Update: Move has now expanded to include Victoria and South Australia, reaching over 1000 government secondary schools.
The 2008 production cycle is complete. Artists are currently being considered for the 2009 edition.
Non-government schools in NSW, Victoria and South Australia are invited to express interest in purchasing the MOVE box set ($295, inc. delivery) by completing the application form (link below).
From its beginning in 1969 the aim of Kaldor Art Projects has been to bring to Australian audiences the latest developments in contemporary international art.
This project, in partnership and with the very active assistance of the Curriculum Directorate of the NSW Department of Education & Training, continues the same tradition but is more specific in its focus on secondary schools.
In the first stage of what will be an ongoing project, five young Australian artists were commissioned to provide moving image works, which with accompanying curriculum materials will be supplied to every government secondary school in New South Wales. Three new artists were added in 2008 and artists are currently being shortlisted for the final four works for inclusion. Learn more about the particpating artists and their work by browsing among the images on the right.
The aim of this project is to acquaint students with one art form that, although it had its origins approximately 50 years ago, has in the last decade become increasingly in the mainstream of contemporary expression - video art. Also known as "moving image" or "new / digital media", video art has given many artists a new way to express themselves and opens the door to the possibilities of our electronic age.
I would like firstly to thank the artists and their commercial representatives: Daniel Crooks and John Tonkin, who are represented by Sherman Galleries; Todd McMillan, represented by Grantpirrie; TV Moore, who is represented by Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery and Grant Stevens, represented by Gallery Barry Keldoulis. Joining them in 2008 are three leading artists who have all exhibited in the Venice Biennale - Shaun Gladwell, Daniel von Sturmer (both represented by Anna Schwartz Gallery) and Patricia Piccinini, represented by Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne and Yvon Lambert, New York.
Thank you also to all the present and future contributors to this project and in particular we thank The Balnaves Foundation, The Yulgilbar Foundation, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu financial services and UBS for their support.
I hope that the encounter with these works will create interest, raise questions and stimulate students to further explore the world of contemporary art.
John Kaldor
Credits:
John Kaldor, Adam Free for Kaldor Public Art Projects
Deidhre Wauchop and Wendy Ramsay (and formerly Reg Newitt) for NSW Department of Education & Training
Thanks to Brian Ladd, Head of Public Programmes and
Tristan Sharp, Senior Coordinator Education Programs, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Contributors:
Lisa Slade, Art theory lecturer, University of Newcastle
Sean O'Keeffe, Visual Arts teacher, Lithgow High School
Project Coodinator: Adam Free
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