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Murray Adams
1969 born Wangoom, Victoria
Qualifications:
1994-95 Welders Licence (manual metal arc welding and T.I.G. welding) - RMIT
TAFE
1995 Blacksmithing - RMIT TAFE
1995 Certificate III Engineering Workshop Practices - RMIT TAFE
Projects/Commissions:
1997 metal furniture - Fringe Furniture Show, Melbourne, Victoria
1997 mobile metal sculpture - Brunswick St Parade, Melbourne, Victoria
1997 mobile metal sculpture - Victoria Parade, Melbourne, Victoria
1998 metal sculpture - Maribyrnong Artists Project Festival, Melbourne, Victoria
1998 metal sculpture - Yarraville Festival, Melbourne, Victoria
1999 Sheep For Samhain (Scottish Halloween Day celebration) Edinburgh, Scotland
1999 set design for “Thrones for Autocrat” outdoor performance,
Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
Kate B. Gage
Born 1978, California USA
Nathan John Leitch Nicholson
Born in Gladstone, Brisbane, in 1985. Migrated south with family
a few years later to Melbourne and eventually ending up the bosom
of lady Warrnambool.
Father- William Stafford leitch- boilermaker, hobby photographer,
drinker, very proud man of little words and large heart. R.I.P
Mother- Deborah Ann Nicholson- printer, painter, doodler, femmo,
werribee’s first female paper “boy”, amazingly
strong/dedicated/inspired woman/person.
Stepfather- Roy Stewart Reekie- solicitor, poet, writer, music
lover, “culture-vulture”, stage diver, brilliant/inspiring
man.Brought up surrounded by these above mentioned people, I
have acquired all the qualities listed except for feminism, and
law.
I say rude words a lot, and sometimes wear the same socks for
a few days. Other than that, most would say, “Nathan is
nice, I like his artwork a lot.”
I like my work, so I guess that’s a good thing.
Nastee Ruckas/Uncle Vernon Royle/ Sucka Free/ SS Radio for life!!!!!!!!!
PS, I love my Bella.
Carolyn Rundell
Recent Exhibitions
2005 - Beachhead Contemporary Art Gallery-
Group Exhibition. Works on Paper.
2003-2004 - Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery – George
Lance Gallery. Solo Exhibition.
‘ Out of the box’. An installation of sculptural paper drawings and
light.
2002 - VCA Drawing Department Gallery – The
Black Hole. Solo Exhibition. ‘Access’.
An installation of mixed media and light.
My art practice is based in the exploration of place/belonging
using the tangible and intangible evidence collected as part
of this journey. I have always practiced with an understanding
that community cultural development is essential for the arts
to have a social relevance and for my own sense of generating ‘community’.
I have lived and worked as a rural artist and an urban artist.
Yet my art making is most joyously achieved through the experience
of being in open space, solitude and a big sky.
The various media that I have experimented with are predominantly
found objects, found footage, wire and weaving, paper and sculptural
forms. It is exciting to experiment with the virtual when I have
in the past been so engaged in the ‘actual’, quite
often in large scale.
Currently I am employed in a Regional Gallery with a gorgeous
collection of amongst other things, glass, metal and ceramic
decorative arts. Working with this extraordinary collection continually
reinforces a respect for the repetition necessary to build skills
and hone a craft. It is with this in mind that I continue to
pursue computer-based art making even though I have a relatively
minor history of computer engagement, while at the same time
having had a life long cultural relationship to screen imagery.
This newness allows a wonderful chance of something marvellous
happening, while at the same time I resign myself to the knowledge
that to really engage with the technology and its visual languages,
many years and much much time at a keyboard will ensue.
The current project with ExperimentaLAB is a great opportunity
to work in a new way with people similarly skilled yet bringing
very different ideas and abilities and ways of making them visual.
I have completed Honours in Fine Arts 2003 and have embarked on a Masters in
Cultural Heritage.
Publications
Real Time; No. 46, p.30, Dec ’01- Jan ‘02 “Warrnambool: art
defying logic” Dr. Estelle Barrett
Tamara Sharp
During the completion of my Fine Art Studies (Majoring in Painting
and Sociology) at Ballarat University, I actively became involved
with illustrating the Student Newspaper and participating at
the local Community Radio Station. I felt completely empowered
by others who shared similar ideas and beliefs. I left University
travelling to Sydney where I lived and breathed inner city politics
for 6 months. I then returned to University and completed my
studies. During this time, I actively became involved in the
development of a Gallery in Ballarat and in a Melbourne Squat
in later years exhibiting young artists.
After travelling with several artists around Australia and creating
work out of a Holden Station wagon, I ventured to London where
I lived for several years in a series of squats in a vibrant
and prolific artistís community. The Housing Collective
actively supported community development projects within the
greater London area. Against the backdrop of the Berlin Wall
Collapsing, having witnessed the Poll Tax Riots at close hand,
whilst living in Brixton during the Brixton Riots: I returned
home. I had travelled extensively through Europe and experienced
the enormity of North America several times.
On my arrival home, I commenced a Welfare Course with the whole
intention of further my interests in Community Development, learning
about practical methods to engage the community. I commenced
a Student Placement with the Department of Justice and after
some legal training, was hired as a Court Advocate to the Magistrates
and County Courts. For seven years, I became extremely proactive
in the South West Region supporting young people in their return
to education and work through community projects akin to their
direct needs. These projects resulted in assisting individuals
from the Ararat and Barwon Prison to return to their community
with the support of their families and support services within
the region. I was also managing volunteers to assist others who
had directly accessed our services through an appearance with
the Court framework.
During this time, a community Alliance was formed between various
practising artists within the broader community in the Warrnambool
area. ìKuurreenî artists felt a desire to band together
to form ìan interactive network which was working together
creating strategies to fill the gaps within the communityís
cultural expression and structureî. The group had direct
links to local Environmental Groups such as SWEAG and the Otway
Ranges Environmental Network (OREN). The group produced a series
of events and shows actively involving artisans from the locality,
Ballarat, Geelong and Melbourne.
Kuurreen assisted in the production of the Port Fairy Folk festival ìTree
of Understanding and Reconciliation Lantern Paradeî and
other work, Environmental Action in the Framingham Forest whilst
remaining actively involved in the pursuits of young people.
Kuurreen was thus invited to be the Artistic arm of the Youth
Awareness Festival providing artistic backdrops to Youth Rave
Parties and further performance gatherings within the area.
In recent years, I have worked with a local Photographer who
had a strong connection with the greater Warrnambool Community.
I had the opportunity to be an active participant in his studio
updating his collection and distributing images to the public.
Throughout this time, I have exhibited in Regional Exhibitions
and Group Shows featuring New Media Works.
Whilst having children, I have also worked on a Casual basis
with Human Services in providing therapy for several groups of
Intellectually Challenged Adults within their homes. Key workers
assist in providing a space which will enhance their health and
well being through active employment, social and artistic opportunities
provided with the love and support of the community.
Earlier this year, I was swept up by the WAVE (Warrnambool Action
for Everyone) Project Funding due to an incredibly high number
of people accessing services within the East Warrnambool area.
Four distinct areas of Warrnambool were funded to survey their
locality for issues relevant to their own distinct landscape.
WAVE has recently published its findings and their intentions
for the next five years. The South Community has agreed to build
a Labyrinth with the possibly of further community projects in
the pipeline. We are currently awaiting confirmation by the Arts
Advisory Board and the local City Council.
The Fletcher Project has allowed several local emerging artists
the opportunity to train in the area of New Media with the assistance
of ExperimentaLAB . ìExperimentaLAB provided a context
for the development of New Media work as a result of community
engagement and is intended to be a vehicle in regional communities
for both skills development and to express issues and stories
close to their heartsî. In embracing their new found knowledge,
the artists worked with the Young Motherís Group, Skateboarders
and Kulcha Shift assisting them to produce a body of films that
will now be housed in a replica of Fletcherís Silver Ball.
Past and present workers openly embraced the small documentary
that was filmed onsite and allowed extensive discussion of many
facts of the factory and its history. We hope that the Silver
Ball can be further utilised by the community on a regular basis
for screenings of local films and work from further a field.
Ian Corcoran
Ian Corcoran, born Dublin, Rep of Ireland 1975.
Lives & works in Melbourne.
Education:
Media Arts RMIT University 2000.
Cert IV in Workplace Training Victoria University 2002
Selected
projections/Installations:
ExperimentLAB Warrnambool
Creative Producer for 15 month New Media CCD project, duties
included designing project, securing funding 50k+, employing
five local artists, engaging 5 local partners, running masterclasses
and ensuring high quality outcome. www.experimenta.org/experimentalab
Living
Dissent Comission part of Eureka 150 Celebrations
Co Video artist with Simon Maidment, 30 mins of video produced
from a script by Wayne McCauley. Music by David Bridie and The
Ennio Morricone Experience, Fed Square, 26/11/04.
Experimenta
House of Tomorrow National Tour: Brisbane & Bendigo
Nov 04
Production Assistant, technical installation of 20 New Media
Works.
Lynette Walworths Invisible by Night Public Projection,
Melbourne International Festival 04
Production Manager, August – September 2004
Jude Waltons No
Hope No Reason, Melbourne International Festival 04
Projector & video installation performance, Production Assitant
And Operations for Ian de Gruchy.
Truck Art, Projections in a
truck, Maribyrnong City Council, June 2004.
Local Migrations
Projections in Houses on the real estate market in Footscray,
Part of the 2004 Next Wave Festival, Artist with Hoang Tran Nguyen,
May 2004.
Colliding Worlds Projection, Federation Square,
Pani & Video
projections, Part of the 2004 Next Wave Festival, Lead Artist,
May 2004.
Port Pirie Projections, Pani & Video projection
onto grain silos, Technical Consultant, May 2004.
Knox outcome of
Colliding Worlds, Pani projections onto Knox
Shopping Centre, Consultant Artist, April 2004.
Launch of Melbourne
Fashion Festival Arts program, Fitzroy Town Hall, Video & Slide,
Projection Artist, March 2004.
Projections on Nicholson St, project
artist for Colliding Worlds, Bigwest Festival,
November 2003.
Citysnaps reprise, rear truck projection, Bigwest
Festival, Principal Artist, November 2003.
Yarraville: Speed
of Light, projection, Yarraville festival, November 2002
Camera
3: Projecting Space by Ian de Gruchy. ACCA open day,
Production Assistant, September 2002.
ABAF Awards, Flemington
Racecourse, Production Assistant
to Ian de Gruchy, October 2002.
Refugee Rights are Human Rights Symposium
at Melb Town Hall, 2 video pieces using images from the RAC
bus tour round Australia.
Principal Artists, May 2002
Life of the City. Principal Artist & Secured
funding.
A program of artist workshops with young people, channelling
their creative energies into a productive image-making project.
This culminated in a series of large-scale projections onto Trades
Hall. With Simon Maidment. Part of the Next Wave festival, a
partnership between Melbourne City Council and Melbourne Citymission.
November
2001 - May 2002.
Lay of the Land.
A short program of artist workshops resulting in a large-scale
projection onto Natimuk Grain Silos part of the Colony performance.
Thanks to Yspace and Horsham Secondary College. What is Art?
Horsham Fringe Festival, Natimuk, Principal Artist, March -
April 2002.
Selected Projection for Performance:
Morning Star Concert for West Papua Live video/slide performance
at Melbourne Concert Hall, February 2003.
Fronteras Americanas, Blackbox Theatre, Video ops & installation,
May 2003.
Awards & bursaries:
EPIC ozco placement with Experimenta 2004/5.
Run_Way travel grant for projection study tour, 2005.
Mentee on William Yangs Cultural Diversity Cluster, Flinders
Uni, 2005.
Prime Minister Awards for Community Business Partnerships:
National Award winner: The Comic Book Project, 2002.
ACUMA Design Award, Best Orientation Handbook, 1997.
Works Published:
Radical Melbourne 2: The Enemy Within, Vulgar Press, 2004.
Heartwork: great arts stories from regional Australia, Australia
Council, 2004.
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