EXTRA! EXTRA! 2019

The studio at the Art Gallery of NSW with EXTRA!EXTRA! – a weekly newspaper which responds critically and playfully to Making Art Public, 9 Nov – 15 Dec, 2019. Each week, editor-in-chief Lucas Ihlein and special correspondent Ian Milliss were joined by special guest writers and artists, who worked with the Rizzeria team to print the newspaper inContinue reading “EXTRA! EXTRA! 2019”

Plastic-free Kandos, 2022!

Plastic-free Kandos, 2022, promotional flyer. Social engagement work, Plastic-free Biennale (2020) in NIRIN, Biennale of Sydney, has been reactivated after the impact of covid-19 and reconfigured to present Plastic-free Kandos, at the WAYOUT ArtSpace, 2022! I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Lucas Ihlein & Kim Williams again and have Sydney basedContinue reading “Plastic-free Kandos, 2022!”

Urgently arting, a savage world civil…

Image: The Wrapped Coast, One Million Square Feet, Little Bay, Sydney, Australia (1969), Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Image: Art Gallery NSW: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/, accessed: 09.10.2022. BCM 111 Global Media & Culture Assignment 2: Annotated Bibliography. Grade: 85/100. Title: Urgently Arting a Savage World, Civil. The Question: Discuss four key elements to building the rudimentary foundations of aContinue reading “Urgently arting, a savage world civil…”

Sister GlitterNullius: Empathy. X

BCM 111 Global Media & Culture Assignment 3: Empathy, 2022, Video Presentation & Script. Grade: HD 90/100. Concepts: 1. Networked, Indigenous Identity & Indigenous Art Activism, 2. Environmental Art Activism Intersectional Environmentalism, 3. Cultural Proximity, 4. Audience Access & Activation: Developing non-Indigenous Proximity & Engagement with Indigenous CulturalExpression. Explanatory Note:Video: Justin Hewitson recorded the videoContinue reading “Sister GlitterNullius: Empathy. X”

We’re not in Kandos anymore! How art transformed an out of luck town.

By Nick Galvin JULY 21, 2022, Sydney Morning Herald. Kandos, about an hour north-west of Lithgow, is a pretty quiet town – doubly so since its main employer, the cement works and quarry, closed its doors in 2011. The second hammer blow came in 2015 when the nearby Chambon coal mine also shuttered. But this particular morningContinue reading “We’re not in Kandos anymore! How art transformed an out of luck town.”

Cementa22 Festival Video: 8min version is here! X

With her DNA infected by micro-plastix, we are reminded our inimitable Sister GlitterNullius, is homeless on many levels and for just as many reasons. Through her telescope (we know it’s a kaleidoscope) and her compass (we know is a stopwatch), she finds herself on Dabee-Wiradjuri Country, Kandos NSW. Our Nun knocks on doors & knocksContinue reading “Cementa22 Festival Video: 8min version is here! X”

NAIDOC 2022 Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!

My absolute gratitude to Ana Kindergarten, the Anatolian community & Aly Trinh for hosting Belonging & Sister GlitterNullius, to celebrate NAIDOC 2022! X We explored our sense of Belonging in Australia, within our various community groups & asked, how might we strengthen connections between our cultures… Through humour, irony & acknowledging our differences & commonalities,Continue reading “NAIDOC 2022 Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!”

Psalm 23: The 4 Lords Are My Shepherd… X

Your Friend, in & Out of Plastix, Sister GlitterNullius X

Keeping Gate: Cementa 22 Festival

The ancient people are here, have always been here and it is time for you to come with us, because you are also ancestors of the future… what we make here… what we make together… From broken we heal, come with us… The ancient people are here & they want you with them…. Images: TheContinue reading “Keeping Gate: Cementa 22 Festival”

Cementa22 Festival: Sister GlitterNullius is in town! Kandos, NSW! 19th-22nd May X

Our invitation to all of you! X Come! Come with me! Be us, ancient and new together in all directions at this long awaited once! Let our feathers be free among, and belong with the artists, the knowledge keepers, storytellers and gatherers! Arrive all colours, skins and kin! Immerse with joy and disquieting truths! AsContinue reading “Cementa22 Festival: Sister GlitterNullius is in town! Kandos, NSW! 19th-22nd May X”