Profile Week4 @ Gaffa

Opening night drinks @ gaffa

THursday 1st of February 6-8pm

:::PROFILE WEEK: Edition 4:::

gaffa's 4th profile week features artists from a diverse
range of backgrounds. From Darren Wigley's striking
abstractive photography concerning 

"Control, accidents and visual contamination"

,to the touching and transient work of Ravi Prasad, 
'Love Letters' left randomly around the city
for passers by to read.

"It was an invitation to consider, for a moment, that a person, like 

me,

could exist in the world. That someone out there was prepared to write

love letters for someone else, for free."

Claude Jones(invite image)exhibits drawing and objects using imagery,

simultaneously alien and familiar, confronts the audience through the

combination of what is recognizable to the human anatomy and what is

fantasy.

"My imagery centers on the re-visioning of the human body in an age of

increasingly visible and accessible biotechnology and cosmetic surgery

practices."

Also not to be missed, work by contemporary fashion jeweller Jasmine 

Laing

- 'Play-Me' de-conconstructed and then reconstructed guitar components 

by

Jessica Paige - 'Bonds, mutations and mechanisms' by Cecile Kym crafted

from resin and silver, reminiscent of human bone structures.

Plenty of food for thought

Braille @ 4A

You are invited to touch/feel/hear...
Braille window project
work  in progress
Friday 19th January 2007, 6:30-8:30pm
A hybrid arts project devised
by Anne Walton and Bruce Maguire
in collaboration with gallery 4a,
adults and children who read
and write braille, and passers-by.
This research and development project
has been made possible
with the generous assistance
of the City of Sydney.
City of Sydney logo.
Arts NSW logo.
Ozco logo.
Asia-Australia Arts Centre logo.
Asia-Australia Arts Centre
Gallery 4a
181-187 Hay St Sydney
02 9212 0380
info@4a.com.au
www.4a.com.au

Image description: Video still, close-up of three fingers reading
transparent
braille text, seen through Gallery 4a window. Video still courtesy Anne
Walton.
ASIA-AUSTRALIA ARTS CENTRE
181-187 Hay Street
Sydney NSW 2000

Open Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-6pm
Closed Public holidays
Tel: + 61 2 9212 0380
Fax: + 61 2 9281 0873
info@4a.com.au
www.4a.com.au

A Pure Dadaist Moment

... You usually enjoy a lot of non-sense moments on the net, but they seem to make sense in spite of all, hey? Well, this one is a pure and unashamed combination of letters that do not make sense. Better than a Pascalian martingale.


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Wot's going on at Gaffa,Mori Gallery, and a couple of others?

Happy New Year! You are invited to attend Gaffa's first exhibition
opening
for 2007


:::Slow Mapping:::

Opening Thursday 18th January 6-8pm
runs until Jan 30th

An exhibition of sound, video and
installation art by Pmfk and Sam
Doctor








Oliver Ressler in Australia
>
>
> Oliver Ressler, Austrian artist and co-director (with Dario
Azzellini)
> of "5 Factories-Worker Control in Venezuela," will be in Australia in
> January. Come to a special screening of his film followed by a
> discussion with the artist.
>
>  Melbourne: Jan 25th Trade's Hall, 6pm, phone 0431 260 787
>  Sydney: Jan 29th, 6pm, Mori Gallery, 168 Day St, Sydney
>
> Entry is free but donations are welcomed to the Venezuelan solidarity
> groups who will be present on the night. Sponsored by the Bolivarian
> Circle and the Australian Venezuela Solidarity Network.
>
> 5 Factories-Worker Control in Venezuela:
>
> In their second film regarding political and social change in
> Venezuela, after " Venezuela from Below" (67 min., 2004), Dario
> Azzellini and Oliver Ressler focus on the industrial sector. The
> changes in Venezuela's productive sphere are demonstrated with five
> large companies in various regions: a textile company, aluminum
works,
> a tomato factory, a cocoa factory, and a paper factory. In all, the
> workers are struggling for different forms of co- or self-management
> supported by credits from the government. "The assembly is basically
> governing the company", says Rigoberto López from the textile factory
> "Textileros del Táchira" in front of steaming tubs. And coning
machine
> operator Carmen Ortiz summarizes t
he experience as follows: "Working
> collectively is much better than
working for another–working for
> another is like being a slave to that other".
>
> The protagonists portrayed at the five
production locations present
> insights into ways of alternative
organizing and models of workers'
> control. Mechanisms and difficulties
of self-organization are
> explained as well as the production
processes. The portrayal of
> machine processes could be seen as
a metaphor for the dream machine
of
> the "Bolivarian process", and the hopes and desires it inspires among
> the workers. The situation in the five factories varies, but they
> share the common search for better models of production and life.
This
> not only means concrete improvements for the workers. Aury Arocha,
> laboratory analyst at the ketchup factory "Tomates Guárico",
> emphasizes that the difference between "social production companies"
> (EPS) and capitalist corporations is that the EPS "work for the
> community and society". Carlos Lanz, president of the second largest
> aluminum factory in Venezuela, Alcasa, coins the key question: "How
> does a company push toward socialism within a capitalist framework?"
>
> The film ends with an extended sequence from a management meeting at
> Alcasa, a company with 2,700 workers, with discussions about
> co-management and the changes of production relations they aspire
> towards.
>
> The film is originally in Spanish and available with German or
English.

 If You See Something Say Something
>
>  Exhibition, workshop and newspaper
project, January/February 2007
>
>
>
> Over January/February an exhibition,
discussion and newspaper project> will
be held in several venues in Sydney
and Melbourne. Eight> international
and eight Australian artists will be
contributing> artworks, articles and
ideas for  If you see something, say
something> which will explore another
side to the debate on "terrorism". The> contributions range from the very s
ad and serious to the more humorous> or whimsical, as artists  see and say
something very different to the
> vision of the world promoted by the government. Rather than viewing
> those around us with fear and suspicion the artists invite the viewer
> to engage with the world around them and challenge their
understanding
> of the causes of violence and war.
>
>
>
> Al Fadhil (Iraqi artist living in Europe), in a collaborative work
> with his brother Ahmed, who was tragically killed by the invasion of
> Iraq, sends a letter home to his parents as they are uprooted and
> displaced by the war that is engulfing their homeland. The images of
> his families belongings, packed into boxes, are a reminder of how
> temporary and fragile life has become in a war zone.
>
>
>
> Grupo Etcétera… (Argentina), and the spin off collective the Errorist
> International, exhibit a video of their "war on errorism" in a
humours
> look at how the "war on terrorism" has impacted on freedom and civil
> liberties.
>
>
>
> Hito Steyerl (Germany) explores the connections between the Kurdish
> liberation movement and Western governments in her film November.
> November is the period of retreat after the revolution of October,
her
> film explores questions of social responsibility, agency and
violence.
>
>
>
> Contra Filé (Brazil) initiate a "Program for the Deturnstilisation of
> Life Itself." The turnstile is a key symbol in Brazilian society
> regulating access to public transport, education and public buildings
> to those with the money to pay. Their artwork sparked protests which
> culminated in students tearing out and setting fire to turnstiles
> outside the university. The initial artwork and
protests are> documented through photographs and
press clippings.
>
>
>
> Oliver Ressler (Austria) and Dario Azzellini's
(Italy) feature length> documentary 5 Factories
Workers Control in Venezuela explores the> process
of social change in Venezuela under President Hugo
 Chavez.
> Venezuela is providing an example of different
model of development> for the Latin American region
and presents a challenge to US hegemony> in their
"backyard".
>
>
>
> With nuclear power being promoted as the "clean" a
lterative to fossil> fuels Taring Padi (Indonesia) create an installation
which exploresthe consequences of a nuclear accident on the populated and
> geologically unstable islands of Indonesia.
>
>
>
> Closer to home Daniel Boyd turns his eyes towards the displacement of
> Aboriginal people and the acts of violence which have constituted the
> basis for the establishment of Australia through a series of oil
> paintings.
>
>
>
> SquatSpace take viewers on a tour of Redfern/Waterloo as they try and
> comprehend the changes planned for this important and contested inner
> city suburb of Sydney and continue their research of this issue
> through a social mapping project.
>
>
>
> pvi collective take a satirical look at what it would be like if we
> actually tried to enforce all the laws surrounding public space
> through the loyal citizen's underground ( l.c.u). The l.c.u has been
> out and about in Perth challenging people who jay-walk, swear or
break
> any minor laws in public.
>
>
>
> Astra Howard exhibits her walking story booth which encourages people
> to talk about their lives and overcome their fear of "strangers."
>
>
>
> The exhibition and newspaper will be launched January 26th at Gallery
> 4a. Etcétera, Contra Filé, Oliver Ressler and Taring Padi will be in
> Australia for the exhibition.
>
>
>
> A program of events follows.
>
>
>
> For more information or interviews with the artists contact Zanny
Begg
> 0421 420 420 or Keg de Souza 0412 920 044 .
>
>
>
> If You See Something Say Something
>
>  Exhibition, workshops and newspaper project, January/February 2007
>
>
>
> Project initiators: Keg de Souza and Zanny Begg
>
>
>
> Participating artists:
>
>
>
> Dmitry Vilenksy/Chto Delat? (Russia)
>
>  Contra Filé (Brazil)
>
>  Etcétera (Argentina)
>
>  Oliver Ressler (Austria) & Dario Azzellini (Italy)
>
> Taring Padi (Indonesia)
>
>  Richard DeDomenici (UK)
>
>  Al Fadhil (Iraq)
>
> Hito Steyerl (Germany)
>
>  Arlene TextaQueen (Australia)
>
>  David Griggs (Australia)
>
>  pvi collective (Australia)
>
>  SquatSpace (Australia)
>
>  Daniel Boyd (Australia)
>
>  Astra Howard (Australia)
>
>  Keg de Souza (Australia)
>
> Zanny Begg (Australia)
>
>
>
>  "If you see something say something," was pasted on bus shelters and
> train stations around the world in the wake of the 9/11 bombings
> asking us to view those around us with fear and suspicion. But do we
> see this government sponsored vision of the world or do these
> advertisements move us to say something very different? In the state
> of exception produced by the war on terror we are asked to accept a
> consensual vision of fear, war, scapegoating and state sponsored
> violence. Yet many are moved to dissent from this.
>
>
>
> Dissensus can mean widespread disagreement, a failure to reach
> consensus or a consensus only among those who dissent. Jaques
Ranciere
> uses the term to describe rare moments of genuine democracy whereby
> new social actors force themselves into the political landscape
> demanding that their voices, which hitherto have been silent, are
> finally heard. While what we consider politics is often a ritualised
> confrontation between opposing parties, armies, or forces, with a
> known set of protocols on how this resolution will play out, a moment
> of dissensus allows a reconfiguration of how we understand the notion
> of politics itself by opening up pre-existing assumptions of social
> agency.
>
>
>
> If you see something, say something will be a discussion, exhibition
> and publishing project in Sydney in February 2007. Principally this
> will revolve around an exhibition that will involve a small number of
> international and Australian artists whose work has explored aspects
> of dissensus – by either questioning prevailing notions of consensus
> or by exploring new possibilities of social agency. Rather than being
> an exhibition of political art this exhibition will aim to question
> how we actually understand the connections between politics and
> aesthetics.
>
>
>
> Venues:
>
>
>
> Mori Gallery: 168 Day St Darling Harbour
>
> Gallery 4a, The Asia-Australia Arts Centre: 181-187 Hay Street Sydney
>
> Chrissie Cotter Gallery: Pidcock St Camperdown
>
>
>
> Events/openings:
>
>
>
> Melbourne:
>
>
>
> Thursday January 25 - Film Screening Oliver Ressler and Dario
> Azzellini's   5 Factories–Worker Control in Venezuela:, 6pm, Trade's
> Hall,  followed by question and answer session with Oliver Ressler.
> Sponsored by the Bolivarian Circle, LASNET and the Australian
> Venezuela Solidarity Network. Phone: 0431 720 787 .
>
>
>
> Sydney:
>
>
>
> Friday January 26 -  Opening: Gallery 4a, 6-8pm, Artists: Daniel
Boyd,
> Hito Steyerl, Oliver Ressler and Dario Azzellini, Dmitry Vilensky,
> David Griggs, Taring Padi and Zanny Begg. Gallery hours 11-6pm
Tuesday
> to Saturday, exhibition runs until February 11. Phone 9212 0380.
>
>
>
> Monday January 29 - Film screening Oliver Ressler and Dario
> Azzellini's   5 Factories–Worker Control in Venezuela.  Mori Gallery,
> film 6pm, followed by talk and question and answer session with
Oliver
> Ressler 7.30pm. Sponsored by the Bolivarian Circle, LASNET and the
> Australian Venezuela Solidarity Committee.
>
>
>
> Monday February 5 - Opening: Chrissie Cotter Gallery: 6-8pm. Artists:
> Contra Filé. Gallery hours 12-6pm Wednesday to Saturday, exhibition
> runs until February 17. Phone 9335 2222.
>
>
>
> Wednesday February 7 - Opening: Mori Gallery: 6-8 pm,. Artists:
Arlene
> TextaQueen, Al Fadhil, Etcétera, Contra Filé, SquatSpace, pvi
> collective, Astra Howard and  Keg de Souza and Zanny Begg.
Performance
> by Justice Yeldham. Gallery hours 11-6pm Wednesday to Saturday,
> exhibition runs until March 3. Phone 9283 2904.
>
>
>
> Saturday February 3 - Workshop with Taring Padi (Indonesian with
> English translation): 3pm, Gallery 4a.
>
>
>
> Saturday February 10 - Workshop with Contra File (Portuguese with
> English translation): Chrissie Cotter Gallery. 2-4pm.
>
>
>
> Sunday February 11 - Workshop with Etcetera (Spanish with English
> Translation): Mori Gallery 2-4pm.
>
>
>
> Saturday February 10 - Closing party: The Chocolate Factory Basement
> 8pm, Organised by Lauren Parker and Supported by Dual Plover.
>
>
>
> Sunday February 18 - Squatfest: The Anti Tropfest Film Fest (text
> "squat" to 0428 477 128  for venue details) www.squatfest.com.
>
>
>
> Saturday 24 February - SquatSpace presents: Redfern-Waterloo Tour of
> Beauty; meet at the top of Little Eveleigh St, Next to Redfern Train
> Station 2pm. www.squatspace.com/redfern.
>
>
>
> Wednesday February 28 - Feedback Session: Is it possible to bring
> political art into the gallery? Thumbs up, thumbs down… a wrap up and
> debrief on  If You See Something Say Something, at Loose Projects
6pm,
> level 2, 168 Day St Darling Harbour.
>
>
>
> With thanks to our sponsors:
>
> NAVA
>
> Marrickville Council
>
> Australia Council for the Arts
>
> Breakdown Press
>
> Bolivarian Circle
>
> Australia Venezuela Solidarity Network
>
> LASNET
>
>
>
> For more information: www.ifyouseesomethingsaysomething.net
>
>
>
>
> --
> http://www.ifyouseesomethingsaysomething.net/ 
> subtitles.

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