tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160575239856269092024-02-20T20:59:09.486+13:00The Border Crossing Art ProjectThe Border Crossing Art Project is as an exploration of collaborative art practice, where the artists involved in the project experiment with using multi-layered collaborative processes that traverse geographical and cultural boundaries. The project culminates in a series of exhibitions, workshops and forums in several countries within the Asia Pacific region.Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-71205370756545569462010-12-07T22:50:00.001+13:002010-12-14T18:31:19.843+13:00Light Square Gallery Art Exhibition Opening Adelaide, South Australia - 22nd September 2010<div class="postbody" style="text-align:center">
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<p>Christie Anthoney (right), Creative Director, TAFESA, and family</p>
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<p>Pro Vice Chancellor UniSA, Professor Pal Ahluwalia with project supporters(right)</p>
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<p>Orapin Plummer, President of the Thai Culture Association South Australia</p>
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</div><div class="postquote">The Earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas.<div class="postquotereference">Fumio Nanjo</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-13641332335881110412010-12-02T00:26:00.000+13:002010-12-02T00:26:06.464+13:00Light Square Gallery Art Exhibition Opening Adelaide, South Australia - 22nd September 2010<div class="postbody">
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<p class="caption">Workshop artist Mike Sara and family</p><br />
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<p class="caption">Chris Bull from Helpmann Academy and workshop artist Sheila Whittam</p><br />
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<p class="caption">Workshop artist, Lauryn Arnott (right) with friends</p><br />
<p>More photographs from the exhibition opening to follow in subsequent posts.</p>
<p>Photos courtesy of the Helpmann Academy.</p>
</div><div class="postquote">The Earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas.<div class="postquotereference">Fumio Nanjo</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-78999494825796137662010-11-30T22:06:00.002+13:002010-12-01T22:40:13.223+13:00Light Square Gallery Art Exhibition Opening Adelaide, South Australia - 22nd September 2010<div class="postbody">
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<p class="caption">Edward James (Helpmann Academy) and Helen Stacey</p>
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<p class="caption">Aboriginal Artist, Betty Sumner singing a lullaby to baby Azaria held by her mother curator/artist Wendy Grace Allen</p>
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<p class="caption">Exhibition supporters</p>
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<p class="caption">Betty Sumner (workshop participant and Aboriginal art consultant)</p>
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<p>More photographs from the exhibition opening to follow in subsequent posts.</p>
<p>Photos courtesy of the Helpmann Academy and Wendy Grace Allen.</p>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Lauryn
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I
arrived in Adelaide, Australia, in 2003 having lost my home to a
brutal regime in Zimbabwe, Africa. In Adelaide I started the </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US"><i>Crossing
Over</i></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">
drawing as part of a Masters of Visual Arts degree. This drawing
became a site of </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">remembering
and forgetting memories through a process of drawing and erasure</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
My methodology became a physical enactment of the state that I found
myself in, a process of working through persistent memories,
acknowledged and unacknowledged, a retrieval of history as memory and
memory as history</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">.
This process works as a catalyst through which I can harness my sense
of place and identity. </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It
is an appropriate technical way of dealing with memory and loss,
using the mark as an increment of retrieval and its erasure as a
metaphor of loss. </span></span>
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</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US"><i>Crossing
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drawing was exhibited at </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">the
National Gallery of Zimbabwe, as a part the 2009 Harare International
Festival of Arts. Much like my participation in </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US"><i>The
Border Crossing Project,</i></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">
this demonstrates my interest in</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">
the important role that art can play in retrieving and transforming
ideas and memories that cross borders and cultures. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">My</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">
intention</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">
in this to create links and build relationships between different
countries and cultures, despite what is said in the media.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">
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of the content of this drawing is the deliberate use of fragile and
temporary materials such as the large unprotected sheet of paper
pinned to the wall. The fragility of the medium of this work
expresses its stark subject matter. </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">I
worked together with Nina Rupena and Patricia Wozniak; we come from
diverse cultures, yet our work has been shaped by the fact that we
are all living in Australia because of the conflict in our home
countries. I came from Zimbabwe, Nina from Bosnia and Patricia’s
recalls her grandmother’s stories of her displacement from Poland
after the war. The central themes that we share in our work is;
</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>conflict,
displacement, fragility, memory</b></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">
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post-memory</b></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">.
An important factor we discussed was whether cultural diversity was
the source of peace (and collaboration) or the root of conflict. In
this we felt that it was vital that our collaboration be one of
negotiating and not negating our work and our histories</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">,
because there is no single essence, no single history.</span></span></span></div>
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I consider an important aspect for </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US"><b>The
Border Crossing Project</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">,
is that it can open up a dialogue in which the artists and viewers
can consider their own positions on these proposals.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMS, Times, sans-serif;"><span lang="en-US">
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through making:</b></span></div>
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deliberate use of fragile and temporary materials is an important
aspect of our collaboration.</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">
The materials; collaged paper, charcoal, pastel, xerox transfers,
lace for stencils, spray paint, printing ink and muslin</span></span></span></div>
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-56247329022409137242010-09-14T10:12:00.000+12:002010-09-14T10:12:17.485+12:00Introducing Nina Rupena – Workshop Participant, Adelaide South Australia<div class="postbody">
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ink, colour pencil and watercolour on old doily mounted on
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a result of personal experiences linked with dislocation (as a
refugee of war located in Bosnia and Herzegovina), I am attempting to
analyse and mediate this experience</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">.
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artwork ‘Vestige’</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">attempts to examine the
perception of ageing. In a visual sense, hands are a symbolic
vehicle, representing wisdom and endurance where folds, wrinkles and
scars narrate a story and represent personal histories. </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I
have an evolving history as an industrial designer, photographer,
video and installation artist, working both within a fine arts
context and my own cultural community developing work which explores
memory and the nature of history and place.</span></div>
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am collaborating with </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-US">Patricia
Wozniak and </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lauryn
Arnott. We come from diverse cultural backgrounds – Polish,
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">What
we hoped to achieve with our collaboration is to enrich our art
practises by openly exchanging ideas, techniques and materials. The
opportunity to share personal histories and explore the complexities
of exile was greatly rewarding.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
enjoyed the synergy formed when creative minds are put together and
exciting ideas for future projects came as a result of Borders
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identity is…defined by the way ideas and practices which have
crossed frontiers find new homes; it is a way of coming to terms with
the past without ignoring the pressures of the present, an expression
of belonging which does not lock the individual into a single place.
The dream of a single home is gone, only to be replaced by the
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<span lang="en-AU">Within
the context of my art practice </span><span lang="en-AU">I examine
the issues emanating from the transition to a new physical, social
and cultural environment, geographically and/or emotionally distant
from “home”. My enquiries are based partially on my personal
experiences, as I am a recent immigrant to Australia, and previously
living an expatriate lifestyle in several European countries. A
lifestyle of moving through different cultures, even if by choice,
plus working as a professional interpreter before I commenced the
study of art, cultivated in me compelling attitudes of empathy and
understanding for cultural diversity and multicultural existence.
Australia, my present home is a multi-cultural society and a “fair
and lucky country” according to a well constructed myth promoted by
popular media. This is far from reality and many Australian artists,
of any colour, refer to this issue in their art practice. ‘Genuine
social justice and equality are still far from a reality, and the
struggle continues’.</span><sup><span lang="en-AU">2</span></sup><span style="color: red;"><span lang="en-AU">
</span></span><span lang="en-AU">Aboriginal people are exiles in
their own land and the prejudice and patronising attitudes of the
dominant culture towards Indigenous Australians and other
ethnic/cultural groups, is still a major contemporary problem within
Australian society today. Such attitudes often involve the
demonisation and dehumanisation of “inferior others” to justify
exploitation. In my painting ‘Australian Landscape’, I referred
to the particular place of South Australia known as Tandanya, meaning
the land of the red kangaroo, according to the stories of the local
Kaurna people, as a reminder that the vast and harsh environment of
this land necessitates ecological sustainability as well as social
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collaboration, whereby I am working on Dr Irmina van Niele’s print
as my inspiration for further experimentation and communication,
whilst in turn Lindi Harris chose my work for her explorations. The
Border Crossing Art Project is an opportunity to work with artists of
different origins and life experiences and share our views and
discover points of connection. I find this exercise is a constructive
approach to exchange of knowledge, in a contemporary global
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<span lang="en-AU">I also hold a second degree, BA in Education, with specialisation in languages and have significant experience of working as a professional Interpreter and Translator.</span><br />
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Currently Artist in Residence at
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2009. Graduated: Degree in Bachelor of
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2009. St Peter’s Cathedral Art Prize.
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2007 Royal SA Society of Arts.
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2008 South Coast Regional Arts and
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2008 South Coast Regional Arts and
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2009.Carrick Hill, Springfield,
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In May 2009 I had the opportunity to
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Uluru. This great monolithic rock was situated at our front gate, and
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Many tourists walked around the base of
the rock honouring the sign board information about how the
Aboriginal community understand their sacred stories while others
climbed the rock for a challenge. It was during this time that I
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Familia, a Barcelona church designed by architect Antoni Gaudi. The
organic forms and designs within Gaudi’s buildings are influenced
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The Gaudi - esk spires that hover over
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speak of <i>Host</i>, the bread that is given in the most sacred
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My use of architectural forms is
metaphorical in which I analyse some of the question and the dilemmas
we humans find ourselves as we struggle for being. Architectural
ideas provide for me a psychological space in which stairways,
tunnels, passages, large spaces, open or locked doors provide an
imagery of the human journey.
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The mixed media drawing materials
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process of drawing and the under layers of working. This formal
concern replicates the process of aging architecture which concerns
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I met Betty for the first time just a
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a support: A sheet of galvanised iron. She explained the work to me
as being about the women ancestor spirits who are guarding the land
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She explained further that her thoughts
had been about the colonisation of Adelaide by the British which
was devastating for the land. Betty explained that all the micro
organisms were diminished due to being changed by blasting and
quarrying and removing sacred stones and earth to be formed into
roads and buildings in the new colony . One such building is the
first church built in Adelaide 1838: The HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, which
Betty’s people have had long standing concerns about because it
was built from sacred stones.
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I considered her story and told her
that I was part of the colonisation! I am British. I asked her how
she felt about that? She replied that she could hear my accent but
we are all caught up in many difficulties, especially women. I think
she may be an Aboriginal feminist!
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In approaching this collaboration I
decided the story is too beautiful to obliterate with my own over
layering. I decided that I would connect her work with an interior
room, with a long day bed and pillows. That day bed usually brings
sunshine in to my complacent interior life. This time it brought a
view that was strange yet comforting.
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Text written by Sheila Whittam</div>
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The Earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas.<br />
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Fumio Nanjo</div>
</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-88209376111499867682010-09-08T12:42:00.000+12:002010-09-08T12:42:00.686+12:00Press Release<div class="postbody">
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/L9qssXuxlyOKrBNk5OX5dg?feat=embedwebsite"><img alt="Helpmann Academy" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_t-n_SUc-t98/TIYJ5bQiiQI/AAAAAAAAFN4/wsG10ulHt2M/s400/Helpmann%20Academy%20logo.jpg" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>September</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>For
immediate release</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The
Border Crossing Art Project arrives in Adelaide</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Opens
6:00pm, </b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wednesday
September 22</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Concludes</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">
Thursday October 14</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Light
Square Gallery</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Adelaide
College of the Arts</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">39
Light Square, Adelaide</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Visual
artists from Australia, Thailand and New Zealand have collaborated
together and with South Australian artists and art students for a
unique cross cultural initiative called </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The
Border Crossing Art Project</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Showcasing
the work of artists Wendy Grace Allen (nee Dawson) (New Zealand), Dr. Apichart
Pholprasert (Thailand) and Helen Stacey (Australia), the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Border
Crossing</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">
exhibition first opened at The Art Centre Gallery at the
Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok in February. The exhibition will
be on show at the Light Square Gallery during September and October,
before heading off to New Zealand later in the year.</span></span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The
Border Crossing Art Project</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">
is an exploration of collaborative visual arts practice, where the
artists involved - among the first graduates from the University of
South Australia’s Masters of Visual Art program - experiment with
multi-layered techniques that traverse geographical and cultural
boundaries,” explains Helen Stacey, who has coordinated the South
Australian phase of the project. “All of the pieces on show are a
unique discovery of the progressive transformation of our original
work, each of us reflecting on issues relating to land ownership.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In
addition to the Light Square exhibition, the collaborative research
project also includes a two-day workshop, a public forum, a seminar
and a series of artist floor talks. Up to 16 students, staff and
visual arts graduates from the Helpmann Academy’s visual arts
partner institutions will take part in a collaborative workshop, with
each artist working to interpret the theme ‘border crossing’. </span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The
Border Crossing Art Project</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">
has been supported by a Helpmann Academy major grant. </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Public
Forum - ‘New trajectories in regional cross-cultural
collaboration’</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Light
Square Gallery, 3:00pm Thursday 23rd September</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Speakers:
James Bennett, Curator of Asian Art, Art Gallery of SA</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dr.
Pamela Zeplin, SA School of Art and the Border Crossing artists </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Acsa
Seminar - Eddies and flows: narratives of cross-cultural
collaboration</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Adelaide
Central School of Art Gallery, 12:00 noon, Friday 24th September</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The
Border Crossing Artists</span></span></div>
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<li><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Artists
Talks: Light Square Gallery</b></span></span></div>
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</ul>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11:00am,
Thursday 23</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">
and Friday 24th September</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>For
further information contact Chris Bull, Helpmann Academy Marketing
Manager, on (08) 8463 5015 or 0425 615 233</b></span></span></div>
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The Earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas.<br />
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Fumio Nanjo</div>
</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-28825992173584248362010-09-08T08:50:00.002+12:002010-09-08T21:22:41.661+12:00Comments from Our Guestbook in Bangkok, 5th Feb - 6th Mar 2010<div class="postbody">
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The Earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas.<br />
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Fumio Nanjo</div>
</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-44712457300399329082010-09-07T20:33:00.000+12:002010-09-07T20:33:55.002+12:00Introducing Christobel Kelly - Workshop Participant, Adelaide, South Australia<div class="postbody">
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<b>Christobel Kelly</b>
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This work is concerned with the realm of the imagination. Its intention is to codify the threshold we step over when we slip into a private narrative.
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There is always a border we cross when our thoughts- prompted by experience- run towards imaginary places. This work reflects our ability to make up stories about what we see which are both universal, and individual at the same time.
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The image has as a reference point, the first sentence of any book that elicits and commands the minds eye.
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Text written by Christobel Kelly.
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<div class="postquote">The Earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas.<div class="postquotereference">Fumio Nanjo</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-30447143746735674162010-09-05T18:55:00.000+12:002010-09-05T18:55:16.417+12:00Introducing Sue Michael - Workshop Participant, Adelaide, South Australia<div class="postbody">
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<b>Sue Michael</b>
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<span lang="en-AU">Adelaide
August 2010</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span lang="en-AU">During
my childhood, my family travelled extensively across Australia in a
caravan. My Grandparents could never travel this far due to work/
farming commitments. I too am like them. It has been 24 years since I
have had more than a couple of days travelling across a state border.
Those childhood vistas occupy my thoughts even now. This painting
‘Great Divide,’ is inspired by old slides. I have collaged 35mm
slides, made tritpography- like images using dual projectors, then
finally mixing our family’s slides from the 1960’s and 70’s.with
stranger’s holiday snapshots. New landscapes emerged from my
experimentations. The eyes stare back.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span lang="en-AU">I
must cross those borders once again to visit the earth energies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span lang="en-AU">My
collaboration with Lindi Harris’s image continues the theme of
longing to return to the earth energies that I was acutely aware of
as a child.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span lang="en-AU">Suitcases
will be photographed at various locations around Adelaide.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><span lang="en-AU">Lindi’s
original image has gone through a few photographic abstractions and
been replicated into ‘tiles’. I have covered three suitcases
resulting in a French toile feel to these Australian landscapes.
Other peoples’ hearts always go with you when you travel. Vessels
for these well wishes are supplied with the luggage tags.</span></span></div>
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The Earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas.<br />
<div class="postquotereference">
Fumio Nanjo</div>
</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-74790151211112742572010-09-03T21:17:00.000+12:002010-09-03T21:17:43.286+12:00Introducing Lindi Harris - Workshop Participant, Adelaide, South Australia<div class="postbody">
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<b><i>No Borders</i> </b><br />
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<b>Lindi Harris</b><br />
This work describes my relationship to the Australian landscape and the British Isles, and evokes the power of sacred sites. It alludes to the nomadic nature of humanity, our desire to hold onto memories and objects of the past, and the effect of climate change and erosion on the built and natural landscape.
Standing stone circles were constructed in the British Isles as early as 3400 BC and remained in use as astronomical observation devices until around 1500 BC, at which time northern Europe experienced a “global cooling”.1 Populations abandoned the Orkney and Shetland Islands to the north of Britain, and the Hebridean Islands to the west. Due to the subsequent lack of human activity and the peat moss that slowly covered all evidence of early civilisation, these regions today host some of the most well preserved Neolithic sites in the world.
The earliest known examples of the Celtic cross, found in France and dated from 10 000 BC, are carved “ancestor stones” thought to contain the spirits of the dead. The Standing Stones of Callanish were originally laid out in the formation of a Celtic cross.2
The evolution of Uluru, central Australia, began over 900 million years ago.3
The warm reds and soft curves and contours of Uluru contrast with the angular cold grey of the Standing Stones of Callanish. As a small child emigrating in the 1960’s from the Northern hemisphere to the Southern, it was this dramatic change in light and colour that left a life-long sense impression.
Both the Standing Stones and Uluru hold cultural significance to the people who live amongst them.<br />
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Processes and mediums used in this work include linocut, collograph, ink and pastel drawing and collage. Papers are Japanese Kozo, Hahnemuhle and silk paper.<br />
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<b>Collaborating on The Border Crossing Art Project</b></div>
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At this stage I have selected another artists work and commenced initial studies with it. What I have learnt is how easy it is to choose similarity. I selected a piece that reflected my own values/ethics/style/medium and I feel very comfortable with it. I knew instantly how I would proceed-or at least had a couple of very clear directions to move in. How would it have been if the piece had been selected for me? If I had been required to respond to a work I didn't immediately understand? Crossing borders is uncomfortable and we avoid it where we can. This project has highlighted my discomfort with that I do not understand. And yet it is difference that attracts me. A paradox. </div>
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<b>About Lindi Harris</b><br />
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British migrant 1966 </div>
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Art student since 1966 (aged 5) when I questioned my mum about why the teacher said I was wrong because I had drawn the strokes the wrong way-my mum (an artist) told me the teacher was wrong. </div>
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Early Childhood Education Diploma 1980 </div>
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SACAE Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling 1995 </div>
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University of South Australia Cert IV Art Practice 2001 </div>
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TAFE SA Currently student of Bachelor Degree of Visual Arts and Design </div>
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Text written by Lindi Harris</div>
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<div class="postquote">
The Earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas.<br />
<div class="postquotereference">
Fumio Nanjo</div>
</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-69441908393681351632010-09-02T19:10:00.000+12:002010-09-02T19:10:03.128+12:00Shoutouts - Artgazine<div class="postbody">
<a href="http://http://www.artgazine.com/shoutouts/viewtopic.php?t=9906">Shoutouts on-line in Artgazine (Click on this link)</a><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/o0TkchOpQoYXC8UUM8829w?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t-n_SUc-t98/THzQ0IEbInI/AAAAAAAAFHE/jHRTYBGyEPY/s400/TheBorderCrossingArtProject_email_invitation.jpg" /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IStHLwHfcKPB6JVqpJCUWw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_t-n_SUc-t98/THzRpwcp3_I/AAAAAAAAFHU/jA81Uu_fVTI/s400/P1190171.JPG" /></a></a><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FAaQpj4qVdmYjX0Yajzbeg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_t-n_SUc-t98/THzRzhRzrnI/AAAAAAAAFHo/yStWZOzR2wM/s400/P1190177.JPG" /></a><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qRXZqiQXpfhUTOb2PCwgTA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_t-n_SUc-t98/THzSk12XNUI/AAAAAAAAFH0/hm2XvqIUt8w/s400/P1190204.JPG" /></a>This video was shown as part of our exhibition at The Art Centre, of our one day workshop with Thai artists and art students.
</div><div class="postquote">The Earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas.<div class="postquotereference">Fumio Nanjo</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-16645135727440544932010-09-01T18:16:00.000+12:002010-09-01T18:16:06.458+12:00Visual Representation of our Collaborative Process<div class="postbody">
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</div><div class="postquote">The Earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas.<div class="postquotereference">Fumio Nanjo</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-15064449090847895392010-08-30T20:58:00.001+12:002010-08-30T21:08:11.908+12:00Letting you know what we've been doing - Art4D<div class="postbody">
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<p>Click on the images to enlarge.</p>
</div><div class="postquote">The Earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas.<div class="postquotereference">Fumio Nanjo</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-37947862501812064632010-08-29T22:39:00.002+12:002010-08-29T22:45:34.397+12:00Letting you know what we've been doing - Daybeds Magazine<div class="postbody">
The Border Crossing Art Project was featured in <a href="http://www.daybedsmagazine.com/">Daybeds</a>, the premier lifestyle magazine in Thailand. We were interviewed on the show's opening night, 5th February 2010.
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</div><div class="postquote">The Earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas.<div class="postquotereference">Fumio Nanjo</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-47961231064762050992010-02-20T04:29:00.002+13:002010-02-20T04:35:07.273+13:00Border Crossing Workshop in Bangkok<div class="postbody">
<p>The inaugural workshop was held at The Art Center, 7th Floor, Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University, in Bangkok, on the first of February. Students and invited artists brought along an artwork which was selected at random to pass to another student or artist who painted or drew on top of it. It was a great success; the participants enjoyed the workshop and responded well to the challenge, and some great works were produced. All the works are documented, and all the documentation and a selection of the works will be shown in Australia in September.</p>
Here are some photos of the workshop.</p>
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Fumio Nanjo</div>
</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-41064381663247809762010-01-06T16:27:00.001+13:002010-01-06T16:27:09.440+13:00Exhibition Opening Events - Bangkok, Australia and New Zealand
<p>'><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t-n_SUc-t98/S0P93bqw7aI/AAAAAAAACoA/mY3T1PwYg8Q/s1600-h/BorrowedNostalgia.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t-n_SUc-t98/S0P93bqw7aI/AAAAAAAACoA/mY3T1PwYg8Q/s320/BorrowedNostalgia.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>Hi friends,</p> <p> </p> <p>We're thrilled to invite you to the opening of: </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Border Crossing Art Project</strong></p> <p><strong>6pm </strong></p> <p><strong>Friday 5th February 2010 </strong></p> <p>(A special opening will be held on Sat. 6th Feb for international and other friends who can not attend the opening on the 5th) </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Art Center, 7th Floor, Center of Academic Resources (Central Library) Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>The exhibition is open for one month, with student and professional artist workshops being held during this time.</p> <p> </p> <p>Tel. 0-2218-2965</p> <p>Fax. 0-2218-2907</p> <p>E-mail: mailto://<a href="mailto:info.artcenterchula@gmail.com">info.artcenterchula@gmail.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 9.00-19.00 hr</p> <p>Saturday 9.00-16.00 hr</p> <p>Closed on Sunday & Public Holidays</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.car.chula.ac.th/art/en/?page_id=45">http://www.car.chula.ac.th/art/en/?page_id=45</a> (for map)</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Border Crossing Art Project is touring to The Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia in late September 2010 then to New Zealand in 2011 (date and venue to be confirmed). </strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Thank you for your support and we hope you get the opportunity to view the work at one of the venues and/or on-line at <a href="http://thebordercrossingartproject.blogspot.com/">http://thebordercrossingartproject.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>The blog will be up-dated during the exhibitions and will be interactive for the public to participate.</p> <p> </p> <p>The Border Crossing Art Project is generously supported by:</p> <p>Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</p> <p>The Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia </p> <p>The Helpmann Academy, South Australia </p> <p>The University of South Australia (who will be holding a VIP function in conjunction with the project).</p> <p> </p> <p>The Border Crossing Art Project is curated by Wendy Grace Allen. Collaborating artists are Dr Apichart Pholprasert (Thailand) and Helen Stacey (Australia)</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>You are also invited to attend the exhibition opening</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Rural Go Go - An exhibition of glass and bronze sculptures and photography</strong></p> <p><strong>Solo Exhibition by Wendy Grace Allen</strong></p> <p><strong>Co-ordinated by Apichart Pholprasert</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>6pm Wed. 24th February 2010</strong></p> <p>(A special opening will be held on Sat. 27th Feb for international and other friends who can not attend the opening on the 24th) </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Jamjuree Gallery</strong></p> <p><strong>Chulalongchorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>The exhibition will be open until the 15th March 2010.</p> <p> </p> <p>Rural Go Go is generously supported by:</p> <p>Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</p> <p> </p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p> </p> <p>Wendy</p> <p /> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://wendygraceallen.posterous.com/exhibition-opening-events-bangkok-australia-a-3">Wendy's posterous</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-79626675960726685982010-01-06T16:21:00.001+13:002010-01-06T16:21:42.542+13:00Exhibition Opening Events - Bangkok, Australia and New Zealand
<p>'><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t-n_SUc-t98/S0P93bqw7aI/AAAAAAAACoA/mY3T1PwYg8Q/s1600-h/BorrowedNostalgia.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t-n_SUc-t98/S0P93bqw7aI/AAAAAAAACoA/mY3T1PwYg8Q/s320/BorrowedNostalgia.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>&nbsp;</div></p> <p> </p> <p>Hi friends,</p> <p> </p> <p>We're thrilled to invite you to the opening of: </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Border Crossing Art Project</strong></p> <p><strong>6pm </strong></p> <p><strong>Friday 5th February 2010 </strong></p> <p>(A special opening will be held on Sat. 6th Feb for international and other friends who can not attend the opening on the 5th) </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Art Center, 7th Floor, Center of Academic Resources (Central Library) Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>The exhibition is open for one month, with student and professional artist workshops being held during this time.</p> <p> </p> <p>Tel. 0-2218-2965</p> <p>Fax. 0-2218-2907</p> <p>E-mail: mailto://<a href="mailto:info.artcenterchula@gmail.com">info.artcenterchula@gmail.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 9.00-19.00 hr</p> <p>Saturday 9.00-16.00 hr</p> <p>Closed on Sunday & Public Holidays</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.car.chula.ac.th/art/en/?page_id=45">http://www.car.chula.ac.th/art/en/?page_id=45</a> (for map)</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Border Crossing Art Project is touring to The Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia in late September 2010 then to New Zealand in 2011 (date and venue to be confirmed). </strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Thank you for your support and we hope you get the opportunity to view the work at one of the venues and/or on-line at <a href="http://thebordercrossingartproject.blogspot.com/">http://thebordercrossingartproject.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>The blog will be up-dated during the exhibitions and will be interactive for the public to participate.</p> <p> </p> <p>The Border Crossing Art Project is generously supported by:</p> <p>Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</p> <p>The Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia </p> <p>The Helpmann Academy, South Australia </p> <p>The University of South Australia (who will be holding a VIP function in conjunction with the project).</p> <p> </p> <p>The Border Crossing Art Project is curated by Wendy Grace Allen. Collaborating artists are Dr Apichart Pholprasert (Thailand) and Helen Stacey (Australia)</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>You are also invited to attend the exhibition opening</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Rural Go Go - An exhibition of glass and bronze sculptures and photography</strong></p> <p><strong>Solo Exhibition by Wendy Grace Allen</strong></p> <p><strong>Co-ordinated by Apichart Pholprasert</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>6pm Wed. 24th February 2010</strong></p> <p>(A special opening will be held on Sat. 27th Feb for international and other friends who can not attend the opening on the 24th) </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Jamjuree Gallery</strong></p> <p><strong>Chulalongchorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>The exhibition will be open until the 15th March 2010.</p> <p> </p> <p>Rural Go Go is generously supported by:</p> <p>Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</p> <p> </p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p> </p> <p>Wendy</p> <p /> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://wendygraceallen.posterous.com/exhibition-opening-events-bangkok-australia-a-2">Wendy's posterous</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-52211522152048073242010-01-06T16:19:00.001+13:002010-01-06T16:19:45.523+13:00Exhibition Opening Events - Bangkok, Australia and New Zealand
<p> </p> <p>t98/S0P93bqw7aI/AAAAAAAACoA/mY3T1PwYg8Q/s1600-h/BorrowedNostalgia.jpg'><img src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t-n_SUc-t98/S0P93bqw7aI/AAAAAAAACoA/mY3T1PwYg8Q/s320/BorrowedNostalgia.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a>&nbsp;</div></p> <p>Hi friends,</p> <p> </p> <p>We're thrilled to invite you to the opening of: </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Border Crossing Art Project</strong></p> <p><strong>6pm </strong></p> <p><strong>Friday 5th February 2010 </strong></p> <p>(A special opening will be held on Sat. 6th Feb for international and other friends who can not attend the opening on the 5th) </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Art Center, 7th Floor, Center of Academic Resources (Central Library) Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>The exhibition is open for one month, with student and professional artist workshops being held during this time.</p> <p> </p> <p>Tel. 0-2218-2965</p> <p>Fax. 0-2218-2907</p> <p>E-mail: mailto://<a href="mailto:info.artcenterchula@gmail.com">info.artcenterchula@gmail.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 9.00-19.00 hr</p> <p>Saturday 9.00-16.00 hr</p> <p>Closed on Sunday & Public Holidays</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.car.chula.ac.th/art/en/?page_id=45">http://www.car.chula.ac.th/art/en/?page_id=45</a> (for map)</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Border Crossing Art Project is touring to The Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia in late September 2010 then to New Zealand in 2011 (date and venue to be confirmed). </strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Thank you for your support and we hope you get the opportunity to view the work at one of the venues and/or on-line at <a href="http://thebordercrossingartproject.blogspot.com/">http://thebordercrossingartproject.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>The blog will be up-dated during the exhibitions and will be interactive for the public to participate.</p> <p> </p> <p>The Border Crossing Art Project is generously supported by:</p> <p>Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</p> <p>The Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia </p> <p>The Helpmann Academy, South Australia </p> <p>The University of South Australia (who will be holding a VIP function in conjunction with the project).</p> <p> </p> <p>The Border Crossing Art Project is curated by Wendy Grace Allen. Collaborating artists are Dr Apichart Pholprasert (Thailand) and Helen Stacey (Australia)</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>You are also invited to attend the exhibition opening</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Rural Go Go - An exhibition of glass and bronze sculptures and photography</strong></p> <p><strong>Solo Exhibition by Wendy Grace Allen</strong></p> <p><strong>Co-ordinated by Apichart Pholprasert</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>6pm Wed. 24th February 2010</strong></p> <p>(A special opening will be held on Sat. 27th Feb for international and other friends who can not attend the opening on the 24th) </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Jamjuree Gallery</strong></p> <p><strong>Chulalongchorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>The exhibition will be open until the 15th March 2010.</p> <p> </p> <p>Rural Go Go is generously supported by:</p> <p>Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</p> <p> </p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p> </p> <p>Wendy</p> <p /> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://wendygraceallen.posterous.com/exhibition-opening-events-bangkok-australia-a-0">Wendy's posterous</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-14233043433874884022010-01-06T16:17:00.001+13:002010-01-06T16:17:20.234+13:00Exhibition Opening Events - Bangkok, Australia and New Zealand
<p> <p><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t-n_SUc-t98/S0P93bqw7aI/AAAAAAAACoA/mY3T1PwYg8Q/s1600-h/BorrowedNostalgia.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t-n_SUc-t98/S0P93bqw7aI/AAAAAAAACoA/mY3T1PwYg8Q/s320/BorrowedNostalgia.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>&nbsp;</div></p> <p>Hi friends,</p> <p> </p> <p>We're thrilled to invite you to the opening of: </p> <p> </p> <p><b>The Border Crossing Art Project</p> <p>6pm </p> <p>Friday 5th February 2010 </b></p> <p>(A special opening will be held on Sat. 6th Feb for international and other friends who can not attend the opening on the 5th) </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Art Center, 7th Floor, Center of Academic Resources (Central Library) Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>The exhibition is open for one month, with student and professional artist workshops being held during this time.</p> <p> </p> <p>Tel. 0-2218-2965</p> <p>Fax. 0-2218-2907</p> <p>E-mail: mailto://<a href="mailto:info.artcenterchula@gmail.com">info.artcenterchula@gmail.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 9.00-19.00 hr</p> <p>Saturday 9.00-16.00 hr</p> <p>Closed on Sunday & Public Holidays</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.car.chula.ac.th/art/en/?page_id=45">http://www.car.chula.ac.th/art/en/?page_id=45</a> (for map)</p> <p> </p> <p><b>The Border Crossing Art Project is touring to The Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia in late September 2010 then to New Zealand in 2011 (date and venue to be confirmed). </p> <p></b></p> <p>Thank you for your support and we hope you get the opportunity to view the work at one of the venues and/or on-line at <a href="http://thebordercrossingartproject.blogspot.com/">http://thebordercrossingartproject.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>The blog will be up-dated during the exhibitions and will be interactive for the public to participate.</p> <p> </p> <p>The Border Crossing Art Project is generously supported by:</p> <p>Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</p> <p>The Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia </p> <p>The Helpmann Academy, South Australia </p> <p>The University of South Australia (who will be holding a VIP function in conjunction with the project).</p> <p> </p> <p>The Border Crossing Art Project is curated by Wendy Grace Allen. Collaborating artists are Dr Apichart Pholprasert (Thailand) and Helen Stacey (Australia)</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>You are also invited to attend the exhibition opening</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><b>Rural Go Go - An exhibition of glass and bronze sculptures and photography</p> <p>Solo Exhibition by Wendy Grace Allen</p> <p>Co-ordinated by Apichart Pholprasert</p> <p></b></p> <p><b>6pm Wed. 24th February 2010</b></p> <p>(A special opening will be held on Sat. 27th Feb for international and other friends who can not attend the opening on the 24th) </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Jamjuree Gallery</strong></p> <p><strong>Chulalongchorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>The exhibition will be open until the 15th March 2010.</p> <p> </p> <p>Rural Go Go is generously supported by:</p> <p>Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</p> <p> </p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p> </p> <p>Wendy</p> <p /> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://wendygraceallen.posterous.com/exhibition-opening-events-bangkok-australia-a">Wendy's posterous</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-9219830272942584182009-12-01T04:58:00.001+13:002009-12-01T04:58:25.784+13:00Day 28 - 30 Secret
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3539" src="http://www.30dayartist.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/P1170734-resize-300x225.jpg" height="225" alt="I'm making a silicon mould of rice." width="300" /><br />I'm making a silicon mould of rice.</p> <p><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Verdana, Arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> Kia ora koutou, </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Verdana, Arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Welcome to my last post to end my time as a 30 day artist. Above is a picture of a silicon mould I'm making of rice that will be cast in bronze. It is a bit more involved to make the mould than it looks, as the correct amount of hardener needs to be added to the rubber as will as additional additives if the rubber is too thin. It can be very messy. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Verdana, Arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">I've also been busy finishing an application relating to one of my up and coming exhibitions in Bangkok. That's another aspect of an artists life, finding galleries to show artwork and finding/making the money to fund the endeavour, which all takes time. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Verdana, Arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">If you've been checking this blog and I haven't posted some days it's because I have a secret to share with you. I'm excited to tell you, I'm three and a half months pregnant. So, during the past month whilst I've been making all this art and travelling etc, I've had bad day and night morning sickness and exhaustion. Although I've wanted to post something everyday, I haven't managed to be able to. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Verdana, Arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">I've posted images of my bronze sculpture, glass sculptures, and paintings over the past 30 days. Which of my artworks do like the best and why? You're comments are much appreciated. Thanks to those who have taken the time to write a comment and thank you everyone for looking at my blog postings. I hope you have found it interesting? </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Verdana, Arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Information about me and the international The Border Crossing Art Project I'm curating and exhibiting in, which is opening in Bangkok in February 2010, can be found at <a href="http://thebordercrossingartproject.blogspot.com/">http://thebordercrossingartproject.blogspot.com/</a>, or you can find me on Twitter as "Remarque Studio". </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Verdana, Arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">If you're interested in collaborating in a project, would like to exhibit my work in your gallery or would like me to lead a workshop please contact me via a link from the sites above. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Verdana, Arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Best wishes for your life and your creative endeavours whatever they may be. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Verdana, Arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Hei konā mai, Wendy </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Verdana, Arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Wendy Grace Allen </span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://wendygraceallen.posterous.com/day-28-30-secret">Wendy's posterous</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-91992771565679842912009-11-29T05:03:00.002+13:002009-11-29T05:07:33.332+13:00Day 27 - Rice Impression<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3448" src="http://www.30dayartist.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/P1170731_resized-300x225.jpg" height="225" alt="Detail added to bronze Gong Khao (Rice Box) " width="300" /><br />Detail added to bronze Gong Khao (Rice Box)</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3449" src="http://www.30dayartist.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/P1170732_resized-300x225.jpg" height="225" alt="Inside detail added to Gong Khao (Rice Box)" width="300" /><br />Inside detail added to Gong Khao (Rice Box)</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3454" src="http://www.30dayartist.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/P1170732_detail-300x200.jpg" height="200" alt="Detail of rice pattern" width="300" /><br />Detail of rice pattern</p> <p>I've found a way to "imprint" the rice onto the inside of the bronze rice box. If you look at the earlier post of this image on <a href="http://thebordercrossingartproject.blogspot.com/2009/11/day-10-bronze.html">"Day 10"</a>, it is smooth and shiny inside.</p> <p>Cheers<br />Wendy</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://wendygraceallen.posterous.com/day-27-rice-impression">Wendy's posterous</a> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-39836342057949872522009-11-29T04:57:00.001+13:002009-11-29T04:57:59.737+13:00Day 26 - Bronze Casting Process
<p> </p> <p><strong>Bronze Casting Process - This is how I make my bronze sculptures</strong></p> <ol> <li>A sculpture is made in clay or wax or some other media.</li> <li>If the sculpture is made in a medium other than wax, a mould of silicon or plaster (or a combination of the two) is made of the sculpture, then the sculpture is removed from the mould and wax is poured into the cavity.</li> <li>Any imperfections in the wax are touched up.</li> <li>A pouring vent and channels to allow the molten bronze to flow into the sculpture (called <em>runners</em>) are made of wax and attached to the wax sculpture. The pouring vent becomes the spout that the bronze is poured in through. Vents to let air escape from the mould (called <em>risers</em>) are also added to the wax.</li> <li>A ceramic mould is made of the wax. The ceramic mould has to be able to withstand having bronze poured into it at 1200 -1400 degrees celsius.</li> <li>The wax is melted out of the ceramic mould.</li> <li>Molten bronze is poured into the cavity of the ceramic mould.</li> <li>Once cool, the ceramic mould is cracked open to reveal the bronze.</li> <li>The runners and risers and the pouring vent are cut off.</li> <li>Grinders are used to remove and smooth excess metal.</li> <li>The sculpture is checked for imperfections such as small pin holes that may need filling in.</li> <li>A coloured patina (chemical colour) is painted on and fused onto the sculpture with heat.</li> <li>The finished bronze is signed with metal etching tools and polished.</li> </ol> <p>Here is a link to a video I took of sculptures and some of the bronze casting process at the Asia Fine Arts Foundry in Attuhaya, Thailand: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIx5VNh0-Zo">Bronze Casting in Attuhaya</a>.</p> <p>Cheers,<br />Wendy</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://wendygraceallen.posterous.com/day-26-bronze-casting-process">Wendy's posterous</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316057523985626909.post-62322746109317511492009-11-29T04:56:00.001+13:002009-11-29T04:56:24.374+13:00Day 25 - Myth
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3444" src="http://www.30dayartist.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/P1170137-resize-225x300.jpg" height="300" alt="Myth - Wendy Grace Allen" width="225" /><br />Myth - Wendy Grace Allen</p> <p>Here's a mixed media artwork that's almost complete. I have quite a few works in progress at the moment including the silicon moulds I'm making. Today, I was also working on a grant application for one of my exhibitions. Deadlines, deadlines... I also went to the printers to deliver and then pick up and for physiotherapy for my sore neck and back, which required three trips to the hospital (basically because the Dr and then the physio's weren't available and I had to return later). After all that, it's time for bed.</p> <p>Goodnight,<br />Wendy</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://wendygraceallen.posterous.com/day-25-myth">Wendy's posterous</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">"The earth's waters are both boundaries and pathways for peoples, objects and ideas". Fumio Nanjo</div>Curator-artist Wendy Grace Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00734118607676342425noreply@blogger.com0