ART GROUPIE 2008 - CURATING IN JUNE
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING PART?
PREFERABLY EMAIL FIVE BUT NO LESS THAN TWO JPEGS OF YOUR WORK TO
dadada [at] groovescooter.com
PLEASE SEE BLOG FOR FURTHER DETAILS
HISTORY OF ART GROUPIE
Art Groupie started in 2006 with it's first exhibition held @ Melt artspace and featured 11 Australian musicians who also cross over into visual art. Art Groupie is a bi-annual event and sees the second exhibition take place in September 2008 in Sydney. With each exhibition artists also contribute a musical track to a limited edition hand-packaged CD which is available on opening night on the dadAdA imprint. Images, whether those yet to be downloaded from the imagination, or those found in film, books, paintings, architecture and nature, have long provided inspiration for songwriters and sound sculptures. Numerous producers first visualise their pieces before laying fingers to a keyboard, no matter if that keyboard is attached to a piano or a computer. Interestingly, it's often these images and the ones dictated by lyrics or the listener's own imagination, which give music a further
dimension. In these unique exhibitions, visitors will get to experience what comes forth from music makers when they decide to pick up a paint brush or camera rather than turning to their instrument of choice. It represents work from both artists who have been working in the visual arena for many years or those sharing their visions here for the first time. Many of the featured artists have turned to visual art as a new creative deviation having worked as musicians for some time, whilst others were originally painters, photographers or graphic designers who discovered the freedom of music later in life. Without exception, all are unique and inventive in both their chosen fields, regardless of their desire to continue creating as audio-visualists, or giving in to the urge to pursue one over the other.
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