Art's Birthday 2009, Town Centre Complex, Gosford, at the Gosford Art Flux Forum's
IDEA EXCHANGE
IDEA EXCHANGE
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Idea Exchange Bureau
GAFF
Gosford Art Flux Forum
Idea Exchange Bureau
Gosford Art Flux Forum
Idea Exchange Bureau
A free exchange bureau, trading in art (and other) ideas, will operate in one of the vacant shops in the Town Centre Shopping Complex, Gosford, from the 17th to the 25th of January, 2009.
On site services.
Idea Exchange.
- Bring in your idea and exchange it for one brought in by another customer.
- Repairs. Customers can bring in old ideas for repair, restoration, redesign or battery replacement.
- Used and pre-loved art ideas recycled.
- Buy Nothing. Get one Free.
Counselling.
- Individual consultations and group sessions available.
Installation - Changing daily.
Visual Archive
Reading Room
Outdoor siting and erection of a 'Big Thing', The Big Idea roadside tourist attraction for Gosford.
Art’s Birthday Party.
On the 17th of January, to celebrate the 1,000,046th international birthday of art, as proposed by French artist Robert Filliou in 1963 - there will be a reenactment of the making of the first work of art.
In the spirit of Filliou’s No-Plays there will be no opening.
No-Play #1
This is a play nobody must come and see. That is, the not-coming of anyonemakes the play. Together with the very extensive advertising of the spectacle through
newspapers, radio, T.V., private invitations, etc. . . .
No one must be told not to come.
No one should be told that he really shouldn’t come.
No one must be prevented from coming in any way whatsoever!!!
But nobody must come, or there is no play.
That is, if the spectators come, there is no play. And if no spectators come, there
is no play either . . . I mean, one way or the other there is a play, but it is a No-Play.
Robert Filliou, c. 1964
Robert Filliou lighting the cake at Art's 1,000,010th Birthday Celebration, Aachen 1973. Photo: Neue Galerie, Stadt im alten Kurhaus, Aachen, from - Robert Filliou: From Political to Poetical Economy, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver, 1995.
Ideas can be brought in in person at the appointed times (TBA) or forwarded via gaff@brownscows.com
Textures of Place
Textures of Place consists of 4 installations/works in progress which are to be presented in vacant shops (on level one) in the Town Centre Shopping Complex, Gosford, from
the 15th to the 27th of January, 2009.
The exhibition is being ‘facilitated’ by Ccabd (Central Coast Artist Business Directory)
in conjunction with GBID (Gosford Business Improvement District) and Gosford City Council.
Shop spaces have been allocated to:
Peter Baka
GAFF (Gosford Art Flux Forum)
Josephine Laina
Sharyn Walker.
the 15th to the 27th of January, 2009.
The exhibition is being ‘facilitated’ by Ccabd (Central Coast Artist Business Directory)
in conjunction with GBID (Gosford Business Improvement District) and Gosford City Council.
Shop spaces have been allocated to:
Peter Baka
GAFF (Gosford Art Flux Forum)
Josephine Laina
Sharyn Walker.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Click Here
Flash!
Brown's Cows Art Projects have been awarded $10,000 in the recent round of the Gosford City Cultural Grants.
The grant is to conduct Click Here, a series of art activities in the Gosford Town Centre.
In this project Brown's Cows will work together with Gaff (Gosford Art Flux Forum).
Watch this space for more information about the project and activities planned.
The grant is to conduct Click Here, a series of art activities in the Gosford Town Centre.
In this project Brown's Cows will work together with Gaff (Gosford Art Flux Forum).
Watch this space for more information about the project and activities planned.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Gosford Art Flux Forum
“The flux of art is a cultural and intellectual commons, and is the vital foundation for all creative engagement as well as being a playground for imaginative and critical conjuring with possibilities.”
Gosford Art Flux Forum is an initiative of Brown’s Cows Art Projects. Gaff was incorporated to provide a legal entity to facilitate the development of contemporary art within the Town Precinct of Gosford and places within the City’s ambit.
An objective of Gaff is to be a catalytic art presence in the town centre; promoting creative processes of democratic engagement in the production and presentation of socially engaged, collaborative and temporary projects for non-gallery situations where context is integral to the meaning of the work.
Gaff will also operate as a street front venue in the CBD serving as a focus for contemporary art and a locus for the presentation of art projects, the provision of information resources, and a coordination place for work in the public domain,
GAFF will conduct art research through praxis of Gosford itself as a process of contemporary art and encourage projects in which the people of Gosford can be part of the invention of “Gosford”, gaining both understanding of its emergent identity and its place in the world.
We recognise that autonomy is an essential part of the culture of effective contemporary practice and, at the same time, that art can play a role in creating the context in which it functions. GAFF will work to address its context by developing infrastructure for sustainable contemporary art practice in Gosford City through discussions and partnerships with various stakeholders, including all levels of government, artists and artists’ organizations, educational organizations and business.
Gosford Art Flux Forum understands itself as part of an international network of artist directed organizations and groups that share a number of attributes. These include a culture of open enquiry, a sometimes alternative and critical position in relation to civic and commercial art operations, and an interest in playing a catalytic and engaged role in generating an immediacy of experience in contemporary cultural and social issues.
In order to engage with critical issues and new ideas and practices in contemporary art, and to place local artists within the ambit of developments internationally, GAFF will support the development of contemporary art in Gosford by building partnerships, linkages and exchanges with other organizations beyond the region.
Gosford Art Flux Forum seeks to reinvigorate the urban ‘commons’ with imagination, the poetic, and an enjoyment and enthusiasm for contemporary art processes and practices.
Gosford Art Flux Forum is an initiative of Brown’s Cows Art Projects. Gaff was incorporated to provide a legal entity to facilitate the development of contemporary art within the Town Precinct of Gosford and places within the City’s ambit.
An objective of Gaff is to be a catalytic art presence in the town centre; promoting creative processes of democratic engagement in the production and presentation of socially engaged, collaborative and temporary projects for non-gallery situations where context is integral to the meaning of the work.
Gaff will also operate as a street front venue in the CBD serving as a focus for contemporary art and a locus for the presentation of art projects, the provision of information resources, and a coordination place for work in the public domain,
GAFF will conduct art research through praxis of Gosford itself as a process of contemporary art and encourage projects in which the people of Gosford can be part of the invention of “Gosford”, gaining both understanding of its emergent identity and its place in the world.
We recognise that autonomy is an essential part of the culture of effective contemporary practice and, at the same time, that art can play a role in creating the context in which it functions. GAFF will work to address its context by developing infrastructure for sustainable contemporary art practice in Gosford City through discussions and partnerships with various stakeholders, including all levels of government, artists and artists’ organizations, educational organizations and business.
Gosford Art Flux Forum understands itself as part of an international network of artist directed organizations and groups that share a number of attributes. These include a culture of open enquiry, a sometimes alternative and critical position in relation to civic and commercial art operations, and an interest in playing a catalytic and engaged role in generating an immediacy of experience in contemporary cultural and social issues.
In order to engage with critical issues and new ideas and practices in contemporary art, and to place local artists within the ambit of developments internationally, GAFF will support the development of contemporary art in Gosford by building partnerships, linkages and exchanges with other organizations beyond the region.
Gosford Art Flux Forum seeks to reinvigorate the urban ‘commons’ with imagination, the poetic, and an enjoyment and enthusiasm for contemporary art processes and practices.
GAFF has a program of activities scheduled for 2007 and is currently working on the programs for 2008 and 2009.
GAFF Secretary: leeji@pacific.net.au
GAFF Secretary: leeji@pacific.net.au
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