This month GACPS graces the cover of RealTime Magazine issue 108. The April/May edition of this free magazine is on stands now and features a number of articles on 2012 Next Wave Festival projects.
The featured article on The Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was written by the wonderful Sheridan Coleman, and can be read online here.
Alight, the current exhibition at The Oats Factory, is currently on view and showcases new work by Nathan Beard for The Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere installation. The exhibition was reviewed by Darren Jorgensen on page 63 of the Weekend West Australian dated April 14, 2012.
The review can be read in it’s entirety below.
Beard’s work A Puzzlement (Shrine to King Mongkut (Rama IV)/Yul Brynner
and Bhumipol Adulyadej (Rama IX) is commended in the review as the stand-out piece of the exhibition.
This Saturday Beard and some of the other artists from the exhibition will be present at the gallery for an artists’ talk and catalogue launch moderated by the exhibition’s co-curator and essayist, Simon Cox. Details are below:
The group exhibition Alight, co-curated by Dr. Darryn Ansted and Simon Cox opened at the Oats Factory in Carlisle, Western Australia, on March 24.
The exhibition debuted new works by GACPS artist Nathan Beard which will be reinterpreted for the NGV:Studio Installation at the Next Wave Festival as part of the GACPS embassy. Alight runs until 5pm, Sunday 22 April.
Installation view and details of Beard’s work below photographed by Casey Ayres.
A Puzzlement (Shrine to King Mongkut (Rama IV)/Yul Brynner and Bhumipol Adulyadej (Rama (IX)), 2012, Gold leaf, acrylic, plaster, mirrored glass, silk, plastic flowers, fluorescent light tubes, digital photographic prints and found objects. Two-channel video with sound, 6:18 and 3:08 minutes duration. Photographic prints 20.32 x 30.48cm. Frame dimensions 33 x 43cm. Shrine bases 18.5 x 25cm; 28.5 x 46cm; 35 x 61cm. Installation dimensions variable.
In Issue 46 of Frankie, (the March/April 2012 edition pictured above which may still be lingering on newsstands) you will find a feature on The Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere on page 36.
The article was written by Sheridan Coleman, a brilliant up and coming artist and writer from Perth, Western Australia, who conducted an interview over dinner with the artists at a Mexican restaurant in December 2011.
Photography for the article was conducted by the wonderfully talented Thom Perry at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) during the artists’ recent studio residency.
Pictured below is the article for those who missed out.
The Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere will be presenting their current Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) studio residency outcomes this Thursday 15 December, from 6pm. Studio One has been a site of activity for the GACPS artists over the past month, and we would like to extend an invitation to the public to attend this event. More information about the studio openings can bee seen at this link to PICA’s website.
This residency presentation and discussion will be facilitated by artist and critical thinker Lauren Brown, and the evening will also feature artist Tom Penney discussing his current project Friend World, and his recent residency in PICA’s Clock Tower Studio.
The Greater Asia Co-Prosperity is an ambitious undertaking for the artists involved, and to help source funds to realise this project to it’s fullest potential we have embarked upon a crowdfunding initiative through Pozible here.
If you visit this link you will be able to see the GACPS profile, where donations may be pledged by members of the general public to help fund installation and production costs associated with the project. In return, pledges of certain donations will be rewarded by the GACPS with various rewards, as an incentive to help us reach our anticipated target. Ideally we would like to raise as much as we can through the kindness of the general public, and every cent pledged is precious, no matter how small the amount. We need to reach the magic figure of $3000 in order to benefit from the crowdfunding initiative though, and we would love to be able to reach this target through your kind donations.
The limited edition GACPS t-shirt above is a sample of the rewards being offered to people who pledge to donate funds for the project via Pozible.
We extend a heartfelt thanks to everyone who has pledged funds to our project so far, and encourage visitors to this page to help spread word of this funding initiative through linking the page to social networking pages and e-mailing lists.
As an added incentive, if you take the time to visit our Pozible profile you will also be able to view a short film elaborating on the concepts and expected outcomes for the GACPS project.
The first official portraits for The Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere by Abdul Abdullah
www.abdulabdullah.com
Photographer: Tada Hengsapkul
Assistant: Lee Anantawat
Between the 11th and 22nd August 2011, The Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere embarked upon their second international research trip to Bangkok, Thailand.
Thailand presented itself as a unique site for the artists involved to conduct an extended period of research for this project, as it is
We met with local artists Lee Anantawat and Tada Hengsapkul who showed us the sights and sounds of Bangkok, and helped us produce a body of research.
This is a revised visual that takes into account the irregular dimensions of NGV: Studio
