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About
21st Biennale of Sydney
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
16 March - 11 June 2018
“Creating a print studio within the walls of the gallery, Phillips interrupts the conventional space of the public art institution, where the audience expects to see a work of art in a state of completion rather than production. The convergence of the studio and gallery creates an indeterminate space in which the artwork remains in flux.
In this context-specific project, Phillips invites local Sydney community groups to work alongside her to produce new artworks. Her solo-made prints demarcate the area occupied by Workshop. Using printmaking as a mediating tool, Phillips develops relationships through dialogue and making, not simply public engagement: “... it’s about sharing ideas through the process of working together on joint outcomes. This happens best when the group has a sense of a shared identity, when they have a position and share a common goal. It’s also important that they want to connect with me, and that we have enough time to develop ideas together.”
A continuing investigation of collective practice, Workshop raises questions of authorship, solidarity and productive exchange through shared making.”
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Collaborators:
Ayya Aboulhaf, Lucy Achhorner, Safa Al-Wahah, Khadija Baratzada, April Boughton, Liz Bradshaw, Laura Carey, Khadijah Carmona, Lily Chen, Rima D’Arcy, Neheed Darwish, Georgia Drysdale, Skyla Eardley, Lotta Eberhardt, Farida Fahrtash, Halina Faryadi, Zahra Haidari, Barbara Henery, Sherri Hilario, Nahida Ibrahim-Khill, Lucas Ihlein, Lukas Kalos, Mami Kataoka, Marrianne Katia, Dominic Kavanagh, Nick Keys, Floura Khosh Kish, Tuomas A. Laitinen, Liz Land, Ngyen Ngoc My Le, Eloise Lindeback, Diana Lwaies, Gulchera Mangal, Selma Mesanovic, Lynn Morton, Rhoda Murray, Shahla Osman, Julianne Patterson, Isobel Peng, Latifa Pirzad, Katy Plummer, Shaun Postie, Melissa Ratliffe, Immi Romot-Smith, Christina Ruoff, Selina Ruzek, Zahra Salari, Neha Singh, Diane van Sommers, Rayyane Tabet, Taylah Terry, Maryan Vickers, Tatjana Vujanovic, Aleit Woodward.
Curated by: Mami Kataoka
BoS Head of Exhibition: Danielle Devery
Curatorial Research: Tai Spruyt
Curator, Programmes and Learning: Melissa Ratliffe
Learning Coordinator: Liz Bradshaw
MCA Curator: Dominic Kavanagh
Workshop assistant: Laura Carey