Ceramicist Erin Lykos gave a gift of these charming miniature ceramic objects to the Helpmann Academy as a thank you for her Pottery Workshop artist residency opportunity. The materials used were Jingdezhen Porcelain and Chinese Celedon glaze. The bottles were wheel thrown and hand carved and the box was slab built.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
A Gift from China
Ceramicist Erin Lykos gave a gift of these charming miniature ceramic objects to the Helpmann Academy as a thank you for her Pottery Workshop artist residency opportunity. The materials used were Jingdezhen Porcelain and Chinese Celedon glaze. The bottles were wheel thrown and hand carved and the box was slab built.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Shanghai Museum
While in Shanghai our four artists visited the Shanghai Museum. "As a museum of ancient Chinese art, Shanghai Museum possesses a collection of 120000 precious works of art."
"Yesterday we went to an old residential part of Shanghai. It was so interesting to see where people live. We visited many artists studios and galleries. Also we were lucky to be there for the Shanghai Biennial. It opened for our last day in Shanghai. Not many westerners anywhere. Even at the more touristy places. So we actually had people taking pictures of us!! We also got into the Shanghai Art Fare. Very lucky. There were lot of security guards, but our guide from Jingdezhen had friends showing work at the fare and so we put their passes on." Erin Lykos
http://www.shanghaimuseum.net/en/
"Yesterday we went to an old residential part of Shanghai. It was so interesting to see where people live. We visited many artists studios and galleries. Also we were lucky to be there for the Shanghai Biennial. It opened for our last day in Shanghai. Not many westerners anywhere. Even at the more touristy places. So we actually had people taking pictures of us!! We also got into the Shanghai Art Fare. Very lucky. There were lot of security guards, but our guide from Jingdezhen had friends showing work at the fare and so we put their passes on." Erin Lykos
http://www.shanghaimuseum.net/en/
Helpmann Academy Artist Residency China 2008
Our 4 artists Peter Johnson, Prue Gramp, Erin Lykos & Sarah Rothe are half way through their 6 week artist residency in Jingdezhen China. Here Peter and Prue are participating in an underglaze class at the Pottery Workshop.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Kate Skully's mentorship = pivotal and inspiring
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News from one of our fabulous emerging artists taking part in the mentorship scheme came in today...here's what Kate Skully had to report on her mentorship so far with choreographer Amanda Phillips:
Kate: " I have been engaged since march this year in the Helpmann Mentorship program with mentor Amanda Phillips who is a well recognised director and choreographer. I've been undertaking training with Amanda who has supported and developed my choreography and has also allowed me to work alongside her current practice as a leader in the field of new platforms for performance and 3D stereoscopics -- allowing the audience to view three dimensionally. Working here in Adelaide I have had the chance to be practically involved in the studio with Amanda and other professional practitioners such as dancer Gala Moody and Alexander Waite Mitchell (composer and new media artist), This mentorship has been pitvotal to the professional direction and outcomes that I have achieved this year. I have gained new skills and approaches to choreography and direction through practical time at the Odeon Theatre, had the opportunity to work both in front of and behind the camera and developed my ideas and vision as an emerging Adelaide dance artist and Pilates practitioner.
one of the professional highlights this year was attending the World Dance Alliance (WDA) Global Summit in Brisbane that was themed Dance Dialogues: conversations across cultures, art forms & practice. here Amanda presented both an academic paper on the ontology of characters and her groundbreaking work in 3D Stereoscopics in a performative setting with her artistic associates. For this presentation I had the opportunity to understudy Gala Moody's solo, which gave e insight into the making of this work from the perspectives of movement, direction and visual aspects. In the studio Amanda gave us direction and improvisational tasks before building the solo. Within this I got to do some sensory exploration in which I learnt how my body responds differently once I close my eyes and involve myself in the feel of the movement rather than the physical appearance of the movement. The solo has an hypnotic appeal through the organic development and embodiment of the action.
Through attending the WDA I was also able to meet other delegates which was a fantastic networking opportunity. Amanda and I also met regularly during the week to debrief and discuss the lectures we had attended which I found was necessary as the amount of informatoin was overwhelming that I was taking in ! My trave to the event was assisted by a SAYAB (South Australian Youth Arts Board) grant and I was one of the youngst delegates to attend WDA.
Recently I have been involved in some insightful new developments through my mentorship. I assisted on set at the South Australian Film Corporation as Amanda created new 3D stero content for th elive cine edit of '3xperimenta: Songlines & Storylines' that was presented as part of SALA (South Australian Living Artists) Festival at the SA Museum.
The upcoming part of my mentorship is exciting a I prepare for my next Adelaide Fringe production with the collective that I co-founded called 'Playground'. My mentorship is flanked by the 2008 and 2009 Adelaide Fringe, as Amanda will give us studio time and feedback, guidance and consideration for our new show too, after beginning the mentorship in 2008 during the production 'Wearing Away Our Lips' which launched Playgrounds work a a company that performs in and around audiences. See you at the Fringe then!
Thank you again for this inspiring and pivotal opportunity."
and thank YOU Kate for letting us know about your work -- we cant wait to see what you do next!
one of the professional highlights this year was attending the World Dance Alliance (WDA) Global Summit in Brisbane that was themed Dance Dialogues: conversations across cultures, art forms & practice. here Amanda presented both an academic paper on the ontology of characters and her groundbreaking work in 3D Stereoscopics in a performative setting with her artistic associates. For this presentation I had the opportunity to understudy Gala Moody's solo, which gave e insight into the making of this work from the perspectives of movement, direction and visual aspects. In the studio Amanda gave us direction and improvisational tasks before building the solo. Within this I got to do some sensory exploration in which I learnt how my body responds differently once I close my eyes and involve myself in the feel of the movement rather than the physical appearance of the movement. The solo has an hypnotic appeal through the organic development and embodiment of the action.
Through attending the WDA I was also able to meet other delegates which was a fantastic networking opportunity. Amanda and I also met regularly during the week to debrief and discuss the lectures we had attended which I found was necessary as the amount of informatoin was overwhelming that I was taking in ! My trave to the event was assisted by a SAYAB (South Australian Youth Arts Board) grant and I was one of the youngst delegates to attend WDA.
Recently I have been involved in some insightful new developments through my mentorship. I assisted on set at the South Australian Film Corporation as Amanda created new 3D stero content for th elive cine edit of '3xperimenta: Songlines & Storylines' that was presented as part of SALA (South Australian Living Artists) Festival at the SA Museum.
The upcoming part of my mentorship is exciting a I prepare for my next Adelaide Fringe production with the collective that I co-founded called 'Playground'. My mentorship is flanked by the 2008 and 2009 Adelaide Fringe, as Amanda will give us studio time and feedback, guidance and consideration for our new show too, after beginning the mentorship in 2008 during the production 'Wearing Away Our Lips' which launched Playgrounds work a a company that performs in and around audiences. See you at the Fringe then!
Thank you again for this inspiring and pivotal opportunity."
and thank YOU Kate for letting us know about your work -- we cant wait to see what you do next!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Kevin, Kumar & Gus
I went to hear the Prime Minister of Australia (Kevin Rudd) speak at the Adelaide Festival Centre as part of the OzAsia festival symposia program -- early last Saturday morning -- very very early for most arty types I have to say.
The Premier of South Australia Mike Rann attempted some Chinese in honour of the occasion, much to the amusement of the very large audience of arts peeps, Asia enthusiasts, interested members of the public and the odd political apparatchik..The Prime Minister revealed that the expressions used by the Premier of South Australia were in a previously unheard of dialect and related to exploding ears, before going on to discuss the importance of developing the habits and structures of collaboration and cooperation in our region. These are, according the the PMs address, vital to our ability to deal with large scale issues such as climate change and the current economic situation. The PM also spoke about how important it is to be comfortable and at home in the cultures of our region -- truly at home with languages, awareness of cultural meanings etc. In other words -- respect for cultures can be the connection in challenging times. The most moving speech was that of the Lieutenant Governor of South Australia Hiue Van Le's vote of thanks to the Prime Minister was the hit of the morning, as he spoke very movingly and powerfully about his experiences and about South Australia.
The most revelatory moment for me however, was more about Kumar & Gus -- Gus Clutterbuck and Pramod Kumar's exhibition Confluence which is u at the Festival Centre foyer-- a wonderful series of works pulling together ancient & modern, Australia & India and Gus & Kumar. I found them fresh, strong and vibrant -- and I desperately want to know how they put giclee printing onto banana paper. Well worth checking out.
till next time
Alison Dunn
image shows: Fish with a Lotus Pattern, Artists: Gus Clutterbuck and Pramod Kumar, Medium: Bone China, body stains, ceramic ink; Dimensions : (set of 2) 260 x 180 x 10mm each ; Photo Gus Clutterbuck
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
friends indeed
Last night a group of Helpmann Academy Friends gathered at the Adelaide Centre for the Arts to learn more about the world of contemporary dance. It was lovely to meet so many supporters of the students and to hear first hand about some of the technical differences between ballet and contemporary dance from the gorgeous Sally Collard-Gentle who is one of the marvellous teachers at Adelaide Centre for the Arts. Asking why contemporary dancers let their hair run free is just one of those gems you always wanted to find out about but never have the guts to ask a dancer at the party afterwards. So now Sally has solved that msytery for us we can all appreciate the work so much more. Sally gave a lovely outline of some of the key differences and similarities and afterwards told me that in her travels around the world looking at dance schools its really apparent that the days of ballet looking down its nose at contemporary and contemporary sticking out its tongue at ballet are really long gone. Many (if not most) schools teach both and this adds considerably to the range of physical skills and modes of expression the dancers have in their armoury. The performance of Meta Quantum Geek choreographed by Aidan Munn was very physical and much appreciated by the Friends -- especially those in the very front row (wow that was close!) The dancers, only in the second year of their program, are mighty impressive and a great night had by all. more later.......
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