Inter-arts - artist initiated residencies - June 2008

This report summarises the outcomes of the meeting of the Australia Council's inter-arts assessment panel held on 27 June 2008.

Director's report

I'd like to thank the inter-arts assessment panel for assessing the artist initiated residencies applications received to the 1 May 2008 closing date. The panel noted the high standard of applications received and the diverse list of residency hosts proposed by applicants.

As usual it was difficult to select the final list of recipients from such a strong pool of applications. Residency partners proposed and funded in this round include the Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada), the Centre for Medical Simulation in Massachusetts General Hospital (USA), the University of Applied Sciences in Dûsselldorf (Germany) and a virtual world  through the Australian company VastPark.

The panel commented that the successful applicants to this round developed strong residency partnerships and made a compelling case that the residency would benefit their professional development and artistic practice. In addition, their support material demonstrated both the quality of their previous work and their capacity to undertake the project proposed during their residency.

To assist in the assessment of future inter-arts applications, the panel strongly encourages individuals with expertise in the area of interdisciplinary arts to join the council’s register of peers. This register is used to select people to sit on panels and ensure the inter-arts office assessment meetings draw upon as diverse a pool of interdisciplinary arts practitioners as possible.

On behalf of the Australia Council and the panel, I would like to thank the artists who submitted an application. Our next closing date is for inter-arts projects on 1 December 2008. Please contact staff to discuss your proposal if you intend submitting an application to this round.

Andrew Donovan

Successful applicants 

Artist initiated residency 
Closing date: 1 May 2008 

Cooper, Justine NY $20,000 
Artist residency at the Centre for Medical Simulation, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA to produce a new work. 
        
Gonsalves, Tina QLD $20,000  
Artist residencies at the Banff New Media Institute, Canada, MIT Media Lab, USA and the Institute of Neurology, UK to research and develop the ‘Chameleon’ project.       

Neville, Sarah WA $20,000 
Artist residency at the Performance Space, Sydney for the creative development of the ‘Oxygen’ project.

Nguyen-hoan, Lan Thu ACT $20,000
Artist residency at the Dûsselldorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany to research and develop a series of animated, wearable art objects.

Richards, Kate NSW $20,000 
Artist residencies at ‘VastPark’ virtual worlds development company, Melbourne and the Research School for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Canberra to research and develop the ‘eclipse’ project. 

Summary

       
Peers

Mark Bolotin (NSW) - Mark is an award-winning director, multimedia practitioner, VJ and the founder and artistic director of Synarcade Audio-Visuals.

Michaela Coventry (VIC) - Michaela is the Producer of Lucy Guerin Inc. and Executive Director of Twinkle Lady (twinklelady.com).

Melentie Pandalovski (SA) - Melentie is the Director of the Experimental Art Foundation and the initiator and Director/Curator of the annual Skopje Electronic Arts Fair, the first internet and media art manifestation in the Balkans.

Vicki Sowry (SA) - Vicki is the Australian Network for Art and Technology’s art research science program manager and has worked in screen production, industry development, new media and television for over fifteen years.