Dr Christian Thompson..
Visual artist Christian Thompson has received Acmi.s inaugural Mordant Family Vr commission, worth $80,000.
Thompson is formally trained as a sculptor, but also uses mediums such as photography, video, performance and sound in his work.
The Acmi commission, created in partnership with arts philanthropists Simon and Catriona Mordant and the City of Melbourne, will allow Thompson to extend his practice into virtual reality for the first time.
Thompson's proposed work, Bayi Gardiya (Singing Desert), will invite the audience to walk through the landscape of his childhood, where they will see him singing in his traditional Bidjara language - a language that has been recognised as extinct.
.This is an exciting initiative for Australian art and I am honoured and humbled to be awarded the inaugural commission,. said Thompson..
Thompson was selected by a panel that included Rebecca Coates, director of the Shepparton Art Museum; futurist and entrepreneur,...
Visual artist Christian Thompson has received Acmi.s inaugural Mordant Family Vr commission, worth $80,000.
Thompson is formally trained as a sculptor, but also uses mediums such as photography, video, performance and sound in his work.
The Acmi commission, created in partnership with arts philanthropists Simon and Catriona Mordant and the City of Melbourne, will allow Thompson to extend his practice into virtual reality for the first time.
Thompson's proposed work, Bayi Gardiya (Singing Desert), will invite the audience to walk through the landscape of his childhood, where they will see him singing in his traditional Bidjara language - a language that has been recognised as extinct.
.This is an exciting initiative for Australian art and I am honoured and humbled to be awarded the inaugural commission,. said Thompson..
Thompson was selected by a panel that included Rebecca Coates, director of the Shepparton Art Museum; futurist and entrepreneur,...
- 5/26/2017
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Vr in Acmi's Screen Worlds exhibit.
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi), together with arts philanthropists Catriona and Simon Mordant and the City of Melbourne, has launched an annual virtual reality commission worth $80,000.
The Mordant Family Vr Commission invites artists to produce .bold new and ambitious works. using virtual reality (Vr) and associated technology. It is open to mid-career and established visual artists and is meant to support gallery-based practitioners in moving into Vr.
The recipient of the commission will be awarded $80,000 for the creation of a new work..
The commission will be selected by a panel including Rebecca Coates, director of the Shepparton Art Museum; futurist and entrepreneur, Mark Pesce; Acmi chief experience officer Seb Chan and Acmi senior curator Sarah Tutton. The panel will be co-chaired by Simon Mordant and Acmi CEO Katrina Sedgwick.
The recipient of each commission will also receive advice and support from Acmi in the development phase,...
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi), together with arts philanthropists Catriona and Simon Mordant and the City of Melbourne, has launched an annual virtual reality commission worth $80,000.
The Mordant Family Vr Commission invites artists to produce .bold new and ambitious works. using virtual reality (Vr) and associated technology. It is open to mid-career and established visual artists and is meant to support gallery-based practitioners in moving into Vr.
The recipient of the commission will be awarded $80,000 for the creation of a new work..
The commission will be selected by a panel including Rebecca Coates, director of the Shepparton Art Museum; futurist and entrepreneur, Mark Pesce; Acmi chief experience officer Seb Chan and Acmi senior curator Sarah Tutton. The panel will be co-chaired by Simon Mordant and Acmi CEO Katrina Sedgwick.
The recipient of each commission will also receive advice and support from Acmi in the development phase,...
- 2/28/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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