Artists Imaging Artists: 25 years of the AFCM in Townsville exhibition catalogue

Front Cover: Michael Fellows, Artist imaging artists (detail), Photography, 29.7 x 42cm.

Back Cover: Gai Copeman, Island Siren and Flute, Watercolour, 35 x 24cm.

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Artists imaging artists 25 years of the AFCM in Townsville GAI COPEMAN, MICHAEL FELLOWS & GERALD SOWORKA 3 July – 9 August 2015 Umbrella Studio contemporary arts

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Artists imaging artists

25 years of the AFCM in Townsville

Gai Copeman, Michael Fellows & Gerald Soworka

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The drama of stage lights reflecting on polished wood; the flash of a red satin frock; the penguin suits; the rich cast shadows across velvet curtains; and the people: some of the rich visual elements that make up the festival and provide the back drop to some of the best chamber music in the world.

We three have been volunteering for the festival in different capacities for the last 15 years to support the event and to continue the music. During that time we individually began documenting the performances and the behind the scenes in paint and pencil and photograph for our own pleasure.

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The 25th anniversary of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville provides the opportunity to come together and celebrate our separate experiences of this wonderful event and share some of our attempts to capture the exuberance and vitality and camaraderie that typifies the festival in the north.

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Image Credits: (1) Gai Copeman, Didgeridoo at Dusk, Watercolour, 50 x 36cm.

(2 & 3) Gerald Soworka, Detail from Quartet installation, Enamel paint cotton fabric, 280 x 140 x 160cm.

(4) Michael Fellows, Ksenija Sidorova at Radial Bay (detail), Photography, 29.7 x 42cm.