to entice the viewer to
engage in closer inspection and hopefully ponder their own
tale - a theatrical directive in itself!
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Animation Festivals
& a bit before
It's been well over a decade since I completed an honours
degree in Fine Art at RMIT majoring in sculpture, and worked
at a couple of Melbourne’s more innovative publicly
funded galleries. During this time I was also an active committee
member and studio artist who co-managed the artist run initiative
Grey Area Art Space, a gallery and studio collective supporting
emerging practices in Port Phillip Arcade, right in the heart
of the city (back in the days when rent was virtually free!).
A few years ago I became involved with the Melbourne International
Animation Festival (MIAF).
In my current role,
I work in close partnership with Executive Director Malcolm
Turner to ensure the success of the festival, a national tour
and associated projects - all on the smell of an oily rag!
In the course of my year I see over 1500 short animated films
from around the world and play a key role in programming the
Australian animation and supporting the selection jury for
international programming. In this small, very close-knit
team, it's a multifareous hotpot!... from managing the relationship
with the screening venue, to web and print design, to importing/exporting
films, coordinating volunteers & well, everything in between.
Working on the animation festivals has informed and inspired
my own artistic practice, and as much as I'd love to make
an animated film... there just aint time (not to mention that
it would be somewhat intimidating! - a pseudonym prehaps?!) |
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general bits
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2004-current I
Festival Manager, Web & Print Design I
Melbourne International Animation Festival
(MIAF)
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2010-current I
helicopter6 blog
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2009-2010 I
Web & Print Design I
London International
Animation Festival (LIAF)
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2004-09 I
Website Coordinator I
Chapman & Bailey
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1998-00 I
Promotions Coordinator, Studio Selection Committee, Web Designer I
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
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1994-97 I
Gallery Assistant, voluntary I
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces (ex 200 Gertrude
Street), Melbourne
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1997-98
I Gallery Assistant I
Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
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1997-99
I Committee
Member, Studio Artist, Web Designer I
Grey Area Art Space, Melbourne
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1996
I Bachelor of Fine Arts - Honours (Sculpture) I
RMIT city campus, Melbourne
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1993
I Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture) I
RMIT city campus, Melbourne
individual exhibitions/projects
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2011 I
ASFPP: score for forming chords & crossbars I
Lowrise Projects, Richmond, Melbourne
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2011 I
ASFPP: public project for pocketing the strategically strewn I
Anima, Brussels, Belgium
I 2008 I
ASFPP: score for five hundred year storm I
Chapman & Bailey, Collingwood, Melbourne
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I 2003 I
ASFPP: What helicopters do for us I
Bus, Melbourne I
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2003 I
ASFPP: What helicopters do for us - variation on a theme I
Melb/Syd exchange with Bus, First Draft, Sydney
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2002 I
ASFPP: score for community living I
Penthouse & Pavement, Melbourne I
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2001 I
ASFPP: A Spanish Cooking Lesson I
West Space, Melbourne I
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2001 I
ASFPP: score for library encounter I
Slide @ 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
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1998 I
A scenario for perfect placement I
200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne I
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1997 I
A scenario for perfect placement: 10 movements I
Grey Area Art Space Inc., Melbourne I
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1996 I
A scenario for perfect placement: movement for 4 I
Art & Industry Building, Little Latrobe
St, Melbourne
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1995 I
A scenario for perfect placement I
A Melbourne CBD street project
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group exhibitions/projects
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2009 I
Art Melbourne, Chapman & Bailey stand I
Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, Melbourne
I 2005 I
Red stocking show I
Red Gallery, Melbourne I
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2004 I
Red stocking show I
Red Gallery, Melbourne I
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2003 I
Storyboard I
collaboration with Elissa Sadgrove, West
Space, Melbourne I
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2003 I
Chris Bell, Ursula Bolch, Helen Gibbins & Deborah Williams I
Red Gallery, Melbourne I
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2003
I A4 Art 2003 I
West Space, Melbourne
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2002 I
Gating I
CD compilation & sound performance, curated
by Michael Graeve, West Space, Melbourne
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2002 I
Gating I
CD compilation, curated by Michael Graeve, Australia
Council, Sydney
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2002 I
Why do birds suddenly appear I
curated by Clare Firth-Smith, Boutwell Draper,
Sydney I
view
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2001 I
something for the ladies… I
Penthouse & Pavement, Melbourne
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2001 I
A4 Art 2001 I
West Space, Melbourne
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2000 I
Museum Magogo I
PB Gallery, Swinburne University of Technology,
Melbourne
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2000 I
Platstock: Sound recordings & performances I
Platform, Melbourne
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2000 I
A4 Art 2000 I
West Space, Melbourne
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1999 I
Taking care of business I
TCB inc. Art, Melbourne
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1999 I
1st Floor Fundraiser Exhibition I
1st Floor, Melbourne
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1999 I
Helen Gibbins, Ben.Harper & Laresa Kosloff I
1st Floor, Melbourne I
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1999 I
Museum Magogo I
Glasgow Project Space, Glasgow, Scotland
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1999 I
Artzine I
Spencer Street Art Gallery, Melbourne
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1999 I
all out of gum I
Grey Area Art Space Inc., Melbourne
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1998 I
Talk Xmas Show I
Talk Artists Initiative, Melbourne
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1998 I
Artflogg I
Grey Area Art Space Inc., Melbourne
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1997 I
Six artist-run spaces I
organised by Terry Whelan, Stripp Gallery,
Melbourne
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1996 I
MORE & MORE I
Meridian Gallery, Melbourne I
view
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1996 I
Lacunae I
developed with Maria Back & Emma Woolley,
First Site, Melbourne I
view
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1995 I
Decadence: 10 Years of Exhibitions at 200 Gertrude Street I
200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
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1995 I
Fax Art Exhibition I
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh Fringe
Festival, UK.
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1994 I
Arena I
Next Wave Festival, curated by Sharyn Dawson,
Argyle Street Studios, Melbourne
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1993 I
Displacement I
ether ohnetitel, Melbourne I
view
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1993 I
...ess I
RMIT, Swanston Street Gallery, Melbourne
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1993 I
The Forests of Ourselves: Interventions in City Spaces I
curated by Jason Smith, 5th Australian Sculpture
Triennial, Swanston Walk, Melbourne I
view
written / published
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2010-current I
helicopter6 blog
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view
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2003 I
Storyboard I
catalogue text, West Space, Melbourne
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view
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2001 I
ASFPP: A Spanish Cooking Lesson I
catalogue text, West Space, Melbourne
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view
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2000 I
Yowies Dead 'Arry I
Like Art Magazine, Autumn 2000, No11
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1999 I
The Adventures of Brown Man I
self-published zine
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1999 I
www.200GertrudeStreet.com I
Bulletin, Craft Victoria, June 1999 Vol 7 No.#1,
p29
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1999 I
The Classic Guide, Passer Domesticus I
catalogue text, 1st Floor, June 1999
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1998 I
A Scenario for Perfect Placement I
catalogue text, 200 Gertrude Street
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view
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1997 I
A Scenario for Perfect Placement - 10 movements I
catalogue text, Grey Area Art Space Inc.
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view
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1996 I
A Spanish Cooking Lesson I
self-published book of short texts and drawings
bibliography
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2003 I
www.fineartforum.org I
'Gating' by Gavin Sade
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2001 I
Ben.Harper I
'ASFPP: A Spanish Cooking Lesson', catalogue text,
West Space I
view
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1998 I
Ben.Harper I
'A Scenario for Perfect Placement', catalogue
text, 200 Gertrude Street I
view
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1998 I
Penny Webb I
'A Scenario for Perfect Placement', review, The
Age EG, 20.11.98
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1997 I
Artlink - emerging artists I
Volume 17 No 4
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1996 I
'MORE & MORE' I
catalogue
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1993 I
Jason Smith I
'The Forests of Ourselves' catalogue
web design
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current I
Helen Gibbins I
this site
I current I
Melbourne International Animation Festival & Australia International
Animation Festival I
www.miaf.net / www.aiaf.com.au
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put to rest I
Heitong Diliang Wang - Artist
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put to rest I
Pentimento I
view
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put to rest I
USEby: Asia Pacific Artist Initiatives Project, curated by Tessa
Dwyer and Sarah Tutton
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put to rest I
200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne I
view
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archived I
Grey Area Art Space Inc., Melbourne I
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