VADEA Members are invited to join curator Emily Sullivan and artists Khaled Sabsabi and Latai Taumoepeau in conversation about Kaldor Public Art Project 36 on Wednesday, 27 May at 7:30pm.
In a time of global lockdown, Kaldor Public Art Project 36: do it (australia) invites audiences to follow an artist’s instructions, enter their world and realise an artwork of their own. do it (australia) is co-curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and John Kaldor, with Emily Sullivan (Curator) and Monique Leslie Watkins.
do it (australia) features instructions by 18 artists and creative practitioners including Rafael Bonachela, Megan Cope, Dale Harding, Jonathan Jones, Janet Laurence, Ian Milliss, Tracey Moffatt, Glenn Murcutt, Khaled Sabsabi, Latai Taumoepeau, and more.
This project is the latest incarnation of do it, the longest-running and most far-reaching artist-led project in the world. Initiated by Hans Ulrich Obrist in 1993, the project asks artists to create simple instructions that generate an artwork, whether an object, a performance, an intervention, or something else entirely. Presented in partnership with Serpentine Galleries, London, Independent Curators International and Google Arts & Culture, and supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Kaldor Public Art Project 36: do it (australia) forms part of do it (around the world), which will see more than 50 new artworks commissioned and shared online. The artist instructions for do it (australia) have been released in three stages, commencing on 13 May, then 20 May with the final release on 27 May 2020.
Emily Sullivan is Curator at Kaldor Public Art Projects where she has delivered projects including Anri Sala, The Last Resort, Asad Raza, Absorption, and most recently, Making Art Public at the Art Gallery of NSW, including a series of installation and performance commissions on the occasion of the organisation’s 50th anniversary. She has worked on independent and collaborative projects in Sydney and London, with an interest in socially engaged and site responsive practices. She holds an MA in Curating and Cultural Leadership from UNSW Art & Design, Sydney, and has previously studied at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London.
Khaled Sabsabi migrated with his family to Australia in 1978. In 2002 he travelled back to Lebanon and the surrounding regions for the first time. This extended travel period became a significant moment in his career, forcing him to question, rethink and redefine his practice. Sabsabi is a multi-media and site-specific installation artist. His process and practice involve working across art mediums, geographical borders and cultures to create immersive and engaging art experiences that question the rationales and complexities of nationhood, identity and change. For Sabsabi, art is an effective tool to communicate with people through a familiar language.
Latai Taumoepeau makes live art. She has mimicked, trained in and un-learned dance in multiple institutions of learning, starting with her village, a suburban church hall, a few nightclubs and a university. Her body-centred performance practice of faivā centres Tongan philosophies of relational space and time; cross-pollinating ancient and everyday temporal practice to make visible the impact of climate crisis in the Pacific. In the near future she will return to her ancestral home and continue the ultimate faivā of sea voyaging and celestial navigation before she becomes an ancestor.
How to join:
Use the following link to join the VADEA Collaborate Live via Zoom on Wednesday 27 May, 7:30pm. There will be a 30 minute presentation, followed by a 15 minute Q&A session.
Join Meeting URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86449921319?pwd=RkRkSUlNWTJ3QVE5U1d4WEtKeU9rQT09
Meeting ID: 864 4992 1319
Alternatively, you can join via the VADEA Collaborate Facebook group for members, where it will be streamed live.
