[TimorLesteStudies] East Timor, Indonesia, Australia Artists Collaborate- Canberra

Angie Bexley Angie.Bexley at anu.edu.au
Tue Feb 20 14:22:25 EST 2007


**A collaborative wood cut and screen print project between East 
Timorese, Indonesian, and Australian artists will feature in the 
following exhibitions in Canberra: **

**SIXTH AUSTRALIAN PRINT SYMPOSIUM***
*National Gallery of Australia 30, 31 March, 1 April 2007

 

**SATURDAY 31 March***
**10.00-11.00 - The bite of the print***
*Taring*** ***padi***: Indonesian street posters**
Jon Priadi will be speaking about his involvement with Indonesian and 
East Timorese art collectives, /Taring Padi  and Gembel /and the concept 
of people's art/ /(/seni kerakyatan/). Jon will also discuss his current 
collaborative print project featuring 6 mobile maps that travelled from 
Australia to East Timor and Indonesia. A film of this process-based 
project will also be screened.

http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/AustralianPrintSymposiums/Sixth2007/tabid/109/Default.aspx 
<http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/AustralianPrintSymposiums/Sixth2007/tabid/109/Default.aspx>

 

**9 May - 1 June***
**Exhibition**** - History, Human Rights, and Art: Thresholds of 
Tolerance Exhibition**
**Social Justice and Asia Pacific***
//I*n conjunction with ANU School of Art*//*
Venue: School of Art, ANU
Exhibition Curators: Dr Caroline Turner and Professor David Williams*

Taring Padi (Indonesia), Gembel (East Timor) and The Culture Kitchen 
(Canberra) will exhibit their collaborative woodcut and screen print 
project titled, '/Menolak Jadi Korban/ (Ind.) 'We Refuse to Become 
Victims' featuring six large scale maps (3.30 metres x 2.50 metres) 
incorporating Australia, Indonesia and Timor Leste. 

 

**10 May***
**Workshop**** - History, Human Rights, and Art: Thresholds of 
Tolerance*** **Workshop**
//In conjunction with ANU School of Art//
Venue: ANU, Canberra
Conveners: Dr Caroline Turner and Professor David Williams

Taring Padi, Gembel and The Culture Kitchen will speak about their 
collaborative print project, '/Menolak Jadi Korban'/.

http://www.anu.edu.au/HRC/


Contact:

Angie Bexley
Angie.Bexley at anu.edu.au

-- 
Angie Bexley
PhD Scholar
Department of Anthropology
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Australian National University
Room 4122 (Pacific Asian History floor)
T: +  6125 4130
F: +  6125 3023
E: Angie.Bexley at anu.edu.au



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