Spaced is a recurring international event of socially engaged art that showcases newly commissioned artworks developed in response to the distinctive characteristics of western australian sites and communities. spaced seeks to foster the development of new modes of interaction between artists and communities and establish dialogue between regional, metropolitan and international points of view.
Following on from the great success of the inaugural spaced: art out of place, spaced 2: future recall will comprise 12 commissioned projects that will take place in regional Western Australian locations throughout 2013-14. National and international artists have been invited to undertake residencies in regional host communities throughout Western Australia to produce works that respond to Western Australia’s culture, society and natural environment. The unique outcomes of these projects will be premiered in the host communities before being gathered together in a group exhibition at the Western Australian Museum (WAM), Perth in early 2015. This exhibition will tour nationally throughout 2015-16.
AC/E collaborates in this project supportin the participation of the Spanish artist Rubén Santiago. In 2014 Madrid-based artist Ruben Santiago, traveled to Derby, Western Australia to begin his spaced 2 residency. Held in partnership with DADAA, Santiago’s project involved the investigation and development of creative works around local subjective perceptions of Derby’s history. Interested in creating a space for reciprocal learning between existing local interest groups and the artist himself, Santigao developed a project focussed on an art form specific to the Kimberley area – boab nut carving. Santiago over a period of six weeks engaged and held workshops with Derby’s community of boab nut carvers, learning the intricate techniques and narratives associated with this craft. This activity is a vital source of income for many in the Kimberley region, and has generated around it a community of artists, both amateur and professional. Although this technique is traditionally seen as a craft, many nut carving masters have repeatedly proven its potential as an effective art form that favours the persistence of memories, the cross-cultural process of sharing knowledge as well as being a valid medium for the expression of individual concerns or for the public voicing of political and social messages.
Santiago’s project Not what it’s cracked up to be will see the artist present a collection of 60 carved boab nuts, one for each day of his time in Derby. Santiago’s collection will display a critical and subjective analysis of different aspects of Derby`s history with the aim to expand the narrative potential of a relatively recent art form, while paying tribute and claiming increased recognition for the work developed by many local carvers, present and past.
Following on from the great success of the inaugural spaced: art out of place, spaced 2: future recall will comprise 12 commissioned projects that will take place in regional Western Australian locations throughout 2013-14. National and international artists have been invited to undertake residencies in regional host communities throughout Western Australia to produce works that respond to Western Australia’s culture, society and natural environment. The unique outcomes of these projects will be premiered in the host communities before being gathered together in a group exhibition at the Western Australian Museum (WAM), Perth in early 2015. This exhibition will tour nationally throughout 2015-16.
AC/E collaborates in this project supportin the participation of the Spanish artist Rubén Santiago. In 2014 Madrid-based artist Ruben Santiago, traveled to Derby, Western Australia to begin his spaced 2 residency. Held in partnership with DADAA, Santiago’s project involved the investigation and development of creative works around local subjective perceptions of Derby’s history. Interested in creating a space for reciprocal learning between existing local interest groups and the artist himself, Santigao developed a project focussed on an art form specific to the Kimberley area – boab nut carving. Santiago over a period of six weeks engaged and held workshops with Derby’s community of boab nut carvers, learning the intricate techniques and narratives associated with this craft. This activity is a vital source of income for many in the Kimberley region, and has generated around it a community of artists, both amateur and professional. Although this technique is traditionally seen as a craft, many nut carving masters have repeatedly proven its potential as an effective art form that favours the persistence of memories, the cross-cultural process of sharing knowledge as well as being a valid medium for the expression of individual concerns or for the public voicing of political and social messages.
Santiago’s project Not what it’s cracked up to be will see the artist present a collection of 60 carved boab nuts, one for each day of his time in Derby. Santiago’s collection will display a critical and subjective analysis of different aspects of Derby`s history with the aim to expand the narrative potential of a relatively recent art form, while paying tribute and claiming increased recognition for the work developed by many local carvers, present and past.