How Exciting! This month I am the Artist Spotlight for Arts Access Australia. Yesterday at their annual Meeting/conference I did a performance drawing(I will put it up soon). It was a great day with wonderful talks by inspirational people and useful information about grants and marketing. I would like to encouarge everyone to check out their web page, click here.
My latest video is out! Yay!
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Performance name: Animate Me
Location: Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia
Date:13/4/12 -15/4/12, 11am-2pm
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Artist: Zhen (zhenart.net)
Brought to you by Federation Square (fedsquare.com)
Video Produced by Panoramic+ (panoramicplus.com.au)
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Zhen created an interactive drawing performance of the Federation Square space whilst her drawing was streamed directly to the Big screen as people interacted and watched the drawing.
Here are the wonderful photos taken by Chii of the last nights opening night performance.
@ FED Square, The Atrium under the screen.
Monday 16- 26th 11.30 -2.30pm (except Saturday)
ZHEN, drawing her self portrait from memory as a daily performance that is recorded to create a captivating Stop motion video narrative.
As well as the performances below I will be doing a very short one at the opening at around 6.45pm tomorrow, so if you have time come down to the Fed Square Atrium have a look.
Special thanks to Neil Wallace Printmaking Supplies for my paper and other materials for the show.
You are invited to a showcase of Australian art, MoNOW (Manifestations of Now) to be held from 7-27 April across prominent venues at Federation Square.
Launch of this exciting exhibition, 7-10pm, Saturday 14 April, at NGV Studio, No Vacancy, The Atrium and the Big Screen at Federation Square. Music by ¡Thunderclapp!
MoNOW (Manifestations of NOW) comes to Federation Square 7-27 April 2012, with a showcase of innovative multidisciplinary artworks that inspire new ways of seeing contemporary Australian identity. This ambitious inaugural exhibition by weaustralians.org brings together a new generation of Australian artists from diverse art practices and cultural traditions. Curated by Sapna Chandu, the selection of works span drawing, sculpture, video installation, photography, live performance and hybrid artforms. With subjects that both reference and challenge the Australian cultural consciousness MoNOW is a reflection of Australia’s evolving cosmopolitan culture.
weaustralians.org is a new Melbourne based artist run initiative that promotes progressive Australian art.
VENUE DATES: NGV Studio 7-26 April, No Vacancy 11- 26 April, The Atrium 14-27 April, The Big Screen 7-27 April 10.30am daily.
Saturday 14th April Launch party 7-10pm featuring music by ¡Thunderclapp! A new artist collective ‘bringing together a range of cultural practitioners in order to facilitate connections across race, class and generations’. With performance by Dario Vacirca (6-7.30) as part of his artwork, ‘Cult of Old Regret’ in the glass walls of the Fracture Gallery.
Thursday 19th April Public forum: The role of art in 21st century Australia. Explore, question and manifest notions of what art is, or could be, now. This is your chance to join Professor Nikos Papastergiadis, in discussion with Peter Tyndall and Hossein Valamanesh, two artists who have lived and breathed through an important transitional state of Australian art in the last 4 decades. You are invited to ask questions and grow with them, to see and sense new potentials for art to exist in this world, now. Q&A: Your questions will be received in person and by text on the night. For bookings email info@weaustralians.org
Thursday 26th April ART GURU TOUR Jump into the deep end in this fun and stimulating tour that will leave you with a fresh perspective on how to view art. This is not a tour for the passive observer. Artist and provocateur David Naylor finds accessible ways to engage and stimulate audiences into deeper reflection and embodied immersion into art. For bookings email public.programs@ngv.vic.gov.au or phone 8620 2222
Performances:
Sunday 15th 11-2pm Dario Vacirca @ The Atrium
Monday 16- 26th 11.30 -2.30pm (except Saturday) ZHEN, drawing her self portrait from memory as a daily performance that is recorded to create a captivating video narrative. @ The Atrium under the screen.
*There will also be a short performance at the opening by ZHEN.
Artist Talks:
Sunday 15th 3pm Dario Vacirca, 3.30pm Bindi Cole, 4pm Break, 4.30pm Paula do Prado, 5pm Carl Scrase, 5.30pm Deborah Kelly
Sunday 22nd 3pm Sapna Chandu, 3.30pm Jane Korman, 4pm Break, 4.30pm Keith LIm, 5pm Roberta Rich, 5.30pm TBA
For more info see www.weaustralians.org
A photo preview of the footage from ‘ANIMATE ME’
*Special thanks to Panoramic+ for the photo.
Preview of what I will be doing at fed square for the We Australians project. Also a sneak preview of what my studio looks like.
Join Zhen from the 3rd-5th of April 2012 from 11am-2pm at Federation Square
Zhen will be creating an interactive drawing performance of the Federation Square space whilst her drawing will be streamed directly to the Big screen as people interacted and watched the drawing.
Come and Join the Fun. Be part of my animation.
This will be short and sweet. I have two exhibitions on at the moment, the linden postcard show and Guarda…PRATO at Monash. The opening is tonight. Come see my show, the details are below.
Guarda…PRATO !
You are invited to opening night of an exhibition of works from the Masters and PhD research program in Prato.
5pm Wednesday 29 February 2012
Location: Atrium,Level one Fine Art Building (Building D)
So I have decided to dedicate this blog just for my own art related things and launch 2 new blogs.
My new Melbourne based art blog will launch on February 12th 2012 as part of Occupy Art… TODAY!!!
It will have post about Cool art things around Melbourne and I will also post an overview of the Occupy Art movement in Melbourne PLUS much, much more.
Come visit and subscribe to…
Also if your into drawing or digitizing your artwork I also have another blog which has also recently launched…
www.digitizingdrawing.com
Enjoy!
zhen
Artist
zhenart.net
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