Poet Nandi Chinna and illustrator Andrea Smith embarked upon a cross-continental collaboration for their book, Alluvium. Nandi has been exploring wetlands and walking in her latest poetry project. Andrea is a professional illustrator with an interest in birds and animals. The book began with concerted wandering along the shores of wetlands and river banks in… Continue reading Nandi Chinna and Andrea Smith: Alluvium
Tag: Art/text/Clearinghouse project
Dianne and Kathryn Souphandavong: In the beginning
Artist/photographer Dianne Souphandavong and poet Kathryn Souphandavong combined talents on their first collaboration, In the beginning. The book includes sunset photographs abstracted in an atmospheric manner. Many spectres, figures and ghosts appear naturally in the photos. The series dwells within a particular genre of the ‘fantastic’. The images were obtained from two separate visits to… Continue reading Dianne and Kathryn Souphandavong: In the beginning
call for Expression of Interest for the art/text/clearinghouse project and Western Australian Photographic Book Survey for a funding application
Progress on the November Lethologica Press exhibition is continuing. We are pursuing positive leads for funding and sponsorship and need high quality Expressions of Interest to support our bids. Proposals by WA artists/photographers/writers (even unconfirmed and speculative ones) are very welcome by 31 July in order to fulfil a significant grant application. Please fill out… Continue reading call for Expression of Interest for the art/text/clearinghouse project and Western Australian Photographic Book Survey for a funding application
Catherin Higham’s show at the Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery
Showing at the Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery until 17th of July is Prime Mover by artist/photographer Catherine Higham. Prime Mover is an exhibition of paintings and photographs which link human behavior to ecosystems, with focus on water and genetically modified grains. Catherine is keen to collaborate with a poet to exploring aspects of the… Continue reading Catherin Higham’s show at the Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery
Liana Joy Christensen and Marie Lochman: Unnatural History
Writer Liana Joy Christensen and photographer Marie Lochman share a passion for the natural world. They collaborated on Unnatural History: Our book is a strange homage to the exquisitely rendered natural history texts of the nineteenth century. Those seemingly realistic depictions and descriptions of flora and fauna were not neutral. They encoded a whole cultural… Continue reading Liana Joy Christensen and Marie Lochman: Unnatural History
KITCHEN (britt salt + jon hewitt) with T-SAC: Make Your Own Damn Arts Centre
KITCHEN is a collaboration between britt salt and jon hewitt who recently completed a Trans-Siberian art project which they now wish to turn into a book. Kitchen would like to work with an arts writer or a writer with an interest/background in arts and culture who is keen to write a foreword for our book… Continue reading KITCHEN (britt salt + jon hewitt) with T-SAC: Make Your Own Damn Arts Centre
boom. (2009)
As part of a 2011 showcase of already existing books — antecedents and inspirations — for the November Western Australian photographic books + Art/text/clearinghouse project show at the Perth Centre for Photography… boom., published in 2009 was born from a series of discussions between 20 of WA’s emerging creative practitioners. The resulting cross-platform exhibition, website… Continue reading boom. (2009)
Catherine Higham
Catherine Higham is an artist/photographer looking to work with a poet. Her materials and processes are multidisciplinary: painting, assemblage, photography, ephemeral sculpture. She works with themes that have an environmental focus. My idea for a book — with the tentative title: wild She writes: I would like to work with a poet on the theme… Continue reading Catherine Higham
Ben Reynolds: Beauty in the Burbs
Ben is a photographer looking to collaborate or exchange with a writer. He currently works in the genres of street, seascape, wedding and abstract photography. My idea for a book: Beauty in the Burbs A search for beauty on the suburbs of Perth. Photographing a suburb per week for 52 weeks (or shorter time frame/suburbs),… Continue reading Ben Reynolds: Beauty in the Burbs
What do we mean by collaboration/exchange?
conversation discussion teamwork partnership group effort association alliance relationship co-operation swap trade barter In the Art/Text/Clearinghouse project we welcome a wide range of work and approaches. The central challenge is of course finding and negotiating a collaboration or exchange with someone from a different creative/professional community to your own, and in order to do so… Continue reading What do we mean by collaboration/exchange?
first meeting of the Art/Text/Clearinghouse project
Almost 40 people turned up to the initial face-to-face meeting for the Art/Text/Clearinghouse project. Another 10 people who couldn’t come sent their cvs and samples of their work. Already people are starting to make connections between contemporary visual arts and writing communities. It’s easy to participate — have a look at the forms here and… Continue reading first meeting of the Art/Text/Clearinghouse project
Important Project Meeting 26 May
Art/Text/Clearinghouse project/Western Australian photographic book exhibition. A meeting will be held 6:30 pm on 26 May at the Perth Centre for Photography. It will cover general details about the two parts to the exhibition that will be be held at PCP in November 2011 — including more info on participation in the Art/Text/Clearinghouse project. Perth… Continue reading Important Project Meeting 26 May