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Paperartzi lead-upFREE

MARCH 5-202011

Contemporary drawing and dance

in the streets of Albany.

Exhibitions, performances,

and workshops.

Artists from WA and beyond

push the line off the page.

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FarmersMarket

Old Common-wealth Bank Building

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INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................4PROGRAM............................................................................................................6A Dance Project Various locations............................................................8B William Kentridge Vancouver Arts Centre......................................101 Indra Geidans The Singing Tree, 270 York St....................................122 Sue Codee Ricarda, 222 York St.........................................................133 Judith Lambert Library Lawn..................................................................144 Marina Troitsky and Helen Seiver Albany Town Hall & UWA.......155 Ann Copeman Albany Town Hall..........................................................166 Jenny Crisp Albany Town Hall................................................................177 Victoria Eyre Albany Town Hall.............................................................188 Bo Laidler Albany Town Hall..................................................................199 Tania Spencer Albany Town Hall............................................................2010 Holly Story Albany Town Hall................................................................2111 Trish Ware Albany Town Hall................................................................2212 Margaret Sanders York Street Cafe, 184 York St...........................2313 Beth Kirkland Laneway next to Southern Sound, York St........2414 Peta Davies Morande Designs, 1/146 York St.................................2515 Jillian Green Classical Music Shop, 48 Stirling Tce..........................2616 Kerrie Argent Co-operative Building, WA Museum-Albany....2717 Kati Thamo Vancouver Arts Centre...................................................28▼ Other Events................................................................................................29 Acknowledgements....................................................................................30 Sponsors........................................................................................................31

7.30pm Library Lawn, York Street. Melancholy radiates from the cracks in the pavement. There are whispers of chatter, ghosts of smiles. One creature rises up, another falls from grace. They all are enveloped by the paper. It protects and warms, creates a façade…Celebrating the opening of Paperartzi’11 is a powerful contemporary dance performance refl ecting on homelessness and exclusion in our community. Impressions… has been developed by local choreographer Symantha Parr in collaboration with sculptor Simon Gilby, under the mentorship of Perth choreographer Aimee Smith for Ausdance WA’s Future Landings project. Bring your picnic for an exciting evening of art and performance from the library lawn.

10am- noon. As part of “Impressions…..” a series of mini vignettes will feature along York Street and the Albany Farmers Market. Keep an eye out around town as you may see some strange individuals. Do they watch us or do we watch them? www.futurelandings.com.au

The Paperartzi’11 artists have pushed the theme of drawing and mark-making in new directions – in some cases, taking it literally off the page. While paper is the surface for some exquisite drawings, in other Paperartzi artworks, paper becomes the drawing tool, creating the lines and shapes that form the artwork. Come along and experience sculpture, installations, video, photography, printmaking and live action drawing. Be part of a unique experience in Albany when contemporary dancers take over the outside of the Albany Town Hall in a free performance for Paperartzi’11’s opening event. In a special arrangement for Paperartzi’11, short fi lms of drawings by the famous South African artist William Kentridge will be on show at the Vancouver Arts Centre. The six fi lms are on loan from the Art Gallery of Western Australia’s State Art Collection, bringing international art to Albany during Paperartzi’11. Use this brochure and map to discover the locations of the art. Look out for art in shops, public spaces, the Albany Town Hall, Albany Public Library, the Vancouver Arts Centre and at the WA Museum-Albany. ’11

In Paperartzi’11, contemporary artists explore drawing

and mark-making and its infi nite possibilities.

In Paperartzi’07 and ‘09, artists showed how paper

could be the substance or surface for innovative and

intriguing works of art.

Now, in 2011, artists and dancers bring imagination

and expression to the act of drawing and mark-making.

Making marks on a surface – whether it be in the

sand, on rocks or on paper is an intriguing process and

has been explored by many throughout the ages. Artists

often work out their ideas at the start of their creative

process, through sketching and drawing. In Paperartzi’11,

drawing and mark-making are not just part of the

process – they are the fi nal result.’’’’’’’’’’’

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2.30-5.30pm each day, Albany Public Library. Whatever happened to William? Informal workshop with paper to create 3D structures. See page 29 for details.

8.30am onwards to mid afternoon. Watch Beth Kirkland explore the mark-making possibilities of honey and spices in a live action drawing performance in the laneway next to Southern Sound, York Street. 10am-noon Who are these paper-suited fi gures? And what are they doing? Spy them in various locations in York Street (map reference A).10am-4pm Vancouver Arts Centre and Albany Town Hall – exhibitions open.6pm Bring a picnic to the library lawn. View the Paperartzi exhibition in the Albany Town Hall (open 6pm – 7.15pm) and grab the best seats for the free dance performance.7.30pm Impressions on the Paper Ghost Through My Faded Mind. 30-minute contemporary dance performance presented through Ausdance WA’s Future Landings project. See page 8 for details.

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WEDS 2 & THURS 3 MARCHPAPERARTZI LEAD-UP

SATURDAY MARCH 5OPENING DAY

12noon-3.30pm Contemporary art workshop with Dr Barbie Greenshields. See page 29 for details.

2pm Vancouver Arts CentreGary Dufour, Deputy Director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia presents an illustrated talk about William Kentridge,

and his works in the State Collection.

Exhibition opening hoursAlbany Town Hall 9.30am-4.30pm Monday to SaturdayVancouver Arts Centre 10am-4pm daily

SAT 12 & SUN 13 MARCH

SATURDAY MARCH 19

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Melancholy radiates from the cracks in the pavement. There are whispers of chatter, ghosts of smiles. One creature rises up, another falls from grace. They all are enveloped by the paper. It protects and warms, creates a façade…A powerful contemporary dance performance refl ecting on homelessness and exclusion in our community has been developed for Paperartzi’11. Local choreographer Symantha Parr, under the mentorship of Perth choreographer Aimee Smith and in collaboration with sculptor Simon Gilby, have created this memorable performance as part of Ausdance WA’s Future Landings project. 10am-12noon. As part of Impressions….. a series of mini vignettes will feature along York St and at the Albany Farmers Market. Keep an eye out around town as you may see some strange individuals. Do they watch us or do we watch them? 7.30pm Library Lawn, York St. Albany For Paperartzi’11’s opening event, Impressions on the Paper Ghost Through My Faded Mind will be performed with the historic Albany Town Hall as the backdrop.

www.futurelandings.com.au

DANCE PROJECT FREE PERFORMANCE8 DANCE PROJECT 9

Impressions on the Paper Ghost Through My Faded Mind

SATURDAY MARCH 5

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On loan from the Art Gallery of Western Australia’s State Art Collection. With his astonishing range of works that explore modern life’s comedies and tragedies, William Kentridge is one of the most compelling interdisciplinary artists of our time. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1955, Kentridge has sought, through his fi lms, drawings, sculptures, graphics and music, theatre and opera projects, to come to terms with the fragmented and fractured nature of his home town and country and with broader global divisions. In November 2010, Kentridge was awarded the 26th annual Kyoto Prize for lifetime achievement in Arts and Philosophy by the Inamori Foundation. Acclaimed for his animated fi lms which are on show for Paperartzi’11, Kentridge constructed these by fi lming a drawing, making erasures and changes, and fi lming it again. He continues this process meticulously, giving each change to the drawing a quarter of a second to two seconds’ screen time. A single drawing will be altered and fi lmed this way until the end of a scene.

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William Kentridge South Africa

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William KentridgeStill from Sobriety, obesity and growing old (from ‘Drawings for Projection’ series) 199116mm fi lm transferred to digital videoPurchased, 1998State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia© William Kentridge 1989-1996Courtesy of the artist

Director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Dr Stefano Carboni said, “The screening of the Kentridge fi lms is a unique opportunity for the Art Gallery of Western Australia to share such important works from the State Art Collection with audiences in regional Western Australia.”

Free Talk: 2pm, Saturday March 19. Gary Dufour, Deputy Director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, will talk about William Kentridge and his works in the State Collection.

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Soho Eckstein fi lms at the Vancouver Arts Centre. Johannesburg, 2nd greatest city after Paris 1989 8 minutes, 2 seconds Monument 1990 3 minutes 11 secondsMine 1991 5 minutes 50 secondsSobriety, obesity and growing old 1991 9 minutesFelix in exile 1994 8 minutes 43 secondsHistory of the main complaint 1996 5 minutes 50 seconds

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1. Indra Geidans TorbayThe Singing Tree, 270 York Street TemplateDrawing 150 x 160 cm - Graphite on paper 3D model 130 x 90 cm - Tissue paper, graphite, pins, cotton thread.

“From cloth to rag”

Completed BA and B.Ed. Curtin University 1984 and 1985. 11 Solo exhibitions in Australia, Latvija and Germany. Residencies in Nuremburg, Germany and Basel, Switzerland. 2009 City of Albany Art Prize winner.

2. Sue Codee Albany Ricarda, 222 York Street Miss Melville and Mrs Clarence 2011papercut150 x 180 cm

I view papercut as a form of drawing incorporating an act of removal. ‘Miss Melville and Mrs Clarence’ are two grand ladies who wear the features of Albany in their dresses. This work is about central Albany- a community and a place where life is good and I love to live. Sue Codee is a visual artist who lives in Albany with a particular interest in the art of papercut. thispapercutlife.blogspot.com

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3. Judith Lambert Albany Library Lawn, York Street Plantation Politic cardboard, paint, pen

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This paper plantation’s narrative draws on the global environment crisis – in natural resources global consumption overpopulation economies climate changeand the associated highs/lows, peaks/troughs, confusion, chaos and slow rate of willingness to stop the downward spiral.The choice of a ‘plantation’ – one way to help the earth – is pivotal and is close to home through the blue gum industry in this region. Judith lives and farms at Lower King (Albany). After 30 years as an art educator she now enjoys time to paint about immediate and global issues.

4. Marina Troitsky and Helen Seiver Busselton Albany Town Hall and UWA Albany Centre, 35 Stirling Tce.

roadhouse paper, wood

Whatever happened to William?paper, woodSix structures in total, each 50 x 50 x 100-150 cm (approx)

roadhouse describes a road trip from our homes in the Geographe Bay area through numerous communities to our destination, Albany. Frottage gathered during the road trip evidences the mark making of human habitation. This textural narrative has been constructed into the series roadhouse. Whatever happened to William? Artist Helen Seiver’s great uncle was William, a convict assigned to work in the Albany Prison Hospital. The three structures which make up this artwork carry textures from buildings which date from 1867-74, the years of William’s duty, and have been created with community involvement (see page 29 for details). Marina and Helen are graduates of ECU Bunbury Campus and have been involved in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Both have work in public and private collections.

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5. Ann Copeman Albany Albany Town Hall Echoes of a Truth biro on photographs210 x 120 cm

The imprint of the ultrasound carries echoes of an inner truth - its cryptic language only distantly alluding to a more visceral reality. Using sonagraphs as a background grid, this drawing explores fragilities and vulnerabilities that can lurk amongst these seemingly innocuous patterns and shapes. Completed Bachelor Visual Arts (ECU) in 2006. Currently studying for Master of Visual Art at Monash University (off campus). Participated in various group exhibitions since 2001.

6. Jenny Crisp AlbanyAlbany Town Hall

The Three Cages of Man paper, wood, graphite, steel, lead180h x 100w x 80d cm

An allegory of birth, life and death, a journey in the pursuit of happiness, only to fi nd our mortal coil is a construct of our parents, or maybe the advertising industry: whichever, it is always of another’s deciding and never a statement of our own failures. Jenny Crisp has practiced art in Australia and overseas, studying silver-smithing, jewellery, sculpture and painting with works in collections in Australia and overseas.

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7. Victoria Eyre Albany Albany Town Hall Tearing at the Layersphotograph, paper, ink media56 x 76 cm

My current body of work is focused on exploring the idea of absence and presence; disconnection and connection; and feelings of ‘otherness’ – particularly in reference to place or ‘country’. Victoria currently live in Albany, having moved here from Broome in 2007. She completed her Bachelor of Arts (Art) in 2010 through the Albany campus of Curtin University.

8. Bo Laidler Albany Albany Town Hall

Soliliquies mixed media, collage, montage assemblage on paper on canvas250w x 190h x 120d cm

These are the storylines that live in my head, through a lifetime condensed into phrases, boxed and wrapped and passed into memory…….decades become transitory moments., where black is the colour and the number is reduced to none.These events are unconnected.Words make line, coincidence creates meaning. A graduate of Claremont School of Art and Edith Cowan University, a diversity of interests including singing, writing, history and anthropology inform Bo’s visual art.

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9. Tania Spencer Lake Grace Albany Town Hall

Nature’s Lace l,ll & lllhand drawn paper pulp variable dimensions

My work refl ects the environment that we inhabit; questioning how we exist, our perception of how we exist, in relation to ourselves, each other, and our environment. These works are inspired by the fungi and lichen that grow in the bush and their task in the decay and regeneration of ecological systems. An environment where fungi and lichen exist is a chance for renewal. A mixed media artist, Tania’s work often references textile traditions. She has had three solo exhibitions and participated in national and international group exhibitions. City of Melville and Bunbury collections. Represented by Gunyulgup Gallery.

ARTIST ARTIST10. Holly Story Fremantle Albany Town Hall Red Shift 2011100 x 55 x 40 cmlinen, linen thread, Marri resin, hand stitch and embroidery.

One by one I withdraw the threads, slowly changing the dress into a delicate drawing of itself. A series of reddened lines now circumscribes the space that held my breathing body. Holly Story studied Visual Art at Curtin University, graduating in 1991. She has exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Australia and overseas and is represented in major state and national Collections.

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11. Trish Ware AlbanyAlbany Town Hall

Book 1 the stinkof redwaiting

charcoal on paperEach book 75 x 105 cm

This work is based on my father’s story as a POW on the Burma-Thai Railway. Vultures were some of the fi rst birds encountered and due to the enormous death rates they were a common sight. POWs equated them with the Japanese guards who were only too keen to torment and bully their victims to death. Trish Ware has been a teacher / lecturer / artist for the past 20 years. Her art practice includes painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture.

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Visiting Torndirrup and Sandwalklinoprint, cut paper, pen drawingeach 25 x 42 cmprogressive installation

When visiting Albany in March 1836, Charles Darwin famously commented - “he who thinks with me will never wish to walk again in so uninviting a country.” My recent work is concerned with representations of indigenous vegetation – of coastal heathland, in particular it’s dense and various and wonderful to look at – it’s like a garden. This contrast of views will be the point at which I begin my Sandwalk explorations. Margaret Sanders is an Adelaide-based printmaker. She has worked on community arts, curatorial and teaching projects which have concerned print and paper-based art works.

Visit York Street Cafe regularly during Paperartzi’11 to see Margaret’s progressive additions to her artwork.

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13. Beth Kirkland Albany Laneway next to Southern Sound, York Street AlleyOopAlleyArtvarious, including honey, spices and masking tape

I’ve wanted to work in an alleyway for a long time. I’m attracted to these usually neglected parts of a city, especially a very big city where a parallel universe seems quietly to exist in the lanes. I want to be part of their transformation into worthy space. Originally from Toronto, Beth has lived in Australia for many years. She completed post-graduate art study at Curtin University and maintains an ongoing art practice while teaching part time.

Watch Beth in action Saturday March 5. 8.30am - mid afternoon.

14. Peta Davies AlbanyMorande Designs, 1/146 York Street

Mark + make = patternprint, pastel99 x 71 cm

Mark, n. 1. Affi xed or impressed sign2. Sign indication, line etc serving to indicate position3. Make one’s mark ~, attain distinctionMark, v.t.1. Make a mark2. Mark out, trace as boundaries3. Mark off, separate by boundaryMake, v.t. 1. Construct, frame2. Compose, draw up3. Cause to exist4. Result in5. Becomes6. Establish, enactPattern, n., & v.t.1. Decorative design as executed on carpet, wallpaper, cloth etc.,2. v.t. Model (thing after, upon, design etc.), decorate with ~.

“A line is a dot that went for a walk” Paul Klee

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15. Jillian Green KentdaleClassical Music Shop, 48 Stirling Terrace Paper Chantgraphite, ink, gouache, gold and silver pigment on paper mounted on plywood.

These drawings are based on my experience of listening to Gregorian Chant. My intention was to make a body of work which refl ected not necessarily the music directly but rather the feelings it invokes. For me this is a sense of order and simplicity as well as a rich spatial depth. Jillian lives in Kentdale, has a degree in visual art and exhibits with Turner Galleries, Perth. Her work is held in 11 major public Western Australian collections.

16. Kerrie Argent Lake GraceCo-op Building, WA Museum-Albany

Looking Beyondrecycled computer and photocopy papervariable dimensions

Part A: How much paper do we do we use in a day, a week, a year or in a life time? Can we recycle it all? Probably not, but should we. Why is it more expensive to buy recycled paper?

Part B: A book closes when life expires; we become part of the new forest that emerges from the expired paper that creates this new forest.

BVisual Arts Curtin University, 5 solo exhibitions, selected, group and invited exhibitions. Sculpture by the Sea (SXS) Cottesloe 2010 Vivid Wireless People’s and NAB Kid’s Choice Awards and Curators Site Specifi c Award. SXS Bondi 2010, national and international private collections.

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17. Kati Thamo AlbanyVancouver Arts Centre Shadowlinesengraved acrylic, lightdimensions variable

This series of work relates to a journey, both real and imagined, which draws on personal stories, family history and cultural myth-making. The use of light to create projected imagery invokes the ephemeral nature of lived experience, refl ected through the uncertain lens of memory. Born in Perth, 1956. Completed BA with Honours in printmaking at the University of Tasmania, 2001. Lives and works on the south coast of WA.

WORKSHOPS

Weds 2 & Thurs 3 March, 2.30-5.30pm Albany Public Library Whatever Happened to William? Informal workshop. Busselton artists Marina Troitsky and Helen Seivers invite you to make a pencil rubbing on tissue paper of one of Albany’s historic buildings and bring the rubbing to the library where they will be creating 3 ‘houses’ for display in Paperartzi. For more details, pick up an info-sheet at the Library or email paperartzi@westnet.com.au

Daily 10am-4.30pm Co-op Building, WA Museum-Albany Paper-makingGet messy! Get creative! Meet artist Kerrie Argent whose Paperartzi’11 challenge is, with your help, to turn a pile of shredded paper into works of art. Work with this inspiring artist to make paper and see the pages become a forest of portraits.

Sat 12 & Sun 13 March, 12noon-3.30pm Vancouver Arts Centre Contemporary art workshopEmotional Biology workshop, led by Dr Barbie Greenshields. Create a life size fi gure from your body with butcher’s paper and masking tape, using wrapping as a technique. Then explore, through frottage and collage, the notion of internal body organs as carriers of emotion. Workshop fee $100 To register, please telephone 9842 2459 or email paperartzi@westnet.com.au

The paper creativity continues...

FACE-UP Students from Albany schools have been making their mark. Look out for their portrait drawings, each drawn in a single continuous black line, on show in shop-windows and at the Albany Public Library.

Monster Smash by Albany-based design duo SMASH creation. Renowned for their fresh approach and interactive window displays, SMASH creation invites you to join in the fun. Come and be a graffi ti artist and tag your name on the sticky graffi ti wall. Angus & Robertson, 240 York Street.

In Living Memory, a large scale installation by Ann Walmsley, at the old Masonic Lodge, corner of Earl and Spencer Streets. Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm, and at other times by appointment, tel 0400 271 176.

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Paperartzi’11 is presented by New Arts Inc, Albany. Paperartzi’11 is the third biennial Paperartzi event, through which New Arts aims to increase the public’s opportunity to view and enjoy high quality contemporary art by bringing it into Albany’s CBD. New Arts’ vision is “To promote and encourage the exposure and accessibility of contemporary art to the community of Albany and the Great Southern region”.

Co-ordinator Annette DavisAssistant Co-ordinator Ann CopemanMedia Denise SmithsonCommittee Kate Campbell-Pope, Dianne Lofts-Taylor, Lizzie Riley.Artists selected by Paul Moncreiff, Lizzie Riley, Annette Davis.

Dance ProjectChoreographer Symantha ParrVisual Artist Collaborator Simon GilbyChoreographer Mentor Aimee SmithDancers Bina Butcher, Sophia Gilet, Fiona McGuire, Narayani Lees, Lynda Moylan, Katelyn Robinson, Amy Rose, Vanessa Tocknell, Sarah VallentineLighting Design & Technical Management David NileCostume maker Helen ParryWriter Maree DawesCo-ordinator Kelly HullFuture Landings co-ordinator Annette Carmichael

Many thanks to the artists, participating businesses and venue staff.

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A Perth International Arts Festival Event

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