Arts Writer with a DREAM!
A$2,606
of $2,500 targetyrs ago
Successful on 2nd Dec 2012 at 12:00AM.
At my high school swimming carnival when I was 17, I announced: "I want to be an Art Critic." Little by little I've been achieving goals to make this dream a reality...and now I am confronted with another one
I have been accepted to participate in the Soi Fischer Thematic Residency Program from December 1st - 15th, 2012, at the Artscape Gibraltar Point Center for the Arts, Toronto Islands, Canada. Maryse Lariviere'sThe Pale Word And Other Pulses will give me the opportunity to work with other writers and artists through a mentoring program for 3 weeks. Here is the original brief:
Text, whether written by an artist, critic, curator or art historian, can communicate what is not necessarily expressed by a work of art. Yet what if an artwork could talk — what kind of a conversation would it produce? The Pale Word And Other Pulses investigates in jest the different ways in which artists produce writing. Directed seminars will focus on considering the rich history of writings by artists, while poetic activities will allow the group to experiment with the formal qualities of text and words themselves. The texture of our thoughts will manifest themselves in group activities such as poetry hikes, epistolary interviews and rehearsals as translation. The resulting material will be collected in a publication.
Maryse LARIVIÈRE (MFA, 2011, University of Guelph) lives and works in Montréal, Quebec. Her recent solo exhibition Something Has To Change For Everything To Stay As It Is was at Parker Branch (London); she was awarded the Les Inclassables residency at Villa Arson (Nice); and is the co-founder of Pavilion Projects (Montréal), which has exhibited contemporary art projects since 2003.
As many of you would be aware, I have just moved into my studio space in Collingwood and I'm very committed to making a living from my writing. You can read some of my work by following the links below:
"Sick of the Radio" - http://sickoftheradio.com/?s=marion+piper&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
"VN FOLD ZINE" - http://www.vnfold.com/arts-and-culture/219
http://www.vnfold.com/arts-and-culture/170
http://www.vnfold.com/arts-and-culture/218
http://www.vnfold.com/arts-and-culture/210
For more examples, please visit my website: http://www.marionpiper.moonfruit.com
What I need from you is financial help to attend the residency. As my writing practice is collaborative, I'd love to offer you the opportunity to be part of my amazing journey! The residency costs CA$960.50 (AUD$926.62) and return flights will be around AUD$1600. In total, I'm looking to reach AUD&2500 in the next month! It doesn't sound like much, but it would mean the absolute world to me if this total was reached (or even surpassed). It's so important to support the arts and I thank you SO SO SO MUCH for even reading this far!!!
I will be blogging the entire process during the residency and sending out regular email updates as I go so you will be the first to know how my time at Artspace is progressing!
A place in my heart, a shout out over all social media I subscribe to (and that's A LOT), plus a personalised thank you email!
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The rewards from $10+ and a postcard sent from Canada in December!
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All of the rewards mentioned for a donation of $10+...aaaand...a dedication to you thanking you for your support in my first novel, "Glass Confetti" (the book is expected to be finished mid-2013, but you'll get all the other rewards by Jan 2013) <3
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* A copy of the residency publication<br /> * A postcard from Canada<br /> * A signed copy of my book "Glass Confetti" when it's published (before everyone else)<br /> * Your name in the dedication page<br /> *
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A place in my heart, a shout out on all social media I subscribe to (and that's A LOT), a personalised thank you email...aaand...an original poem....aaaaand....a copy of the publication!!!
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