Re: [-empyre-] "national representation" at Documenta

[Deborah Kelly <dkellysocialchange@yahoo.com>]

I want to pipe up that Simryn Gill & Juan Davila are
not in Documenta as Australians: they're there as
artists. It's not the olympics- nor, indeed, the
Venice biennale, with its attendant, abject, standard
waving. 

regards,
Deborah



--- Melinda Rackham <melinda@anat.org.au> wrote:

> In answer to some of your questions blakbyrd
> 
> Australian representation:
> 
> artists:
> Juan Davila - born 1946 Santiago, Chile. Lives in
> Melbourne, Australia.
> 
> Simryn Gill - born 1959 Singapore. Lives in Sydney,
> Australia, and Port
> Dickson, Malaysia.
> 
> Magazine project:
> empyre fourm - born 2002 Sydney, facilitated from
> Australia and  Nth and Sth
> America - represented at documenta by Christina
> McPhee (USA)
>  
> ----
> The Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council for
> the Arts assisted with
> the costs of artists Simryn Gill and Juan Davila and
> editors/arts writers
> Andrew Murphie, Yanni Florence and Leo Edelstein to
> attend documenta.
> Murphie, Florence or Edelstein have no connection
> with empyre.
> 
> In terms of attendance.. Almost everyone who goes to
> Venice goes to
> documenta.. Its the Grand Tour with Munster and Art
> Basel.
> http://www.grandtour2007.com/
> 
> Melinda
> 
> 
> On 17/7/07 6:32 PM, "christina mcphee"
> <christina112@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> > This post was received in rich text format, here
> forwarded in plain text.  -cm
> > 
> > =---------------------------
> > 
> > dear readers
> > 
> > There is an assemblage of Documenta videos
> featured on bellebyrd here
> >
>
http://printaustralia.blogspot.com/2007/07/documenta-12-in-kassel.html
> > 
> > It includes a three part interview with the
> curators
> > 
> > 
> > There are more art playlists on blakkbyrd here
> > 
> >
>
http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=blakkbyrd
> > 
> > The catalogue is on sale here in Amsterdam and I
> plan on reading it before I
> > attend the show.  Some questions
> > 
> > - what Australian representation is there?
> > 
> > - has anyone analysed the distribution of
> representation amongst countires or
> > by gender ?
> > 
> > - what relevence does a European show have for
> Australian arts professionals
> > and who of them will actually get to attend?
> > 
> > 
> > my observation since I have been living in Europe
> is that the main obstacles
> > for Australians are distance and a relative lack
> of govt financial support to
> > market their work overseas or participate in
> overseas events
> > 
> > 
> > blakkbyrd
> > 
> > Bellebyrd  
> > http://printaustralia.blogspot.com/
> > 
> > Blakkbyrd  
> > http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.com/
> > http://profile.myspace.com/blakkbyrd
> > http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=blakkbyrd
> > 
> > lyrebyrd
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PrintAustralia/
> > 
> > Print Australia
> > http://www.acay.com.au/~severn/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > <http://christinamcphee.net>
> > <http://naxsmash.net>
> > _______________________________________________
> > empyre forum
> > empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au
> > http://www.subtle.net/empyre
> 
> Regards  
> Melinda
> --
> Dr Melinda Rackham
> Executive Director
> Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT)
> PO Box 8029
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> South Australia 5000
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> 
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> 
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