Internationally renowned artist Spencer Tunick has revealed that he will create an
installation using thousands of nude Australians on the steps of the iconic Sydney Opera
House on the morning of Monday 1 March.
The artist is calling on all Australians interested in taking part to register immediately
at The Base to reserve a place.
Tunick’s installation, called ‘The Base’, will be one of the highlights of this year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival. Participation in the art installation however is
open to all Australians, regardless of sexuality. All nude volunteers will be rewarded with
an official Spencer Tunick photograph of ‘The Base.
The US-based artist is the man responsible for gathering people by the thousand and getting them to strip, en masse, in the name of art. Using a sea of naked bodies as his medium, he moulds his groups of willing volunteers into abstract shapes, in various forms and locations, before capturing it on film. He’s attracted huge crowds the world round,
including 7,000 in Barcelona, and 18,000 in Mexico City.
Less is more - Spencer Tunick
Get ready to laugh your MOOM off with Deadly Funny – An Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Comedy Competition that celebrates distinctive humour of the First Nations Traditional Owners.
From now until March, 2010 the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is sending some of its finest comedians to ATSI communities to hold free workshops and community showcase gigs with emerging performers in search of the best up-and-coming stand-up talent.
Deadly Funny provides a unique opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to
come together, celebrate and share humour and have their deadly yarns workshopped by a professional stand-up comedian. The workshops provide deadly tips and advice on writing, performance and help boost performers’ confidence to get up on stage.
To register, contact Deadly Funny Producer Jason Tamiru (Yorta Yorta) info below. For the workshops bring along five minutes of your best comic material. Pretty much anything is ok – stand-up, a music piece, joke or a funny yarn – as long as it’s Deadly Funny. You must be Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander to enter.
The deadliest jokesters from all six states will play off at the Deadly Funny National Grand
Final in Melbourne April 10 for their chance to win $2000 in cash and a deadly trophy.
Note: You must attend comedy workshops
Details of National workshops and to register at www.deadlyfunny.com.au
Or contact Jason Tamiru on 03 9245 3700.
EXPERIMENTA UTOPIA NOW
International Biennial of Media Art
Ominous to optimistic. Innovative and interactive.
Opening Night
Thursday 11 February 2010 7pm
the Arts Centre, BlackBox, Melbourne
Experimenta Utopia Now International Biennial of Media Art chases the dream of a perfect world. Showcasing more than 35 works from countries including Australia, Japan, Austria, India, Germany, Canada, France, Taiwan and the UK, Experimenta Utopia Now critiques the scope for happiness on earth as we know it, pokes fun at social and physical
boundaries and questions the human race’s ability to preserve itself.
EXHIBITION DATES:
12 February 2010 — 14 March 2010
Open Sunday — Thursday 10am – 6pm
Friday & Saturday 10am – 8pm
All ages welcome/Suitable for all ages FREE!
www.experimenta.org
By Means of a Sigh is an interactive video installation by Canadian artists Jean Dubois and Chloe´ Lefebvre that invites the viewer to call a number on the screen with their mobile phone and lend their breath to inflate two bubble gum bubbles being blown between two people on the screen.
Venue: Big Screen Federation Square, Flinders St, Melbourne
(opposite Flinders St Station)
Dates: 1 February — 14 March 2010
Screening Times: On rotation — every day!
Visit: fedsquare.com for more info
Public Forum chaired by Darren Tofts (Professor of Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology and a leading academic in the field of media art).
Australian and international artists explore the opportunities for interactive art to take us into uncharted territories, ask some tough questions about the current state of media art in the twenty-first century and ponder the future of the medium.
Panel members include interactive media artists: Van Sowerine (Australia), Christa Sommerer (Austria), Niklas Roy (Germany), David Kousemaker (Amsterdam), Jean
Dubois (Canada) and Matthew Gingold (Australia)
Date: Friday 12 February 2010
Time: 6pm for a 6:15pm start — 7:45pm
Venue: Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Studio 1, Federation Square, Melbourne
