SALA Podcast

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

ACSA ArtSpeak: Jess Taylor

In this episode, Andrew Purvis of Adelaide Central School of Art speaks with artist Jess Taylor as part of the school's ArtSpeak program (recorded live). Tune in to hear about Jess' journey since art school, the ethics of creating artwork within the genre of horror, and what draws her to the mediums she uses.
 
Show Notes
Primordial at Hugo Michell Gallery
View Master at FELTspace (2014)
Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA)
Floating Goose Gallery
Deborah Prior
ACE Open Studio Residency
JamFactory
NAVA membership
Lenticular prints
Photogrammetry
What is 3D Rigging for Animation & Character Design? [article]
Francisco Goya
Chaïm Soutine
Francis Bacon
the Chapman Brothers
Francisco Goya, Saturn Devouring His Son
Scammells Major Grant
Jess Taylor, When I die, I’ll die on time, 2022, 3D printed resin and paint, 35 x 21 x 13cm, ed. Of 3
Cordyceps is a genus of ascomycete fungi
Jess Taylor, Now I love You In The Dark, 2022, 3D printed resin and paint 37 x 62 x 18cm, ed of 3
blender
Meshmixer
Agisoft Metashape (formerly Agisoft Photoscan)
Midsommar (2019 film)

Artist Interview: Sam Gold

In this episode, Katya caught up with South Australian ceramic artist Sam Gold at their JamFactory studio.
Sam speaks candidly about their journey from art school to the present, including the mentorships and opportunities that informed their exciting trajectory towards interstate exhibitions like Primavera 2021 and securing gallery representation with Hugo Michell Gallery. Tune in to hear about the way that Sam’s training as an Art Therapist informs their reverence for clay as a material, its capacity to echo emotional states, and ceramics as a lesson in resilience and letting go.
Show Notes
Sammgold.com / @s.amgol.d
JamFactory / Associate Program
Primavera 2021 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
KirstenCoelho.com
SALA Feature Artist archive
Samstag Museum
Helpmann Academy
Mark Valenzuela
Australia Council for the Arts / ‘AusCo’
Duncan Young / @DuncanYoungDesign
Ivana Taylor / @IvanaTaylorDesign
Francesca Sykes / @FrancescaSykes_Studio
Celadon glaze, Chün glaze
Catapult Mentorship Program / Guildhouse
Sam’s mentorship with David Pedler & Jane Robertson
Sam Gold joins Hugo Michell Gallery stable [ArtCollector article]
Hugo Michell Gallery (SA) / @HugoMichellGallery
Wet from a moonlight swim, Sam Gold exhibition at Hugo Michell Gallery, 3 Feb – 5 March 2022.
Bedroom, Kate Power
Kate Bohunnis / @Kate_Bohunnis
George Street Studios
Lou Cresp
Carclew / Pom Pom program

Artist Interview: Tony Kearney

In this episode, Steph caught up with photographic artist Tony Kearney at his home in Port Adelaide. Tune in to hear about his journey to photography, his highly-acclaimed portrait work, competing with pigeons for exhibition space in Hart’s Mill, and that time he took 180 rolls of film through multiple airport x-ray machines en route to Syria.
Show Notes
Kodak Instamatic
Reticulation, bas relief
Bakelite
Mug Shots
Fixer, developer, stop bath – photographic chemicals
Atkins Lab
Kodachrome
Marden Senior College
Tarnanthi Festival
National Railway Museum
Olive Cotton Award / 2021 Exhibition Catalogue
Bowness Prize / finalist images 2021
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
National Portrait Gallery London
David Prichard’s portraits of Australian First Nations stock women win the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2021 [article]
Tony Kearney, Jacob, 2020
‘Dignified, strong, beautiful’: the year’s best portrait photography – in pictures (The Guardian) [article]
High Ground (2020) imdb
The 2021 Bowness photography prize selected finalists – in pictures (The Guardian) [article]
tonykearneyportraiture.com
3 of Tony’s portraits in NPG collection
Vitalstatistix
Laneway Festival
Tony’s photograph of @BillieEilish
Tony’s photograph of @AuroraMusic
Tony Kearney, Linda Syddick Tjunggkiya Napaltjarri, 2017, inkjet print on paper, image: 66.2cm x 66.2cm, purchased by NPG (Australia) in 2017Tony Kearney, Wentja Morgan Napaltjarri, 2017, inkjet print on paper, image: 66.2cm x 66.1cm, purchased by NPG (Australia) in 2017
Tangentyere Art Centre
Rust, ‘The corrosion of culture and the culture of corrosion’
‘Chandie’ by Deb Jones & Christine Cholewa
Syria Lost
Hart’s Mill

Artist Interview: Jasmine Crisp

In this episode, Steph catches up with Jasmine Crisp at her home studio in the Adelaide Hills. Jasmine paints across small and large scale, with her narrative paintings discoverable in both gallery spaces and on buildings around Adelaide and beyond. We talk about what drives her work, the ups and downs of working in public space, her time in residency in Iceland, and her painting that won the inaugural Centre for Creative Health Art Prize.
Transcript of this episode (PDF)
Show Notes:
Jasmine Crisp (Instagram) (website)
Adelaide Central School of Art
SALA Festival Slide Night 2021
What is an artist residency?
SíM Artist Residency - Seljavegur, Reykjavík, Iceland.  
NES Artist Residency - Skagaströnd, Iceland.  
Kolin Ryyanänen Artist Residency - Koli, Finland
Centre for Creative Health Art Prize
Jasmine Crisp, ‘They had to share (a portrait of Ruby)’, 2020, oil on linen, 91x152cm
Ruby Allegra (Instagram)
Portrait of Ruby wins new health-focused art prize (InDaily article)
Religious Icon paintings
Brisbane Street Art Festival
Andrew Salgado (Instagram) (website)
Beers London (website) (Salgado bio)
 
Jasmine Crisp, ‘They had to share (a portrait of Ruby)’, 2020, oil on linen, 91x152cm
 
Music: Sky 5: The Rise, The Walk, The Hope - Monplaisir
 

Artist Interview: Shane Kooka

In this episode, Steph catches up with Shane Kooka.Shane’s interest in art started at an early age and became an important way for him to connect with culture. Today, Shane works at small and large scale, making his mark on bodies, garments, buildings, and more. In this interview we hear about the role of collaboration and variety in sustaining his practice, and some of his work in Tarnanthi.
 
Show Notes
Cherbourg Mission'Missions, reserves and stations were reserves of land to which Aboriginal people were forcibly located' – aiatsis.gov.au
Stolen Gen / Stolen GenerationWho are the Stolen Generations? (healingfoundation.org.au)
Jack Buckskin (Instagram)
Uncle StevieABC memorial article (please note that this article contains images of people who have died)
Jamie GoldsmithHonored with mural by Jimmy C and Elizabeth Close in the East End of Adelaide.
Tarnanthi 2021
LT3 at Hahndorf Academy, 9 Oct – 28 Nov 2021, 10am-5pm daily, free
LT3 artist talk | 12-1pm, 20 Nov 2021 at Hahndorf Academy
Elizabeth Close (website) (Instagram)
Thomas Readett (website) (Instagram)
Mirdilyayanthi – to Shine Bright at Women’s and Children’s hospital (Blue Heart Gallery, Ground Floor). 15 Oct 2021 – 31 Jan 2022. 9am-5pm daily, free.
Black Diamond Tattoo
De Castella’s Indigenous mission in New York Marathon (SMH article, 2019)
The fight to ‘free’ the Aboriginal flag – BBC article
Adelaide Crows Football Club 2020 Indigenous Guernsey designed by Eddie Hocking working with Shane Kooka
UFC Adelaide: Tai Tuivasa’s entrance music honours his Aboriginal heritage (sportingnews article)
Cold Krush
Anthony Mundine wearing Shane’s art
@ShaneKooka_Art

Artist Interview: Gemma Rose Brook

In this episode, Steph catches up with artist Gemma Rose Brook. Gemma is an emerging artist who paints from life, so it was only appropriate that the interview take place cross-legged on the spring grass of Brownhill Creek Recreation Park. Tune in to hear about the mindfulness of Gemma’s practice, the stories behind some of her works, and her first solo exhibition coming up in November.
Show notes
Brownhill Creek (Wirraparinga) Recreation Park      
Tom Carment
Adelaide Central School of Art
Melanie Brown
Plein air painting
Still life
Ernabella Arts
Foodland
Greta Laundy
T’keyah Ware
Hills Hoist
'What was it like for Heysen as he saw the light kiss these gums and painted this shady pool', 2019, 20.5 x 25.5, oil on board
'Did Sauerbier and Trenerry feel like they were on the moon when they sat and painted these same cliffs', 2019, 20.5 x 25, oil on board
Horace Trenerry
Kathleen Sauerbier
Sauerbier House, Port Noarlunga
Dorrit Black
Hans Heysen  
The Cedars, Heysen’s property         
Heysen Prize for Landscape 2020      
RSASA Youthscape Art Prize 2020     
Lois Dodd       
Gull Rock
Floating Goose Studios
Gemma’s website
Gemma’s Instagram
Red Earth, Blue Skies and Anangu Smiles by Gemma Rose Brook at Floating Goose Studios [eventbrite ticket link for opening night Friday 5 November]
 

2021 Audio Tour - Adelaide's Public Art

Check out the new do-it-yourself audio tour of public art in the City of Adelaide! Join Steph in this meander around the CBD and find out more about the murals, sculptures, and installations that decorate our city. You can listen from the comfort of home or listen along while you walk the route yourself.
 
Stop 1: David Gulpilil mural by Thomas Readett with Laura Paige[location: Tandanya, East Terrace, Adelaide]Broadsheet: Screen Legend David Gulpilil Is the Subject of a New Mural in Adelaide
Video documentation
Stop 2: Pigeon by Paul Sloan, fabricated by Iguana Creative[location: Rundle Mall/Gawler Place (South)]
Stop 3: Flow by Laura Wills and Will Cheesman, fabricated by Exhibition Studios[location: Rundle Mall/Gawler Place (North)]
Stop 4: 14 Pieces by Hossein and Angela Valamanesh[location: outside the South Australian Museum, North Terrace]
Stop 5: City of Music mural by Dave Court[location: East of the Morphett St Bridge]Documentary Video
Stop 6: She imaged buttons by Jasmine Crisp[location: East wall of the Rockford Hotel, cnr Hindley St and Morphett St]
Stop 7: Parking Pole by Michelle Nikou[location: Hindley St / Leigh St]
Stop 8: Roy Rene by Robert Hannaford[location: Hindley St, opposite McDonalds]
Stop 9: The Beatles by Algo Mas Marketing[location: Adelaide Town Hall balcony]
Stop 10: Golden Rhombohedron (Obtuse) by Jason Sims[location: Grote Street, opposite Her Majesty’s Theatre]
InDaily: In the Studio with Jason Sims
Golden Rhombohedron (Acute)
City of Adelaide Public Art Map