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JUNE NEWSLETTER: SOVEREIGN ACTS / NAIDOC week + 2BEACHES + OPENLAB16 - SOUTH AFRICA + UTOPIA STUDIOS
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SOVEREIGN ACTS

BOUND UNBOUND COLLECTIVE /  OSCA ASSOCIATE ARTISTS

EXHIBITION OPENING
JULY 1st /  6 - 8pm

THE PACKING SHED, HARTS MILL, MUNDY STREET, PORT ADELAIDE
SOVEREIGN ACTS / DECOLONISING METHODOLOGIES OF THE LIVED AND THE SPOKEN

THIS CURRENT RETROSPECTIVE FROM THE BOUND UNBOUND COLLECTIVE BRINGS TOGETHER OVER 10 VIDEO AND INSTALLATION WORKS HIGHLIGHTING THE SCOPE AND DEPTH OF PRACTICE FROM THE 4 ARTISTS - ALI GUMILLYA BAKER, FAYE ROSAS BLANCH, NATALIE HARKIN AND SIMONE ULAKA TUR.

BY RELOCATING THESE WORKS OUTSIDE OF A TRADITIONAL GALLERY SPACE DURING THE NAIDOC WEEK CELEBRATIONS, THE ARTISTS WISH TO OPEN UP THEIR EXPLORATIONS ACROSS FILM, STORY TELLING, POETRY, PERFORMANCE AND PROJECTION TO THE COMMUNITY. 

WE AIM TO CONTRIBUTE TO BOTH KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION AND NEW CRITICAL-CREATIVE DECOLONISING METHODOLOGIES FROM OUR UNIQUE STANDPOINTS AS ARTISTS.

EXHIBITION OPENS ON  FRIDAY JULY 1st /  6 - 8PM

EXHIBITION OPENING HOURS
SAT 2ND -  SUNDAY 3RD  JULY /  1 - 5PM
WED 6TH - SUNDAY 10TH JULY / 1 - 5PM

MEET THE ARTISTS AND Q & A  /  SUNDAY 3RD JULY  AT 2PM

2 OF THE ARTISTS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO SPEAK TO GROUPS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM 1.30 - 3.15PM ON WEDNESDAY 6TH AND FRIDAY 8TH OF JULY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO RSVP FOR THE OPENING NIGHT: EMAIL JANINE PEACOCK AT janinep@open-space.org.au
 

PROJECT UPDATE
2BEACHES: FUTURE ISLAND NATION 


BRISBANE

THE 2BEACHES: FUTURE ISLAND NATION  PROJECT FROM ASSOCIATE ARTIST DARIO VACIRCA IS UNDERWAY WITH A WELL ATTENDED FORUM TAKING PLACE AT THE SEMAPHORE FORESHORE ON THE 5TH JUNE.

A RECORDING OF THE PRESENTATION FROM DURKHANAI AYUBI TITLED WHO ARE OUR HEROES?' WILL BE SOON AVAILABLE ONLINE FROM THE OSCA WEBSITE.

THE NEXT STAGE OF THE PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT IS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE AT METRO ARTS IN BRISBANE WITH A CREW OF GREAT ARTISTS.

STAY TUNED FOR THE DATES AND TIMES OF ITS 2016 VIDEO PRESENTATION IN ADELAIDE LATER THIS YEAR.

 

UPCOMING PROJECT
TEMPORARY ART GALLERY (TAG)
 

HINDMARSH, OCTOBER 2016

OSCA HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF CHARLES STURT PLACE MAKERS GRANTS PROGRAM.
 
TEMPORARY ART GALLERY (TAG) IS AN INVITATION TO THE LOCAL RESIDENTS TO EXHIBIT VARIOUS OBJECTS THAT THEY SEE AS HAS HAVING A STRONG CONNECTION TO THEIR SURROUNDINGS.  WHILST BROAD IN THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT IS OFFERED AND DISPLAYED, TAG IS NOT TO BE SEEN AS A JUNK OR 2ND HAND SHOP, BUT A CAREFULLY CURATED SPACE DISPLAYING WORKS AS ONE WOULD IN A GALLERY.
 
BY OPENING UP A UNIQUE PLACE OF ENGAGEMENT AND EXCHANGE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, TAG AIMS TO LINK THE HISTORIES OF OBJECTS TO THE HISTORY OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS AS IT REVEALS A SERIES OF UNIQUE VALUES, INTERESTS AND PERSONAL CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES.
 

OPENLAB16: THE ART OF BEING SOCIAL

EXPLORATIONS IN SITE BASED PRACTICES
SOUTH AFRICA
 
IN JULY OSCA ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PAUL GAZZOLA WILL LEAD THE 2ND ITERATION OF AN ARTS LAB FOR 14  SOUTH AFRICAN ARTISTS IN BLOEMFONTEIN AND RICHMOND, SOUTH AFRICA.

OPENLAB IS A RESPONSIVE SPACE FOR ARTISTS TO EXPERIMENT IN OPEN DIALOGUE AND PLAY WITH  AUSTRALIAN, SOUTH AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN FACILITATORS AND IS IN INVESTMENT IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PARTICIPATING ARTISTS.

OSCA IS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL SUPPORTERS ALONGSIDE THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION AND MAP- SOUTHAFRICA.

THE INAUGURAL LAB IN 2014 WAS DEVELOPED BY PAUL GAZZOLA AND CARLI LEIMBACH AS PART OF THE PROGRAM FOR INNOVATION AND DESIGN (PIAD) AN INITIATIVE OF THE VRYSTAAT ARTS FESTIVAL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE (UFS).
 

 

MATT PLUMMER
UTOPIA STUDIOS DIRECTOR

 
UTOPIA STUDIOS IS A SPACE TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. AS A INDEPENDENT ARTIST YOU GOT TO MAKE IT FOR YOURSELF AND FOR OTHERS.

UTOPIA STUDIOS, established by Matthew John Plummer, is a facility providing alternatives for Independent Artists and Small Arts Organisations in South Australia. UTOPIA STUDIOS offers  visual and performance arts makers a flexible work space that can host rehearsals, showings, workshops, forums and more. Facilities are available for long and short term use with expressions of interest open to anyone needing space for just about any artistic practice.

UTOPIA STUDIOS are partnered with OSCA and together are installing a sprung floor for use by dancers, actors or performers to develop and show work. Also on offer will be equipment for sewing and costume creation, foam sculpture, props and set creation, skill-share opportunities and much much more.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT STUDIO AND REHEARSAL SPACE HIRE. PLEASE CONTACT MATT PLUMMER ON 0406 122 089 or EMAIL: om_ganesha@hotmail.com
OSCA is about community and the making of art projects within the diversity of cultural and social  groups that make up this nation.
OSCA is an independent arts platform based in South Australia supporting artists and generating projects across a diverse field of practice in urban and regional locations. OSCA is supported by Arts South Australia.

OSCA - Open Space Contemporary Arts
http://open-space.org.au/

Our office is located at UTOPIA STUDIOS, Unit 2, Percy Court, Adelaide
Phone: +61 8 7230 9519
Email: office@open-space.org.au
Post: PO Box 3815, Rundle Mall, SA, 5000
 
 
OSCA acknowledges that we create on Kaurna Land - always was always will be