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Eucalyptusdom is the title of a new exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, exploring the world of our iconic trees. Agatha Gothe-Snape is the embedded artist at the Powerhouse and one of the curatorial team responsible for this wonderful exhibition. During the course of our conversation, Agatha addresses the history of the museum itself and the [...]Read More... from Eucalyptusdom with Agatha Gothe-Snape
Eucalyptusdom is the title of a new exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, exploring the world of our iconic trees. Agatha Gothe-Snape is the embedded artist at the Powerhouse and one of the curatorial team responsible for this wonderful exhibition. During the course of our conversation, Agatha addresses the history of the museum itself and the role its early curators played in developing industry and commodities from the gum tree. We also look at some of the commissioned artworks, each providing a unique insight into the trees.
Try as they might, old friends Agatha Gothe-Snape and Alison Bell just can't seem to find the answers to the questions in this week's quiz. But there's plenty of laughter along the way as the artist and actor struggle to name Australia's deputy opposition leader, the solar system's hottest planet, and the No.1-ranked golfer in the world.Guests: Artist Agatha Gothe-Snape and actor Alison Bell Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Try as they might, old friends Agatha Gothe-Snape and Alison Bell just can’t seem to find the answers to the questions in this week’s quiz. But there’s plenty of laughter along the way as the artist and actor struggle to name Australia’s deputy opposition leader, the solar system’s hottest planet, and the No.1-ranked golfer in the world.Guests: Artist Agatha Gothe-Snape and actor Alison Bell See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Even Agatha Gothe-Snape struggles to define her art. While performancemay be the easiest description, there are many avenues winding through her practice including dance, collaboration, text, public works, PowerPoint slide presentations, augmented reality and documentary. If the form of Snape's work can be slippery, so too can the content. Broadly speaking, much of her work looks at artistic processes, the canon of art history, and the social and aesthetic contexts that artworks sit within. In a career barely brushing one decade, Gothe-Snape has exhibited widely. She's the only artist to have shown in all iterations of the Sydney exhibition series The National, and was also included in the 20th Biennale of Sydney — not to mention she's also the subject of an Archibald-winning painting, created by her partner Mitch Cairns. Most recently, Gothe-Snape was commissioned by Kaldor Public Art Projects for the exhibition Making art public: 50 Years of Kaldor Public Art Projects. For the show, Agatha created Lion's honey, an ongoing performance in which a single person reads to themselves each day in the gallery. It's this work that becomes the focus of the podcast, with Gothe-Snape recounting how the performances came to fruition — just when she was at the edge of refusing a commission — it was hearing a fable that brought her back into creating. It's Gothe-Snape's telling of the story that gives such an insight into her practice, and how she thinks about art. Gothe-Snape also talks about the experience of being part of an artistic family, why she eventually went to art school, the role of language in her work, her thoughts on John Hughes and the art canon, and her struggles with the label of “art”. See more at Art Guide online: www.artguide.com.au/podcast
Even Agatha Gothe-Snape struggles to define her art. While performance may be the easiest description, there are many avenues winding through her practice including dance, collaboration, text, public works, PowerPoint slide presentations, augmented reality and documentary. If the form of Snape’s work can be slippery, so too can the content. Broadly speaking, much of her work looks at artistic processes, the canon of art history, and the social and aesthetic contexts that artworks sit within. In a career barely brushing one decade, Gothe-Snape has exhibited widely. She’s the only artist to have shown in all iterations of the Sydney exhibition series The National, and was also included in the 20th Biennale of Sydney — not to mention she’s also the subject of an Archibald-winning painting, created by her partner Mitch Cairns. Most recently, Gothe-Snape was commissioned by Kaldor Public Art Projects for the exhibition Making art public: 50 Years of Kaldor Public Art Projects. For the show, Agatha created Lion’s honey, an ongoing performance in which a single person reads to themselves each day in the gallery. It’s this work that becomes the focus of the podcast, with Gothe-Snape recounting how the performances came to fruition — just when she was at the edge of refusing a commission — it was hearing a fable that brought her back into creating. It’s Gothe-Snape’s telling of the story that gives such an insight into her practice, and how she thinks about art. Gothe-Snape also talks about the experience of being part of an artistic family, why she eventually went to art school, the role of language in her work, her thoughts on John Hughes and the art canon, and her struggles with the label of “art”. See more at Art Guide online: www.artguide.com.au/podcast
What is Conceptual Art? How can we do away with Visual Litter? Tai Snaith and Agatha Gothe-Snape talk about the practice of deep thinking and the process of taking ideas apart. They discuss the fine balance of keeping all the parts of the ‘plait’ of one’s life even and neatly braided, and what it means to follow a series of decisions to consciously take away anything extraneous to create strong, clear work. Agatha talks about her ongoing desire to ‘cut through the conceptual fog with a sharp knife’ and even her lifelong goal to be a mascot for Puzzling World. Additional Resources: Mitch Cairns’ Archibald-winning portrait: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2017/29825/ Every Artist Remembered: https://agathagothesnape.net/every-artist-remembered-2017/every-artist-remembered-2017 Lawrence Weiner; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Weiner Puzzling World NZ: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puzzling_World
What is Conceptual Art? How can we do away with Visual Litter?Tai and Agatha talk about the practice of deep thinking and the process of taking ideas apart. They discuss the fine balance of keeping all the parts of the ‘plait' of one's life even and neatly braided, and what it means to follow a series of decisions to consciously take away anything extraneous to create strong, clear work. Agatha talks about her ongoing desire to ‘cut through the conceptual fog with a sharp knife' and even her lifelong goal to be a mascot for Puzzling World.Links, more episodes, and information about A World of One's Own, at taisnaith.com/podcastAudio production: Bec FaryTheme music: ‘End of the Day' by Phia www.listentophia.com
"Ironic" Toxic Masculinity & Rhetorical Chorus This week we were joined by Agatha Gothe-Snape and Megan Alice Clune for Agatha's new performance work 'Rhetorical Chorus' as part of Liveworks 2017. The work is on until October 22 at Performance Space, Carriageworks. We were also joined by Athena Thebus for her new work ''Dreaming about you woke me up". It's on until October 22 at 55 Sydenham Rd Marrickville. For Thoughts That Count we focused on an article by Junkee writer Jared Richards called Alex Cameron, Kirin J Callinan and The Problem with "Ironic" Toxic Masculinity, and heard from our listeners as well as All Our Exes Live In Texas' Hannah Crofts, LISTEN's Jonine Nokes and Sydney rapper Kimchi Princi.
Synopsis: a journey to Cockatoo Island; bodies in spaces, bodies being led around spaces, bodies being directed through spaces; parallel narratives; some shit about Žižek; layers of reality; the view from Balmain Sailing Club; and, small acts of resistance. Characters (in order of appearance): Stephanie Rosenthal, Kelly Fliedner, Agatha Gothe-Snape and William Forsythe. Biennale of Sydney: Fan Fiction has been written for The Bureau of Writing, a collaborative writing program designed for artists and presented alongside the 20th Biennale in association with Artspace, Sydney.
In this episode we discuss The National at Art Gallery of New South Wales, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Carriageworks with Co-Curators Nina Miall and Anneke Jaspers, and Assistant Curator Kelly McDonald. We are joined by artists Agatha Gothe-Snape and Ella Sutherland to chat about the Redlands Art Prize at the National Art School Gallery. Plus, we phone ArtsHub's National Editor of Visual Arts, Gina Fairley, who is on the ground at Cementa. Tracks by JD Reforma.
Friday Reading Series Morgan Bassichis is a writer and performer whose plays include When the Baba Yaga Eats You Alive and The Witch House. Morgan's essays have appeared in the Radical History Review, Captive Genders, and other edited volumes. Brian Fuata is a Sydney based artist working in text and narrative performance of Samoan descent. He has performed and exhibited live and mediated works extensively in Australia since 1999. Fuata works both independently and in WrongSolo, a performance art duo with artist Agatha Gothe-Snape formed in 2009.
Power to the People: Juliana Engberg In Conversation With Hannah Mathews & Agatha Gothe - Snape by ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art)