SALA Podcast

Revisit: The Department of Non-Corporeal Affairs

This episode takes us back to the 2017 SALA Forum for a Q&A session from The Department of Non-Corporeal Affairs. Andrew Purvis and Sasha Grbich take us through what non-corporeal means, and what necessitates a paranomal research office in the City of Adelaide.
 
Show Notes:
City Messenger – Why has a paranormal research office popped up at Adelaide City Council?
SAnews – Paranormal research office cracks open Adelaide’s ghost tales
Ouija Board
Fleetwood Mac
Sera Waters
Allen Tiller on Twitter
Haunted Adelaide
Richard Dawkins
Artpod
Sasha Grbich - website

Artist Interview: Sundari Carmody

In this episode, Kate interviews artist Sundari Carmody about her practice, which gives sculptural form to unseen phenomena. Carmody is drawn to research in the areas of dark matter, sleep and the study of nocturnal creatures, and in her work considers how to engage with universal systems and aspects of being using materials such as concrete, textiles, mist and neon. See her work at ACE Open as part of If the future is to be worth anything: 2020 South Australian Artist Survey.Show Notes:
BBC Radio 4 'In Our Time' - Bird Migration
Sundari Carmody, One: all that we can see, 2017, neon light with 95% painted black, electrical components, 40 x 40cm
Sundari Carmody, white white (summer and winter solstice), 2017, neon light, electrical components, 70 x 100cm
 ‘Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams’ Dr Matthew Walker
Sundari Carmody, Milky Way, 2018
“What then is time? If no one asks me, I know: if I wish to explain it to one that asketh, I know not.” - Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430 AD) in ‘Confessions’.
Sundari Carmody, The Black Swan Suite, 2014
Sundari Carmody, The Build Up – masks, 2014
Sundari Carmody, The Build Up, 2014
ACE Open - If the future is to be worth anything: 2020 South Australian Artist Survey
Sundari Carmody at ACE Open, 2020
Jantar Mantar
SundariCarmody.com
Transcipt available
Music: 'Nothing will grow here' by Komiku via freemusicarchive.org

Artist Interview: Juanella McKenzie

In this episode, Kate interviews Port Augusta artist, Adnyamathanha and Luritja woman, Juanella McKenzie. Juanella is the recipient of the Country Arts SA Breaking Ground Award, and speaks to her next steps in developing this work.
 
Show Notes
Juanella McKenzie wins Breaking Ground Award (Country Arts)
Jessica Clark
Family campaigns to stop the nuclear waste facility in Hawker
The McKenzie Powerhouse
@woven_dreaming (Instagram)

DIY Audio Tour

This episode actually doubles up as a do-it-yourself Audio Tour! You can follow along in real life with your headphones in, or simply enjoy tuning in like you would any other episode. Hear from Jacinta Koolmatrie as we roam the CBD and recontextualise some of Adelaide's sculptures and monuments, visit Troy-Anthony Baylis' Nomenclatures at the Art Gallery of South Australia and finish up at  Nexus Arts with Makeda Duong's exhibition Mixed Race Female. Each stop falls within Adelaide's free tram zone and you can press pause as you move between them.
Stops:
Tarntanyangga (Victoria Square)
The Art Gallery of South Australia (10am-5pm)
Nexus Arts (Tue-Fri, 10am-4pm; exhibition open until 17 Sep 2020)
Show Notes
Statues erase more history than they tell - Jacinta Koolmatrie
White Australia Policy
Art Gallery of South Australia
Troy-Anthony Baylis: Nomenclatures at Art Gallery of South Australia
Troy-Anthony Baylis (AGSA video)
The National 2019
Nomenclatures Act 1917
Guildhouse fellowship
The Castle (1997 film)
David McDiarmid, When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you, 1994
Catalogue Essay by Daniel Mudie Cunningham
Meet Your Maker: Troy-Anthony Baylis (Adelaide Review)
Troy-Anthony Baylis - Instagram
Nexus Arts
Mixed Race Female at Nexus Arts
Makeda Duong's Mixed Race Sweater: I was born wearing one, and I can never take it off' (Adelaide Review)
Makeda Duong and the warp and weft of identity (CityMag)
Makeda Duong - website
 

Textiles & Craftivism with Britt Burton & Sera Waters

Christina talks to Britt Burton, Public Programs Coordinator at the Centre of Democracy, and South Australian artist Sera Waters, about craftivism and textiles in art.
Show Notes
Centre of Democracy
History Trust of South Australia
Betsy Greer
StitchandResist.com
Stitch & Resist - SALA listing
Craftivism: A Manifesto/Methodology by Tal Fitzpatrick
Sera Waters
Telling Tales
Telling Tales - SALA listing
The Riddoch Art Gallery
Walkway Gallery
Drastic Fabric
Drastic Fabric virtual tour

Artist Interview: Cassie Thring

Steph talks to SA artist Cassie Thring about her practice, her work bringing art to different communities, what it's like to have a space in Floating Goose Studios plus a few words from Olive the dog.
Show Notes:
cassiethring.com
Floating Goose Studios Inc.
ACSA (Adelaide Central School of Art)
Carclew’s Pom Pom program
Helping Hand (2017 Article)
The Adelaide Review: Len Harvey is Young at Art
Nicholas Hanisch
Good News from Outer Space (praxis Artspace)
Music: ‘Pinky’ by Blue Dot Sessions via freemusicarchive.org

Artist Interview: Yusuf Ali Hayat

Steph interviews South Australian artist Yusuf Ali Hayat about his arts practice.
Yusuf's Instagram
Yusuf's Website
British School at Rome – Helpmann Academy
Hossein Valamanesh
Fran Callen
Just Add Water at Collective Haunt Inc
On Being an Artist: 11 Actions at Praxis Artspace
Music: 'Pinky' by Blue Dot Sessions via freemusicarchive.org

SALA Podcast Trailer

Welcome to the SALA Podcast! Hear from CEO Kate Moskwa on what to expect from this podcast.Music: 'Pinky' by Blue Dot Sessions via freemusicarchive.org