china focus Lesley Alway, Diector, Asialink Arts
the challenge of the asian century 2011 marks a pivotal moment in the 21st Century, which is now widely referred to as the “Asian Century” due to the significant shift in economics and influence from the West to the East. This is exciting and challenging for Australia as these changes provide opportunities to participate and benefit from the dynamic growth in Asia. It requires that we review the rationales and mechanisms for our cultural engagement to ensure that we participate proactively. It is important that our cultural engagement is not solely ‘export’ focused but responds to the demands from the region for real exchange through collaborations, reciprocity and partnerships. Bilateral relationships are crucial, but increasingly multilateral partnerships within Asia as well as with other countries active in Asia are emerging as fruitful possibilities for engagement. Asialink will be exploring some of these ‘Track 3’ concepts through new projects in the region. I am delighted to introduce the 2011 artists in residence detailed overleaf and to give an overview of key projects delivered over the past 12 months and those planned for the future. Finally, I wish to acknowledge the pioneering achievements of my predecessor, Alison Carroll AM who developed and grew Asialink Arts over the past 20 years. I am pleased to have the opportunity to work with an extraordinary team at Asialink Arts to develop a new era of cultural engagement with Asia.
STRANGE FLOWERS: AUSTRALIA-CHINA ENCOUNTERS IN WRITING AND ART The Asialink Writing Program, in association with Wakefield Press has just published a new book called Strange Flowers: Australia-China encounters in writing and art, that tells the personal stories of 9 writers and artists working between Australia and China. The book offers diverse perspectives on the two cultures, taking us into cities and towns of modern China, into the Australian studios and homes of creative people, and shedding light on the daily acts of translation needed to bridge two languages and cultures. Strange Flowers features new work by Ouyang Yu, Benjamin Law, Alice Pung, James Stuart, Melody Wills, Ivor Indyk, Li Yao, Zhao Chuan and Michael Yuen. Visit our website for details about where to buy the book, or enquire at your local bookshop. Strange Flowers is funded by the Australia-China Council.
Zhao Chuan Ivor Indyk B e n j a m i n L aw Alice Pung Ja m e s S t u a r t M e l o d y Wi l l i s L i Ya o O u ya n g Yu M i c h a e l Yu e n
趙川 艾佛・英迪克 羅旭能 方佳佳 詹姆斯・斯圖亞特 美羅蒂・威利斯 李堯 歐陽昱 邁克爾・袁
STRANGE FLOWERS Australia-China encounters in writing and art
澳大利亞和中國在藝術寫作 中的交匯融合
increasing cultural engagement The demand from artists, writers, directors, curators and arts managers to work with China is increasing and Asialink is researching new opportunities to support this engagement. In early March 2011 Asialink hosted a delegation from the Sichuan Museum, Chengdu including Director Mr Sheng Jian Wu, Department Secretary Ms Zuo Yu, Vice-Researcher in Conservation Mr Zhang Zi Jiang and Vice-Head of Exhibitions Mr Ren Zhuo. Delegates visited museums and galleries in Melbourne and Sydney including the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Museum and the Art Gallery of New South Wales to explore potential partnerships, staff exchanges and exhibition tours. The trip to Melbourne originated from
Above: Book cover detail, Strange Flowers, Wakefield Press 2011. Below: Artists at Catherine Croll’s Hard Sleeper opening, Beijing.
a delegation to China in 2010 hosted by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and led by inaugural Asialink Chairman, Carrillo Gantner AO. The delegation visited Shanghai, Chengdu and Beijing to explore exchange opportunities for Performing Arts and Festival tours. A highlight was a performance of the Monkey King by the Sichuan Opera Company at Chengdu.
lesley alway Director Asialink Arts
china residencies China is increasingly popular with Asialink residents and we will send 11 residents to China, Hong Kong and Taiwan in 2011. Asialink Arts is also supporting a new residency space in Beijing developed by 24HR Art in Darwin for regional Australian artists, to be launched in early May in Beijing. 2010 resident Catherine Croll has returned from her residency at Redgate Gallery following the highly successful Hard Sleeper project which culminated in an exhibition, opened by then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in October 2010. This exhibition also returned to Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney in February 2011.
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SELECTIVELY REVEALED Experimenta and Asialink have partnered to develop Selectively Revealed, an exhibition that investigates the blurred line between public and private within artistic practice. The artist is presented as voyeur, muse, subject, performer and social commentator and ultimately everything is presented for scrutiny. Selectively Revealed will open in Seoul in late October 2011 at the Aram Art Gallery. FACE TO FACE: PORTRAITURE IN A DIGITAL AGE explores the way digital technologies have reshaped our understanding of contemporary identity. Curated by Kathy Cleland, the exhibition has toured Bangkok, Singapore and Manila, and will be launched at the prestigious Seoul Art Museum on 25 April 2011. Below: Emil Goh, Emilgoh/Emil Goh 2006, from the series MyCy digital print, 110 x 110 cm, Face to Face exhibition
WRITING DELEGATION TO KOREA In May 2011
UTOPIA IN DELHI Prior to the opening of the 2010
the Asialink Writing Program will tour Korea with 3 Australian poets to present readings, lectures and workshops and collaborate with Korean writers in Seoul. Barry Hill, Ivy Alvarez and Terry Jaensch, along with Cordite Poetry Review Editor and poet David Prater and writer, artist and Writing Program Manager Nic Low will undertake a 2 week residency at the Yeonhui Writers Village in Seoul. The delegation will launch a new bilingual issue of Cordite featuring new work from Australian and Korean poets. The project, funded by the Australia International Cultural Council, the Australia Council for the Arts and the Korea Literature Translation Institute also includes a return visit by Korean poets to Australia in September. This is part of Asialink Arts’ renewed focus on reciprocal exchange.
Commonwealth Games members of the Utopia Steering Committee travelled to Delhi to undertake research. Mr Tan Boon Hui (Director, Singapore Art Museum), Mr Yusaku Imamura (Director, Tokyo Wonder Site & representing Tokyo Metropolitan Government) and Natalie King (Director, Utopia) met with public institutions, private foundations, non-profit sector, commercial galleries, art fair and residency programs. A coveted meeting with Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was arranged to discuss Utopia and the role of Delhi. In January 2011, committee members continued discussions at the Singapore Art Museum and devised working meetings in Melbourne, Singapore and Tokyo coinciding with prominent events. Regional partnerships will be expanded for these meetings with public outcomes including panel discussions and workshops for emerging curators.
Below: Natalie King and Lesley Alway, National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi; and, members of the India Art Summit delegation: Vikki McInnes (Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA), Bala Starr (Ian Potter Museum of Art), Christine Clark (National Portrait Gallery) and Natalie King.
NEW HORIZONS: INDIA 2012 AND BEYOND In January Asialink staff representing Visual Arts, Writing, Performing Arts and Arts Management, and other representatives from the Australian arts sector, visited India to coincide with the India Art Summit 2011 in Delhi, the Jaipur Literature Festival, BRM Theatre Festival Delhi, and Attakalari Dance Festival in Bangalore. Key objectives of the delegation were; familiarisation with the contemporary art scene in India, building networks, identification of potential partnerships and future collaborative projects, and cementing relationships with Australian officials in India including the High Commission and Austrade. The visit was kindly funded by Arts Victoria and the Australia-India Institute. To foster collaborative engagement, Asialink held a visual arts workshop at Lalit Kala Akademi attended by Neha Kirpal, Director of India Art Summit, Deeksha Nath, independent curator and Raqs Media Collective, to discuss joint projects and common themes. A roundtable debriefing session for imagining joint projects was also held at the Australian High Commission in Delhi. 2010 visual arts resident Sangeeta Sandrasegar, and 2011 resident Kush Badhwar joined Asialink at this roundtable session.
2010 residency outcomes
Arts Management Julie Clark (NSW) organised an event for the Ubud Readers and Writers Festival. Catherine Croll (NSW) invited 6 Australian artists on a delegation to provincial Chinese cities and Beijing. Catherine also curated the exhibition Hard Sleeper at Red Gate Gallery. Kerry Digby (NSW) developed new music programs for the new LIG Art Hall in Busan that will open in April 2011, and identified opportunities for cross- cultural collaborations between Korean and Australian artists. Mark Feary (VIC) curated South by Southeast: Australasian video art for the Yebisu Video Art Festival in Tokyo. Jane Fuller (SA) implemented a program of performances for the City Festival in Hong Kong. Benjamin Hampe (QLD) was intern at the Beijing Film Academy and initiated a residency program. Rebecca Holborn (VIC) worked at Shanghart Gallery, China on the exhibition of prominent artist Xu Zhe. Ellen Kent (ACT) worked with the National Portrait Gallery, setting up a program for children and the arts in Yogyakarta and Bandung. She collaborated with performance co-operative Tlatah Bocah, and established the Teman Gambar initiative for families and schools in Australia and Indonesia during the Mt. Merapi eruption. Jade Lillie (QLD) implemented programs and advised Makhampom Theatre in Thailand on social enterprise initiatives. Agnes Michelet (WA) set up a network between Strut Dance and the Australian dance scene, as well as Indonesian and European partners in Jakarta.Catriona Mitchell (VIC) was the central point of contact for the Jaipur and Hay Literature Festivals in India while she developed a program of Indian literature for Australian festivals. Adelaide Wood (TAS) worked in programming at the Esplanade Theatres by the Bay, Singapore.
Performing Arts Robbie Avenaim (VIC) was resident with Balloon and
Needle, South Korea where he made recordings, gave workshops and performances. Jacob Boehme (VIC) directed and toured a puppet show to schools in Delhi, and researched the possibilities for indigenous dance exchange. Rod Cooper (VIC) made instruments and gave performances in Yogyakarta, Bandung and Solo, collaborating with local star Wukir Suryadi. Sally Golding (QLD) conducted research, gave workshops in film editing and preserving, as well as live performances in Bangalore. Lisa Griffiths & Adam Synnott (NSW) co-choreographed and performed in the latest premiere of Dance Forum Taipei. Gillian Howell (VIC) taught workshops and gave performances to local communities in Timor Leste. Daniel Jaber (SA) created
Above, left to right: Arts Management resident Agnes Michelet with Teater Pandol at Salihara, Jakarta; Performing Arts Resident Sally Golding with students at Shristi School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore; Visiting Taiwanese artist Jia-Jen Lin, performing Entre, PICA; Writing resident Kalinda Ashton teaching Pour en Sourire d’Enfant (PSE) students, Cambodia.
2 choreographic pieces with local dancers at Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia. Sally Sussman (NSW) developed a collaborative performance around the theme of asylum with Teater Kita Makassar, Indonesia. Sean TaylorLeech (QLD) produced sound for the latest show by Instant Café House of Art and Ideas, Kuala Lumpur. Peter Wilson (VIC) made an epic performance with the legendary dalang I Made Sidia in Bali.
Visual Arts Hiroharu Mori (Japan) completed a residency at Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA). Hiroharu exhibited 2 works, Workshop for Questions and PA Weapon in a solo exhibition that focused on concepts of acting and speech. Jia-Jen Lin (Taiwan) undertook a reciprocal residency at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), where she developed a 20-minute performance piece called Entre that occurred in 3 separate spaces. Jeong-Hoo Lee (Korea) became the first Korean artist to undertake a residency at Artspace, Sydney. She exhibited during an open studio at Artspace In October. cobra (Japan) took on a residency at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne where he decided that his dream was to open up a new artist-run exhibition and residency space in Tokyo in 2011. Mark Siebert (SA) fulfilled his residency at Beijing Studio Centre where he exhibited in the Songzhuang Art Festival. Mark will be exhibiting at the Space Station Gallery housed in the 798 Art District in April 2011. Sangeeta Sandrasegar (VIC) undertook a residency at 1 Shanthi Road in Bangalore, where she seeked to examine the site of India in relation to her self and her practice. Tim Woodward (QLD) formed part of Cemeti Art House’s new Hot Wave program. Woodward completed his residency with an exhibition at The Yogyakarta National Museum and a public presentation at his host organisation. Bic Tieu (NSW) spent her residency at Kitamura Koubou in Wajima to learn from lacquer master Kitamura Tatsuo. Bic acquired a technical understanding of 2 very specific techniques, botan karakusa and togidashi makie. The first mentioned is a technique that is almost obsolete. Will French (NSW) explored Japanese subculture and fashion at Tokyo Wonder Site. Will was included in a group exhibiiton based around the themes of Luxurious Time and Space and
Image: Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad Untitled (Tokyo), 2009 from the series Orderly Conduct type-c print, 100 x 70 cm
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the geographical location of Asakusa. Locust Jones (NSW) completed a series of 10 large-scale text-based ink drawings at Changdong Art Studio, Seoul. A work from this series was shown in the exhibition SubText: Art for Literacy at Carriageworks, Sydney. Anthony Pelchen (VIC) took on a residency at Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia resulting in a series of charcoal drawings and a separate installation for the Melaka Art & Performance Festival (MAP10). Anthony also co-curated the new visual arts component of MAP. Simon Cooper (NT) Spent his residency in Taiwan creating garments and photographs that responded to the country’s unique relationship to clothing.
touring exhibition program 2011 Asialink is currently touring 3 exhibitions including the screen-based Face to Face: portraiture in a digital age; the design exhibition Abandoned Boudoir and the artist-run exchange project Invisible Structures (formerly referred to as Structural Integrity). Marisia Lukaszewski of aestheticalliance* curated The Abandoned Boudoir, a pop-up exhibition of Australian craft and design objects planned to coincide with International design fairs. Using the hotel room as an intimate exhibition space, the curator changes the display and conducts visitor tours on a daily basis. The exhibition was launched alongside the 2010 Bangkok Design Festival in November. Stemming from the success of Structural Integrity included in the Next Wave Festival 2010, Invisible Structures: Australian artist collectives in Tokyo, Singapore and Yogyakarta connects 3 Australian artist collectives with arts centres in 3 Asian countries where they will collaborate on organic and developmental projects. Y3K Gallery from Melbourne collaborated with Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo where they produced live sound performances, social sculptures and publications. Boxcopy from Brisbane teamed up with Singapore’s Post Museum and
Left, top: Channon Goodwin of Boxcopy, outdoor installation at Singapore’s Post Museum as part of Invisible Structures exhibition; below: Bindi Cole Ajay 2009 (detail) (from the series Sistagirls 2010) Courtesy the artist and Nellie Castan Gallery.
established a free deliveries service, The Knowledge as a means of exploring the city and its’ people. Six_a Inc. will head to House of Natural Fibre (HONF), Yogyakarta in May to explore their mutual interest in lo-fi technology. Independent curators Natalie King and Djon Mundine oam will present Shadow Life: contemporary Aboriginal photo-media in partnership with the Bendigo Art Gallery where it will be exhibited in 2013 after completing its Asian circuit. Shadow Life includes 9 leading artists who engage with socio-political issues of Aboriginality and the shadow cast by the experiences of different communities rendered invisible by the vagrancies of dispossession. For updates and more information on the touring exhibition program visit http://www.asialink. unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions
POSTAGE PAID AUSTRALIA Sidney Myer Asia Centre The University of Melbourne Victoria 3010 Australia Telephone 613 8344 4800 Facsimile 613 9347 1768 www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au
Writing Alan Fewster (ACT) travelled to Sri Lanka to research
and write a book on the ‘Bracegirdle Affair’, exploring the 1936 deportation of a young Australian tea-planter for communist agitation, and the international furore that resulted. Allyson Hose (VIC) undertook a writing residency in Phnom Penh where she organised literary events, assisted with establishing a Cambodia PEN group, and worked on short stories, a children’s story, and her first novel, all of which are set in Cambodia. Benjamin Law (QLD) researched queer Chinese youth in Beijing, which will inform the China section of a larger book of creative non-fiction called Gaysia. Brionhy Doyle (VIC) travelled to Hiroshima where she met and talked with survivors of the 1946 nuclear attacks. The stories of these hibakusha, along with archival research, atomic fiction and film have informed her ongoing work on a collection of poetry that aims to splice the cinematic image with a poetics of ‘The End’. Jennifer Mills (NT) used her Beijing-based residency to write a number of short stories and poems around issues of development and progress situated at the intersection of expat/foreigner and Chinese culture. Kalinda Ashton (VIC) conducted workshops for young writers, writing numerous short stories, and conducting in-depth research for nonfiction pieces in Cambodia. Meg McKinlay (WA) spent her residency at Aichi Shukutoku University, Japan, where she researched and wrote the first draft of a novel centreing on Japanese/Australian cross-cultural negotiations against the backdrop of the Second World War. Shane Strange (ACT) worked with The Gioi Publishers in Hanoi, editing a manuscript on the political philosophy of Ho Chi Minh, and conducting research towards short fiction that explores historical and contemporary attitudes to Ho Chi Minh.
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Asialink arts Residencies 2012 VISUAL ARTS PERFORMING ARTS writing ARTS MANAGEMENT Asialink Arts is supported by the Australia Council, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, and through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian State and Territory Governments, and the Australian Government through the Australian Visual Arts Touring Program of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. • Support is also provided by Arts Victoria, Arts NSW, Arts Queensland, artsACT, Arts NT, WA Department of Culture and the Arts, Arts SA and Arts Tasmania. • Additional support is provided by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the Public Diplomacy Branch, Australia-China Council, Australia-Indonesia Institute, AustraliaIndia Council, Australia-India Institute, AustraliaJapan Foundation, Australia-Thailand Institute, Australia-Malaysia Institute, as well as the Malcolm Robertson Foundation.
The closing date for all 2012 Residency applications is monday 1 august 2011 Updated application information will be available from June 2011 Enquiries can be directed to arts@asialink.unimelb.edu.au For further information, email updates or to download application forms visit the website www.asialink.edu.au/our_work/arts
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ARTS MANAGEMENT
VISUAL ARTS KUSH BADHWAR & BAHBAK HASHEMI-NEZHAD (NSW) INDIA Kush Badhwar specialises in photography and the moving image and his work investigates cultural production and reproduction. Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad has a background in product design and an interest in the role of the designer in rapidly changing urban environments. At Sarai, a program of the Centre of the Study of Developing Societies in India, Kush and Bahbak will consolidate their shared interest in the areas of cultural identity and public space through a long-standing friendship that will result in creative exchange with Delhi. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL for the arts AND THE AUSTRALIA-INDIA COUNCIL)
ELLA BARCLAY (NSW) TAIWAN Ella Barclay is concerned with the impulsive and intuitive behaviours brought about by new technologies. She is a board member at runway magazine and has recently exhibited throughout regional New South Wales. At Treasure Hill Artist Village Ella will explore the city’s complex Asian, European and Polynesian cultural and political past. She will produce a site-specific installation with projection, water tanks and fog, and will use the city of Taipei as her muse. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL for the arts)
GUY BENFIELD (VIC) KOREA Guy Benfield is no stranger to arts residencies having successfully undertaken residencies in Portugal, Lithuania, China and New York. His work spans the performing arts and installation genres, and recent exhibitions include Erratic Anthropologies in New York and Axis Bold As Love in France. At Changdong Art Studio in Seoul Guy will develop a project incorporating sculpture, performance and video. He aims to facilitate new ideas by experimenting with different modes of presentation, workshops, and performance-based lectures. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL for the arts)
LUCAS CHIRNSIDE & BIANCA LOONEY (VIC) JAPAN Collaborative duo, Bianca Looney and Lucas Chirnside (aka SMLWRLD) engage with research-intensive art and design projects ranging from small handcrafted objects to large-scale architectural works in the urban realm. Recent projects include Polytopia, exhibited at the Design Museum London in 2010, and a range of commissions for local and international clients. At host organisation 3331 Arts CYD, SMLWRLD will research patterns of urban life in Tokyo within the framework of their ongoing mapping project Geophil. In collaboration with their host organisation, Looney and Chirnside aim to support a new model of arts engagement beyond the existing gallery and museum system. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL for the arts AND THE AUSTRALIA-JAPAN FOUNDATION)
SARAH GOFFMAN (NSW) JAPAN Sarah Goffman specialises in site-specific projects and installations using mixed media. She is the former CoDirector of Elastic Projects, founded in 2000 as well as firstdraft gallery, Melbourne. Sarah recently completed a residency in Tokyo where she collaborated with a group of Japanese dancers called SML. During her residency at Tokyo Wonder Site, Sarah will further her conceptual body of work that focuses on opposing subject matter including garbage and beautification. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL for the arts AND THE AUSTRALIA JAPAN-FOUNDATION)
TINA GONSALVES (QLD) CHINA Tina Gonsalves boasts a PhD from the Creativity and Cognition Studios, the University of Sydney. She has been awarded numerous residencies in Canada, Prague, Bangkok, Thailand, Japan, London, Finland, Germany and the United States. Tina’s practice merges art, technology and science and responds to the emotional signatures of the body including pulse, sweat, voice and emotional expressions. At Platform China, Beijing Tina will observe and document the cultural nuances of Chinese emotional expression via video and audio recordings. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL for the arts AND ARTS QLD)
NATHAN GRAY (VIC) INDONESIA Nathan Gray is an artist and musician whose practice spans these 2 fields and plays with notions of composition. His work is installation-based and informed by site-specific research. In 2009 Nathan created a work titled An Infinity of Traces that focused on the gamelan. The composition of Nathan’s installation spatially recreated the clusters and timing shifts present in gamelan music. During his residency at Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta Nathan hopes to continue his fascination with Indonesian music, arts and culture. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS VICTORIA AND THE AUSTRALIAINDONESIA INSTITUTE)
IRENE HANENBERGH (VIC) THAILAND Irene Hanenbergh recently completed an MFA by research at The Victorian College of the Arts. She currently lectures in Digital Imaging/Electronic Design at the Victoria University of Technology. Irene’s work is embedded with superstitioninfused folk art and Asian cultural signifiers. During her residency at Naresuan University, Phitsanulok she intends to further investigate Thai folk phenomena, symbolic iconography and architectural references. Irene will use an array of media including ink to produce large-scale drawings that support her research findings. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS VICTORIA AND THE AUSTRALIA-THAIland INSTITUTE)
ASTRA HOWARD (NSW) VIETNAM Astra Howard is an Action Researcher/Performer who designs interactive projects for public sites. Astra has assisted in developing over 120 works in 5 cities internationally, implanting urban and social theory in the spaces she critiques. During her residency in Vietnam, Astra will work in partnership with Hue College of Arts where she will undertake faculty presentations, workshops with students and collaborate on projects with local communities. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL for the arts)
ROB McHAFFIE (VIC) MALAYSIA A daily practice of diary writing and collecting found and personal imagery form the basis of Rob McHaffie’s drawing, painting and sculptural practice. Since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2002, Rob has participated in exhibitions and residencies in Australia, New Zealand, France, and the USA. He is interested in the interconnectedness of humans with nature, and his time at Rimbun Dahan will investigate the local flora and fauna in relation to the text The Great Tao. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA-MALAYSIA INSTITUTE)
MIDORI MITAMURA (JAPAN) AUSTRALIA Midori Mitamura creates installations constructed from photographs, videos and daily objects. She has undertaken residencies in Finland and London, and exhibited extensively throughout Europe and Asia. At Monash University Museum of Art (muma) in Melbourne, Midori will continue her Art & Breakfast project that was initiated in Stockholm and continued in Tokyo and Berlin. Midori will encourage visitors to eat breakfast with her in the gallery space, and will transform her memories, experiences and daily breakfast objects into dramatic visual narratives. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL for the arts)
YONGSEOK OH (KOREA) AUSTRALIA The works of Yongseok Oh seek to confuse the past and present, and question real and imagined places. He creates a visual collage of still and moving images to reconstruct reality by consciously combining both personal and found imagery. Yongseok attempts to examine the boundary where personal and collective memories collide. During his residency at Artspace, Sydney Yongseok will develop a new series of works using old photographs of Australians or stills from fundamentally Australian movies. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL for the arts)
LICHUN TSENG (TAIWAN) AUSTRALIA LiChun Tseng was born in Taiwan and has lived and worked in the Netherlands since 2007. LiChun is a multi-disciplinary artist who works in the fields of video and installation. Her artworks have deep existential roots, reflecting LiChun’s awareness of being within and connected to the totality of life. At Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) LiChun will continue her exploration of the meaning of life and interconnectedness of all things by absorbing and partaking in an unfamiliar setting and culture. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL for the arts)
WRITING PATRICIA CORNELIUS (VIC) VIETNAM Patricia Cornelius is a playwright, novelist and screen writer who has written over 25 plays. She has been awarded the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award, 3 gold Awgies and the Richard Wherrett Prize. Her novel My Sister Jill and her plays The Berry Man and Do not go gentle… concern the legacy of Australian soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War. At Gioi Publishing House Patricia will write a play about international adoption from the viewpoint of within contemporary Vietnam. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)
STEPHANIE BISHOP (WA) INDIA Stephanie Bishop’s first novel The Singing was published in 2005 and in 2006 she was named one of The Sydney Morning Herald’s Best Young Australian Novelists. Stephanie is a regular contributor to The Times Literary Supplement and The Australian. At Himachal Pradesh University Stephanie will examine the complex migrational patterns of Anglo-Indians who considered themselves British, yet who appeared non-white, and emigrated to Australia during the White Australia Policy. This research will inform her second novel. (SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS, WA AND THE AUSTRALIA-INDIA COUNCIL)
TOM CHO (VIC) JAPAN Tom Cho is an artist whose collection of fictions Look Who’s Morphing was published in 2009 and shortlisted for various awards including the 2009 Age Fiction Book of the Year. At Aichi Shukutoku University Tom will research representations of robots, various tropes in sexually explicit anime, and other Japanese popular cultural interests. This research will enrich Tom’s use of popular culture in his creative writing practice, and inform his current project, a fictional work that explores the philosophy of religion. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND THE AUSTRALIA-JAPAN FOUNDATION)
STEVEN CONTE (NSW) INDONESIA Steven Conte is the author of The Zookeeper’s War, which in 2008 won the inaugural Prime Minister’s Award for Fiction and has been published in Britain and translated into Spanish and Portuguese. Steven also holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne. At Komunitas Salihara in Jakarta he aims to forge connections with authors, journalists and intellectuals, and to conduct research for a novel partly set in Indonesia. (SUPPORTED BY THE MALCOLM ROBERTSON FOUNDATION)
BOITRAN HUYNH-BEATTIE (NSW) VIETNAM Since 2005 Boitran Huynh-Beattie has researched Vietnam’s Diaspora. From 2009–11 she documented Vietnamese literature in Australia for the Australian Literature Resource at the University of Wollongong. She was an adviser in Vietnamese contemporary art for the Singapore Art Museum from 2007–2008 and curated several exhibitions relating to Vietnamese culture. At the Ho Chi Minh University of Fine Arts, Boitran will conduct research for her publication From Saigon to Sydney: Modernist Saigonese Art and Vietnamese Australian Heritage. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND ARTS NSW)
ANDY JACKSON (VIC) INDIA Andy Jackson’s poetry explores identity and difference and his collection Among the regulars was recently published. He has won numerous awards including the Most Innovative Work Award at the 2009 Overload Poetry Festival. In 2010 he was an Emerging Writer in Residence at the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre, Perth and is currently the Library Coordinator for Australian Poetry. At the University of Madras Andy will engage with the literary community while writing a suite of poems exploring the personal stories behind the medical tourism industry. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA-INDIA COUNCIL AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)
MAX LANE (VIC) INDONESIA Max Lane is a writer and translator with an interest in Indonesian and Southeast Asian affairs. He has translated 5 Pramoedya Ananta Toer novels including the Buru Tetralogy, starting with This Earth of Mankind. His latest books include Unfinished Nation: Indonesia before and after Suharto and Catastrophe in Indonesia. At Historia Magazine Group Max will write a dramatised semi-fictional tale of the conception, birth and career of Toer’s This Earth of Mankind and its sequels. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND THE AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA INSTITUTE)
LINDA NEIL (NSW) CHINA Linda Neil is a writer, musician and producer with a PhD in Creative Writing. In 2009 Linda was the ABC National Radiophonic artist-in-residence and also released her first book Learning How to Breathe. Her work considers the significance of music across a range of contexts. Her residency project with the Shanghai Writing Program entitled Singing Love Songs in China, will enable Linda to explore songs and music about connection, intimacy, cohesion and cooperation in both traditional and contemporary China. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND ARTS NSW)
LUCY TRELOAR (VIC) CAMBODIA Lucy Treloar is an editor, freelance journalist and the author of 3 children’s books. She lived in Cambodia from 2003–07 where she worked on translations of Cambodian narratives. On her return to Melbourne, Lucy began her first adult novel Some Times In Life that explores themes of cultural, social and emotional dislocation in an expatriate community. At the Nou Hach Literary Association Lucy plans to pursue research and continue work on her novel. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)
MARCUS WESTBURY (VIC) CHINA Marcus Westbury is a writer, broadcaster and media maker. His writings and essays have been published in many Australian newspapers, journals and magazines and he has written and presented programs on ABC radio and television. After visiting Beijing in 2009 Marcus took a keen interest in the changing cultural dynamics of the city and he will use his residency with Peking University to explore and write about these themes. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND ARTS VICTORIA)
REBECCA ALLEN (NT) CHINA Rebecca Allen has worked with Australia’s leading performing arts companies as stage manager, general manager and producer, including the Sydney and Melbourne Theatre Companies and Sydney and Adelaide Festivals. Recently Rebecca was the Creative Producer of the Darwin Festival. A main aim of Rebecca’s residency at Hong Kong Fringe Club is to develop international networks that can be used to give exposure to Northern Australian artists. Rebecca hopes to explore bilateral exchanges between Chinese and Australian artists, specifically Indigenous artists. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS NT AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)
GAI ANDERSON (TAS) INDONESIA Gai Anderson has worked as a creative producer, performer, writer and director in theatre, festival and community cultural development contexts for 20 years. With a passion for community festivals as outpourings of creativity, and a long-term connection with Indonesia, Gai will collaborate with development organisation Lua Lemba on Rote in the creation of a Community Arts Festival. During Gai’s residency she will act as a mentor for local creative producers, and will facilitate the reinvigoration of traditional art forms. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS TASMANIA)
ULANDA BLAIR (VIC) JAPAN Ulanda Blair is the Assistant Curator at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. As former Artistic Program Manager, Ulanda oversaw the development and delivery of 15 projects across 2 Next Wave Festivals. In 2010 Ulanda managed 3 projects at the Setouchi International Art Festival in Japan, which aimed to revitalise remote island communities through the creation of large-scale and site-specific public art projects. In 2011 Ulanda will return to Japan to help develop the 2012 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS VICTORIA AND THE AUSTRALIA-JAPAN FOUNDATION)
ANGELA DRIVER (TAS) INDIA Angela Driver has worked as the Administration Manager at Tasdance for 6 years. In 2007 she completed a Churchill Fellowship researching performance events for social change, and in 2009 graduated from the Tasmanian Leaders Program. She was General Manager of the 2010 Regional Arts Australia national conference and the Junction Arts Festival. At Teamwork in India Angela will develop the skills to manage a highly versatile production house and hopes to implement this model in Tasmania on her return. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS TASMANIA AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)
LAUREN ELLIS (SA) HONG KONG Lauren Ellis has almost 10 years experience in arts and cultural programming. She recently spent 2 years in Laos where she developed public programs for the newly established Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre. Prior to that she worked at Museum Victoria and at Artists for Kids’ Culture, a philanthropic community cultural development organisation based in Melbourne. Lauren’s residency with Sovereign Art Foundation in Hong Kong will develop her knowledge of arts philanthropy, grant making models and community cultural development programming. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS SA)
SUSAN GIBB (NSW) PHILIPPINES Susan Gibb is the Associate Curator and Project Manager at Campbelltown Arts Centre. Susan was responsible for the inclusion of 2 Filipino artists in the exhibition The River Project and is interested in the under-representation of Filipino arts in international surveys of art from the Asia Pacific region. During her residency at Green Papaya Art Projects, Susan will research cross-disciplinary and collaborative practices in the Philippines and the feasibility of developing artistic exchanges between the Philippines and western Sydney. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS NSW AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)
ANTOANETTA IVANOVA (VIC) TAIWAN From 2001 –10 Antoanetta Ivanova was Director of Novamedia, Australia’s first media art agency. In 2010 Antoanetta was the guest curator of the first Australian media art exhibition at Art Taipei. Her residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei will enable a deeper engagement with Taiwan’s dynamic media arts community. Antoanetta seeks to create opportunities for showcasing Australian media art overseas and realise exchange projects between Australian and international counterparts for knowledge sharing and intercultural cooperation. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS VICTORIA AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)
SUE McCAULEY (VIC) CAMBODIA Sue McCauley is the Creative Producer of Greyspace where her most recent production The Hawker’s Song was developed with artist Keith Deverell and commissioned for the Melbourne International Arts Festival 2010. Sue was recently awarded a PhD in Creative Media for her practicebased investigation into techniques used by creative producers to manage teams. At Java Arts in Phnom Penh Susan intends to develop ways to enhance communication for artists and organisations throughout Southeast Asia, including artists from Australia. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS VICTORIA AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)
JOEL MU & MEGAN ROBSON (NSW) HONG KONG Joel Mu is a curator and art history researcher currently researching the history of exhibitions at the Power Institute, University of Sydney. Megan Robson is currently the Curatorial Assistant, Exhibition Programming at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. During their collaborative residency at the Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong, Joel and Megan will develop and support the curatorial project Measure, which maps the development of Asian and Australian contemporary art through an investigation of 20 key arts projects from 1970–2010. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS NSW AND THE AUSTRALIA-CHINA COUNCIL)
MELINDA RACKHAM (SA) HONG KONG Melinda Rackham is an artist, writer, arts manager, and currently Adjunct Professor at RMIT University. In 1995 she co-curated WWWO, the first exhibition of women’s art online in Australia. In 2003 – 04 she worked as Curator of Networked Art at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI). She recently curated DreamWorlds: Australian Moving Image, an exhibition launched in Beijing. At Videotage in Hong Kong Melinda will determine suitable Chinese and Korean artists for cross-cultural exhibition in China, Korea and Australia. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS SA AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)
ZOE SCROGINGS (QLD) THAILAND In her current role within the Creative Communities Team with Sunshine Coast Council, Zoe Scrogings brings over 15 years experience working with artists and their communities. Zoe first visited Thailand in 2004 as artist in residence with the Mirror Art Group in Chiang Rai, where she developed a mobile theatre project with the Akha community. At Makhampsom Foundation Zoe will develop networks with like-minded artists and organisations that explore the concept of art as a means to create peace. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND THE AUSTRALIA-THAILAND INSTITUTE)
JASMIN STEPHENS (WA) SINGAPORE Curator Jasmin Stephens has held positions with Australian arts organisations such as the Fremantle Arts Centre, Museum of Contemporary Art, Artbank, and The Art Gallery of New South Wales. During her residency with the Singapore Biennale 2011, Jasmin will learn more about the potential of recurrent exhibitions for cultural development. Jasmin will research how exhibitions are evolving to accommodate the aspirations of artists working with emerging technologies, and will foster closer links between Western Australian and Singaporean artists. (SUPPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS, WA AND THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)
PERFORMING ARTS AKOS ARMONT (NSW) THAILAND Akos Armont is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, and is working towards a dual MA in Communications and International Relations. He is currently volunteering to establish the first regional branch of the international non-profit organisation Clowns Without Borders. As part of his Asialink Residency Akos will assist in establishing and coordinating the first ongoing social-circus based education program in Thailand with the non-profit organisation Circus Action International. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND THE AUSTRALIA-THAILAND INSTITUTE)
TANJA BEER (VIC) JAPAN Tanja Beer is a theatre designer, lecturer and animateur. Over the last 12 years Tanja has completed designs for major theatre companies in Australia and overseas. During her residency at the Centre for the Study of World Civilisations, Tokyo Institute of Technology Tanja will explore sustainable approaches to theatrical design, and their potential to inform new design aesthetics. Tanja will collaborate with Tokyo’s engineering and artistic communities to investigate the use of recycled materials and found objects in performance spaces. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)
MATT CROSBY (VIC) JAPAN After a childhood career in radio, TV, film and theatre, Matt graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1981. For the last 20 years he has toured live performance to Europe and Asia. During his second Asialink residency Matt will return to Tokyo tent-theatre company Shinjuku Ryozanpaku to once more collaborate with Director Sujin Kim. Matt will research and develop a bilingual performed story for his performance series Stories 101 and will tour a Ryozanpaku performance to Korea. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)
JOANNA DUDLEY (SA) CHINA Joanna Dudley works internationally as a director and performer. She demonstrates a long-term interest in Chinese arts and culture having studied Mandarin and the singing style of Chinese folk music. In 2003 she performed this singing style with the contemporary Les Ballets C de la B who toured China and Korea. During her residency at Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre Joanna hopes to inspire a new series of works for opera. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND THE AUSTRALIA-CHINA COUNCIL)
SARAH KAUR (ACT) SINGAPORE Sarah Kaur is a videographer, photographer and installation artist interested in intersections between visual and performing arts. In 2009 Sarah worked with emerging choreographers towards the National Gallery of Australia’s Exhibitionism, which explored responses to visual art through dance. Sarah is currently working with Opera Australia to create a series of ‘mini operas’ with Western Sydney communities for Internet release. At Maya Dance Theatre Sarah will create dance films that explore individuals navigating or neglecting their assigned ethnic identities. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS ACT)
PAEA LEACH (WA) CAMBODIA Paea Leach is a dancer, performer, writer, teacher and choreographer who has worked both independently and with Chunky Move in Melbourne and Australian Dance Theatre, Adelaide. She has vast international experience and is currently based between Australia and Brussels where she performs and tours the work BABEL throughout Europe. At Amrita Performing Arts in Phnom Penh, Paea aims to collaborate with local dancers to create a new work that addresses issues based around a country rich with history and turmoil. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS, WA)
STEVE MAYER-MILLER (QLD) INDIA Steve Mayer-Miller is the Artistic Director/CEO of Crossroad Arts, a cultural development organisation that works across the fields of film, dance, theatre, visual arts and music. The organisation uses the concept of mapping to explore identity, belonging and dislocation across communities in North Queensland, the Asia Pacific region and Canada. At Darpana Performing Arts Academy in Ahmedabad Steve will undertake concentrated research in local innovative practices, particularly in the area of synthesising theatre and cinema. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS QUEENSLAND AND THE AUSTRALIA-INDIA council)
ANDREW McLELLAN (QLD) INDONESIA Andrew McLellan is a sonic artist who creates live performances and compositions using self-made instruments and field recordings. He operates under his own name and the pseudonym Cured Pink. Site-specific performances play a key role in Andrew’s work as he utilises surrounding materials to create instruments and music. At Performance Klub Andrew will explore Yogyakarta’s unique sonic ecology. He will collaborate with artists, both in the field of traditional Javanese gamelan, and contemporary Indonesian underground and experimental music. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS QUEENSLAND AND THE AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA INSTITUTE)
NICOLA MORTON (QLD) INDONESIA As a performing artist of Asian heritage Nicola Morton is motivated to focus her new works on bicultural studies, emphasising cultural displacement and the Asian supernatural. At Performance Klub Nicola will connect with Javanese village arts and urban street culture. Her residency will provide a framework of idea exchange, re-contextualisation of Asian supernatural phenomena, participatory musical performances and critical theory workshops. (SUPPORTED BY ARTS QUEENSLAND AND THE AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA INSTITUTE)
CATHERINE SIMMONDS (VIC) TIMOR-LESTE As an artistic director Catherine’s focus is the space between the lived experiences of communities and the language of art. She was a lead actress with the IRAA theatre for 10 years where themes of displacement, identity and cultural minorities were prominent in her performances. During her residency at Many Hands in Timor-Leste, Catherine will take on the simultaneously challenging and rewarding task of implementing a theatrical process within a community that has never been involved in the art of theatre-making. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)
APPLICATIONS FOR 2012 RESIDENCIES CLOSING DATE MONDAY 1 AUGUST 2011