Asialink Arts Residencies 2013 Newsletter

2012 Residency Highlights Stuart Cooke (NSW), Philippines (WRITING) Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Centre, De La Salle University, Manila Stuart Cooke completed a three month residency at the Bienvenido N. Santos Writing Centre, Manila. While in the Philippines, Stuart completed a book of poetry, a critical work, and began a new collection of poems about the ecology of the Pacific Rim. Stuart participated in a number of activities, including two lectures on poetry and poetics, a reading with Filipino poets, and served as a panelist at a week-long national young writers’ workshop.

Post-residency Stuart went on to publish a special edition of Cordite that features poetry by six contemporary Filipino Poets: http://cordite.org.au/chapbooks-features/the-centre-cannot-hold/ SUPPORTED BY ARTS NSW AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Christopher Cobilis (WA) Taiwan (WRITING) MOVE Theatre, Taipei Performing Arts Resident Christopher Cobilis undertook his residency at MOVE Theatre, Taipei. As resident composer Chris held workshops, rehearsals and developmental meetings with theatre personnel and local artists. A major outcome of the residency was the collaborative performance piece Force Quit, which was premiered at the Guling Avant-Garde Theatre,Taipei. Due to its positive popular and critical reception, MOVE Theatre are approaching venues around South East Asia to re-stage this work. While on residency, Chris conducted two talks; the first at the flagship store of Taiwan’s biggest chain bookstore Eslite, and the second at the National Taiwan University of Arts.

SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS, WA AND THE AUSTRALIA-CHINA COUNCIL

Ali Donnellan (QLD), Indonesia (WRITING) Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Ubud With a strong background in Community Cultural Development and International relations, Queensland Writing/Arts Management Resident Ali Donnellan assisted in the delivery of the 2012 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF), Indonesia. Ali worked with the Community Development Manager to deliver the Satellite Youth Outreach Program across Indonesia, produce the UWRF Workshop Program, and develop an in-schools program in Bali and Java. The workshops organized by Ali throughout her residency were well attended, attracting 830 participants. Her contributions to UWRF enabled the development of key partnerships and opportunities with arts and literature organisations and potential funding bodies, both in Indonesia and Australia.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS QUEENSLAND AND THE AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA INSTITUTE Christopher Cobilis, Force Quit performance, MOVE Theatre group, Taipei. Photo: Fredrick Liu

Front Cover: Jess Johnson, Total Rekall, 2012, Pen, feltips, magazine collage, fluorescent PVA glue on paper, 840 x 640mm. Courtesy of Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney; and Utopian Slumps, Melbourne.

Stuart Cook with IYAS panellists and fellows, Bacolod

Back Cover: Alex Cuffe, Bro Mas, Ican Harem wearing LED leather jacket

Alicia King (TAS), Japan (Visual Arts) Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo

Roger Nelson (VIC), Cambodia (Visual Arts) Meta House, Phnom Penh

Alex Cuffe (QLD), Indonesia (Arts MANAGEMENT) Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta

During her residency at Tokyo Wonder Site, Japan, Alicia King explored ideas of animism and bodily transformation in relation to technology and Japanese historical and pop culture. Alicia engaged with Tokyo’s bodymodification subcultures to locate Japanese artists and performers to create a new video piece Shifters. Alica also developed Animorphs, a new series of sculptural works based on bodily metamorphosis. Alicia participated in an Open Studio at Tokyo Wonder Site, and presented a seminar at Waseda University’s Hideo Iwasaki Art/Science Research Laboratory.

She will return to Tokyo in 2013 for a short residency, collaborating with OLTA - a Japanese artist collective, and Berlin based artist Andreas Greiner.

While in Phnom Penh, resident Roger Nelson curated an exhibition featuring Cambodian and international artists. He has since curated a major group exhibition of Australian and Cambodian artists, and is working on a retrospective of the late Cambodian artist Svay Ken. Roger’s critical writing on contemporary art in Cambodia has been widely published, with articles appearing in publications such as ArtAsiaPacific, Art Monthly Australia, The Phnom Penh Post, the ‘Asia Artnotes’ pages of Art Monthly Australia and Japan’s ArtIT blog.

Roger has received a grant from the Australia Council for the arts supporting research between Cambodia and the US, and will commence candidature for a PhD at the University of Melbourne researching contemporary art in Cambodia in 2013.

Alex Cuffe completed a HotWave residency at Cemeti Art House, a program that brings together Dutch, Indonesian and Australian artists. Over a three month period Alex developed new work, including video, sound, sculpture and installation. The artist worked with local musicians to present a forum on Contemporary Instrument Building, running talks and a full day workshop. He performed in the Micro Net Label festival with collaborator Ben Kolaitis (Creo Nova) and helped organise a performance for cult underground music group ZOO. At the end of his residency the artist presented new work at Cemeti Art House, and is currently collaborating on a book with the organisation. Alex will show his residency work at Melbourne gallery SEVENTH in 2013.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS TASMANIA AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS Below left to right:

SUPPORTED BY ARTS VICTORIA AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

SUPPORTED BY ARTS QUEENSLAND AND THE AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA INSTITUTE

Alicia King, Shifters, 2012 (video still) Roger Nelson installing artwork by Philippines-born and Australia-based artists Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan, for curated exhibition new artefacts held at SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh, in August 2012 Alex Cuffe, installation view at Cemeti House

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2013 ASIALINK ARTS NEWS EDITORIAL DEVELOPING AN ‘ASIA-CAPABLE’ CULTURAL SECTOR I am pleased to introduce the 2013 Asialink Arts Residents and highlight some of the residency achievements during 2012.

Over the last twenty two years, Asialink Arts residencies have provided hundreds of opportunities for Australian artists, producers, curators, arts managers, organisations and institutions to develop new work, as well as networks, skills and experiences of working in the region.

Given this contribution, Asialink Arts is pleased that both nationally and internationally, there is strong recognition of the importance of cultural links as a key pathway for developing and deepening Australia’s relationship with Asia.

Increasingly, in policy discussions about bestpractice international cultural policy, exchange, collaboration and partnership opportunities are identified as key strategies to building stronger, deeper and broader cultural links between nations. This responds to Asialink Arts’ experience that reciprocity and partnerships are the most effective means of developing mutual knowledge, understanding and respect within the Asian region.

Underpinning various initiatives to build stronger networks and relationships in Asia, there is now an even more urgent need to build Asia capabilities – and this applies as much to the cultural sector as any other sector of society and the economy. It is vitally important that we prepare the next generation of cultural leaders to have the knowledge and expertise to work confidently in the region.

Arts residencies are hands-on, immersive experiences that nurture strong people-topeople networks that are sustained long term through the development of ongoing projects and collaborations. Increasingly, arts organisations are developing their own residency initiatives and projects, very often stimulated by an Asialink residency or program. The multiplier impact of Asialink programs is crucial to the sustainability and depth of Australia’s cultural relationships in the region particularly as there has also been exponential growth in residency programs and infrastructure within Asia.

However, given the rapid growth in Asia and the fast pace of change, it is important that Asialink reviews its programs, innovates accordingly and

tests new models to remain at the forefront of policy and provision of creative opportunities for Australian artists and cultural leaders.

Technology, increased travel and communication options and shifts in the nature of art production and the art market have all provided challenges to the ‘traditional’ concept of the artist residency. In 2012 Asialink Arts launched its ‘residency laboratory’ to develop, explore and test some of these innovative models. In addition, the election of Asialink Arts Residency Manager, Eliza Roberts to the Board of Res Artis, the worldwide network of arts residencies will enable Asialink to make a contribution to innovation and contemporary thinking about arts residencies that will be reflected in the program in the future.

The residency program could not be delivered without the support of our many partners, in particular The Australia Council for the Arts, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and all State and Territory governments as well as the Malcolm Robertson Foundation. We are very grateful for their ongoing involvement in the program.

Lesley Alway, Director, Asialink Arts

Ninian Donald (SA), Cambodia (PERFORMING ARTS) Sunrise Children’s Villages, Phnom Penh and Siem Reap

Alex Ben-Mayor (NT), Timor-Leste (ARTS MANAGEMENT) Creative Activities Unit, Office of the President, Timor-Leste

Ninian Donald spent his residency in Cambodia with Sunrise Children’s Villages, a centre for orphaned and disadvantaged children of Phnom Penh. His time was spent collaborating

Alex Ben-Mayor worked with the Creative Activities Unit (CAU) of the Office of the President to review and implement arts and cultural presentation opportunities in Timor-Leste. Working across a range of projects, Alex provided support for a newlyformed theatre company, worked with artisans on Margie Medlin, rehearsals at the GEAR international School, Time Frames Project

Margie Medlin (NSW), India (PERFORMING ARTS) Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore Ninian Donald, Cambodia Sun Rising performance Photo: Tony Lewis

with traditional Khmer dance and music teachers, a DJ/Producer and a group of young performers from the Children’s Village. The group workshopped ideas, creating a fusion of traditional and contemporary dance and music.

The collaboration culminated in the performance Cambodian Sun Rising, which explored the history of Cambodia, its future, and the stories of its performers. The show was so well received that thirty of the children were taken to perform Cambodian Sun Rising in Adelaide’s OzAsia Festival, where it was performed to sold out audiences.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS SA AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

During her residency, Margie Medlin mentored choreographers participating in the FACETS Choreography Residency. The program offered 16 early career international choreographers a supportive environment in which to produce original dance works. Supported by mentors and collaborators, the residency emphasised the exchange of ideas, collaboration across styles, disciplines, nationalities, geographies and cultures, with the view to encourage new voices in dance. The resulting works received feedback from international critics, curators and festival directors in their final stages. The performances were premiered throughout January and February at the 2013 Attakkalari India Biennial of Dance and Digital Arts.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS NSW AND THE AUSTRALIAINDIA COUNCIL

Atauro Island to develop and showcase their work, and set up a community arts space in a disused hotel. With the support of the Tourism Ministry, this will function as a space in which local and international work can be developed and presented.

Alex produced Timor’s first professional theatre production, DOKU RAI, which was presented in Dili, and had its Australian premiere at the Darwin Festival 2012 and Arts House Melbourne. The production has received popular and critical acclaim, and in 2013 will be presented at the Adelaide and Brisbane Festivals and at Carriageworks, Sydney.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS NT AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS Above: Alex Ben-Mayor , Performance by TVLK (Televizaun Laran Kanek – Television of Broken Hearts); Arte Moris, Dili. Performers: Osme Gonsalves; Azitu Da Costa.

2013 Residency Program Introduction and Overview Congratulations to Asialink’s 2013 Arts Residents! As you can see from their profiles we have an extraordinary mix of artists, writers and arts managers from around the country, all at varying stages of their careers. We look forward to seeing how they progress this exciting opportunity into ongoing relationships and projects.

This application round saw Australian arts professionals apply through Asialink’s new online process using SmartyGrants. Staff, assessors and applicants applauded this online transition, and we welcomed 315 applications nation-wide.

Asialink’s new Residency Laboratory, which trials new modes of cultural engagement for the Asian Century was launched with a Roving Residency tested by Goa-based interdisciplinary artist Nikhil Chopra in late 2012. The artist ‘roved’ between Carriageworks in Sydney; Asialink, Melbourne; and the Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia. Each leg of Chopra’s journey resulted in different outcomes as he was introduced to new networks and diverse locations along the way.

Included in the Residency Laboratory for 2013 is a special one-month Intensive Residency at 3331 Arts Chiyoda; a converted elementary school come arts hub in central Tokyo. Recipient Bennett Miller, known for his live art presentation Dachshund UN, will explore the humanisation of pets in Japanese culture.

Michael Bullock will take part in the Spaced Reciprocal Residency, a partnership with IASKA that will see an Australian and Indian artist trade places for three months. Bullock will spend time at 1. Shanthiroad, Bangalore,

while Archana Hande will inhabit a regional community in Western Australia.

Stemming from their residency experiences, both artists will participate in the roving biennial exhibition Spaced: art out of place, due to open at the Museum of Western Australia in 2015.

In addition to this special exchange with India, Asialink continues our three reciprocal programs with Korea, Taiwan and Japan. For the first time Asialink will partner with the Victorian College of the Arts to host Japanese artist Ishu Han. Chinese-born Han will research Chinese migration to Melbourne and will reflect on questions of heritage and identity.

Australia-Japan relations will continue through residency involvement with the Setouchi Triennale in July, an initiative developed through participation at the Res Artis General Meeting in Tokyo late last year.

Increased involvement with Res Artis, the International Association of Residential Arts Centres, will ensure Asialink is at the forefront of a critical exchange of ideas and creative models that broaden the worldview of participants in arts residency programs.

Eliza Roberts, Arts Residencies Manager, Asialink Arts

Kosuke Ikeda, open studio at RMIT University

Nikhil Chopra, live performance installation, Fremantle Arts Centre. Costume: Loise Braganza Photo: Jackson Eaton

RECIPROCAL RESIDENCY HIGHLIGHT

RESIDENCY Laboratory HIGHLIGHT

Kosuke Ikeda (JAPAN), Australia RMIT International Artist In Residence Program, Melbourne

Nikhil Chopra (INDIA) Australia Asialink Roving Residency; Carriageworks (Sydney), Asialink (Melbourne), Fremantle Arts Centre (Western Australia)

Japanese visual artist Kosuke Ikeda completed his residency at RMIT, Melbourne. While in Melbourne, Kosuke continued his ongoing collaborative research project, which utilises a variety of technologies to investigate the relationship between energy, nature and ourselves. Working within a specific Australian context, the artist explored local climatic conditions and the relationship between energy and the natural environment within Melbourne and its surrounding areas. Kosuke gave a lecture, open studio and exhibition, finding local audiences receptive to the themes in his body of work. Currently in Japan, the artist is preparing work for exhibitions relating to the Japan Disaster.

SUPPORTED BY RMIT, ARTS TASMANIA AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Indian interdisciplinary artist Nikhil Chopra’s ‘Roving Residency’ unfolded across three Australian locations; Carriageworks, Sydney; Asialink, Melbourne; and Fremantle Arts Centre (FAC), Western Australia. The residency included performances, performance lectures, exhibitions and panel participation in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. The roving residency model enabled professional partnerships to develop between different hosts, while introducing Nikhil to different locations, arts communities and opportunities. Each leg was documented, and will result in a post-residency publication in 2013.

SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA INDIA INSTITUTE, THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS, WA AND THE AUSTRALIA-INDIA COUNCIL

ARTS Residencies

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Hong Kong Peter Alwast (NSW) Videotage, Hong Kong

Cambodia Pip Kelly (QLD) JavaArts, Phnom Penh Pip Kelly is a creative producer and documentary filmmaker living in Brisbane. She has worked on Australian documentary series and features including The Bipolar Bears (SBS); Jailbirds (ABC); Miss South Sudan Australia (ABC); travel programs for Lonely Planet TV; and her own short films - all of which focus on people and culture. Pip has produced community projects in Melbourne and Brisbane for youth and multicultural arts organisations and The State Library Queensland. Most recently Pip has directed and produced community co-created projects and screen content for the Queensland Museum. During her residency with JavaArts in Phnom Penh, Pip will collaborate with Cambodian artists and communities to facilitate local storytelling for the Our City Festival.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS QUEENSLAND

China Alan Carter (WA) Shanghai Writers’ Association, Shanghai

SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS, WA

Tim Darbyshire (VIC) Rhizome - Lijiang Art Center, Yunnan province Tim is a choreographer and performer. He creates sculptural and perceptually challenging experiences by working within collaborative frameworks specific to each project.

His projects examine tension between humorous and melancholic states and evoke surreal and fragile grey areas. His current performance works include More or Less Concrete and Stampede the Stampede. In China, at Rhizome Lijiang Art Center, he will research sensational extremes through phenomenon such as pain, spiritual connectivity, physical endurance and environmental turbulence. He will meet Chinese performance artists, train in traditional Kung fu forms, research turbulent events and develop new choreography.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS VICTORIA

Leanne Hall (VIC) Peking University, Beijing

Julieanne Campbell is an arts manager who has worked in Australia, the UK, US and Asia. Her career began as a journalist in Indonesia in the early 90s, but she soon specialised in communications and business strategy in the arts. Julieanne has worked on 3 Venice Biennales, the inaugural Media_City_Seoul, and was General Manager of Performance Space, Sydney for 10 years. In 2012 she joined Parramasala, an international contemporary arts festival that celebrates the global impact of South Asian arts and cultures.

At Teamwork, New Delhi Julieanne aims to develop a network of independent producers in South Asia to present work and facilitate artistic exchange.

Kyle Page & Amber Haines(SA) Kriti Gallery, Varanasi In 2005 Kyle began working with Gavin Webber at Dancenorth where he performed in Gravity Feed, Night Cafe, Remember Me and Underground. He has worked with the Japanese company Batik, and in 2007 performed Meryl Tankard’s Kaidan. Amber Haines graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2006. She began her professional career with Chunky Move, and has toured Gideon Obarzanek’s GLOW and Mortal Engine throughout Australia, Europe, UK, South and Central America. In 2009 Kyle and Amber joined Australian Dance Theatre, performing in G, Be Your Self, Worldhood and Proximity. At Kriti Gallery in India, Kyle and Amber will develop a dance work, informed by the work of renowned Indian Neuroscientist, V.S Ramachandran.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS SA

Paul Brown (NSW) Katyayani Theatre Group, New Delhi Paul writes plays and film scripts about scientific and environmental issues, often working in community contexts.

He was co-founder of Sydney’s Urban Theatre Projects, and co-author of Aftershocks, award-winning verbatim theatre about the Newcastle earthquake. Paul also teaches and publishes in environmental studies. He has developed collaborative projects in India and Thailand on waterways affected by climate change, conservation and human settlement, and the problems of cities and rapid modernization. In collaboration with Katyayani (director Sohaila Kapur), Paul will focus these themes through documentary drama about New Delhi.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS NSW & THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Leanne Hall is the author of two novels for young adults, the Text Prize-winning This Is Shyness and its sequel Queen of the Night. Leanne has had shorter work published in Meanjin, The Age, Best Australian Stories, Sleepers Almanac, Kill Your Darlings, and the anthology Growing Up Asian In Australia. Leanne will use her residency at Peking University to research and begin a young adult fantasy novel focusing on real and virtual migrations and connections between China and the Chinese diaspora in the West.

Chris Gallagher (TAS) Teamwork, New Delhi Currently the Director of the Tasmanian Writers’ Centre and the Tasmanian Writers’ Festival, Chris brings 30 years experience in arts management and documentary and drama film-making to her Asialink residency. Chris will work in India, joining Teamwork, a highly versatile company with roots in the performing arts, social action, and the corporate world. Teamwork manages a range of high profile international cultural festivals and Chris’s background in arts and program management will equip her as she joins them in presenting the 2014 Jaipur Literary Festival.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS TASMANIA & THE AUSTRALIA-INDIA COUNCIL

Reciprocal Residencies SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA & SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Pilar Mata Dupont (WA) Goyang Art Studio, The National Museum of CONTEMPORARY Art Affiliate, Seoul Pilar Mata Dupont is a multidisciplinary artist working mainly in photography and film. She has exhibited collaborative and solo work at galleries including the Centre Pompidou, Paris; The Akademie der Künste, Berlin; Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; the 17th Biennale of Sydney, and in festivals such as Art Basel, Miami; and the CineB Film Festival, Chile. In 2010 she won the Basil Sellers Art Prize with Tarryn Gill for their film Gymnasium. Her work engages with, or subverts tropes used in storytelling through the re-imagination of collected memories/histories and mythologies, and investigates the genre of magic realism as a device to explore the effects of colonialism, nationalism, and militarised societies. At the National Art Studio Pilar will explore collaborative opportunities with local artists.

DoKyoung Kim (South Korea) Artspace, Sydney Based in Seoul, South Korea, DoKyoung Kim has been studying sculpture and fine art since 1998. She has a BFA from Chonnam National University and MFAs from both Seoul National University and the Slade School of Fine Art, London. In 2006 DoKyoung debuted her first solo exhibition, “I’m Working” at the Duru art space of Seoul. In 2011 and 2012 she was honoured by the Korean Government (Arts Council Korea) as an up and coming artist. Through her current body of work, DoKyoung continues to demonstrate to her audience that the exterior appearance of everyday objects can be visualised differently based on the perspective of which they are viewed.

Kieren Sanderson is a creative producer of projects, people and ideas and has worked as an artistic director, media artist, writer, visual artist, arts worker, curator and photographer. Kieren is inspired by site, public space, language, identity and new ways to view, access, create and share contemporary arts. In 2012 Kieren worked on the delivery of Oz Fest, Australia’s Cultural Festival in India to gain international experience delivering large-scale cross-cultural programs. Kieren wants to investigate the transcontinental pilgrimages of the Asia Pacific through stories, ideas and songs and how this has shaped our contemporary identities and relations. During her time with HONF, Kieren will explore open-community methodology and develop a collaboration that builds dialogue across cultures and communities.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS NT & THE AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA INSTITUTE

Tony Yap (VIC) Agung Gunawan, In the Arts Island Festival and Javanese Dancework, Java

India Julieanne Campbell (NSW) Teamwork, New Delhi

TOKYO, JAPAN & MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA Jess Johnson (VIC) Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo Jess Johnson was born in New Zealand and currently lives in Melbourne. Jess’s drawing and installation practice is inspired by the speculative themes of science fiction, mythological cosmology and comic books. Her artwork has been exhibited at public art institutions including The National Gallery of Victoria, The Ian Potter Museum and Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Artspace, New Zealand and Tate Modern, United Kingdom.

While in Japan, Jess will explore manga techniques and work with local artist groups to create new hybrid channels in her work.

ISHU HAN (JAPAN) VICTORIAN COLLAGE OF THE ARTS, MELBOURNE Born in Shanghai, China, Ishu Han now lives and works in Tokyo, Japan. A visual artist, Han creates video works that use his own body and migration history to explore the notion of ‘identity’ in contemporary art. At the Victorian Collage of the Arts in Melbourne, Han will explore Australia’s immigration history, focusing on Chinese immigration following the discovery of gold in Victoria in the 1850s.

Through this research the artist will explore how people of different nationalities, races, ethnicities and cultures have coexisted in Australia, and in particular how independent identities have been retained.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS VICTORIA & THE AUSTRALIA-JAPAN FOUNDATION

Pakistan

Kieren Sanderson (NT) House of Natural Fiber, Yogyakarta

SUPPORTED BY ARTS NSW & THE AUSTRALIA-CHINA COUNCIL

SUPPORTED BY ARTS NSW & THE AUSTRALIA-INDIA COUNCIL

Alan Carter’s debut crime novel Prime Cut won the prestigious Ned Kelly Crimewriting Award in 2011 for Best First Fiction and was shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger award in 2010. Alan is also an established director of TV documentaries including the groundbreaking SBS series Winds of Change, developed in partnership with film-makers from a number of Asian countries. During his residency at the Shanghai Writers’ Association, Alan will research and draft his third crime fiction novel set partly in and around Shanghai. Alan will engage with local writers and readers to further develop his craft.

SUPPORTED BY THE MALCOLM ROBERTSON FOUNDATION

Peter Alwast completed his undergraduate studies at QUT in Brisbane and in 2001 received a Master of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design in New York. Since that time he has exhibited in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia. Peter’s practice employs a range of media including video, computer graphics, painting and drawing. His video works and drawings fold together different layers of representation, interchanging between real and virtual constructions of space. During his residency Peter will be researching and creating a series of new video works responding directly to the high density urban environment of Hong Kong.

Indonesia

Tony’s background is in the visual arts, physical theatre and dance. He is committed to the creation of an individual dance theatre language informed by three interconnecting forms: psychophysical; Asian shamanistic trance; and butoh. Tony will return to Indonesia to deepen his understanding of these traditional forms. He will undertake masterclasses with R.Ay Sri Kadarjati Ywandjana to incorporate philosophical ideas into his own dance practice. He will facilitate workshops to investigate the bridging of existing traditional/contemporary dichotomies; and psychophysical ‘raw’ trance practices in East Java.

SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA INSTITUTE & ARTS VICTORIA

Samia Khatun (NSW) Lahore University of Management SCIENCES, Lahore Born in Bangladesh, Samia Khatun is a writer, film-maker and historian based in Sydney. Working as a television presenter she has completed documentaries about race relations broadcast on ABC and SBS. Since 2009 she has been researching the long history of connections between South Asia and the Australian region and is currently working on a book to be published in 2014. Samia will be undertaking a writing residency in the city of Lahore to explore the milieu of Pakistani English language literature that has recently attracted international acclaim. During her time at the History Department of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Samia will build relationships of exchange and collaboration with writers in Pakistan.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS NSW

Singapore Vikki Woods (VIC) The Arts House, Singapore Vikki Woods is the Events Coordinator at The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne. Vikki has an extensive background in the arts, having worked in music management, both in Australia and the UK, and having overseen the musical careers of a range of artists including Dan Kelly and Blur. She has worked for many years in event management, running high profile programs and events.

During her residency at The Arts House in Singapore, Vikki will share her knowledge and skills by taking on an artist liaison and logistics role for the 2013 Singapore Writers Festival, and a project management role for 10 year anniversary celebrations of The Arts House, planned for 2014. In exchange, Vikki will gain valuable experience from the international arts community.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS VICTORIA

Japan Rebecca Giggs (NSW) The Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, Okinawa Rebecca Giggs is an essayist and story writer, whose first nonfiction book is forthcoming through Scribe Publications.

Her work has appeared in literary and cultural journals, and in anthologies, both in Australia and overseas. She currently lectures in eco-criticism at New York University, Sydney, and previously sat on the Board of Fremantle Press in Western Australia. Rebecca’s residency project focuses on comparative environmentalism and animals—subjects she will explore in dialogue with her host organisation, the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment in Japan.

SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA-JAPAN FOUNDATION

Malaysia Julie Ryder (ACT) Rimbun Dahan, Kuang Julie Ryder is a textile designer and artist who has gained international recognition for her work. Originally specialising in science, Julie re-trained as a textile designer in 1989, and completed a MA of Arts (Visual Arts) degree at ANU in 2004.

She has a strong interest in natural dyeing, hand-printing and sustainable practices. She has taught in tertiary institutions and community organisations for over 20 years, and exhibits her work regularly both nationally and overseas. At Rimbun Dahan Julie will research and work with Malaysian plants alongside traditional textile and fibre techniques to build up an artistic profile of her time in Malaysia.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS ACT

Caitlin Mackenzie & Gabriel Comerford (QLD) Rimbun Dahan, Kuang Caitlin is a dance practitioner, working in performance, installation and choreography and is the co-founder of MakeShift Dance Collective. She has choreographed for QL2 Dance and Queensland University of Technology. Gabriel is an independent dance performer, choreographer and teacher. He has worked with a range of companies and artists including Dancenorth (Townsville), Compagnie M.A.D.O (New Caledonia), Tami Dance (Brisbane-Tel Aviv), and Lisa Wilson (Brisbane).

Gabriel is a founding member of Brisbane’s MakeShift Dance Collective. As a Malaysian-Australian, Gabriel will begin exploring his Malaysian heritage through the residency at Rimbun Dahan. With his partner Caitlin MacKenzie, they will explore Malaysian culture and the concept of identity collision.

In collaboration with a local artist, they will create an interdisciplinary performance.

Dave Brown (SA) Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, Singapore Dave has been Artistic Director of Patch Theatre Company for 17 years, specialising in creating distinctive professional theatre for 4-8 year old children that tours nationally and internationally. Dave’s Asialink residency will take him to Singapore, where he will be hosted by the Esplanade for 6 weeks to develop relationships and an understanding of culture and the arts in preparation for a collaborative children’s theatre project that he hopes will be presented in Asia and Australia in 2015. He looks forward to learning about the lives of families and children and their engagement with theatre and the arts in Singapore.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS SA

Talei Howell-Price (WA) Wild Rice, Singapore Talei Howell-Price works in arts marketing and management and is herself an independent producer and actor. Currently she is Director of Stages WA, a playwrights’ support organisation. She has worked at the Department of Culture and the Arts, WA; State Theatre of WA; Strut dance; Screenwest; Film and Television Institute; Perth International Arts Festival; and Barking Gecko Theatre. Her residency with Wild Rice Theatre will enable her to deepen her understanding of the theatre sector in Singapore, and allow her to instigate and establish artistic connections and cross-fertilisation between Australian and Singaporean independent theatre artists, theatre companies, and presenting partners with the aim of creating works to tour Australasia.

SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS, WA

Brian Lucas & Brett Collery (QLD) Odyssey Dance Theatre, Singapore Brian Lucas is a Brisbane performer, choreographer, director, teacher and writer. Trained in both dance and theatre, he has a national reputation for creating and performing provocative, powerful and intelligent works that bridge the divide between the two artforms. Brett Collery is a composer/ sound designer working in theatre, film, performance, dance and multimedia events. He has worked extensively with major theatre companies and independent artists nationally and internationally including more than 25 productions with Queensland Theatre Company. Since 1999 Brian and Brett have worked collaboratively. At Odyssey Dance Theatre (ODT), Singapore the pair will commence a 3 year collaboration with ODT based on creative development, presentation and touring.

SUPPORTED BY ARTS QUEENSLAND

SUPPORTED BY ARTS QUEENSLAND & THE AUSTRALIA-MALAYSIA INSTITUTE

TAIPEI, TAIWAN & FREMANTLE, AUSTRALIA Cath Brophy (NSW) AIR Taipei, Taipei Cath Brophy’s drawing installations explore the experience of constructed space evoked by our everyday interaction with architecture - referencing its scale and formal elements, while creating a complex, disrupted illusion of space.

Brisbane-born, Cath studied in London and Sydney and has exhibited in solo and group shows in both England and Australia. During her residency at Taipei Artists Village, Cath intends to delve into the complex history of Taiwan, encapsulated in both the traditional Chinese and colonial influences on the architecture of the island. She plans to create a body of work based on the structural components of this blend of building styles and the unique overlay of ornamental elements, indicative of the diverse influences on Taiwanese culture.

PEIJU LIEN (TAIWAN) FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE, FREMANTLE Based in Taipei, Peiju Lien is a contemporary instrumental Chinese pipa musician.

A composer, producer and performer, she has worked across many genres including traditional Chinese music, Chinese opera, world and pop music. During her residency at Fremantle Arts Centre, Peiju will not only perform and share her knowledge of classical pipa music, but will also develop new pieces through collaborations with local musicians. These new works will exist as a dialogue in cultural exchange.

SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA-CHINA COUNCIL AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS, WA

RESIDENCY Laboratory Spaced Reciprocal Residency

Intensive Residency

Michael Bullock (VIC) India 1.Shanthiroad, Bangalore

Bennett Miller (WA) Japan 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo

Michael Bullock is a Melbourne based artist working mostly in sculpture and painting. He has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions, symposiums and workshops in Australia and Asia. The Spaced Reciprocal Residency at 1.Shanthiroad, Bangalore will continue his current artistic research on the material and trade of sandalwood, of both Australian and Indian varieties.

These woods are highly valued for their perfume and used for the manufacture of incense in Hindu and Buddhist ceremony. Bangalore and its surrounding cities are at the centre of the Indian Sandalwood industry. He intends to explore this industry as a creative entry to India, exploring both the fragile ecology of the tree and its associated artisanal industries in a global market place.

Bennett Miller works across sculpture, installation, video and performance. His practice reflects the relationship between humans and animals as an allegory of human society and culture. A continuing interest of his work is the incorporation of live animals into his artistic process and, in some cases, the finished work.

Since 2010 Miller has presented Dachshund UN in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth (AUS), and Birmingham (UK). In 2013 this work will travel to Canada.

During his residency, Miller will explore Japan’s unique cultural relationships with animals and in particular the humanisation of pets. He will work with pets as photographic subjects, and as participants in a live performance outside 3331 Arts Chiyoda.

SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS, WA

Archana Hande (INDIA) IASKA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA Banglaore based artist Archana Hande has exhibited extensively in India and Internationally, including To Let the World In: Narrative and Beyond in Contemporary Indian Art curated by Dr. Chaitanya Sambrani from ANU. In 2011 Archana’s work was curated into Shadow Lines, the 2011 Yogyakarta Biennale, and in 2004 The Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. She has conducted international residencies in Switzerland, Mumai and the UK. She has extensive experience in community projects, and through the Spaced Reciprocal Residency she plans to research oral story-telling and colonial history in the context of an Indigenous /regional community in WA. SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA-INDIA COUNCIL, THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND IASKA

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