WHAT IS THE CAMPAIGN ABOUT?

Our campaign is about celebrating female photographers. In 2017 women had a strong voice at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale (representing 52% of our participants). In 2019 we are launching an exciting new initiative to continue this focus and we would love your support.

Each festival (23 August - 20 October) we will be showcasing a major solo exhibition of an exceptional female artist working internationally today. This year we will be presenting the extraordinary work of French artist Noémie Goudal in the beautiful Williamson Gallery at the Art Gallery of Ballarat.

Goudal is known for her ambiguous landscape images which "bring real and theoretical geographies into coexistence, creating a space between physical reality and its mental representation". (Goudal) 

Cascade, Haven Her Body Was, 2012 Courtesy and © the artist

We are very excited to be presenting Telluris, a captivating site specific architectural installation; which progresses Goudal's earlier investigations into the sky, to focus upon the earth.

Exhibition view, Edel Assanti Gallery, 2018 Courtesy and © the artist

The exhibition takes its inspiration from the artist’s interest in the ancient theories of the earth’s relief; the geometrical frameworks that ancient thinkers used to better understand the earth and how it came to exist.

Telluris I, Telluris series, 2017 Courtesy and © the artist

Goudal’s ambiguous installations show us how the art of image making can help us to slow down and think about the world and our place within it differently. 

Creus, Haven Her Body Was series, 2012 Courtesy and © the artist

As Goudal said of her particular kind of image making:

“For me an image is a place that you can visit and revisit. It isn’t a place that you capture for a second, it is a place you can live in”. To find out how to dwell in an image, you will have to come and look… closely. 

HOW DO I DONATE?

There are different ways to get involved:

(1)          Individuals and businesses can make a tax deductible donation (at any value)

Simply select "No reward" and enter your chosen value OR chose our "$1,000 Acknowledgment For Individuals and Businesses" to receive your tax deduction and be acknowledged by name or business name in our Annual Report, Foto Biennale program and social media. The first five individuals and businesses will also be invited to join our curator for an exclusive preview tour when the exhibition opens.

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(2)          Individuals can donate in exchange for a reward at the specified value

We have partnered with our wonderful supporters below so that you can donate in exchange for the following:

• A voucher for a French language course with Alliance Française de Melbourne
• A dinner for two at Mr Jones Dining in Ballarat 
• 30 Free cinema tickets to see the film of your choice at Regent Cinemas Ballarat.

Note:  Rewards are first in, best dressed in accordance with the reward criteria noted! Reward-based donations are not tax deductible in accordance with ATO requirements. 

We are seeking your support to raise $5,000.

These funds will help us to cover some of the timber set build (materials, fabrication, delivery) and speciality framing needed which are central to the cultivation of the artist's desired perceptual experience. We would love to tell you more but you know the drill! 

Other costs are accounted for in our organisational budget - including artist fees which we pay in accordance with NAVA better practice rates. 

Note: For those new to crowdfunding, Pozible campaigns are "all-or-nothing". If we don't hit the target, we get nothing (and supporters will not be charged). If we hit or exceed our target, we keep all of the funds and we are winning for women!