SALA Podcast

In this special episode recorded at the Adelaide Central School of Art, Andrew Purvis talks to 2024 SALA Feature Artist Julia Robinson, and her monograph writers Hannah Kent, Leigh Robb, and Jess Taylor. They discuss the collaborative process that brought the book to fruition, and how each of the writers used Julia's work as inspiration for their pieces, particularly her interest in folklore, horror themes and feminism. Julia also delves into working with designer Rachel Harris on the visual representation of the monograph. In the Q&A section, Julia explains how the book was structured around each of the writer's interests; the process for creating her sculptures; and the significance of dark themes in her art. Finally, Julia discusses the impact of receiving the Feature Artist award, and the influence and importance of SALA Festival on her career and the opportunities it affords all artists. Show notes: JuliaRobinson.net Hannah Kent Leigh Robb – Instagram Jess Taylor Satanic Panic Tilberi – Icelandic Folklore The Wicker Man (film, 1973, directed by Robin Hardy) The Song of Master John Goodfellow gourd (fruit) The Gourdfather Beatrice in the 2020 Adelaide Biennial at Museum of Economic Botany Rappaccini's Daughter Scylla – Greek mythology Adelaide Central School of Art Julia's monograph at Wakefield Press

For this special Science Week podcast, presented in partnership with Inspiring SA, SALA talks to Willunga-based artist Claire Foord. Claire talks about her artistic journey, her inspiration, and the profound impact of her personal experiences on her art. She delves into how her work has been influenced by a spontaneous bilateral cerebral arterial dissection she suffered three years ago, which serves as the basis for her SALA exhibition 'Occipital'. Claire also shares the story of the stillbirth of her daughter Alfie, and the charity called Still Aware she founded to raise awareness around stillbirth in Australia. Claire is a finalist in the SALA Inspiring SA Science in Art Award, and The Advertiser Contemporary Art Award.

In this episode, Eugene chats with freestyle embroidery artist Cheryl Bridgart. Cheryl talks about the history of her home/studio at Beltana House on Carrington St in the city, and how her work is inspired by her dreams and her love of the natural world. She shares her excitement at being part of the Lunar Codex program, which will see her work travelling to the moon early next year. Finally, Cheryl speaks of her love of working as a South Australian artist, especially during SALA Festival.    Cheryl's biography History of Beltana Station. Guildhouse & Guildhouse Greets Adelaide Zoo ‘Lose Yourself in Melbourne' ad More about the Lunar Codex program Doctor Samuel Peralta SpaceX Cheryl's episode on Colour in Your Life. Goolwa, South Australia Cheryl on Instagram Cheryl on Facebook Cheryl's SALA exhibition   Music: Dark Water by Xylo-Ziko Photo by Jack Fenby

In this episode, Steph catches up with Helen Fuller in the artist's home studio. Steph asks Helen about the range of mediums she has used over the years, what it's like to have a book published about her career, and Helen gives context to the artwork that featured on the 2023 SALA Poster & program. They also chat about the influence of family on her artmaking, and the joy of coming home from walks with a pocket full of curiosities. Her exhibition Shedding is on at Adelaide Central Gallery until 27 October 2023.   Show notes Interview Transcript (PDF) Helen Fuller, Samstag Museum of Art, UniSA, Adelaide Festival 2022 / catalogue Helen Fuller (book) Wakefield press SALA Feature Artist: Info / Archive South Australian Living Artist Publication Shedding, at Adelaide Central Gallery (until 27 October 2023)   Music: Raven Warble - Chad Crouch

In this episode, Steph catches up with artist Monika Morgenstern. They chat about the overarching theme of mysticism in her work, and what kind of materials she uses to explore something so intangible. They trace spiritual moments across her life, from childhood awe at Europe's cathedrals, to the natural splendour of Lake Tyrrell in Australia.   Monika.Morgenstern.com/biography Adelaide Central School of Art ArtsSA fellowship / Arts & Culture Grants Program Erni Tinesz (glass artist) Numinous encounter Wordless Silence at Barossa Regional Gallery, Mon-Sun 11am-4pm, 26 July – 2 October 2023. Prima materia [wikipedia] Jerome Lyons / Cheese Factory Studio Gallery, Meadows SA Strathalbyn, South Australia Sea Lake, Victoria Masonic lodge THRFG - Creative Health Art Prize 2023 @MonikaMorgensternArt MonikaMorgenstern.com Monika on Facebook & YouTube Monika's work on Shop SALA   Music: Dark Water by Xylo-Ziko

Steph catches up with artist Ian Gibbins in this special science-themed episode presented in partnership with Inspiring SA. They chat about Ian's work as scientist and how it informs his art, and some surprising parallels between the fields of science and art – from the urge to show your work to others to the tedium of failed experiments.   Show Notes IanGibbins.com.au Chris Wallace-Crabbe Vincent Buckley Urban Biology The Joinery Ian Gibbins, Beyond the Floodtide Conservation Council South Australia Catherine Truman A Partnership for Uncertain Times: Art + Science + Technology [catalogue] ANAT / the Australian Network for Art & Technology Ian Gibbins, dog daze, 2017   Image: lo Music: Ian Gibbins (used with permission)

In this episode, Steph catches up with multidisciplinary artist Kaspar Schmidt Mumm. They throw back to his mother's artistic influence, and trace that framing of art as a vehicle for bigger things through to his latest exhibition, Rockamora. Tune in to hear why participatory sculpture isn't at all like sitting in the front row of a comedy show, and what Ursula Le Guin has to do with offering chips to bullies.   Show Notes: Interview Transcript (PDF) KasparSchmidtMumm.com @Kaspartness (Instagram) Koruna Schmidt Mumm Jean-Michel Basquiat Kaspar's Painting works Kaspar's Paper works IMMI / IMEMI Humboldt Forum Berlin's bizarre new museum (Guardian article) ROCKAMORA over the years ROCKAMORA at Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE) 10 June – 12 August 2023, 11am-4pm Tues-Sat, free entry Porter Street Commission The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction – Ursula K. Le Guin The Bait Fridge Slowmango.com /  @Slowmango_   See also: ABC Art Works Series 3, Episode 19   Image: photo of Kaspar by Emmaline Zanelli, courtesy of ACE Music: Blob Funk – Slowmango, 2023, Hypercolour Miscellaneous, courtesy of Kaspar  

In this episode, Steph catches up with artist Kasia Tons in her cosy Adelaide Hills studio. They talk about her early days in the textile industry, the labour-intensive nature of her work, and how her work calls for a re-examining of the human relationship to nature.   Show notes: Transcript (pending) One Year Dress project Guildhouse Collections Project Biotic Commune at the Museum of Economic Botany @PussyRiot GuerrillaGirls.com Future Materials Bank @fashion_for_bank_robbers @Kasia.Tons on Instagram kasiarosetons.com

In this episode, Steph catches up with artist Chris De Rosa in her home studio in Port Elliot. They chat about how she found her way to art-making, the versatility of paper as a material, her recent exhibition Seaweeding, and how living on the coast informs her practice.   Show Notes Transcript of this interview [PDF] Henry de Toulouse-Lautrec – French painter, printmaker, illustrator JamFactory Paper Mache / Papier Mache flora (noun): the plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period. Seaweeding exhibition [art almanac] [inDaily] beachcombing (noun): an activity that consists of an individual “combing” (or searching) the beach and the intertidal zone, looking for things of value, interest, or utility. Museum of Economic Botany Jessie Hussey Spongia: a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae containing more than 60 species. Porifera: the phylum that sponges belong to. Taxonomic rank (phylum, class, order, family, genus, species) The Drowned World, JG Ballard, 1962 Sea Tulip bust (noun): a sculpture of a person's head, shoulders, and chest. Honor Freeman: artist, performer Mickey Mason: artist & filmmaker Susi Benger: eco-conscious swimwear designer @CocoAndShy Horseshoe Bay, Port Elliot Super 8: type of film camera Giuseppe Faraone: sound designer Cath Kenneally: writer, poet. Rosina Possingham: artist, graphic designer Guildhouse Catapult mentorship program Trent Walter & Stuart Geddes [artguide interview] Good Bank Gallery, McLaren Vale Valerie Taylor: artist, filmmaker, marine conservationist ‘Water People' exhibition (28 May - 31 July 2023) at Coral St Art Space, Victor Harbor Flinders University Museum of Art @Chris_DeRosa on Instagram   Music: Monplaisir - The Rise The Walk The Hope via FMA.

Steph catches up with sculpture artist Anna Horne ahead of her exhibition Colour Me Soft at Hugo Michell Gallery. A bit of reminiscing about her first outdoor exhibition reveals how Anna found her way to using concrete in her work - which she is now known for using. They chat about the dynamics of being an artist driven by material and process (rather than pre-visualised ideas), and the influence of current issues on Anna's artmaking.   Show Notes Interview Transcript (PDF) Adelaide Central School of Art Anna Horne, Weigh Down, 2014, rope, concrete, dimensions variable, installed in Rymill Park as part of FELTnatural 2014 Jimmy Dodd / Double Diamond art fabrication Art 21 ‘A World Of One's Own' (podcast) conversations between Tai Snaith and a diverse group of different female-identifying and non-binary artists. Phyllida Barlow [wiki] Alison Wilding [wiki] Neoteric exhibition, 2022, Adelaide Train Station [catalogue] Shifting exhibition by Centre for Creative Health at Dentons [catalogue] Colour Me Soft at Hugo Michell Gallery ‘colour me [something]' (idiom): An exclamation used to indicate some particular emotion or condition. ‘You did the dishes and cleaned your room? Well, colour me amazed—I never thought the day would come!' AnnaHorne.com.au @Anna_Horne

Steph catches up with artist Shirley Wu, who is known for her glass sculptures containing coloured oils. They chat about how her work is informed by previous training in aromatherapy and bodywork, and ultimately underpinned by mindfulness. Shirley is currently an artist-in-residence at Nexus Arts and gives us some insight into her upcoming exhibition Find that Pace as part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2023.    Show Notes Interview Transcript (PDF) Nexus Arts bodywork (noun): therapiesand techniques in complementary medicine that involve touching or manipulating the body. aromatherapy (noun): the use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils for healing and cosmetic purposes. Shirley Wu, Holistic Therapy 3, 2019, Blown glass filled with essential oil, cork. 30cm x 20cm x 15cm City Rural Emerging Artist Award: a SALA Award sponsored by City Rural Insurance. See past winners. Peter Minson FELTspace – Artist-Run-Initiative / Gallery in Adelaide Ursula Halpin Canberra Glassworks Chinese calligraphy [wikipedia] joss house (noun): a Chinese temple Kuan Ti Temple [sa.gov.au] Architecture Museum – UniSA Out of Site, curated by Melinda Rankin at the Lounge Gallery (SASA Gallery) in 2006, featuring Stephanie Radok, Annalise Rees and Qi Zhang. [PDF] Find that Pace as part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival ShirleyWuJianzhen.com @ShirleyWu.Jewellery   Shirley would like to acknowledge Bridget Currie and Jingwei Bu, her mentors for her current project; Dr Christine Garnaut and Dr Julie Collins from the Architecture Museum at UniSA; and Dr Eleen Deprez who is writing the essay for Find that Pace. Main image by Juan Van Staden courtesy of the artist and the University of South Australia

Steph catches up with self-taught painter Caitlin Möhr after a busy year that included her debut solo exhibition ‘An Introspective Journey' at Collective Haunt. Transcript of this episode [PDF] Show Notes cadaver (noun) a deceased human body that is used to study anatomy introspection (noun) the examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes breathwork (noun) conscious, controlled breathing done especially for relaxation, meditation, or therapeutic purposes mindfulness (noun) 1. the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something. 2. a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique. Viewpoint, 2022, Caitlin Möhr and Miles Dunne at The Lab An Introspective Journey [image gallery] [Essay by Connor Foley] Caitlin Möhr, Embracing, 2022, oil, googly-eyes and gap filler on canvas, 122x91cm. Accompanying floor-text: Love yourself. Truly. Wholly. Deeply. The earth is crying for it. To resist yourself is to resist existence. Resist resistance? Solomon Kammer [website] [painting workshops] down pat (adjective) learned, mastered, or understood perfectly Floating Goose Studios & Gallery caitlinmohr.com.au @cait.lin.mohr

Steph catches up with artist Ash Tower during the exhibition Studios 2022 at Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE).  They wax poetic about knowledge systems – from library shelves and scientific journals to the honor board at the RSL – which may sound like a dry subject, but Ash's work reveals a contagious reverence for the humanness that surrounds the growing and organising of knowledge. There's also talk of architecture, gaming, Baz Luhrmann film trivia, and coffins. Transcript of this episode (PDF) Show Notes www.ash-tower.com Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE) Postcards from the Bibliopolis, 2013 Barr Smith Library, Adelaide Studies of Nature, 2017 Nature (journal) RSL: The Returned and Services League of Australia is a support organisation for people who have served or are serving in the Australian Defence Force. The Burning of Vision, 2021 Baroque architecture Via Purifico, 2021 Romeo + Juliet (film), 1996, Baz Luhrmann Final Fantasy X (game), 2001, Squaresoft … underneath the grove of sycamore that westward rooteth from the city's side, so early walking did I see your son. (Romeo and Juliet 1.1.119-121) 14 Things You Didn't Know About Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet [cosmo article] underneath the grove of sycamore, 2021, ink on paper. 760 x 560mm ACE Studio Program Studios 2022 exhibition at ACE

Steph catches up with Ruby Allegra ahead of their solo exhibition ‘From My Room' at Newmarch Gallery. Fittingly, their chat takes place in Ruby's room, where they discuss the concept of the bed as a workspace, (a key theme of the exhibition), accessibility in the arts, and a love of Matisse. See also: blanket forts, and what spoons have to do with anything. Transcript of this interview (PDF) Show Notes @RvbyTheArtist on Instagram ‘From My Room' by Ruby Allegra at Newmarch Gallery @NewmarchGallery on Instagram From My Room Opening Night, Friday 4 November, RSVP for physical attendance or keep an eye out for online attendance option. [Eventbrite link] What is Spoon Theory? – Happiful article Post Office Projects Gallery & Studios [website][Instagram] ‘Only use your bed for sex and sleep' [Guardian article] ‘White cube gallery' [Wikipedia] ‘Visibility' at Wyndham Art Gallery [Exhibition Catalogue as PDF] POC [person/s of colour] Ruby Allegra, Disabled Nudes ‘The Blue Nudes' by Matisse [Wikipedia] Frida Kahlo [Wikipedia] Photo of Matisse in bed       Main image: A person with brown hair in a pink jumper holds a gray short-haired cat and looks at the camera. Photo of Ruby Allegra by Sia Duff. Music: Siddharta Corsus - Star of David via FreeMusicArchive.org

Andrew Purvis sits down with Julia Robinson to discuss her exhibition The Beckoning Blade at Hugo Michell Gallery during SALA Festival. From scythes to smocks, the Burry Man to the Wicker Man, witchfinders and gourdfathers; tune in to hear about the cultural, conceptual, and material considerations that drive Julia's practice.   Show Notes JuliaRobinson.net The Beckoning Blade at Hugo Michell Gallery Matthew Hopkins - Witchfinder General The Burryman The Wicker Man (film, 1973, directed by Robin Hardy) The Song of Master John Goodfellow gourd (fruit) The Gourdfather Beatrice in the 2020 Adelaide Biennial at Museum of Economic Botany Rappaccini's Daughter The Names of the Hare (poem, translated by Seamus Heaney) Image: Julia Robinson by Sam Roberts. Julia Robinson is represented by Hugo Michell Gallery. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Arts South Australia, its art funding and advisory body.

Andrew Purvis chats with Mark Valenzuela about his journey as an artist and his current exhibition, 'Still Tied to a Tree' at Adelaide Central Gallery. Tune in to hear about his influences and connections to his practice – from Filipino culture, to chess, to the fictitious villain General Zod.   Show Notes 2022 SALA Feature Artist Still Tied to a Tree at Adelaide Central Gallery Book: Mark Valenzuela by Belinda Howden, Anna O'Loughlin [Wakefield Press] Paul Pfieffer Cristina Taniguchi, Maria Taniguchi General Zod [Wikipedia] Terraforming Agimat (amulet) [Wikipedia Opposition (direct opposition) in chess [Wikipedia]   Further Reading: Meet your Maker: Mark Valenzuela - The Adelaide Review [article]

In this episode, Steph catches up with painter Josh Juett (and Winsor the lorikeet) at his homestudio ahead of his show LOST IN THOUGHT at Praxis Artspace. They chat about the early days of his practice (including his first sale, a seascape for $1 in primary school) and through various artistic and musical influences that Steph definitely had to google later. Tune in to hear about his new work that broaches new mediums and the rationale behind the exhibition.   Show Notes Greg Simkins  / @Craola Alex Pardee  / @AlexPardee Ron English  / @RonEnglish Pop surrealism Robin Eley  / @RobinEleyArtist Otto Marseus van Schrieck Aesop Rock ‘colonize Mars on Earth Day' (Tetra - Aesop Rock) LOST IN THOUGH at praxis ARTSPACE / @praxisARTSPACE @JoshJvett

Steph catches up with Carly Snoswell to talk about her practice and her new show, Day One, at Post Office Projects. They trace the development of her practice from learning to sew as a kid, through art school, residencies, and studios - shoutout to the 'art wives'! Tune in for some lovely musings on fandom, textile practice, and too many sewing puns!   Show Notes Helpmann Academy Sanskriti Kendra Residency in New Delhi, India Jenna Pippett Kate Kurucz Roy Ananda Feelin' Fine at CACSA Project Space Why artist Carly Snoswell thinks Beyonce is a Port Supporter – [Adelaide Review article] Crochet your Character Steph Cibich Rosina Possingham Since 1989 (Port Banner artwork) at Floating Goose Studios Day One, at Post Office Projects, Port Adelaide. CarlySnoswell.com

To celebrate this anniversary year, we handed the microphone over to you! Hear from people who have connected with SALA Festival over its 25 years and what it means to them.

Catherine Truman joins Andrew Purvis to discuss the dynamics of artist residencies, the importance of a self-imposed 'pause', the desire to artistically locate the person behind their research, and the beginnings of her work from her time in residency at Carrick Hill. This episode was recorded as part of the Adelaide Central School of Art's ArtSpeak Program.   Show Notes Gray Street Workshop Ian Gibbins Carrick Hill Flinders Centre for Opthalmology and Vision Research 'Epithelium' Film Catherine Truman - website Catherine Truman - Instagram

Andrew Purvis catches up with Rosina Possingham to chat about her intricate photographic processes (that dote on old and new technology), collaboration, and 'the Patch' - a body of work recently exhibited at Praxis Artspace inspired by Lefevre Park/Namtu Wama. Recorded as part of the Adelaide Central School of Art's ArtSpeak Program.   Show Notes RosinaPossingham.com ZINC Brianna Speight Park Lands Project The Patch OSCA - Open Space Contemporary Arts Airborne Research Australia

In this episode, Tom Borgas and Athanasios Lazarou make time to chat about Tom's practice; from feedback loops, to making the unseen seen, and the weather conditions that constitute a 'Tom day'. This talk was hosted by the Adelaide Central School of Art as part of the ArtSpeak program.   Show Notes Keller Easterling Timothy Morton James Bridle  Post Digital Ruins (Splendour in the Grass) Researchers Reveal Why We Don't See Cell Phones In Our Dreams [article], The Richest   Photo: Thomas McCammon

In this episode, Andrew Purvis of Adelaide Central School of Art speaks with artist Heidi Kenyon as part of the school's ArtSpeak program (recorded live).    Show Notes HeidiKenyon.com @HeidiKenyon.Art NeotericExhibition.com Heidi Kenyon, We shall by morning inherit the earth, 2022, Pleurotus ostreatus and citrinopileatus, timber and mixed media, dimensions variable. Sound by Ben Davidson (Ben Sun) using electromagnetic sequences generated by the fungi. Neoteric Digital Catalogue (pdf) ‘It is the job of artists to open doors and invite in prophesies, the unknown, the unfamiliar; it's where their work comes from, although its arrival signals the beginning of the long disciplined process of making it their own. Scientists too, as J. Robert Oppenheimer once remarked, ‘live always at the ‘edge of mystery'­—the boundary of the unknown.' But they transform the unknown into the known, haul it in like fishermen; artists get you out into that dark sea.' - Rebecca Solnit, 'A Field Guide to Getting Lost'   photograph by Rosina Possingham

In this episode, Andrew Purvis of Adelaide Central School of Art speaks with artist Jess Taylor as part of the school's ArtSpeak program (recorded live). Tune in to hear about Jess' journey since art school, the ethics of creating artwork within the genre of horror, and what draws her to the mediums she uses.   Show Notes Primordial at Hugo Michell Gallery View Master at FELTspace (2014) Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA) Floating Goose Gallery Deborah Prior ACE Open Studio Residency JamFactory NAVA membership Lenticular prints Photogrammetry What is 3D Rigging for Animation & Character Design? [article] Francisco Goya Chaïm Soutine Francis Bacon the Chapman Brothers Francisco Goya, Saturn Devouring His Son Scammells Major Grant Jess Taylor, When I die, I'll die on time, 2022, 3D printed resin and paint, 35 x 21 x 13cm, ed. Of 3 Cordyceps is a genus of ascomycete fungi Jess Taylor, Now I love You In The Dark, 2022, 3D printed resin and paint 37 x 62 x 18cm, ed of 3 blender Meshmixer Agisoft Metashape (formerly Agisoft Photoscan) Midsommar (2019 film)

In this episode, Katya caught up with South Australian ceramic artist Sam Gold at their JamFactory studio. Sam speaks candidly about their journey from art school to the present, including the mentorships and opportunities that informed their exciting trajectory towards interstate exhibitions like Primavera 2021 and securing gallery representation with Hugo Michell Gallery. Tune in to hear about the way that Sam's training as an Art Therapist informs their reverence for clay as a material, its capacity to echo emotional states, and ceramics as a lesson in resilience and letting go. Show Notes Sammgold.com / @s.amgol.d JamFactory / Associate Program Primavera 2021 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia KirstenCoelho.com SALA Feature Artist archive Samstag Museum Helpmann Academy Mark Valenzuela Australia Council for the Arts / ‘AusCo' Duncan Young / @DuncanYoungDesign Ivana Taylor / @IvanaTaylorDesign Francesca Sykes / @FrancescaSykes_Studio Celadon glaze, Chün glaze Catapult Mentorship Program / Guildhouse Sam's mentorship with David Pedler & Jane Robertson Sam Gold joins Hugo Michell Gallery stable [ArtCollector article] Hugo Michell Gallery (SA) / @HugoMichellGallery Wet from a moonlight swim, Sam Gold exhibition at Hugo Michell Gallery, 3 Feb – 5 March 2022. Bedroom, Kate Power Kate Bohunnis / @Kate_Bohunnis George Street Studios Lou Cresp Carclew / Pom Pom program

In this episode, Steph caught up with photographic artist Tony Kearney at his home in Port Adelaide. Tune in to hear about his journey to photography, his highly-acclaimed portrait work, competing with pigeons for exhibition space in Hart's Mill, and that time he took 180 rolls of film through multiple airport x-ray machines en route to Syria. Show Notes Kodak Instamatic Reticulation, bas relief Bakelite Mug Shots Fixer, developer, stop bath – photographic chemicals Atkins Lab Kodachrome Marden Senior College Tarnanthi Festival National Railway Museum Olive Cotton Award / 2021 Exhibition Catalogue Bowness Prize / finalist images 2021 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize National Portrait Gallery London David Prichard's portraits of Australian First Nations stock women win the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2021 [article] Tony Kearney, Jacob, 2020 ‘Dignified, strong, beautiful': the year's best portrait photography – in pictures (The Guardian) [article] High Ground (2020) imdb The 2021 Bowness photography prize selected finalists – in pictures (The Guardian) [article] tonykearneyportraiture.com 3 of Tony's portraits in NPG collection Vitalstatistix Laneway Festival Tony's photograph of @BillieEilish Tony's photograph of @AuroraMusic Tony Kearney, Linda Syddick Tjunggkiya Napaltjarri, 2017, inkjet print on paper, image: 66.2cm x 66.2cm, purchased by NPG (Australia) in 2017 Tony Kearney, Wentja Morgan Napaltjarri, 2017, inkjet print on paper, image: 66.2cm x 66.1cm, purchased by NPG (Australia) in 2017 Tangentyere Art Centre Rust, ‘The corrosion of culture and the culture of corrosion' ‘Chandie' by Deb Jones & Christine Cholewa Syria Lost Hart's Mill

In this episode, Steph catches up with Jasmine Crisp at her home studio in the Adelaide Hills. Jasmine paints across small and large scale, with her narrative paintings discoverable in both gallery spaces and on buildings around Adelaide and beyond. We talk about what drives her work, the ups and downs of working in public space, her time in residency in Iceland, and her painting that won the inaugural Centre for Creative Health Art Prize. Show Notes: Jasmine Crisp (Instagram) (website) Adelaide Central School of Art SALA Festival Slide Night 2021 What is an artist residency? SíM Artist Residency - Seljavegur, Reykjavík, Iceland.   NES Artist Residency - Skagaströnd, Iceland.   Kolin Ryyanänen Artist Residency - Koli, Finland Centre for Creative Health Art Prize Jasmine Crisp, ‘They had to share (a portrait of Ruby)', 2020, oil on linen, 91x152cm Ruby Allegra (Instagram) Portrait of Ruby wins new health-focused art prize (InDaily article) Religious Icon paintings Brisbane Street Art Festival Andrew Salgado (Instagram) (website) Beers London (website) (Salgado bio) Transcript on the SALA website. Music: Sky 5: The Rise, The Walk, The Hope - Monplaisir  

In this episode, Steph catches up with Shane Kooka. Shane's interest in art started at an early age and became an important way for him to connect with culture. Today, Shane works at small and large scale, making his mark on bodies, garments, buildings, and more. In this interview we hear about the role of collaboration and variety in sustaining his practice, and some of his work in Tarnanthi.   Show Notes Cherbourg Mission 'Missions, reserves and stations were reserves of land to which Aboriginal people were forcibly located' – aiatsis.gov.au Stolen Gen / Stolen Generation Who are the Stolen Generations? (healingfoundation.org.au) Jack Buckskin (Instagram) Uncle Stevie ABC memorial article (please note that this article contains images of people who have died) Jamie Goldsmith Honored with mural by Jimmy C and Elizabeth Close in the East End of Adelaide. Tarnanthi 2021 LT3 at Hahndorf Academy, 9 Oct – 28 Nov 2021, 10am-5pm daily, free LT3 artist talk | 12-1pm, 20 Nov 2021 at Hahndorf Academy Elizabeth Close (website) (Instagram) Thomas Readett (website) (Instagram) Mirdilyayanthi – to Shine Bright at Women's and Children's hospital (Blue Heart Gallery, Ground Floor). 15 Oct 2021 – 31 Jan 2022. 9am-5pm daily, free. Black Diamond Tattoo De Castella's Indigenous mission in New York Marathon (SMH article, 2019) The fight to ‘free' the Aboriginal flag – BBC article Adelaide Crows Football Club 2020 Indigenous Guernsey designed by Eddie Hocking working with Shane Kooka UFC Adelaide: Tai Tuivasa's entrance music honours his Aboriginal heritage (sportingnews article) Cold Krush Anthony Mundine wearing Shane's art @ShaneKooka_Art

In this episode, Steph catches up with artist Gemma Rose Brook.  Gemma is an emerging artist who paints from life, so it was only appropriate that the interview take place cross-legged on the spring grass of Brownhill Creek Recreation Park. Tune in to hear about the mindfulness of Gemma's practice, the stories behind some of her works, and her first solo exhibition coming up in November. Show notes Brownhill Creek (Wirraparinga) Recreation Park       Tom Carment Adelaide Central School of Art Melanie Brown Plein air painting Still life Ernabella Arts Foodland Greta Laundy T'keyah Ware Hills Hoist 'What was it like for Heysen as he saw the light kiss these gums and painted this shady pool', 2019, 20.5 x 25.5, oil on board 'Did Sauerbier and Trenerry feel like they were on the moon when they sat and painted these same cliffs', 2019, 20.5 x 25, oil on board Horace Trenerry Kathleen Sauerbier Sauerbier House, Port Noarlunga Dorrit Black Hans Heysen   The Cedars, Heysen's property          Heysen Prize for Landscape 2020       RSASA Youthscape Art Prize 2020      Lois Dodd        Gull Rock Floating Goose Studios Gemma's website Gemma's Instagram Red Earth, Blue Skies and Anangu Smiles by Gemma Rose Brook at Floating Goose Studios [eventbrite ticket link for opening night Friday 5 November]  

Check out the new do-it-yourself audio tour of public art in the City of Adelaide! Join Steph in this meander around the CBD and find out more about the murals, sculptures, and installations that decorate our city. You can listen from the comfort of home or listen along while you walk the route yourself.   Stop 1: David Gulpilil mural by Thomas Readett with Laura Paige [location: Tandanya, East Terrace, Adelaide] Broadsheet: Screen Legend David Gulpilil Is the Subject of a New Mural in Adelaide Video documentation Stop 2: Pigeon by Paul Sloan, fabricated by Iguana Creative [location: Rundle Mall/Gawler Place (South)] Stop 3: Flow by Laura Wills and Will Cheesman, fabricated by Exhibition Studios [location: Rundle Mall/Gawler Place (North)] Stop 4: 14 Pieces by Hossein and Angela Valamanesh [location: outside the South Australian Museum, North Terrace] Stop 5: City of Music mural by Dave Court [location: East of the Morphett St Bridge] Documentary Video Stop 6: She imaged buttons by Jasmine Crisp [location: East wall of the Rockford Hotel, cnr Hindley St and Morphett St] Stop 7: Parking Pole by Michelle Nikou [location: Hindley St / Leigh St] Stop 8: Roy Rene by Robert Hannaford [location: Hindley St, opposite McDonalds] Stop 9: The Beatles by Algo Mas Marketing [location: Adelaide Town Hall balcony] Stop 10: Golden Rhombohedron (Obtuse) by Jason Sims [location: Grote Street, opposite Her Majesty's Theatre] InDaily: In the Studio with Jason Sims Golden Rhombohedron (Acute) City of Adelaide Public Art Map

In this episode, Steph caught up with multidisciplinary artist Bridget Currie.  Bridget was the inaugural recipient of ACE Open's newly formed Porter St Commission, and her resulting exhibition, Message from the Meadow, is at ACE Open for this year's SALA Festival. Tune in to this gentle discussion of Bridget's practice of giving form to invisible things, the importance of artwork that ‘resists' logical understanding, and a hint as to Bridget's preferred corner of the rabbit hole that is ASMR videos. Show Notes John Barber George Popperwell Ian North Carclew Experimental Art Foundation Viv Miller   Sera Waters    Louise Flaherty      Chris Flannagan Andrew Best Downtown Art Space Downtown [TV commercial] Alison Currie              Message from the meadow   Porter St Commission       ACE Open                      Riso print                       Person Books               Tyrone Ormsby Meridian Sculpture (Melbourne)                Arts in Health at FMC     Koan - Buddhist principle The sound of one hand clapping ASMR / Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response Meditation in the gallery        Keg de Souza and Lucien Alperstein's salt banquet Rupert (Vilnius, Lithuania) Dean Toepfer                  Mixed Goods Studios [Instagram]   BridgetCurrie.com              @Bridget_Currie            Music: Nothing will grow here, Komiko, free music archive Image: Sam Roberts, courtesy of ACE Open

In this episode, Steph catches up with artist Henry Wolff at their studio in Post Office Projects, Port Adelaide. Tune in to hear about Henry's path from design and fashion to visual art, and the way that empathy and care are explored in their image making - most notably in their new moving-image work ‘CARE' commissioned by fine print magazine and presented online as part of SALA Festival 2021.   Show Notes Post Office Projects / POP Georges Antoni [Instagram] “The way we choose to share and claim space in relation to those closest to us becomes a way of knowing ourselves.” – Kate O'Boyle Presence at Praxis Artspace Henry Wolff, 'CARE', 2021, single channel moving image with audio, 16 mins fine print magazine Arts South Australia / Department of Premier and Cabinet Lur Alghurabi Jai McGregor Henry Wolff, ‘Ourselves', 2020. Single channel video with audio. 6:00 minutes. Feat. Jasmine Crisp and Jamilla Hujale. Videography by Jai McGregor. Production assistance Ingrid Wolff. Editing by Henry Wolff. Audio by Martin Davies and Henry Wolff. Bus Projects Henry Wolff, ‘Sibling', 2020, Feat. Ingrid Wolff, single channel video, 7 minutes: 22 seconds. Videography Jai McGregor, Recal Media. Hoda Afshar Eugenia Lim Hayley Millar Baker Jesse Budel Henry Wolff, ‘Kin', 2021, Feat. Ingril Wolff, Two channel moving imag, videography Jai McGregor, Editing and audio by Henry Wolff HenryWolff.net @Henry___Wolff [Instagram] music: Nothing will grow here - Komiku via freemusicarchive.org

In this episode, Christina catches up with the 2021 SALA Feature Artist, Roy Ananda. Tune in to hear about the role of fandom and humor in Roy's work, the inspiration behind the 'heart' work that features on the 2021 SALA poster, and the process of creating this year's SA Living Artist Publication.   Show Notes Untitled, 2006, Fabric, coat-hanger, fibreglass, dimensions variable Bugs Bunny – ‘The Grey Hounded Hare' Aether Drift, 2013, timber, acrylic paint, fixings, aluminium trestles, 300x600x500cm Monograph – Roy Ananda Roy Ananda: Further Annotations at the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) Annotations series Olafur Eliasson, Dark matter collective, 2018, 217 partially silvered glass spheres, paint (black), stainless steel Peter Booth, Painting 1982, 1982, oil on canvas formalism Sol LeWitt MF Doom (member of hip-hop duo Madvillain) / Madvillain – ALL CAPS Fransisco Goya in the AGSA collection Giovanni Battista Piranesi in the AGSA collection Albrecht Dürer in the AGSA collection Deviantart.com/fan-fiction Death notice, 2016, digital print on newsprint paper, 15x7cm SA Living Artist Publication Christopher Orchard: The uncertainty of the poet, Peter Goldworthy, Margot Osborne, Roy Ananda, Julia Robinson, Rod Taylor Peter Goldsworthy Andrew Purvis Bernadette Klavins Sean Williams D&D / Dungeons & Dragons Wakefield Press A house falls on Buster Keaton The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars: Episode V) affirmational fandom vs transformational fandom Roy Ananda 2004 SALA Keynote speech ACSA / Adelaide Central School of Art Adelaide Central Gallery Supreme Library at Adelaide Central Gallery FantasyNameGenerators.com Slow crawl to infinity, 2014, Plywood, timber, fixings, 550x700x1050cm Thin walls between dimensions, 2018, MDF, timber, acrylic paint, fixings, Dimensions variable Wookie ‘Easter egg' (noun) 1: a chocolate egg given at Easter, (2) an unexpected or undocumented feature in a piece of computer software or on a DVD, included as a joke or bonus. CACSA / Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (Dueling rapiers): Roy Ananda, Untitled, 2015, swords, steel, springs, motor, and micro-controller, dimensions variable Alexander Calder Inigo Montoya vs Man in Black 501st legion Darth Vader Boba Fett Roy Ananda, Autobiography series Melvyn Bragg RoyAnanda.com @roy.ananda on Instagram   Music: Galactic by Seb Jaeger Hungarian Rhapsody No2 by Hans Liszt performed by Brent Tucker      

In this episode, Steph caught up with Renee de Saxe, Kirsty Kingsley, and Rebecca Reynolds, who are the driving force behind the 100 Barossa Artists project that took place in SALA 2020. Tune in to hear about how they managed to put on such a big project, the importance of the ‘clubhouse' in art, and what they're planning to do next.   Show Notes Renee de Saxe [Instagram] Kirsty Kingsley [Instagram] Rebecca Reynolds [Instagram] 100 Barossa Artists [website] @SheIs_art_barossa [Instagram] @100BarossaArtists [Instagram] 100 Barossa Artists exhibition: An unveiling of self-reflection [article] 2020 SALA exhibitions mentioned: 100 Barossa Artists at She Is gallery Future Artists at She Is gallery 10 Digital Artists in the main street of Tanunda Barossa Regional Gallery [website] Over 3,000 people at Greenock's Wanderlust [article] Clarice Beckett at the Art Gallery of South Australia Jane Skeer Uki, The country town with the hippest post office in Australia [article] Buy Grapevine Charcoal Steinborner & Reynolds family vineyards [website] Barossa Grape Vine Charcoal Workshops 100 Barossa Artist book She is pop up gallery receives SALA award [article] Passage exhibition at Karrawatta   Music: Pinky - Blue Dot Sessions via freemusicarchive.org

In this episode, Steph talks to Charisma Cubillo, a solicitor at Terri Janke and Company, about Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP). ----more---- Show Notes Terri Janke and Company ICIP / Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property ICIP information sheet - ArtsLaw ICIP educational video - ArtsLaw IP / Intellectual Property - a term that encompasses a range of legal rights such as copyright, patents, and trademarks. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Dr Terri Janke True Tracks Workshop Australia Council Protocols for using First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Arts Screen Australia: Pathways & Protocols: a filmmaker's guide to working with Indigenous people, culture and concepts Australian clothing brand Zimmermann apologises for copying traditional Mexican design (news.com article) Chanel's $2,000 boomerang sparks complaints and confusion from Indigenous Australians (ABC article) ----more---- music: 'Pinky' by Blue Dot Sessions on freemusicarchive.org image: Charisma Cubillo, photo by Jamie James, artwork: Bibi Barba, Terri - Butterfly Flowers Dreaming, 2020

In this episode, Steph Fuller chats to Steph Cibich about her practice as an independent curator, and what it was like to win the City of Onkaparinga Contemporary Curator Award as part of SALA 2019. Tune in to hear about how Steph found her way to this role and how she curated an exhibition in the midst of a pandemic.   Show Notes: Art History Curatorship Alumni Network (AHCAN) City of Onkaparinga Contemporary Curator Award SALA Awards Material Connections at Floating Goose Studios Sam Gold Harriet Mckay The Bait Fridge Arlon Hall Sauerbier House Thingness of Stuff "That's good squishy" – The Simpsons Art Vending Machines Australia Art-o-mat Carly Snoswell ART WORKS emerging curator Guildhouse x City of Adelaide Approaching Midnight at FELTspace Doomsday clock Emilija Kasumovic Steph Fuller

In this episode, Steph asks artist Jenna Pippett about her practice and her new exhibition ‘From Czechoslovakia with Love' at Post Office Projects. Jenna's work explores at her maternal family history through moving image, photography, installation and performance. Tune in to this episode to hear about the incredible discovery that inspired her exhibition, and how she makes very personal subject matter accessible through humour.   Show Notes Post Office Projects website Post Office Projects Instagram Jenna Pippett website Prague Spring Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes Beránek / Little Lamb Cake Holy Rollers Studios – Psychache exhibition FELTspace Jenna Pippett Artist Talk at POP - Tue 13 April 2021 music - 'Pinky' by Blue Dot Sessions on freemusicarchive.org

In this episode, Steph visits multidisciplinary visual artist Jingwei Bu at her home to talk about her arts practice, and the work in her exhibition ‘Life Maps' at the Mill.   Show Notes Adelaide Central School of Art Life Maps at the Mill Life Maps – Jingwei's website Hairy Tales Jingwei Bu - website Dare Hair exhibition review

In December 2020, Steph caught up with artist Louise Flaherty and educator Jane Mant to talk about their experience of the Schools Artist in Residence Program, presented by SALA Festival in partnership with Credit Union SA. Louise worked with Jane's students in the wake of the December 2019 Adelaide Hills bushfires, connecting the students to their local landscapes through drawing.   Show Notes Louise Flaherty - website Fabrik 2020 Schools Artist in Residence Program Credit Union SA Bushland Park Friends of Lobethal Bushland Park - Flora species of conservation significance Visualcom Solastalgia exhibition Music: Nothing will grow here - Komiku

This episode takes us back to the 2018 SALA Forum for the second session of the day: Social Engagement and working with communities, a panel discussion featuring Daniel Connell, Laura Wills and Paul Gazzola.   Show Notes: Youtube video of this talk Christopher Orchard Daniel Connell Instagram Laura Wills website / Instagram Paul Gazzola website / Instagram OSCA Sauerbier House Onkaparinga Estuary Naomi Keyte Collectors/Collections: Waikerie Films   Music: Pinky - Blue Dot Sessions

This episode takes us back to the 2017 SALA Forum for a Q&A session from The Department of Non-Corporeal Affairs. Andrew Purvis and Sasha Grbich take us through what non-corporeal means, and what necessitates a paranomal research office in the City of Adelaide.   Show Notes: City Messenger – Why has a paranormal research office popped up at Adelaide City Council? SAnews – Paranormal research office cracks open Adelaide's ghost tales Ouija Board Fleetwood Mac Sera Waters Allen Tiller on Twitter Haunted Adelaide Richard Dawkins Artpod Sasha Grbich - website

In this episode, Kate interviews artist Sundari Carmody about her practice, which gives sculptural form to unseen phenomena. Carmody is drawn to research in the areas of dark matter, sleep and the study of nocturnal creatures, and in her work considers how to engage with universal systems and aspects of being using materials such as concrete, textiles, mist and neon. See her work at ACE Open as part of If the future is to be worth anything: 2020 South Australian Artist Survey. Show Notes: BBC Radio 4 'In Our Time' - Bird Migration Sundari Carmody, One: all that we can see, 2017, neon light with 95% painted black, electrical components, 40 x 40cm Sundari Carmody, white white (summer and winter solstice), 2017, neon light, electrical components, 70 x 100cm  ‘Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams' Dr Matthew Walker Sundari Carmody, Milky Way, 2018 “What then is time? If no one asks me, I know: if I wish to explain it to one that asketh, I know not.” - Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430 AD) in ‘Confessions'. Sundari Carmody, The Black Swan Suite, 2014 Sundari Carmody, The Build Up – masks, 2014 Sundari Carmody, The Build Up, 2014 ACE Open - If the future is to be worth anything: 2020 South Australian Artist Survey Sundari Carmody at ACE Open, 2020 Jantar Mantar SundariCarmody.com Transcipt available Music: 'Nothing will grow here' by Komiku via freemusicarchive.org

In this episode, Kate interviews Port Augusta artist, Adnyamathanha and Luritja woman, Juanella McKenzie. Juanella is the recipient of the Country Arts SA Breaking Ground Award, and speaks to her next steps in developing this work.   Show Notes Juanella McKenzie wins Breaking Ground Award (Country Arts) Jessica Clark Family campaigns to stop the nuclear waste facility in Hawker The McKenzie Powerhouse @woven_dreaming (Instagram)

This episode actually doubles up as a do-it-yourself Audio Tour! You can follow along in real life with your headphones in, or simply enjoy tuning in like you would any other episode. Hear from Jacinta Koolmatrie as we roam the CBD and recontextualise some of Adelaide's sculptures and monuments, visit Troy-Anthony Baylis' Nomenclatures at the Art Gallery of South Australia and finish up at  Nexus Arts with Makeda Duong's exhibition Mixed Race Female. Each stop falls within Adelaide's free tram zone and you can press pause as you move between them. Stops: Tarntanyangga (Victoria Square) The Art Gallery of South Australia (10am-5pm) Nexus Arts (Tue-Fri, 10am-4pm; exhibition open until 17 Sep 2020) Show Notes Statues erase more history than they tell - Jacinta Koolmatrie White Australia Policy Art Gallery of South Australia Troy-Anthony Baylis: Nomenclatures at Art Gallery of South Australia Troy-Anthony Baylis (AGSA video) The National 2019 Nomenclatures Act 1917 Guildhouse fellowship The Castle (1997 film) David McDiarmid, When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you, 1994 Catalogue Essay by Daniel Mudie Cunningham Meet Your Maker: Troy-Anthony Baylis (Adelaide Review) Troy-Anthony Baylis - Instagram Nexus Arts Mixed Race Female at Nexus Arts Makeda Duong's Mixed Race Sweater: I was born wearing one, and I can never take it off' (Adelaide Review) Makeda Duong and the warp and weft of identity (CityMag) Makeda Duong - website  

Christina talks to Britt Burton, Public Programs Coordinator at the Centre of Democracy, and South Australian artist Sera Waters, about craftivism and textiles in art. Show Notes Centre of Democracy History Trust of South Australia Betsy Greer StitchandResist.com Stitch & Resist - SALA listing Craftivism: A Manifesto/Methodology by Tal Fitzpatrick Sera Waters Telling Tales Telling Tales - SALA listing The Riddoch Art Gallery Walkway Gallery Drastic Fabric Drastic Fabric virtual tour

Steph talks to SA artist Cassie Thring about her practice, her work bringing art to different communities, what it's like to have a space in Floating Goose Studios plus a few words from Olive the dog. Show Notes: cassiethring.com Floating Goose Studios Inc. ACSA (Adelaide Central School of Art) Carclew's Pom Pom program Helping Hand (2017 Article) The Adelaide Review: Len Harvey is Young at Art Nicholas Hanisch Good News from Outer Space (praxis Artspace) Music: ‘Pinky' by Blue Dot Sessions via freemusicarchive.org

Steph interviews South Australian artist Yusuf Ali Hayat about his arts practice. Yusuf's Instagram Yusuf's Website British School at Rome – Helpmann Academy Hossein Valamanesh Fran Callen Just Add Water at Collective Haunt Inc On Being an Artist: 11 Actions at Praxis Artspace Music: 'Pinky' by Blue Dot Sessions via freemusicarchive.org

Welcome to the SALA Podcast! Hear from CEO Kate Moskwa on what to expect from this podcast. Music: 'Pinky' by Blue Dot Sessions via freemusicarchive.org