With the 2014/15 summer and fire season upon us on the Western Plains of NSW, the urgency to get the video component of my Cementa work in the can was becoming greater by the day. As chance had it, I lucky with the weather a couple of weekends ago, finding the perfect day for a burn. …
Countdown to Cementa
Not that I'm counting, but I'm estimating it's about seven months until Cementa 15 kicks off in Kandos. I've had a work in development since a three-month residency at the Fire Station Arts Centre in Dubbo last year, but the work has stalled for most of this year due to not knowing where in Kandos …
#bringtolightproject through the eyes of children
As I start writing this post, the #bringtolightproject is still underway across Dubbo and Lithgow. It's 13 August and there are about seven hours to go before the power is cut to the last work. I've ducked home for a battery recharge before my final projection at the abandoned grain receival site 6km up the road from …
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#bringtolightproject puts spotlight on public places
One of the first collaborative projects to be instigated by the newly formed Regional Contemporary Art Network (RCAN) is the #bringtolightproject, a one-day pop-up showing of works in public spaces and places across Central West NSW on Wednesday, August 13. There are four artists involved including me - three of us in Dubbo and one …
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New network shaping contemporary art in the region
Over the past couple of months I've been in some fairly intense discussions with fellow artists across the region working out the framework for a new peer support network for contemporary artists in Central West NSW. Things are coming together now and proving to be very exciting. We've established a website and are in the …
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