EDUCATION KIT SECTION 03 of 04 the 15Th Biennale of Sydney Art Gallery of New South Wales Zones of Contact 8 June – 27 August 2006
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EDUCATION KIT SECTION 03 OF 04 The 15th Biennale of Sydney Art Gallery of New South Wales Zones of Contact 8 June – 27 August 2006 www.bos2006.com.au EDUCATION KIT SECTION 03 OF 04 PAGE 1 OF 15 BOS2006.COM.AU ART GALLERY OF 3 NEW SOUTH WALES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Produced by the Public Programs Department © 2006 Art Gallery of New South Wales [email protected] www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/education Art Gallery of New South Wales Address: Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney Phone: +61 2 9225 1744 Email: [email protected] Website: www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au Dates: 8 June - 27 August 2006 Monday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm (Wednesday until 9pm) ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES Education Program Bookings Gallery Services Public Programs Booking Office Café Lower Level 1 Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm Open during Gallery hours Enquiries: (02) 9225 1740 Licensed café offering light meals and refreshments. Email: [email protected] ART The Restaurant GALLERYFax: (02) 9225 1842 Ground Level NSWPlease note: Bookings will only be accepted in writing via fax 11amor mail. to 3pm daily map Informal à la carte service with spectacular For full bookings, excursion and risk assessment informationharbour go to: and surrounding views. www.artgallery.nsw/ed/yourvisit Gallery Shop Ground Level One of the most comprehensive ranges of art books in Australia as well as posters, cards, giftware and replicas based on the Collection. Research Library & Archive Lower Level 1 10am to 4pm weekdays (excluding public holidays) MARGARET Wednesday nights until 9pm OLLEY FUNCTION CENTRE ASIAN Study Room for Prints, Drawings, GALLERIES Map courtesy City of Sydney Watercolours & Photographs (UPPER) THE Lower Level 2 RESTAURANT 10am to 4pm weekdays (excluding public holidays) Study Room Assistant Available. Appointments advisable but not essential. p Photography Photography of temporary exhibitions, Aboriginal art or Photography is not permitted. Photography of the permanent collection is permitted only without flash, for the purpose of private study only. Photographic material for publication or other commercial purpose is available upon written request. General Information Art Gallery of New South Wales Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney 2000 Open daily 10am to 5pm (closed Easter Friday and Christmas Day) Art After Hours Australian Wednesday nights until 9pm Museum Tel: (02) 9225 1744 What’s on line: (02) 9225 1790 TTY: (02) 9225 1808 (during Gallery hours) Fax: (02) 9221 6226 National Toll Free: 1800 679 278 Web site: www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au EDUCATION KIT SECTION 03 OF 04E-mail: [email protected] PAGE 2 OF 15 BOS2006.COM.AU Brett Whiteley Studio 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills p Open 10am to 4pm Saturday & Sunday Tel. (02) 9225 1881 at Art Gallery of New South Wales South New of Gallery Art at Kei Takemura Kei Detail of installation artwork by by artwork installation of Detail Weight Greg Photo: EDUCATION KIT SECTION 03 OF 04 PAGE 3 OF 15 BOS2006.COM.AU KEI TAKEMURA born Tokyo, Japan, 1975 lives and works in Berlin, Germany AGNSW Location Lower Level 2 Background Since sewing takes a long time, I enjoy the process itself. It gives me free time to wish something which might happen in the future, and remember something that happened in the past. There is no order – the arrow of time lets me think about the future or remember the past. In other words, I set time free while I’m sewing. (Artist statement) The work is concerned with memory, recollected spaces, architectural environments, precious objects and the private histories they embody, maps and journeys. The work honours a number of friends of the artist who feature in the drawn and sewn portraits on the wall. During the Opening Week of the Biennale the artist presented a performance which saw her wearing the masks that are pinned to the wall and gently, carefully making coffee in memory of each of these friends. FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES VISUAL ARTS K-6 Discuss what an installation can be. Consider the steps the artist has taken to create this piece. Focus on the role of the audience in bringing their personal experiences to the work. HSIE Research the history of Japanese textiles and designs. How and why were these textiles produced? Was this the labour of men or women? SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Research the production of silk fabric in Japan. How has new technology changed the way silk is produced? VISUAL ARTS Walk around the space. How has the artist altered the Gallery space? Look at the lighting, scale of the work, material used, colours and texture. Does this installation trigger any memories? Discuss these ideas as a group. ENGLISH Compile a word bank of descriptive words for this installation. Use several of these words to write a personal response to this work. Write a wall label for this work. Retitle the work and list instructions for the audience on how to move around the space and experience the work. MATHS Calculate the amount of fabric used by the artist. Consider how the artist went about calculating the amount of material required for this artwork. Guess the price of the fabric per metre and add up the estimated cost. VISUAL ARTS Research contemporary artists who have use fabric in their art practice. Consider the process each artist has developed. Make your own artwork using fabric, for example, weave strips of fabric together or collage and stitch fabric together. EDUCATION KIT SECTION 03 OF 04 PAGE 4 OF 15 BOS2006.COM.AU MUSIC Find a piece of contemporary music, which could accompany this work. Explain why your selected piece best suits the objectives of the artist. Compose a piece of music inspired by your experience of this work. ENGLISH Describe your experience of being in the installation. Include any memories that were triggered by the work. Construct a poem based on your description. — Intricate details form the memories of the artist’s past. How do you collect and re-engage with your 7-12 personal memories? Think about your earliest memory? What part is most vivid? In what way do all the senses play a role in the moments of your past? Respond to your memories through artmaking. — Visualise a room in your present home. Describe this room in minute detail. Focus on all your senses in your description. Visualise a room from your past. What memories of this room do you recall the most and the least? Compare each memory and recollection. — ‘I try to adapt my works to the places/spaces I work in’ (Kei Takemura) The artist’s sense of place becomes an integral part of this work. Has the artist successfully achieved this goal? Does the arrangement and placement of this artwork fulfill the artist’s intentions? Define her sense of place. — Journeys through memories and time form the basis of Takemura’s art practice. In her work, the artist responds to the past and the present. Think about how her work reflects these concepts? — From your observations, how does the artwork become a reflection of the artist’s visual memory of the world around her? — Japan is known for its long tradition in textile art and design. Discuss the artist’s response to her cultural traditions along with her inspirations in the contemporary world. Consider artistic process, subject matter, materials and techniques as well as personal and social influences. — The artist considers the time consuming process of creating her textile structures and objects as a necessary step to resolving her memories and thoughts of the past and the future. Research other artists that focus their artmaking practice on time and memory. Compare their practice with Kei Takemura. Key Words Time zone, contact zone, comfort zone, physical space, material space, psychological space, memory, sensuous mode of experiencing the world, third space Links http://www.korpus.org/KT/index.htm http://www.takaishiigallery.com/ EDUCATION KIT SECTION 03 OF 04 PAGE 5 OF 15 BOS2006.COM.AU Fiona Tan Vox Populi – Sydney 2006 Project supported by Kai and Wendy Tan, collection of Kai and Wendy Tan, Melbourne. Installation view at the Art Gallery of New South Wales as part of the 2006 Biennale of Sydney Photo: Jenni Carter EDUCATION KIT SECTION 03 OF 04 PAGE 6 OF 15 BOS2006.COM.AU FIONA TAN born Pekan Baru, Indonesia, 1966 lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands AGNSW Location Lower Level 2 Vox Populi – Sydney 2006 photographic installation, 301 individually framed colour photographs, each 19.2 x 14.2 x 2.6cm courtesy of the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London Background Information In October 2005 I spent a few weeks in Sydney selecting images for my latest project, Vox Populi – Sydney (2006). The work could be called a snapshot of a city. Photo albums of all shapes and sizes, plastic bags, shoe boxes, a hatbox, envelopes and CD-roms were piled up high. With thanks to about 100 Sydney-siders from all walks of life, I had literally thousands of private photographs to choose from. Australia is my home country, or at least my childhood country. I grew up in Australia but moved to Europe 20 years ago. Will this project, which will culminate in a photographic wall installation and an artist’s book, mean my emotional homecoming? My work is an elaboration of the documentary tradition, but one inspired by and indebted to amateur photography. (Artist statement) FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES K-6 Look up the meaning of anthropology in a dictionary. Discuss what it means. Research the meaning of Vox Populi. Why do you think the artist has selected this title and how does it link to the meaning of anthropology? HSIE Discuss in class what it means to you to live in Sydney.