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2010 Membershow “Burglars’ sex romp in victim’s bed”

Hello to our beloved 24Hr Art members!

Its slowly nearing the time of year when we like to thank-you for your support, and what better way of doing that than by having an exhibition of your artwork!

This year the Member’s Show exhibition dates will be from Oct 29 – Nov 20 2010. The opening is at 6pm on Friday Oct 29.

So everyone put your thinking caps on, as the theme this year is:
“Burglars’ sex romp in victim’s bed”
The first edition of the Northern Territory News was published on February 8, 1952. That’s nearly sixty years of crocs, UFO’s and bikinis or groundbreaking journalism – whichever way you see it!

The 2010 Members exhibition invites artists to have a conceptual encounter with their favourite NT News front-page headline. Works can be in any medium or format but must relate to the headline caption you’ve chosen.
Guidelines- To exhibit you must be a current 24Hr Art member. Members are only allowed to submit one piece of their artwork.

Registration- There is no need to pre-register your work, but you will need to bring in the registration form (attached) with the details filled in along with the work.

Deadline- Members need to bring in their works NO later than 5pm Tuesday 19th October. Works will not be accepted any later than this date, no matter how small!

Good luck, and have fun!

2010

24HR Art International Visitor Program
Public curator talks:
Monday 10 May 5:30pm – Agung Jenong
Monday 24 May 5:30pm – Fu Xiaodong

All talks are free and will be held in the Screening Room at 24HR Art, Vimy Lane, Parap.

24HR Art has received funding from the Australia Council International Visitor Program, in partnership with Canberra Contemporary Art Space and Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, for two international curators to visit the Northern Territory as part of our public and professional development programs, they are Mr Agung Hujatnikajenong (Jenong) from Bandung, Indonesia and Ms Fu Xiaodong from Beijing, China. 24HR Art will facilitate a number of artist studio visits and artist presentations to inform the curators of current contemporary art practices of the Northern Territory. As part of the project, the curators will travel interstate to participate in the opening week celebration events of the 17th Biennale of Sydney The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age, and then onto a series of artist presentations in Melbourne, Perth and Canberra. As part of 24HR Art education programs, Agung and Xiaodong will complement their Darwin visits by presenting talks on the contemporary arts of their respective countries to the local arts community and general public.

Please click the names below to see curator biography.
- Agung Hujatnikajenong (Jenong)
- Fu Xiaodong

Australian Culture in China
24HR Art has received funding from the Australia Council Significant International Opportunities fund to undertake a major cultural exchange project as part of the Australian Government’s focus country program for 2010 – Australian Culture in China. The project, ‘A First Life Residency Project in Landscape’, is a residency project that will bring together contemporary visual artists from Australia and China to collectively experience the landscapes and cultures of northern Australia and regional China. As the title suggests, the project is designed to be an intensive ‘real life’ cultural and creative exchange. With the artists acting as cultural anthropologists, they will explore landscapes as being physical repositories of human attitudes, customs and beliefs. The artists will be asked to consider how people’s practices, beliefs and concepts have been informed and determined through living within particular landscapes. The Australian and Chinese artists will spend three weeks travelling by road across the Northern Territory visiting remote communities in Arnhem Land and the Kimberley region. They will then spend three weeks doing a road trip from Beijing to Lhasa, Tibet. The final stage will see the artists undergo an intensive studio session in Beijing for one month to produce new works for an exhibition opening in Beijing in November 2010. The 24HR Art Director Steve Eland has chosen the following artists to participate, Sam Leach, Tony Lloyd, Ben Armstrong, Cang Xin, Shi Jinsong and Wu Daxin.

09 24HR Art AGM
Notice of Annual General Meeting at 24HR Art, Vimy Lane, Parap Wednesday 6 May 2009 at 6:00pm
All financial members are welcome.

'175,200hrs@24hr -- 09 Member Show'
Due: 30 September 2009

Help us celebrate our 20th year. In place of the annual Members Show, we are calling for all current and past exhibiting artists and members, all current and past employees and board members to participate in the 2009 exhibition 175,200hrs@24hr.

Whether you’re feasting on tatao in Antananarivo, sipping on kumis in Ekibastuzskiy, crunching on alimango in Zamboanga or simply sweating on a pawpaw salad at Parap, we want to know where you are and what you’ve been doing. Create or buy a postcard (142mmx110mm) write to us and let us know how life is treating you. The postcards will then be exhibited as an installation (30 October to 21 November), as part of the massive celebration opening night Friday 30 October, 6pm.

We need to start searching for people NOW! This year’s exhibition is the beginning of the search for people for a publication for the 24th year of 24HR Art in 2013. So, if you know the whereabouts of anyone involved with 24HR Art since 1989, please pass on this information, and our email: 24hrart@24hrart.org.au

Facebook Launch
24HR Art NTCCA has launched its page on Facebook. Please find us and become a fan by clicking the badge below.

Cube 625: 2008 24HR Art members exhibition
The 2008 24HR Art members exhibition is named after a box, the Cube 625 (height 625mm length 625mm width 625mm). There is no set theme for this year’s show, simply that we want to challenge member’s to come up with innovative concepts on how to utilise the box. Paint it, animate it, sculpt it, slice it, destroy it, wear it, or jump on it. Works can be 2D, 3D or multi media works, no holes barred, however works cannot be any larger than a flattened Cube 625 box. To be part of the Cube 625 annual member’s exhibition please call into 24HR Art to collect your box.

Gallery opening hours to collect boxes: Wed - Fri 10am - 4pm, Saturday 10am - 2pm. The Member's Show will open on 24 October. Completed Works will need to be in by 13 October.

Infuse: Darwin forum 2008

‘A unique opportunity for NT emerging and mid-career artists interested in or involved in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary contemporary arts practice, a rare chance for insight and critical discussion of hybrid arts with some of Australia’s leading practitioners and thinkers’ Steve Eland.

Presented by 24HR Art - NT Centre for Contemporary Art Supported by Interarts, Australia Council for the Arts A FREE Darwin Festival event

Date:	Monday 18 August 2008
Time:	9:30am – 5:00pm
Venue:	Meeting Room Frog Hollow Centre for the Arts 56 McMinn Street, Darwin

To participate in the Infuse forum please register at 24HR Art. Email: infusedarwin2008@yahoo.com.au Phone: 08 8981 5368

Panel:

Keith Gallasch (Facilitator)
Keith is the Managing Editor of RealTime, the national arts magazine focused on innovation in the arts.
Sean Kelly
Sean is an independent curator, writer and project manager here in Australia and internationally.
Barbara Campbell
Barbara is a Sydney based artist who works across performance, text, video and online media.
Hellen Sky
Hellen is a Melbourne based artist working across dance, media arts and installation.
Steve Eland
Steve is the current Director of 24HR Art.

Infuse: Project Areas

Stage 1
One Day Forum:

Facilitated by Keith Gallasch, the forum will encourage open debate and critical discussion on contemporary hybrid practices. The round-table forum will encourage participants to be directly involved in dialogue and discussion with the panel members. The forum will include discussion on:

Hybridity: key Australian examples and how do we talk/write about these hybrids
Clarifying concepts: hybridity, interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary
Kinds and nature of collaboration, different art form languages
New ways of working, re-defining artistic relationships
Multi-skilling, resourcing and networking

The forum will have a key focus on developing the participants’ knowledge of how to conceptualise and express a project: specificity of description, handling ideas and structuring proposals; and understanding funding (Interarts) definitions.

Stage 2
Mentorship:

Following the forum, participants will be invited to join the mentorship stage, designed to give participants an opportunity to build a relationship with a more experienced artist, and develop a project concept within the field of interdisciplinary arts with their guidance. The program is designed to be flexible and casual, and is based on the model of hub mentoring.

Nerida Stockley - NT winner of Qantas Foundation Encouragement of Australian Contemporary Art Award
Steve Eland, director of 24HR Art, has been invited by Qantas to nominate three NT artists for annual Qantas Foundation Encouragement of Australian Contemporary Art Award. NT artist Nerida Stockley has won the prize of this year.

Nerida was awarded the prize at the Museum of Contemporary Art in May 2008. One winner from each state received the $20 000 cash prize and $10 000 in travel. Nerida plans to use the award to gather inspiration in remote areas of Australia.

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