Three Bellybuttons Podcast

In this episode, I joined two Melbourne-based artists: James and Andrew to elaborate our thoughts on the experience of visiting the exhibition: Bauhaus Now! at Buxton Contemporary. It is shown till Oct 20. Together, we discussed about the idea of PLAY in the process of making and creating; the institutional environment for the art making; ‘NEW’ art in future. We also asked if there might be some dramatic leaping movement like Bauhaus movement in the near future. Enjoy!

LINKS & BITS

The guests:

James Nguyen

jamesnguyen.com.au

Andrew Atchison 

andrewatchison.com

Bauhaus Now!

Buxton Contemporary

https://buxtoncontemporary.com/exhibitions/bauhaus-now/

The public talk: In Conversation: Mikala Dwyer, Justene Williams and Olaf Nicolai

https://buxtoncontemporary.com/exhibitions/in-conversation-mikala-dwyer-justene-williams-and-olaf-nicolai-tuesday-3-september-6pm/

Amie Anderson and Kate Davis

What we passed there, will linger in the distance here

http://www.amieanderson.net/whatwepassedtherewilllingerinthedistancehere?fbclid=IwAR2PWMPs0T9HKr9T_zEVAgLqSWevEvHI_AdbmOH0jWNIcUOVskEKn3uGcDQ

Kathy Temin

http://annaschwartzgallery.com/artists/kathy-temin/

Andrew Atchison’s coming up exhibition: 

Figure in the Round, at The Atrium, Incinerator Gallery

https://andrewatchison.com/current-upcoming

Acknowledgement: The sound track used in this podcast is created by Marcel Feillafe. The graphic is designed by Emanuel Rodriguez. Sound editor is Tessa Stevens and Siying Zhou. 

Thanks for listening! Be with you next time.

The dinner over the podcast conversation

This is a special episode that I recorded with three artist friends: Kate Davis, Ash Perry and Ramo Zeroual in Venice in June this year. Unplanned, we found each other in Venice for 2019 Venice Biennale at the same time. This gave me a great opportunity to make an episode about 2019 Venice Biennale and to share some our thoughts on this major global art event. Please forgive the noises on the background, (church bell hitting the right time, ladies on street chatting, dog barking..:)) But I hope what we discussed is interesting enough to overcome these flaws.  

The speakers:

Kate Davis

https://www.datekavis.com/about

Ash Perry

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-art-show/first-commissions-emerging-artists-reimagine-michelangelos-david/11339758

Ramo Zeroual

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-RyLTZtXrPmwApgCDD0PUQ

The 58th Venice Biennale

https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019/information

The artists mentioned in the episode:

Zhanna Kadyrova

https://www.kadyrova.com/project-en

Lawrence Abu Hamdan

Walled Unwalled (2018) - the work shown at Giardini

http://lawrenceabuhamdan.com/#/walled-unwalled/

This Whole time there were no land mines (2017) - the work shown at Arsenale

http://lawrenceabuhamdan.com/#/langugae-gulf-in-the-shouting-valley/

Kahlil Joseph

BLKNWS

https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/blknws-kahlil-joseph-vience-biennale-2019-1543222

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=602987583540716

Lithuania Pavilion

Sun and Sea, Curator: Lucia Pietroiusti

https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019/national-participations/lithuania

https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/262366/rugil-barzdiukait-vaiva-grainyt-lina-lapelytsun-sea-marina/

https://www.sunandsea.lt/en

Zimbabwe Pavilion

Soko Risina Musoro (The Tale Without a Head), Curator: Raphael Chikukwa

https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019/national-participations/zimbabwe-republic

https://www.contemporaryand.com/magazines/zimbabwe-pavilion-announced-participating-artists-and-title/

https://kudzanaiviolethwami.com

North Macedonia Pavilion

Subversion to Red

https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019/national-participations/north-macedonia-republic

https://nadaprlja.com/subversion-to-red/

Artist: Nada Prlja

https://nadaprlja.com

France Pavilion

Deep See Blue Surrounding You / Vois Ce Bleu Profond Te Fondre 

http://www.biennialfoundation.org/2019/04/french-pavilion-at-the-venice-biennale-2019-laure-prouvost/

Artist: Laure Prouvost

https://www.laureprouvost.com

Other exhibitions at the Venice Biennale:

By Ash

Punta della dogana

https://www.palazzograssi.it/en/about/sites/punta-della-dogana/

Time, Forward! at VAC

http://www.v-a-c.ru/exhibition/

Ghana Pavilion

https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019/national-participations/ghana

By Kate

Future Generation Art Prize

https://futuregenerationartprize.org

Jannis Kounellis

Prada Foundation

http://www.fondazioneprada.org/project/jannis-kounellis/

By Ramo

Jone Jonas

http://myartguides.com/exhibitions/joan-jonas-moving-off-the-land-ii/

Museum 

By Me (Siying)

Parasol unit: https://parasol-unit.org

Bosnia Pavilion

https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019/national-participations/bosnia-and-herzegovina

The exhibition Ramo will be in:

https://www.festival-automne.com/en/program

Ash’s Florence exhibition can be found at

https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/news/emerging-australian-artists-reimagine-michelangelos-david/

Ararat Gallery TAMA

Fantasies - Hannah Gartside

http://www.araratgallerytama.com.au/event/hannah-gartside-fantasies/

A Melbourne-based artist couple: Peter Aldrich (painter and drawer) and Natalie Trofimiuk (print and drawer), are alert to the contemporary art exhibitions in town and nation wide. The number of the art exhibitions that they have seen in last month are so impressive and enviable for many artists, including me. In this episode, they shared their rich knowledge about some recent exhibitions in Melbourne, such as, Ry David Bradley's 500 years at Tristian Koenig; Prima Materia at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre; Jeremy Eaton and Ebony Truscott's exhibitions at Bus Projects, and more. Also, please remember to check out Natalie's upcoming exhibition in Trocadero Art Space in November. Please enjoy!

Episode notes:

Ry David Bradley

500 Years : http://tristiankoenig.com/500-years.html

http://tristiankoenig.com/current.html

Gerhard Richter

The life of images

https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/gerhard-richter

Polly Borland

Polyverse

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/media_release/polly-borland-polyverse/

Prima Materia

May 11- July 7, 2019

http://www.bundoorahomestead.com/exhibition/prima-materia-2/

Zilverster

http://www.zilverster.com

Michael GF Prior

https://michaelprior.org

Bernhard Sachs

Block Project Gallery

https://blockprojectsgallery.com/bernhard-sachs-bio

Jeremy Eaton

Some thoughts on cinema, dancing men

https://busprojects.org.au/program/some-thoughts-on-cinema-dancing-men

Ebony Truscott

A Brick in Mid-Air 

https://busprojects.org.au/program/a-brick-in-mid-air

Dale Frank

https://neonparc.com.au/artists/dale-frank

In this episode, two Melbourne-based photographers, Sanja Pahoki and Vivian Cooper Smith shared their thoughts over three past visual art exhibitions in Melbourne. In the conversation, they did not only bring the visual of the works they saw in the exhibitions, but also opened the discussion in regarding to the practice of visual art, photography practice and art merchandise. For me, it was an utterly fun and thoughtful experience of chatting with them. I hope it is an enjoyable and inspiring episode to you, the listeners too. 

Two speakers:

Sanja Pahoki

https://www.sanjapahoki.com/

Vivian Cooper Smith

https://viviancoopersmith.com

The exhibitions seen by Vivian

"After L'Été"

Eleanor Louise Butt

https://busprojects.org.au/program/after-l-ete

Nicholas Thompson Gallery

https://www.nicholasthompsongallery.com.au/publications/

Alun Elach -Jones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Leach-Jones

The exhibitions seen by Sanja:

Concept Store

Photography 3rd year student exhibition

Artspace in VCA

Daren Sylvester

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/darren-sylvester/

Red Bubble

https://www.redbubble.com

Vivian's upcoming exhibition titled The Stranger opens

30/4 - 25/5; opening 2-4pm Sat 4/5

Blockprojects gallery

https://blockprojectsgallery.com/exhibitions

The TV show recommended by Sanja:

Pen15 on Stan.TV

The lunch with Sanja and Vivian: vegetarian dumplings and two simple stir-fries. 

This is the very first episode of 2019. In this episode, two Melbourne based artists: Ka-yin Kwok and Walter Bakowski shared their memorable art experiences obtained during the time towards the end of last year 2018.  Ka-Yin talked about her art trip to LA, USA that she did in November 2018. In particular, Ka-yin discovered amazing works in the exhibition "Adrian Piper: Concepts and Intuitions  1965-2016" at Hammer Museum, UCLA. Whereas, Walter, told us about their experience of participating in MCA Art Bar event during Primavera exhibition. Walter raised concerns about this particular politically charged entertaining event. Please enjoy to listen. 

Speakers:

Walter Bakowski

https://www.walterbakowski.com

Ka-yin Kwok

http://kayinkwok.com

The links from Ka-Yin’s talk:

Los Angeles plays itself, by Thom Andersen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifii8LvR-ss

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379357/

LACMA

https://www.lacma.org

Getty Museum 

http://www.getty.edu

The Broad 

https://www.thebroad.org

Hauser & Wirth

https://www.hauserwirth.com

Echo park

Chris Kraus Essay 

http://semiotexte.com/?page_id=139

Hammer Museum, UCLA

https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2018/adrian-piper-concepts-and-intuitions-1965-2016/

Adrian Piper: Concepts and Intuitions, 1965-2016

Cornered, 1988

https://mcachicago.org/Collection/Items/1988/Adrian-Piper-Cornered-1988

Calling cards

https://adrianpiper.weebly.com/my-calling-card-1986-1990.html

Funk Lessons 1986-1994

http://www.adrianpiper.com/vs/video_fl.shtml

The Links from Walter’s talk

Primavera 2018 MCA

https://www.mca.com.au/artists-works/exhibitions/primavera-2018/

Hoda Afshar

https://www.hodaafshar.com

Two speakers, Janelle Koh, a law student who enjoys writing about arts, and Hugh Davies, a senior researcher in games and an artist, joined me and shared their individual experiences of visiting Mori Art Museum in Japan. Janelle vividly described her favourite works in the current exhibition titled 'Catastrophe and the Power of Art'. Whereas, Hugh shared some history of Mori and another exhibition he saw last year there. Hugh also told us about his swift visit to APT9, which is currently showing at Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art till 28/4/2019.

Two speakers:

Janelle Koh

Hugh Davies - https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/d/davies-dr-hugh

The exhibition, the artworks and artists mentioned by Janelle:

Mori Art Museum

https://www.mori.art.museum/en/about/index.html

'Catastrophe and The Power of art'

currently showing to 20/1/2019

https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/index.html

Miroslaw Balka - artist

'Soap Corridor'

http://miroslaw-balka.com/en/

Huang Hai Hsin - artist

'Swan Lake'

http://www.haihsinhuang.com/new-gallery-1/

Takeda Shimpei - artist

the 'Trace' series

http://www.shimpeitakeda.com

Hirakawa Kota - artist

'Black color timer'

http://www.hiwak.net/projects/

Katerina Šedá

'It doesn't matter'

http://www.katerinaseda.cz/en/

The exhibition talked by Hugh:

APT9

https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/the-9th-asia-pacific-triennial-of-contemporary-art-apt9

Sunshower: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now -  5/7/2017 - 23/10/2017

Mori Art Museum

https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/sunshower2017/

Happy 2019! A sincere new year greeting to every listener from Siying, host of Three Bellybuttons. x

In this episode, I had two good friends: Ann McGinley (Melbourne) and Sarah Pirrie (Darwin) to chat about their recent engagements with the art. Ann share with us her experiences of doing two international artist-in-residence programs: at Studio Kura (Japan) and Hotel St Valière (France). Comparing with the two programs in two countries, she spoke about the material and psychological challenges and benefits of doing these residencies as a painters. Following Ann, Sarah told us about her unique experience of visiting two art exhibitions in Hobart: Tidal.18 at Devonport Gallery and Zero at Mona, with her Mum, who had impaired vision. Sarah found herself at the first time to look at the artworks and navigate art gallery spaces through her Mum's eyes. 

The related links:

Two artists:

Ann McGinley

http://www.annmcginley.net

Sarah Pirrie

http://www.sarahpirrie.com

The artist-in-residence programs Ann participated:

Hotel St Valière in Langeudoc - South France

http://hotelsaintevaliere.com/contact/

Manager of Hotel St Valière: 

Eloise Caleo

Studio Kura, Japan

https://studiokura.info/en/

Sarah’s residency program

Bundanon Trust artist in residency program

https://bundanon.com.au

The exhibitions and artworks seen by Sarah and her Mum

Devonport gallery

Tidal.18

https://www.devonportgallery.com/index02.php?id=27&pl=9

Julia Davis - Winner of Tidal.18

For her video work ‘Undercurrent’

http://www.juliadavis.com.au/Undercurrent

MACq01 hotel

https://www.macq01.com.au

Mona 

https://mona.net.au

Zero - Mona 

https://mona.net.au/museum/exhibitions

James Turrell

http://jamesturrell.com

Polumbo Randy

http://polumbo.com/BIO-CV

Grotto For MONA

http://polumbo.com/Grotto-for-MONA

Greg Taylor and Friends

Cunts… and other conversations 2008 - II

David Young - sound composer

https://aphids.net/about/

The dinner: Fish, rice and Chinese broccoli

Episode note:

In this episode, Chloé Hazelwood, an art writer/independent curator, shared her knowledge about two unique exhibitions that she recently visited at Art Project Australia and the City Library of Melbourne. One was 'All Our Relations' (to 24/11); the other:'Weave Movement Theatre 21 years' (to 15/11). Both exhibitions featured the artworks made by the artists with disabilities. They took Chloé to a deep emotional and joyful state. From Chloé's vivid and detailed descriptions about the objects and images in the shows, Sarah and I imagined the exhibitions, and were touched by the naïvety and the direct self expression in these works. Following Chloé, Sarah talked about a past exhibition 'State of the union'. It was shown at Ian Potter Museums of Art, the University of Melbourne. In the exhibition, Sarah was attracted by Jeremy Deller's video work titled 'The battle of Orgreave (an injury to one is an injury to all)'. Through discussing all sorts of moments in the video, we, together, intended to unpack this complex and affective artwork. Again, I hope our discussions in this episode will interest you and bring you some new perspectives in the art. 

>The related links:

Two speakers:

Sarah Rudledge

http://sarahrudledge.com

Chloé Hazelwood

http://chloehazelwood.com

The artists and exhibitions mentioned by Chloé

Arts project Australia

https://www.artsproject.org.au

All our relations

27/10 - 24/11/2018

Shepparton Art museum

http://sheppartonartmuseum.com.au

Ramesh Mario Nithiyer (artist)

https://www.ramesh-nithiyendran.com

Chris O’Brien (artist)

https://www.artsproject.org.au/artist/christopher-obrien/

Weave Movement Theatre 21 years

24/10 - 15/11/2018

https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/community/libraries/whats-on/exhibitions/pages/weave-movement-retrospective.aspx

The city of Melbourne libraries

https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/community/libraries/

By Sarah:

Ian Potter Museum of art, the university of Melbourne

http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au

State of the union

24/7-28/10/2018

http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/fromyear/2007/toyear/2018/exhib-date/2018-07-24/exhib/state-of-the-union

Jeremy Deller (artist)

The battle of Orgreave (an injury to one is an injury to all) 2001

http://www.jeremydeller.org

Alicia Frankovich (artist)

http://www.aliciafrankovich.com/biography

Episode Note:

This episode is different from the previous ones. Instead of presenting one big conversion between two guest speakers and I, this episode includes two separate small conversations between two speakers and I. It is purely due to the conflict of our personal schedules. But as I attempt to keep things open in this podcast, I have given this arrangement a go.  So, in the first half, you will hear the talk between Simon Cooper, an artist and PhD candidate, and I. We reflected on our trip of seeing Polly Borland's Polyverse exhibition at NGV Ian Potter gallery and Consuelo Cavaniglia's Between and among objects at Margaret Lawrence gallery. Simon spoke about how his life was felt enriched by Polly's photographs. In the 2nd half, Manisha Anjali, a Melbourne-based writer and poet, shared her special experience of attending a private house event of reading performance. The event is titled 'Freya's revenge' and taken place at a residential house in Brunswick suburb. We explored the meaning of such alternative art venues to the major art institutions. 

Relevant links and references:

Simon Cooper

Https://simon.pb.photography

NGV - Polly Borland

Polyverse 28 SEP 18 – 3 FEB 19

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/polly-borland/ 

Consuelo Cavaniglia

Between and among objects 5 October - 3 November 2018

Margaret Lawrence gallery

https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/margaret-lawrence-gallery/current/consuelo-cavaniglia-between-and-among-objects

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Manisha anjali

https://www.manishaanjali.com

Freya’s Revenge - a private house-show.

Heather Joan Day

Eloise Grills https://eloisegrills.com

Cara Verklempt

Andy Butler

Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle, http://cordite.org.au/tags/zarah-butcher-mcgunnigle/

Marc Pearson, http://marcpearson.tumblr.com

Freya Daly-Sadgrove, https://freyadalysad.com

Manisha’s upcoming event in Vietnam

https://www.facebook.com/events/307020186552434/