Artist Workshops

ClickFest 2013 Program Spotlight.

ClickFest is an annual video conferencing festival run in November each year. Clickfest highlights the diversity and scope of video conferences available to schools across Australia.

The Museum of Contemporary Art have some exciting Artist Workshops available especially for ClickFest.

Tony Albert
Join artist Tony Albert via video conferencing in a hands-on workshop exploring his practice including his culture, family and storytelling. Work alongside Tony in a series of practical activities as he shares elements of his practice and answers your questions. Come with your questions ready!

 

 

 

 

From the artist:
“I was born in Townsville, North Queensland, about 100 kilometres from my family’s country in the lush rainforest around Cardwell. My childhood, however, was largely spent in the suburbs of Brisbane and at a school where my sister and I were the only Aboriginal children. Most of my family lived far away and, apart from them, I rarely saw Aboriginal people: not at the supermarket; not on the bus; not on television nor anywhere I went. So it was to my great delight, and I am sure my parent’s horror, when I discovered and began collecting from our local second-hand store all the cups, plates, trays, playing cards, statuettes, figurines – anything I could get – that were decorated with images of Aboriginal people. Of all the ‘Aboriginalia’ – a term I have coined for these objects – I was particularly drawn to the paint-by-number kits, perhaps because I had already started showing an interest in drawing and painting. Among the native flowers, kookaburras, kangaroos and koalas, there was one that depicted an old man sitting on a rock, holding a shield and spears, and naked except for a headband and a bone pierced through his nose. Although I recognised his features within my own family, his attire, pose and everything else about his portrait was completely at odds with my knowledge and experience of Aboriginal people. It was the 1980s and my sister, cousins and I were all obsessed with M.C. Hammer’s rap pants, Michael Jackson’s bolero jackets and playing video games.”

Tuesday 26 November, 10am, free for schools outside Metropolitan Sydney, $100 per class for schools within
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Benjamin Forster
Join artist Benjamin Forster via video conferencing in a hands-on workshop exploring his practice including drawing and mark-making. Work alongside Ben in a series of practical activities as he shares elements of his practice and answers your questions. Come with your questions ready!

Benjamin Forster’s practice may be positioned within contemporary drawing, bringing together digital and biological technologies, installation and print to trace the boundaries of logic, economy and the role of the artist in art making. He received a Bachelor of Visual Arts with First Class Honours from the Australian National University in 2009.

His Drawing Machine project was exhibited in Hatched 09: The National Graduate Exhibition at PICA, as well as the International Symposium on Computational Aesthetics 09 in Victoria, Canada. In 2012, Forster’s work was included in PRIMAVERA at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney in 2012 and NEW13 at ACCA in 2013.

Benjamin is undertaking a 6 month residency at the MCA during 2013 and will regularly contribute blog posts to the MCA website.

Thursday 28 November, 10am, free for schools outside Metropolitan Sydney, $100 per class for schools within
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Join the Museum of Contemporary Art for these exciting video conferences.