Hey all, A really good way to get hold of Doug is via Facebook. Shall I drop him a line.
Honor >Oh, stink Andrew, I would have loved to hear him talk again. > >Good point on the Closer Event Relations. ADA has done a bit of this, >like inviting Melinda, who used to be director of ANAT, over for the >Dunedin conference, and personal contacts with David Cranswick from >DLux in Sydney. i was also involved in a Multimedia Art Asia Pacific >project last year, but something a bit more programmatic might be >useful. Sometimes it seems a little that Australian organisations can >view NZ as a poor cousin to the real, exciting, 'international' stuff >happening elsewhere (as I think Damian alludes), but I think this is >changing (or maybe it's my misperception in the first place). And, if >you think of things like the Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane, >Australia has a great history of interest and involvement in the >larger region, more so than NZ. > >The ADA list was actually started up after I tried to get Lev Manovich >over from Aussie when he visited, and found it difficult to make >contact with interested parties. I guess what might be useful is if >we can know when visitors are coming well in advance. and the other >thing, which i'm sure you're aware of, is finding the time to find the >money to make a visit possible. > >Some regional thinking would be smart tho. One of the really nice >things about Cloudland at ISEA in Singapore last year was that sense >of building relationships with people and organisations in the >(larger) neighborhood, rather than solely that attenuated connection >with the Euro-American digital art circuit. > >With new(ish) residencies in China, Korea and India, CNZ's (hive)mind >seems to be turning in this direction too. > >best, >Stella > > >On 15/10/2009, at 10:15 AM, Andrew Clifford wrote: > >> ----- Message from [email protected] --------- >> >>> DOUGLAS KAHN NATIONAL LECTURE TOUR >>> >>> "...The Arts of Sound in Australia enjoy a vibrant, active and rather >>> underground scene. Many Australian sound arts practitioners are held >>> in high international regard, yet they are relatively unknown in >>> Australia's contemporary arts sector..." >> >> Sounds familiar. A pity Douglas won't be popping across the ditch to >> do a >> lecture in NZ while he's at it. I tried to set something up but >> couldn't get >> any reply. >> >> Which raises an interesting point in terms of the CNZ strategy >> discussion we've >> been having. Are there more established situations in Australia that >> would be >> useful to NZ ADA practitioners? And maybe contexts in NZ that would >> be useful >> to Australian people? I suspect there are a lot of resources right >> in our back >> yard, just a short flight away if Oz-NZ ties were strengthened. >> >> AC >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ada_list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ > >_______________________________________________ >Ada_list mailing list >[email protected] >http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
