The Warmth of the Curve
A$406
of $2,500 targetyrs ago
Closed on 3rd May 2012 at 1:00AM.
About the project
The Warmth of the Curve is a project developed by Melbourne based visual artist Michelle Sakaris to be presented at the 2012 Next Wave Festival. The outcome of the project will be a series of new works which will take over both galleries at BUS Projects from May 17 – June 2.
The project springs off from religious practices of ritual walking. The ritual of walking around a sacred object or site, drawing the form of a circle in space (circumambulation) appears again and again across a broad range of cultural and religious traditions. The circle is universally seen as enduring, complete and transcendental. Performance, video and installation works have been developed inspired by these rich ritual practices. The exhibition will present a dynamic combination of work and also includes self-directed sound walks.
The Warmth of the Curve continues a series of artworks I have been developing since 2009. These include 33 Chilean Miners, 2011, Circumambulation (Kings ARI), 2010, After Saint Simeon, 2009 and Untitled (Pilgrimage experiment), 2009. Each work begins as a performance, varying in duration (ranging from 60 minutes to 70 days). The works are centred on the concept of the ‘vow’ and involve explorations of fasting, silence, restricted mobility and constant movement.
Your help
I would greatly appreciate your support in this venture. I hope to raise $2,500 to print exhibition catalogues and hire audio/visual equipment for the video installation.
This project is the most ambitious project I have worked on to date; it has been supported by the Next Wave Festival over the past 9 months and has involved a process of research and working with places of worship in Melbourne’s CBD. The result will be an experimental project that marks a major development in my art practice, where past performance works have focused on the experience of the performer –this project shifts focus to the experience of the audience.
This is a very exiting project for me and I’d love to invite you to be a part of it!
About the artist
Michelle Sakaris is a visual artist based in Melbourne working across video, installation and performance. Her main interest is to seek out overlaps between religious ritual and conceptual art. She graduated from the VCA in 2009 and since then has had a number of solos exhibitions including Inhabiting Ritual at Kings ARI (2010), Architectures at Rear View Gallery (2011) and Theophany at White Street Project (2012). In 2010 she was the winner of the Blake Prize John Coburn Emerging Artists Award.
The Warmth of the Curve is a project developed by Melbourne based visual artist Michelle Sakaris to be presented at the 2012 Next Wave Festival. The outcome of the project will be a series of new works which will take over both galleries at BUS Projects from May 17 – June 2.
The project springs off from religious practices of ritual walking. The ritual of walking around a sacred object or site, drawing the form of a circle in space (circumambulation) appears again and again across a broad range of cultural and religious traditions. The circle is universally seen as enduring, complete and transcendental. Performance, video and installation works have been developed inspired by these rich ritual practices. The exhibition will present a dynamic combination of work and also includes self-directed sound walks.
The Warmth of the Curve continues a series of artworks I have been developing since 2009. These include 33 Chilean Miners, 2011, Circumambulation (Kings ARI), 2010, After Saint Simeon, 2009 and Untitled (Pilgrimage experiment), 2009. Each work begins as a performance, varying in duration (ranging from 60 minutes to 70 days). The works are centred on the concept of the ‘vow’ and involve explorations of fasting, silence, restricted mobility and constant movement.
Your help
I would greatly appreciate your support in this venture. I hope to raise $2,500 to print exhibition catalogues and hire audio/visual equipment for the video installation.
This project is the most ambitious project I have worked on to date; it has been supported by the Next Wave Festival over the past 9 months and has involved a process of research and working with places of worship in Melbourne’s CBD. The result will be an experimental project that marks a major development in my art practice, where past performance works have focused on the experience of the performer –this project shifts focus to the experience of the audience.
This is a very exiting project for me and I’d love to invite you to be a part of it!
About the artist
Michelle Sakaris is a visual artist based in Melbourne working across video, installation and performance. Her main interest is to seek out overlaps between religious ritual and conceptual art. She graduated from the VCA in 2009 and since then has had a number of solos exhibitions including Inhabiting Ritual at Kings ARI (2010), Architectures at Rear View Gallery (2011) and Theophany at White Street Project (2012). In 2010 she was the winner of the Blake Prize John Coburn Emerging Artists Award.
“…one to watch” - Lema Samandar, The Canberra Times
“So simple, yet also something profoundly expressive of life and sustenance. The work is at first glace quite commonplace, and yet it is filled with potential for further interpretation.” - Rod Pattenden, Pointers
“Imaginative and dramatic” - Judges of the 59th Blake Prize.
good vibes
0 chosen / 50 available
Est. delivery is Jun 26
A Thank-you on my website and a link to your website or blog.
1 chosen / 49 available
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Signed copy of the exhibition catalogue.
0 chosen / 25 available
Est. delivery is Jun 26
Set of 6 limited edition postcards (6”x4” each). + a thank-you in the exhibition catalogue.
3 chosen / 27 available
Est. delivery is Jun 26
Limited edition A2 Poster. + a signed copy of the exhibition catalogue, and a thank-you in the exhibition catalogue.
0 chosen / 30 available
Est. delivery is Jun 26
Limited edition signed digital print 82 cm x 60 cm. + a personal tour of the exhibition, a signed copy of the catalogue and a special thank-you in the exhibition catalogue.
0 chosen / 5 available
Est. delivery is Jun 26
At the end of the exhibition pick a work of your choice from the exhibition to take home. + a personal tour of the exhibition, a signed copy of the catalogue and a special thank-you in the exhibition catalogue.
0 chosen / 2 available
Est. delivery is Jun 26