Campbelltown Arts Centre and Festival of Sydney Project
Edge of Elsewhere is a key project of the Sydney Festival’s program for three consecutive years in 2010, 2011 and 2012, that will present work by artists that have been developed in partnership with Sydney’s communities in response to the cultural demographic of metropolitan and suburban Sydney. In 2010, the project is comprised of a major exhibition across two venues at Campbelltown Arts Centre and Gallery 4A, a 200 page publication, and a series of public programs including forums and artists’ talks.
Edge of Elsewhere is curated by Thomas J. Berghuis, lecturer in Asian Art at the Department of Art History and Film Studies, University of Sydney; Lisa Havilah, Director of Campbelltown Arts Centre; and Aaron Seeto, Director of Gallery 4A.
“Western Sydney and communities from Asia and the Pacific will be brought into sharp focus for the Sydney Festival, and beyond, which will open up the Festival for many more people to engage with the very best in contemporary arts from across Asia and the Pacific,” says Sydney Festival Director Lindy Hume. “There are two million people living in Western Sydney and this important project collaboratively examines some of the questions that shape us as individuals and communities in a rapidly changing environment.”
Chinese artist Wang Jianwei, who is widely respected as one of the leading video and installation artists working today, will be prominently featured. Also in the artistic lineup are: Brook Andrew (Australia), Arahmaiani (Indonesia), Richard Bell (Australia), Dacchi Dang (Australia), Newell Harry (Australia), Shigeyuki Kihara (Aotearoa New Zealand), Kimsooja (Korea), Lisa Reihana (Aotearoa New Zealand) and Khaled Sabsabi (Australia) YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES (Korea).
CCDNSW is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the NSW Government through Arts NSW