SALA Podcast

Artist Interview: Ruby Allegra

Steph catches up with Ruby Allegra ahead of their solo exhibition ‘From My Room’ at Newmarch Gallery. Fittingly, their chat takes place in Ruby’s room, where they discuss the concept of the bed as a workspace, (a key theme of the exhibition), accessibility in the arts, and a love of Matisse. See also: blanket forts, and what spoons have to do with anything.
Transcript of this interview (PDF)
Show Notes
@RvbyTheArtist on Instagram
‘From My Room’ by Ruby Allegra at Newmarch Gallery
@NewmarchGallery on Instagram
From My Room Opening Night, Friday 4 November, RSVP for physical attendance or keep an eye out for online attendance option. [Eventbrite link]
What is Spoon Theory? – Happiful article
Post Office Projects Gallery & Studios [website][Instagram]
‘Only use your bed for sex and sleep’ [Guardian article]
‘White cube gallery’ [Wikipedia]
‘Visibility’ at Wyndham Art Gallery [Exhibition Catalogue as PDF]
POC [person/s of colour]
Ruby Allegra, Disabled Nudes
‘The Blue Nudes’ by Matisse [Wikipedia]
Frida Kahlo [Wikipedia]
Photo of Matisse in bed
 
 
 
Main image: A person with brown hair in a pink jumper holds a gray short-haired cat and looks at the camera. Photo of Ruby Allegra by Sia Duff.
Music: Siddharta Corsus - Star of David via FreeMusicArchive.org

ACSA Artspeak: Julia Robinson

Andrew Purvis sits down with Julia Robinson to discuss her exhibition The Beckoning Blade at Hugo Michell Gallery during SALA Festival. From scythes to smocks, the Burry Man to the Wicker Man, witchfinders and gourdfathers; tune in to hear about the cultural, conceptual, and material considerations that drive Julia’s practice.
 
Show Notes
JuliaRobinson.net
The Beckoning Blade at Hugo Michell Gallery
Matthew Hopkins - Witchfinder General
The Burryman
The Wicker Man (film, 1973, directed by Robin Hardy)
The Song of Master John Goodfellow
gourd (fruit)
The Gourdfather
Beatrice in the 2020 Adelaide Biennial at Museum of Economic Botany
Rappaccini’s Daughter
The Names of the Hare (poem, translated by Seamus Heaney)
Transcript of this episode (PDF)
Image: Julia Robinson by Sam Roberts.Julia Robinson is represented by Hugo Michell Gallery. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Arts South Australia, its art funding and advisory body.

2022 SALA Feature Artist: Mark Valenzuela

Andrew Purvis chats with Mark Valenzuela about his journey as an artist and his current exhibition, 'Still Tied to a Tree' at Adelaide Central Gallery. Tune in to hear about his influences and connections to his practice – from Filipino culture, to chess, to the fictitious villain General Zod.
 
Show Notes
2022 SALA Feature Artist
Still Tied to a Tree at Adelaide Central Gallery
Book: Mark Valenzuela by Belinda Howden, Anna O’Loughlin [Wakefield Press]
Paul Pfieffer
Cristina Taniguchi, Maria Taniguchi
General Zod [Wikipedia]
Terraforming
Agimat (amulet) [Wikipedia
Opposition (direct opposition) in chess [Wikipedia]
 
Further Reading:
Meet your Maker: Mark Valenzuela - The Adelaide Review [article]

Artist Interview: Josh Juett

In this episode, Steph catches up with painter Josh Juett (and Winsor the lorikeet) at his homestudio ahead of his show LOST IN THOUGHT at Praxis Artspace. They chat about the early days of his practice (including his first sale, a seascape for $1 in primary school) and through various artistic and musical influences that Steph definitely had to google later. Tune in to hear about his new work that broaches new mediums and the rationale behind the exhibition.
 
Show Notes
Greg Simkins  / @Craola
Alex Pardee  / @AlexPardee
Ron English  / @RonEnglish
Pop surrealism
Robin Eley  / @RobinEleyArtist
Otto Marseus van Schrieck
Aesop Rock
‘colonize Mars on Earth Day’ (Tetra - Aesop Rock)
LOST IN THOUGH at praxis ARTSPACE / @praxisARTSPACE
@JoshJvett

Artist Interview: Carly Snoswell

Steph catches up with Carly Snoswell to talk about her practice and her new show, Day One, at Post Office Projects. They trace the development of her practice from learning to sew as a kid, through art school, residencies, and studios - shoutout to the 'art wives'! Tune in for some lovely musings on fandom, textile practice, and too many sewing puns!
 
Show Notes
Helpmann Academy Sanskriti Kendra Residency in New Delhi, India
Jenna Pippett
Kate Kurucz
Roy Ananda
Feelin’ Fine at CACSA Project Space
Why artist Carly Snoswell thinks Beyonce is a Port Supporter – [Adelaide Review article]
Crochet your Character
Steph Cibich
Rosina Possingham
Since 1989 (Port Banner artwork) at Floating Goose Studios
Day One, at Post Office Projects, Port Adelaide.
CarlySnoswell.com
 

25 Years of SALA Festival

To celebrate this anniversary year, we handed the microphone over to you! Hear from people who have connected with SALA Festival over its 25 years and what it means to them.

ACSA Artspeak: Catherine Truman

Catherine Truman joins Andrew Purvis to discuss the dynamics of artist residencies, the importance of a self-imposed 'pause', the desire to artistically locate the person behind their research, and the beginnings of her work from her time in residency at Carrick Hill. This episode was recorded as part of the Adelaide Central School of Art's ArtSpeak Program.
 
Show Notes
Gray Street Workshop
Ian Gibbins
Carrick Hill
Flinders Centre for Opthalmology and Vision Research
'Epithelium' Film
Catherine Truman - website
Catherine Truman - Instagram

ACSA ArtSpeak: Rosina Possingham

Andrew Purvis catches up with Rosina Possingham to chat about her intricate photographic processes (that dote on old and new technology), collaboration, and 'the Patch' - a body of work recently exhibited at Praxis Artspace inspired by Lefevre Park/Namtu Wama. Recorded as part of the Adelaide Central School of Art's ArtSpeak Program.
 
Show Notes
RosinaPossingham.com
ZINC
Brianna Speight
Park Lands Project
The Patch
OSCA - Open Space Contemporary Arts
Airborne Research Australia

ACSA ArtSpeak: Tom Borgas

In this episode, Tom Borgas and Athanasios Lazarou make time to chat about Tom's practice; from feedback loops, to making the unseen seen, and the weather conditions that constitute a 'Tom day'.
This talk was hosted by the Adelaide Central School of Art as part of the ArtSpeak program.
 
Show Notes
Keller Easterling
Timothy Morton
James Bridle 
Post Digital Ruins (Splendour in the Grass)
Researchers Reveal Why We Don't See Cell Phones In Our Dreams [article], The Richest
 
Photo: Thomas McCammon

ACSA ArtSpeak: Heidi Kenyon

In this episode, Andrew Purvis of Adelaide Central School of Art speaks with artist Heidi Kenyon as part of the school's ArtSpeak program (recorded live). 
 
Show Notes
HeidiKenyon.com
@HeidiKenyon.Art
NeotericExhibition.com
Heidi Kenyon, We shall by morning inherit the earth, 2022, Pleurotus ostreatus and citrinopileatus, timber and mixed media, dimensions variable. Sound by Ben Davidson (Ben Sun) using electromagnetic sequences generated by the fungi.
Neoteric Digital Catalogue (pdf)
‘It is the job of artists to open doors and invite in prophesies, the unknown, the unfamiliar; it’s where their work comes from, although its arrival signals the beginning of the long disciplined process of making it their own. Scientists too, as J. Robert Oppenheimer once remarked, ‘live always at the ‘edge of mystery’­—the boundary of the unknown.’ But they transform the unknown into the known, haul it in like fishermen; artists get you out into that dark sea.’ - Rebecca Solnit, 'A Field Guide to Getting Lost'
 
photograph by Rosina Possingham