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Tricky Walsh : news

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I'm going to London for three months for an Australia council residency to check out, among other things, the archives of Daphne Oram and have a look at the acoustic mirrors near Kent. You can follow me on instagram to watch what happens. Meanwhile, new works Playable Conjunctions. And Architectural follies for post-apocalyptic landforms. Will be traveling up to Sydney contemporary with MARS gallery. New collaborative/singular show with Mish Meijers up in sydney called Dear Minister for Women.

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Bill + George: August 2011

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Artist. Run. Adventure. Saturday, August 27, 2011. BRING BACK THE GREEN BANS. Its Saturday night and Ive just been hanging out at the PCYC in Woolloomooloo watching the 1985 documentary made by Pat Fiske called Rocking the Foundations. A film made about the astounding and amazing Green Bans movement and the Builders Labourers Federation in the 70s in Sydney. Wow. This film screening caps a 4 week walking project made by Big Fag Press. And Cross Arts Projects. And presented by Performance Space.

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CoUNTesses: September 2013

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Sunday, September 15, 2013. Not enough women of "merit"? Commentary on Abbott's "merit" claim is quoted here for its humour and the familiar parallel with claims of artistic merit that also dominate the contemporary visual arts;. That's just how it panned out" is the traditionalists' defence of organisations that proudly appoint "only on merit" and find, time after time, that an astonishingly high proportion of the really excellent people also have willies.". Female artists - 8. If not why not? For refer...

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CoUNTesses: June 2012

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Monday, June 25, 2012. Contemporary Australia: Women was a surprising exhibition on the calendar this year, the second in the Contemporary Australia exhibitions, the first. Which included considerably more men than women artists '. Redresses the balance considerably and. Includes 100% women artists. GOMA website says:. Gender applies to men just as it does to women yet it is predominantly women who are grouped and defined by it. Could an exhibition called 'Men'. And Elles at the Centre Georges Pompidou.

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CoUNTesses: April 2015

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Just days before International Women’s Day and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, the exhibition Collection : Shaun Gladwell. Opened at UNSW Galleries. Since re/opening in 2013 the gallery has hosted four solo shows for male artists and, disappointingly, no solo shows for female artists. Prompted by this discrepancy and the many missed opportunities, I decided to follow in the CoUNTess’ footsteps and get counting! Here are the results:. Finally, I counted the number of artist...

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CoUNTesses: March 2011

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Monday, March 28, 2011. Female artists only one quarter of artists in - 21st Century : Art in the First Decade @ GOMA - How representitive is it? Gender of artists in exhibition 21st Century : Art in the First Decade at GOMA 2011. Why stop counting . onto another survey style exhibition this time at GOMA in Brisbane 21st Century: Art in the First Decade! Sounds important. The GOMA website states. Date of birth and gender of artists in exhibition 21st Century : Art in the First Decade at GOMA 2011. New Ac...

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CoUNTesses: April 2014

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Sunday, April 13, 2014. The 19th Biennale of Sydney 2014 : Imagine what you desire. The Biennale of Sydney. Established in 1973 has been curated by 4 women, 14 men and 1 collaborative team (m f). The 19th Biennale of Sydney - Imagine What You Desire. Gender Representation of Artists in the 19th Biennale of Sydney 2014. But while women are certainly participating in the 2014 Biennale in greater numbers CoUNTess data mining also uncovered a gender bias in the media and marketing around the exhibition/event.

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CoUNTesses: April 2012

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Monday, April 23, 2012. Auditing the Order of CAOs 2011. Artists who exhibited in solo and group shows in National CAOs galleries in 2011. Auditing the Order of CAOs 2011. The IMA (Institute of Men’s Art) in Brisbane fared the worst, showing hardly any women at all in their program. We decided to test this repetitive observation by measuring the length of text in centimetres published on the gallery’s web pages from the CAOs 2011 program and quickly confirmed that women artists do get much less wri...

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CoUNTesses: June 2014

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Thursday, June 26, 2014. A consistent number at the CoUNTesses offices is 40. That's 40% on average of representation of women artists in Australia's public and commercial galleries. But CoUNTess noticed a couple of changing signs that inch our numbers closer towards equality in gender representation in the visual arts we thought we would share with you. 42 for now is the new 40. Diane Tanzer - Natasha Bieniek. Utopian Slumps - Jake Walker. Sullivan Strumpf - Sam Leach, Tony Albert, Ex de Medici. CoUNTes...