ACCA

NEW08 - Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)

NEW08


12 March 2008 - 11 May 2008

Seven Australian artists create their new work for NEW08, ACCA’s annual exhibition for emerging artists. Curated by Anna MacDonald, NEW08 delivers new commissions from Daniel Argyle, Matt Hinkley, Chris Bond, Paul Knight, Sandra Selig, Gabrielle de Vietri and Jonathan Jones - from dayglo geometrics to resuscitated record covers, fluro patterns, mirror worlds and live social encounters.

Throughout the exhibition Gabrielle de Vietri presented a rotating series of performances.


All day Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays:
Songs to People Saying Things I Couldn’t Otherwise Say, 2007
Music performance and collaboration with composers and performers
10 songs, variable durations, 3 performers


On Wednesdays and Saturdays:
Where’s My Community? 2007
Dance performance, instructional video, dance floor
Video: 3 minutes/ 6 minutes (slow motion) alternating every 10 minutes
Performance: 2:30pm – 3:30pm, 5 – 10 dancers


All day Fridays:
Today is a Day Like No Other, 2007
Performance
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, looped, 5 – 10 actors