Monday, May 28, 2012

Just recapping. before the winter break.

Thanks again to everyone who came along to the HOT HOUSE workshops. We talked to about 80 people over the course of the week. Some old (f)routers from way back, and some brand new.

Karl Khoe, Chaco Kato, Samara McIlroy and Josephine Jakobi gave us great new words to describe the artistry of the (f)route project.  Deb Foskey, Neil Smith and Deirdre Jack spoke eloquently about its importance to remote communities.

We introduced some new people/orgs to the network - the Bruthen Orange Fair, the Makerspace, the Orbost Exhibition Centre, the Orbost Community Garden. And the Shire loved our footage from around the region - and spoke (welcomely) about our efforts to make a change - and their commitment to help us do that. Others came to listen and share the fruit.

Many of the artists who have submitted CART proposals spoke about their concepts and we got a great sense of how their installation and presentation (avec breakfast) could work in artist run spaces  (or elsewhere) across Melbourne - and locally as hubs of brilliant conversations - and yes - the sharing of 'plenty'.

And it was great to have such a (C)artful turnout from the TAFE students - thanks to Jenny and Catherine for supporting (f)route from Day one.

But for now, please don't mention the word fruit.

(oh - except there's a breakfast planned for the EGSC Councillors v soon. Oh! - and maybe the Mallacoota Solstice in June. Oh!  and one on August 25 at the Bruthen Orange Fair. ) (And! one at the TAFE to show off all the students' fabulous work). you know how it is.

CART by Catherine Goral (Advance TAFE Visual Arts student)


An Orbost breakfast at Josephine Jakobi's CART, french toast by Karl Khoe

Georgia Snowball's (f)route thoughts


Georgia Snowball was our third artist-in-residence for the CARTography project. She worked in Goongerah and Mallacoota in two fairly different situations.

The Goongerah project was a low-key 'movement/performance adjunct to the Such is Life Punk Festival, while the Mallacoota project was more of a contstruction/movement installation at Bastion Point.
They were both great examples (introductions to ) (experiments with) our idea of 'slow art'. (more emphasis on the process than the outcome - but with a long term plan to improve our practice and extend our 'audience' - and well, embed art (and generosity) in everything we do.
Unfortunately Georgia couldn't make it to the HOT HOUSE session last week to talk in person. But she made this podcast of her thoughts about how it all went, what she learned, and thanking all the people in those communities who made it happen! Thanks G - it was great to have you -- and to do something so completely different - we got some great images and great video - and made great new (f)route connections.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

swifts creek + apples + cider + scrumpy.



Watch the full Mt Markey cider pressing video. Howard Reddish shows off his new toy - fresh from the ebay auction.

Apple Passion
http://youtu.be/9WdGomGkBGM

Swifts Creek Artists
http://youtu.be/7wuu28CZu44

Chaco Kato and John Butler at Cassilis Cemetery
http://youtu.be/ic5ESuFvGEE

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

HOT HOUSING the (f)route


A fabulous week of reinventing/redefining/reimagining (f)route.
Karl Khoe (Makeshift) has been a great provocateur of new ideas.
Thanks to everyone who has made time to shape this pretty darn (f)abulous idea.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Revisiting Cassilis Cemetery with (f)route




Chaco Kato talks a little about her  (f)route project in Swifts Creek / Cassilis Cemetery.

Chaco will be talking about her work at the HOT HOUSE session on Monday 24 May at Bungalook Studio, Lakes Entrance.

(Just one part of a wide-ranging (f)route conversation.

Everyone welcome. Email enquiries: andrealane@bigpond.com

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

(f)route (f)orward: HOT HOUSE




The HOT HOUSE begins at  Bungalook Studio, Lakes Entrance. 
MONDAY 21 MAY 2012.
9.30am for a 10am start.
http://froute-hothouse.blogspot.com.au/

(f)route (f)orward is a hot house week of sharing, showing, chit chat, telling, making, working, pulling things apart and putting things together again.

It will mix the philosophical with the practical, the big with the small - to develop some (other) ideas for taking the (f)route project into some new terrain and to imagine its (f)uture.

Anticipate a week of engaging ideas, healthy dialogue and debate, and the potential to rethink your own practice in the 'art' of the possible.

Friday, May 4, 2012

(f)route (f)orward: HOT HOUSE. coming soon.

 Karl Khoe (makeshift.com.au) is coming to lead our (f)route HOT HOUSE workshops 21-25 May.
This is some of Makeshift's work.




Makeshift is the collaborative practice of Sydney-based artists, Tessa Zettel and Karl Khoe. Informed by colonial and scientific memory, their interdisciplinary works appear as participatory, site-responsive interventions that make visible contested histories and possible futures. To date Makeshift has produced a range of critical and creative projects that span sculpture and installation, drawing, printmaking, design, teaching, writing and curating.

Here's where Karl was recently: http://www.iaska.com.au/content/spaced:_art_out_of_place_program/
(we like to think (f)route fits into this discussion in some way.)

(f)route (f)orward: HOT HOUSE
May 21 - May 25 -  Bungalook Studio, 252 Colquhoun Rd, Lakes Entrance. 3909
https://www.facebook.com/events/301726013238193/


Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Jessee John's Fruit Tribute

Whetting our (f)route appetite. Jessee John's tribute to fruit. (Still a work in progress).




http://www.redtractorart.com.au/froute/FROUTEZINEr.pdf

There's an editorial team brewing - with a book in mind. 
Let us know if you want to be part of it.

We're cooking up a photoshoot at the AD's house on Sunday in Bairnsdale.
Photoshoot by Daniel Jenkins.
Cook with fruity recipe still required. :-)