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OPENlab is at the Vryfees in July. Applications close on the 5th of May. But what is OPENlab? Ricardo Peach answers Naomi Meyer’s questions.
Hi Ricardo, thank you for the time to chat. Please tell our readers who you are.
Hi Naomi, I am the Program Director for the Program for Innovation in Artform Development (PIAD) initiated by the Vryfees and University of the Free State.
I was born in Volksrust, Mpumalanga and moved to Australia in the 1980s. My father is originally from Ficksburg in the Free State and my mother from Indwe in the Eastern Cape – near Queenstown. I therefore have a big extended Afrikaner family all over the country and probably have a place to stay in most dorpies in die country!
The OPENlab project seems interesting and relevant … creating art in the public domain so that everyone can engage in the conversation. Or how would you describe this project?
Yes, OPENLab is about the art of being public. OPENLab 2014 – a first in South Africa, I believe – was initiated by Australian curator Carli Leimbach and developed in collaboration with other Australian and South African curators, designers and artists Paul Gazzola, Lynda Roberts, Tècha Noble and Jay Pather, as part of the PIAD. It has been described as a new, cross-artform national laboratory for early and mid-career artists and creative practitioners interested in making art in the public realm; an open and intensive residency platform aimed at generating new strategies and ideas in site-specific, experimental and interdisciplinary practice.
Applications are open already. What will make you notice an application – should it purposefully try to be different?
I think authenticity, clarity and passion are key to good applications. If you are interested in experimental art and how to engage innovatively in public or site-specific environments, just articulate this clearly and tell the selectors why this laboratory is for you.
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‘Fierce competitors on the field celebrate a long history of friendship.’
Who said sport and art doesn’t mix?
The Australian High Commissioner to South Africa, HE Mr Graeme Wilson 'highlighted the substantive and diverse relationship between Australia and South Africa… [and said] there will be a number of cultural events during this year’s 20th anniversary of democracy celebrations to celebrate and commemorate these ties…[including] an exciting new experimental art collaboration with the University of the Free State and the Vryfees festival’.
Photo: PIAD experimental art collaborator Cigdem Aydemir in Bloemfontein, February 2014. Photographer Mlungisi Louw
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Kultour’s Right Here/Right Now!
I am co-facilitating Kultour’s ‘Right Here/Right Now’ laboratory with Marcus Hughes  from 9-11 Sept at BEMAC, Brisbane. This will be a brilliant opportunity to continue the dialogue on cultural diversity and art in Australia. Please come along to the public forum on Wed 11 Sept.
Supported by Ausco, Arts VIC, Arts NSW, Arts SA, Arts NT, Arts QLD and WA’s Department of Culture and the Arts. Additional participant sponsorship from TasPerforms, Theatre North (Launceston) and the Darwin Entertainment Centre; with provocateur sponsorship provided by Footscray Community Arts Centre and the Casula Powerhouse.
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Kuns en Tegnologie in Australie
Die Australia Council of the Arts ondersteun tegnologiepraktyke
Vrydag 14 Julie 18:00 – 19:00
Dr. Ricardo Peach se aanbieding oor kuns- en tegnologiepraktyke, wat deur die Australiese Raad vir die Kunste ondersteun word, sal fokus op projekte aan die voorpunt van eksperimentele en interdissiplinêre kuns in Australië wat die raad onlangs gefinansier het. Sy lesing sal spesifiek handel oor die Australiese kunstenaars wat werk in die lokatiewe en taktiese media, toegevoegde realiteit, netwerkprestasie, e-literatuur, virtuele en gemengde werklikheid, koepelkuns, klankkuns, robotika, biokuns, transmedia en grootskaalse interaktiewe, versonke omgewingsprofiele.
Benewens om die huidige werk van die Australiese kunstenaars uit te lig, sal Peach uitstaande Australiese kunste-organisasies bespreek wat eksperimentele kuns- en tegnologiepraktyke in die land beoefen. Dit sluit in die uitvoerende taktiesemediagroepPVI Collective en die kuns/ wetenskaplaboratorium Symbiotica, albei van Perth, Wes-Australië, die mediakunste-organisasie Experimenta in Melbourne, Victoria; TheAustralian Network for Arts and Techology (ANAT) in Adelaide, Suid-Australië, en dLux-mediakuns en die Electrofringe-fees in Nieu-Suid-Wallis.
Projekte wat hy sal bespreek wat deur die Australiese Raad ontwikkel is om hierdie soort kunspraktyke te ondersteun sluit in die Synapse-kuns/ wetenskapprojek, die Digital Culture Funds, die Broadband Arts-projek, die Splendid-projek vir jong en opkomende kunstenaars, die Australian Centre for Virtual Art (ACVA), ArtLab en die AlloSphere-kunstenaarsinwoningprojek. As die mede-koördineerder van die Kunste in ‘n multikulturele Australië-beleid, sal Peach ook vrae kan beantwoord oor kultureel diverse kunste wat deur die Australiese Raad vir die Kunste ondersteun word. Hy sal spesifiek verwys na die Cultural Engagement Framework (CEF) van die raad.
Jonathan Duckworth se Elements- visuele koppelvlak vir traumatiese breinbesering. Dit is deel van die Synapse-rehabilitasieprojek, 2009. Foto: vergunning van RMIT.