AUSTRALIAN ARTS PROFESSIONALS TO ASIA ASIALINK’S FIRST EVER RESIDENTS TO TURKEY & MYANMAR CAITLIN FRANZMANN (QLD) TORNA GALLERY, ISTANBUL Caitlin Franzmann’s work is centred around observations of urban environments and the complexity of human experience. She creates architectural interventions and participatory installations to encourage slowness, curiosity and social interaction. At torna gallery, an artist led space in Kadikoy – the Asian side of Istanbul, Caitlin researched Arduino technology and alternative presentation methods. Caitlin collaborated with local practitioners in developing work for a solo exhibition at torna, and worked with a local printmaker on an accompanying publication. This exhibition was later presented at Metro Arts in Brisbane and selected works shown in Primavera 14 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. In 2015 Caitlin hopes to collaborate with torna gallery owner Merve Kaptan on a public soundscape project for the Year of Australia in Turkey Festival. SUPPORTED BY ARTS QUEENSLAND
MICHELLE AUNG-THIN (VIC) NEW ZERO ART SPACE, MYANMAR
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Michelle Aung-Thin’s first novel, The Monsoon Bride, was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards as an unpublished manuscript and won a Readings Foundation/Wheeler Centre Fellowship. Michelle was born in Burma, emigrated to Canada as a young child, and now lives in Melbourne. At New Zero Art Space Michelle worked on her second book about Myanmar, combining historical and travel writing with personal essay form. She gave a series of public workshops and seminars and connected Australian and Burmese artists for future exchange opportunities. SUPPORTED BY CREATIVE VICTORIA
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RESIDENCY LABORATORY KERJASAMA: INDIGENOUS AND REGIONAL RESIDENCIES BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND INDONESIA Kerjasama (Collaborate) was a pilot Indigenous-focused reciprocal residency, designed to increase understanding of Indigenous artistic traditions and communities in regional Australia and Indonesia. The residency placed an Indonesian artist with Artback NT: Arts Development and Touring, Alice Springs and an Australian Indigenous artist at Cemeti Art House, Indonesia. Indigenous artist Reko Rennie and Indonesian artist Akiq AW were the first recipients of this opportunity. This was the first international residency for both artists.
REKO RENNIE (VIC) CEMETI ART HOUSE, YOGYAKARTA Reko Rennie is an interdisciplinary artist who explores his Aboriginal identity through contemporary media. Reko’s art incorporates his association to the Kamilaroi people, using traditional geometric patterning that represents his community. At Cemeti Art House Reko collaborated with local artists and community on a new body of work exhibited in Warriors Come Out to Play. The video, sculpture and textile works incorporated Rennie’s distinctive symbols and colour palette that relate his Aboriginal heritage and upbringing in Melbourne’s inner west.
AKIQ AW (YOGYAKARTA) ARTBACK NT: ARTS DEVELOPMENT AND TOURING, ALICE SPRINGS Indonesian artist Akiq AW works across photography, video and installation. His practice focuses on how humans face everyday life by way of the technologies and inventions they have created. Akiq spent three months at Artback NT, where he explored the concept of private and public borders, culminating in the collaborative exhibition Borders at artist-run gallery Watch This SPACE, Alice Springs. As a result of his residency Akiq was invited to return to Australia to exhibit Borders v 2.0 at Chan Contemporary Art Space, Darwin, and was asked to speak at the international forum Trading Ideas: Creative Investment between the Northern Territory and Asia-Pacific. SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PROGRAM, AN INITIATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, AND ARTS NT
2015 ASIALINK ARTS NEWS EDITORIAL
KNOWLEDGE AND NETWORKS
EXPLORING CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT IN A DIGITAL AGE I am pleased to introduce the 2015 Asialink Arts Residents and congratulate them on their selection in a highly competitive process. My theme for the 2015 newsletter is recognising the important role that digital technologies can play in enhancing and sharing the residency experience. In order to participate in the current exponential growth and development occurring in Asia, Australia needs to demonstrate innovation and facility with digital technology. Likewise it is important to recognise the increasingly active and participatory role of the audience and public in cultural engagement, particularly through digital technologies. Some of the most profound and enduring outcomes of arts residencies are the relationships and networks generated through the extensive people to people contacts and interactions that occur through both formal and structured introductions. The many serendipitous opportunities that occur through an intensive period of cultural immersion are an important aspect of this. Asialink Arts research has shown that a very high proportion of these networks and relationships are maintained for many years post-residency and indeed often lead to new opportunities. Maintaining these relationships and networks is easier in the new digital age, particularly with the increased use of social media to document and share experiences. We are also keen to explore new models for creative content that might only exist in digital format. This might take the form of ‘virtual’ residencies between Asian and Australian partners, or collaborative projects between multinational residencies. We are excited that Asialink Arts has been awarded an Australia Council ‘Geek-in-Residence’ to assist us with our digital strategy and projects during 2015. In 2014 the Asialink arts residency program continued to explore new models and opportunities for cultural exchange through its ‘Laboratory’ program. As part of our focus on Indonesia, we piloted a new reciprocal residency between an Indigenous Australian and an Indonesian artist. This residency partnership will be further developed in 2015. It is increasingly important to build sustainable relationships in the region through ongoing partnerships, rather than one-off projects. The residency program is made possible through the ongoing support of many partners. In particular, I would like to thank 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. Their commitment to and recognition of the importance of cultural exchange with Asia through residencies is highly valued and appreciated. Lesley Alway, Director Asialink Arts
ONE DAY ASIA-CAPABILITY ORIENTATION
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RES ARTIS REGIONAL MEETING, LITHUANIA
Asialink has always connected Asialink Residency Alumni with new residents in sharing residency and Asia-specific expertise. This process was formalised in 2014 with Asialink’s first One Day Asia-Capability Orientation. The event formally welcomed new residents to the program and provided them with detailed training and information to prepare them for their Arts Residencies in Asia. New residents connected with Asialink Residency Alumni, who spoke about their experiences and provided invaluable information and first-hand stories to the new generation of arts leaders. The Orientation included information sessions, guest speakers, and breakout discussions.
Sponsored by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), Asialink Arts hosted a conference focusing on cultural mobility between Australia, Asia and Europe in May 2014. In partnership with Res Artis and On the Move, Asialink held meetings around the concepts of mapping, assessment, access and reciprocity. Fifty key cultural mobility funders and stakeholders from the three regions attended the meetings, resulting in the formation of the Asia-Australia-Europe Creative Residency Network. The program took place within the context of Next Wave biennial contemporary arts festival and IETM Asian Satellite Meeting.
International arts residencies association Res Artis held a regional meeting in Lithuania 2014, titled Escape and Engagement: Residencies as Hosts, Producers and Presenters from 2 – 5 October. The conference was attended by over 100 participants from 30 different countries. The meeting included keynotes, panel presentations, workshops and activities around the notion of residencies as an escape from daily life and the relevance of that in today’s fast-paced world. As Vice-President of Res Artis, Asialink’s Arts Residencies Manager, Eliza Roberts, provided the opening speech and gave several presentations and workshops around the theme of the conference.
The 2015 One Day Asia-Capability Orientation will be held in Sydney, hosted by Arts NSW.
Front Cover: Phillip Adams BalletLab, AVIARY, MONA FOMA Festival Hobart, 2012. Photo: Jeff Busby Back cover: Karla Dickens, The King and the Pirates 2012, collage on canvas, 90 x 120cm
Above: Arlene de Souza (aka TextaQueen), Sub-cultural charms (self portrait) 2012, fibre-tipped marker, coloured pencil and acrylic paint pen on Stonehenge cotton paper, 96.5 x 127cm Kevin Platt, Scripture/Cable Management 2014, neon and cabling
2015 RESIDENCY PROGRAM INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Congratulations to all 2015 Asialink Arts Residents on being selected from 313 applications nation-wide. We look forward to helping you realise the many outcomes, networks and new work that will stem from this opportunity. 2015 will see two residencies included in the Year of Australia in Turkey Festival. NT Arts Manager Angela O’Donnell will take up a residency with IKSV Istanbul Theatre Festival, while visual artist Brook Andrew and performing artist Phillip Adams (VIC) will collaborate with Artistic Director of the Modern Dance Project Group Istanbul and State Opera Ballet, Beyhan Murphy. Three new Asialink Host Partners will welcome arts residents this year. Architecturally designed by Ai Weiwei and established by internationally renowned photographers RongRong and inri, Three Shadows Centre for Photography in Beijing will host writer and filmmaker Nicholas Verso (VIC). Annabelle Collett
(SA) will source local found objects at New Space Arts Foundation in Vietnam to develop new sculptural works, while Common Room Networks Foundation in Bandung will work with Dan Mackinlay (WA) on new musical hybrids that fuse modern and traditional forms. Building on Asialink Arts’ involvement in the Setouchi Triennale 2013, we will again partner with Japan’s Art Front Gallery on a residency project as part of the Echigo-Tsumari Triennale 2015. Four members of performing arts group Snuff Puppets (VIC) will undertake a month-long residency at Australia House in Niigata prefecture, where they will work with the local community to develop a new performance piece that will be programmed into the Triennale. For the first time Asialink will partner with SymbioticA at the University of Western Australia and metaPhorest at Waseda University in Japan to trial a residency model that explores the relationship between art and science. Japanese artist Shiho Fukuhara will have
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access to state of the art scientific technologies and will participate in the Society of Literature, Science and the Arts conference hosted by SymbioticA in October.
Knowledge and Networks
2014 Residency Highlights
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Past Asialink Arts Resident Kate Ben-Tovim (Indonesia 2009) speaking at the inaugural One Day AsiaCapability Orientation, Melbourne 2014
Dr Michelle Aung-Thin
Participants of the inaugural meeting of the Asia-Australia-Europe Creative Residency Network, Melbourne 2014. Left to Right: Eliza Roberts - Asialink Arts Residencies Manager, Vice-President of Res-Artis, Mario A. Caro - President of Res-Artis, Warisa Somsuphangsri - Asialink Arts Residencies Assistant, Valentina Riccardi - Project Manager, Asia-Europe Foundation
Reko Rennie, Hahan painting Jono for shoot of Warriors Come Out to Play, Yogyakarta 2014
Caitlin Franzmann, Screenprinting with Zeynep in her studio, Istanbul 2014 Akiq AW, Borders, Watch This SPACE, Alice Springs 2014
Res Artis Regional Meeting, Escape and Engagement: Residencies as Hosts, Producers and Presenters, hosted by Nida Art Colony of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, 2 – 5 October 2014.
We look forward to welcoming all 2015 Asialink Arts Residents to the program at our One Day Asia- Capability Orientation to be held in Sydney at the offices of Arts NSW. This provides a great platform for new residents to connect with Asialink Arts Residency Alumni, to hear first-hand about their experiences and the ongoing impact that international residencies can have on an artist’s career and the communities involved. The outcomes of Asialink’s Arts Residency Program are both immediate and ongoing, and we are constantly impressed by what a relatively small amount of seed funding and a well-supported opportunity can achieve. Eliza Roberts, Arts Residencies Manager, Asialink
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AUSTRALIAN ARTS PROFESSIONALS TO ASIA CAMBODIA
MALAYSIA
SUE BROADWAY (VIC) EPIC ARTS, KAMPOT
OMAR MUSA (NSW) HOTEL PENAGA, GEORGE TOWN AND RIMBUN DAHAN, KUANG
Sue Broadway is a director, choreographer and teacher of circus and physical theatre. She is currently Artistic Director of Melbourne’s Westside Circus and Creative Consultant for the Moon Lantern Festival in Adelaide. Previous work has included choreography of Airborne for the Australian Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, and aerial direction for Kingdom of Dreams in New Delhi in 2012. Her residency in Cambodia will be with Epic Arts, a performance centre for artists with mixed abilities. While there she will mentor emerging artists and work with professional troupe, Epic Encounters, on a new work for touring in 2015. SUPPORTED BY CREATIVE VICTORIA
CHINA ADAM NARNST (QLD) SHANGHAI WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION, SHANGHAI Adam Narnst is a writer, teacher, performer and former cage fighter. He has been published nationally and internationally in The Griffith Review, Wet Ink and Antique Children and Best Australian Stories 2014. He has taught at schools and universities in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Shanghai and has performed and spoken on panels at the Ubud and Brisbane Writers Festivals and Steve Bisley’s An Afternoon of Stories. He has been heavily involved with writing groups in Queensland for almost a decade. His first novel is currently under consideration with Allen & Unwin. At Shanghai Writers’ Association Adam will complete his second novel and work with local writers on a series of workshops and readings.
SUPPORTED BY ARTS NSW
SUZANNE HOWARD (QLD) CHERRYCAKE STUDIOS, GEORGE TOWN Suzanne Howard is an interdisciplinary artist who explores the construction of identity and cross cultural discourse through performance, sculptural intervention and video. Since 2008, she has concentrated on a collaborative practice – producing, scripting, directing and editing large scale video works for well-known Australia artists such as Vernon Ah Kee, Richard Bell and David M Thomas, which have screened widely in Australia and overseas, including at the 2009 Venice Biennale and the 2013 Moscow Biennale. Suzanne is a partner in the electronic music collaboration Weekend Immendorf with artist David M Thomas. At Cherrycake Studios Suzanne will develop new large-scale video installations exploring place, architecture and cultural traditions. SUPPORTED BY ARTS QUEENSLAND
PHILIPPINES
CRISTINA TRIDENTE (SA) CHINA COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE, QINGDAO CHAMBER, QINGDAO
AUDREY LAM (QLD) GREEN PAPAYA ART PROJECTS, MANILA
SUPPORTED BY ARTS SA
NICHOLAS VERSO (VIC) THREE SHADOWS PHOTOGRAPHY ART CENTRE, BEIJING Nicholas Verso is a writer, filmmaker, director and editor who has worked in film and television. His short film The Last Time I Saw Richard won several awards, including Best Short Film at the 2014 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards. Nicholas explores dark themes in his work in the hope of uncovering something beautiful lurking within the shadows and bringing it to light. At Three Shadows Photography Art Centre Nicholas will develop, write and storyboard a new fantasy feature film script. He will also research robotics in creating design prototypes for the film. SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA-CHINA COUNCIL
INDIA ARLENE DE SOUZA (AKA TEXTAQUEEN) (NSW) KRITI GALLERY & RESIDENCY, VARANASI TextaQueen uses the humble and unforgiving felt-tip pen, aka ‘texta’, on paper to explore complex politics of gender, sexuality, race and identity, in tangent with ideas of self-image and inter-personal relationships. Represented by Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney, she has exhibited nationally and internationally and her work is held in collections around Australia. TextaQueen’s residency with Kriti Gallery will mark her first visit to India in 17 years. While there she will explore her heritage and develop a new self-portrait series set in hybrid Australian-Indian landscapes. SUPPORTED BY ARTS NSW
KATE BLACKMORE (NSW) KRITI GALLERY & RESIDENCY, VARANASI Kate Blackmore is a Sydney based artist who works across video, installation and performance. Her practice is informed by feminist methodologies and often explores themes of violence, power and control. Collaboration is a central element in her work, which has been influenced by her position within video and performance collective Brown Council. Kate’s solo and collaborative projects have been exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions including Artspace (Sydney), Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney), Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane), National Museum of Contemporary Art (Seoul), New Museum (Beijing), and National Gallery of Indonesia (Jakarta). At Kriti Gallery Kate will collaborate on a multi-channel video work with members of female activist group, the Gulabi Gang. SUPPORTED BY ARTS NSW
INDONESIA DAN MACKINLAY (WA) COMMON ROOM NETWORKS FOUNDATION, BANDUNG Dan MacKinlay is a musician specialising in the integration of modern and traditional musical forms into new hybrids. Trained traditionally in piano, mathematics and machine learning, Dan integrates these skills into a collaborative practice centred on building automatic electronic systems to interact with traditional instrument players in live performance. He has a record of working with musicians from diverse backgrounds in Europe, Australia and South East Asia, and will return to Indonesia in 2015 to work with Common Room Networks Foundation on their own unique fusion of modern and traditional forms. SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS, WA
SALLY SMART (VIC) BLACK GOAT STUDIOS & ENTANG WIHARSO, YOGYAKARTA Sally Smart has exhibited widely nationally and internationally and is represented in galleries and collections throughout Australia and internationally. She is currently an Honorary Senior Fellow at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Sally will undertake a residency with renowned Indonesian artist Entang Wiharso at his Black Goat Studios in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, culminating in a joint exhibition at the National Museum of Jakarta in 2015. SUPPORTED BY CREATIVE VICTORIA
JAPAN DYLAN SHERIDAN & LAURA HINDMARSH (TAS) KYOTO ART CENTRE, KYOTO Dylan Sheridan is a composer and sound artist whose works have been performed in concert halls, festivals, art galleries and living rooms in Australia, the USA and Europe. Laura Hindmarsh is a visual artist who uses processes and systems of layering as an ongoing inquiry into the nature of perception and representation. Dylan and Laura combine their varied backgrounds to create immersive installations that challenge traditional viewing conventions. At Kyoto Art Centre they will explore the Jo Ha Kyu structuring and aesthetics of lighting in Noh theatre and early Japanese cinema, whilst exploring similarities between the gothic tradition in Japan and Tasmania. SUPPORTED BY ARTS TASMANIA
KOREA SIMON ABRAHAMS (VIC) HI SEOUL FESTIVAL, SEOUL Simon Abrahams is a strategic arts and cultural leader, dynamic programmer and experienced producer whose work has been recognised nationally and internationally. He is a freelance arts consultant and performer, Chair of Theatre Network Victoria and was recently Head of Programming/Creative Producer at The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas. In 2010, Simon was named amongst Arts Hub’s Top Ten Australian Arts Leaders. He is currently developing a research project on children’s theatre for the Australia Council. Simon will work with seasonal cultural festival Hi Seoul Festival to create their outdoors children’s artistic program. SUPPORTED BY CREATIVE VICTORIA
2015
Omar Musa is a Malaysian-Australian rapper and poet from Queanbeyan. He is the former winner of the Australian Poetry Slam and the Indian Ocean Poetry Slam. Omar has released three hip hop albums and two poetry books. His work frequently explores his Malaysian-Australian cultural heritage. His first novel, Here Come the Dogs, was published by Penguin Australia in August 2014. Omar will split his residency between Hotel Penaga and Rimbun Dahan to work on his new novel, which combines Malay myths and ghost stories with hard-edged observations of politics, gender, history and religion.
SUPPORTED BY THE MALCOLM ROBERTSON FOUNDATION
Cristina Tridente is director of fashion label couture+love+madness and coordinator of Adelaide Fashion Festival. She has won a number of competitions in Australia and was the first Australian designer invited to show her collection in Qingdao. Four years of travelling to China to source textiles has resulted in a strong desire to learn more of the Asian aesthetic and to collaborate with designers from China. Hosted by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Cristina will collaborate with a local designer to explore Australian and Chinese creative processes and aesthetics.
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Audrey Lam works in film, photography and installation. Her work often builds on shared experiences, re-chronicling curious and playful everyday moments to reflect on the nuances of place and belonging. Audrey graduated from the Queensland College of Art with a BA in Screen Production in 2001 and a Master of Visual Art in photography in 2009. Her work has screened at major film festivals that highlight art cinema, including London, Rotterdam and Oberhausen. She has participated in various festivals, including Next Wave, Otherfilm and Yebisu Festival (Tokyo). At Green Papaya Audrey will develop new work and collaborate with Green Papaya’s interdisciplinary art community. SUPPORTED BY ARTS QUEENSLAND
DAVID FINNIGAN (ACT) SIPAT LAWIN ENSEMBLE, MANILA David Finnigan is a writer, theatre-maker and festival producer with an extensive history of working in the Philippines, including as writer in residence with Tanghalang Pilipino, the key government-funded theatre company, in 2006. David has undertaken residencies at the University College London Environment Institute, the Battersea Arts Centre in London and Campos de Gutierrez in Medellin, Colombia. In 2012 he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to research the intersection of climate science and the performing arts. He founded and co-directed the Crack Theatre Festival in Newcastle (2009-10), and the You Are Here festival in Canberra (2011-13). In Manila David will collaborate with site-specific theatre company Sipat Lawin Ensemble on a new work to be performed at Fesitval B:om in Seoul in 2016. SUPPORTED BY ARTS ACT
THAILAND GILES RYDER (QLD) NE’-NA CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE, CHIANG MAI
RECIPROCAL RESIDENCIES KOREA - NSW
SINGAPORE - MELBOURNE
TAIPEI - FREMANTLE
Now in its fifth year, Asialink will again facilitate a reciprocal residency between Goyang Art Studio, National Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art, Korea and Artspace, Sydney. The selected artists will undertake a simultaneous 10 week exchange in each other’s country, followed by two weeks together at Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives (BigCi) in the Blue Mountains, NSW.
In 2014 Asialink facilitated a new reciprocal residency between The Art Incubator, Singapore, and the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), Melbourne. This partnership continues in 2015, with arts professionals from Singapore and Melbourne undertaking a three month exchange.
2015 will mark Asialink’s fifth year of facilitating a reciprocal residency between the Dept. of AIR, Taipei Culture Foundation in Taiwan and an Australian host organisation – this year the Fremantle Arts Centre. The selected Australian and Taiwanese artists will undertake the exchange at different times, enabling them to meet in-country and share knowledge, networks and experiences.
KEVIN PLATT (NSW) GOYANG ART STUDIO, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART, KOREA Kevin Platt’s artistic practice is built on conceptual grounding and studio-based experimentation that often manifests as non-traditional sculpture and installation, with elements of video and photography. Some consistent themes in his practice include desire and longing, speculative invention, and the presence and importance of ritual in modern society. Kevin has shown nationally and abroad and held a Firstdraft residency in 2012, and in 2013 undertook a residency at The Sydney Guild. At Goyang Art Studio Kevin will investigate the ways in which value systems have been modified by rapid socio-economic changes. Korean artist yet to be selected SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA-KOREA FOUNDATION
Giles Ryder has exhibited extensively, nationally and internationally. His works have subtle perceptual shifts, often presenting minimal works with maximum energy. He developed Light Space Projects in 2012, which focuses on experimental exhibitions and educational programs in Thailand. In 2008 Giles received the Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship to undertake an MFA in Berlin, and was an Asia Pacific Artists Fellow at The National Art Studio, Korea in 2011. At Ne’-Na Contemporary Art Space Giles will develop light installations – interactive social environments relating to his research into daily life and superstitions in Thailand. SUPPORTED BY ARTS QUEENSLAND
TIMOR LESTE ANGE LEECH & GIOVANNI LORUSSO (WA) ARTE MORIS, DILI
DANNY LACY (VIC) THE ART INCUBATOR, SINGAPORE Danny Lacy is a curator, writer and current Director of West Space in Melbourne. He holds an MA in Visual Culture from Monash University, and was Curator at Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) from 2010-2012. Since 2002 he has had an active independent curatorial practice, organising over 30 exhibitions across a wide range of artist-run and contemporary art spaces. Recent projects include The Museum is the Region, the Region is the Museum (2014), Nick Selenitsch: Play at SAM (2014) and Raafat Ishak & Tom Nicholson: Proposition for a banner march and a black cube hot air balloon (2012). At The Art Incubator Danny will research emerging contemporary Singaporean artists and current trends in artistic practice for future curatorial projects.
LOO ZIHAN (SINGAPORE) VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, MELBOURNE Loo Zihan is a performance and movingimage artist and educator based in Singapore. Zihan holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Nanyang Technological University and a Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Zihan’s moving-image works have screened at various international film festivals. His co-directorial feature Solos was selected for competition in the American Film Institute Festival (Los Angeles) and Deauville Asian Film Festival (France) and was awarded the Nuovo Sguardi Award at the 23rd Turin GLBT Film Festival (Italy). In Melbourne Zihan will connect with the local Lindy Hop swing dance community, and collaborate with VCA students on a new relational installation performance piece. SUPPORTED BY CREATIVE VICTORIA
Visual artist Ange Leech’s work stems from a dedicated study of human forms and expressions in creating performative objects such as puppets and masks. Giovanni Lorusso is a cinematographer and filmmaker who utilises his background in theoretic art, philosophy and photography to explore and experiment with different areas of visual representation. His work has been screened around Europe, South America, Australia and Asia. At Arte Moris in Dili, Ange and Giovanni will collaborate with the arts centre on a series of stop-motion film workshops. This will result in a new work to be presented at Arte Moris Festival 2015.
SALLY RICHARDSON (WA) DEPT. OF AIR, TAIPEI CULTURE FOUNDATION, TAIPEI Sally Richardson is an award winning writer, director, choreographer, producer and arts consultant. Productions of her work have been produced nationally and internationally. Sally is a past recipient of an Australia Council for the Arts Dramaturgy Fellowship (2006) and a Creative Arts Fellowship (DCA, WA 2008). She was a member of the Theatre Board of the Australia Council for the Arts (2001-2005) and is currently a peer advisor for DCA, WA, the Australia Council for the Arts and the Helpmann Awards (Theatre). She is Artistic Director of Steamworks Arts, works for Yirra Yaakin Aboriginal Theatre Company and has been a core artist with Performing Lines WA since 2008. In Taipei, Sally will develop her practice through engaging with local artists and learning about Taiwanese performing art forms.
HSU YENTING (TAIWAN) FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE, FREMANTLE Hsu Yenting investigates the connection between sound, life, environment and ethno-culture. She has a Master of Arts Management from the Taipei National University of the Arts, presented at TEDx WenLuoTing in 2013 and undertook a residency with the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris in 2014. She adopts materials from field recordings to create audio documentaries, soundscapes, and sound design for dance. In Fremantle Yenting will continue to work on her Sound Novel project, in which she explores sound as narration and the cultural effects on the perception of sound. SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS, WA AND THE AUSTRALIA-CHINA COUNCIL
SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS, WA
LINA ANDONOVSKA (VIC) MANY HANDS INTERNATIONAL, LOSPALOS Born in Macedonia and arriving in Australia as a refugee from the Yugoslav crisis in 1990, Lina Andonovska is now considered one of Australia’s most exciting flautists, leading a diverse career as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and orchestral player. Lina has been awarded the prestigious Freedman Fellowship, played with Australia’s major orchestras including the Australian Chamber Orchestra, has worked with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and held a Fellowship with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, performing and recording under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy. At not-for-profit organisation Many Hands International Lina will collaborate with local composer Simeo Baretto. The resulting work will be the first classical music composition to include Timorese instruments in the Western classical style. SUPPORTED BY CREATIVE VICTORIA
TURKEY ANGELA O’DONNELL (NT) IKSV ISTANBUL THEATRE FESTIVAL, ISTANBUL Previously the Performing Arts Touring Manager for Artback NT: Arts Development and Touring, Angela O’Donnell’s background spans education, community cultural development, project management and multimedia. With experience working and living in remote Aboriginal communities and alongside diverse groups within Australia, Angela has a demonstrated commitment to cross-cultural understanding. Angela currently sits on a number of national performing arts committees and in 2014 she undertook a Churchill Fellowship focused on sustainability for isolated artists. She was recently appointed Senior Arts Broker at Arts NT. Angela will work with ISKV Istanbul Theatre Festival in producing Australian projects for the Year of Australia in Turkey Festival 2015. SUPPORTED BY ARTS NT
PHILLIP ADAMS & BROOK ANDREW (VIC) MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM STATE OPERA AND BALLET, ISTANBUL Acclaimed artist Brook Andrew and Artistic Director of BalletLab Phillip Adams are celebrated nationally and internationally for their individual practices of visual art and contemporary dance performance, respectively. Both artists are renowned for their experiential aesthetic that questions the imagination, memory and history. Through this residency Brook and Phillip will collaborate with Beyhan Murphy, Artistic Director of the Modern Dance Project Group Istanbul and State Opera Ballet. This exciting collaboration, SMUDGE, will challenge art forms and the process of art-making, and will be included in the Year of Australia in Turkey Festival 2015. SUPPORTED BY CREATIVE VICTORIA
VIETNAM ANNABELLE COLLETT (SA) NEW SPACE ARTS FOUNDATION, HUE CITY Annabelle Collett has worked as a professional artist, designer and craftsperson for over 30 years, in a constant exploration that has engaged her in a variety of disciplines, applications and collaborations. Annabelle makes sculptural elements using primarily fabric, as well as plastics, mosaic, metal, fibres and found objects. She explores the abstract coverings of both the body and the environment we live in, conveying them as resonators of social history, gender attitude and personal commentary. While at New Space Arts Foundation Annabelle will explore site-specific items in developing sculptural works that explore attitude, sexuality and identity. SUPPORTED BY ARTS SA
RESIDENCY LABORATORY KERJASAMA: RECIPROCAL REGIONAL REVITALISATION RESIDENCY BETWEEN IN JAPAN: AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA AND INDONESIA HOUSE, ECHIGO-TSUMARI ART TRIENNALE, JAPAN 2015 ARTBACK NT: ARTS DEVELOPMENT AND TOURING, ALICE SPRINGS
CEMETI ART HOUSE, YOGYAKARTA Asialink will again partner with Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta and Artback NT: Arts Development and Touring, Alice Springs through Kerjasama (Collaborate). This residency is a crucial platform for Asialink to increase awareness of the Arts Residency Program to Indigenous applicants, and a means of supporting reciprocal residencies for Indonesian artists to Australia who have no governmental support. The program was also developed in response to the significant interest expressed by Asian artists to experience the Australian desert and increase their understanding of Indigenous and regional communities. The selected Indigenous and Indonesian artists will undertake a 6 week residency in Alice Springs and will spend a further 6 weeks in Yogyakarta later in the year.
KARLA DICKENS (NSW) Karla Dickens is a Wiradjuri woman. Her works are in the collections of museums, regional galleries, and private collections, nationally and internationally. Karla’s work is informed by personal experience, gender politics and sexual preference, motherhood, a deep spiritualism and the difficulty of being an outsider in a culture as it reinvents itself and strives to survive. Karla’s totem, the eagle, and Indonesia’s cultural symbol, the Garuda, will be the starting point for her work during the residency at Cemeti Art House and Artback NT.
DONI MAULISTYA (YOGYAKARTA) Doni Maulistya started his artistic journey as a photography-based artist and now works across art form. He has worked with Papermoon Puppet Theatre and Migrating Troop Theatre in Yogyakarta, and has undertaken residencies and exhibited in Indonesia and Singapore. He is interested in history, tradition, and dialectic dimensions between the old and the new. At Cemeti Art House and Artback NT, Doni will explore the relationship between visual and performing arts by connecting with local artists. SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PROGRAM, AN INITIATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, AND ARTS NT.
Building on Asialink’s participation in Fukutake House Asia Art Platform, Setouchi Triennale 2013, Asialink will again partner with Art Front Gallery to launch this pilot arts residency program as part of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale (ETAT) 2015. ETAT uses art as a tool to draw attention to the declining economy and ageing population of the mountainous Niigata prefecture. The selected Australian performing arts group will undertake a residency at Australia House, and will have the exciting opportunity to conduct a performance during the Triennale.
SNUFF PUPPETS (VIC) ANDY FREER STEPHANE HISLER SIMEON MORAN NICK WILSON AUSTRALIA HOUSE, NIIGATA PREFECTURE, JAPAN Snuff Puppets is Australia’s leading giant puppet experimental theatre company. Founded in 1992, their work transcends language barriers, connects with diverse audiences, and engineers puppet audience collisions that leave all parties breathless. Snuff Puppets combine elements of puppetry, live music, visual and physical theatre to create art that is accessible and challenging, visually spectacular and politically incisive. Cultural and artistic explorers, Snuff Puppets have spent most of the last two decades touring outdoor largescale productions, Cultural Community Development Programs and their unique giant puppet street acts nationally and internationally throughout Asia, Europe and South America. At Australia House Snuff Puppets will run an intensive collaborative workshop with the local community, developing a performative work to be presented as part of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale. SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA-JAPAN FOUNDATION AND THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY, TOKYO
SYMBIOTICA: THE SCIENCE OF ARTS RESIDENCIES Based at the University of Western Australia, SymbioticA is the world leader for art and biology research, scholarship and collaborative work. Through this new laboratory residency model, SymbioticA welcomes approaches to artistic research in the life sciences by a Japanese practitioner whose cultural framework may reveal new perspectives about how we understand life. The selected artist will undertake a three month residency at SymbioticA, with the opportunity to participate in the Society of Literature, Science and the Arts conference in October. In presenting this residency, SymbioticA and Asialink will partner with metaPhorest, a platform for experimentation, research and production in the realm of ‘life’ themed art and aesthetics based at the Centre for Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Waseda University, Japan.
SHIHO FUKUHARA (JAPAN) SYMBIOTICA: THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Growing up in Japan, Shiho Fukuhara’s main interest was in the linguistic aspects of cultural difference, which she researched while studying and living in Europe for nearly a decade. She has exhibited in Asia, Europe and the US and has been Visiting Researcher at the Hideo Iwasaki Lab for Molecular Cell Network & Biomedia Art, Waseda University since 2011. At SymbioticA Shiho will continue to develop concepts investigating the intersections of art, science and life, including a project to create genetic material for Japanese virtual character and idol, Miku Hatsune. SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS, WA