SALA Podcast

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]

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

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
 

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.

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

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

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

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

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)

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