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COVID19 SPECIAL EPISODE: Dr. Kate Just, Dr. Tal Fitzpatrick, Zara Sullivan and Nathan Beard on their COVID art projects

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 04:00:00 +0000

This is the 5th COVID special episode. In this episode, I have four high-achieving artists: Dr. Kate Just, Dr. Tal Fitzpatrick, Zara Sullivan and Nathan Beard talking about their art projects that they have been carrying out during COVID19 and speaking about their creative process and mind-space in making these projects during the COVID down time. Dr. Kate and Dr, Tal are producing a collaborative project titled: #covid19quilt on the instagram platform @covid19quilt. Zara is delivering her project “Angle Exchange” and hosting a live performance channel on IGTV. Nathan is managing his island of Slovetzia in Animal Crossing game where he has built an art gallery and migrated his 1st life exhibition tilted White Gilt 2.0 and originally shown at FirstDraft into this Slovetzia gallery.

To me, like many other artists and people who struggled in the 1st lockdown period to keep up a creative life and now is adjusting mentally again in the 2nd lockdown, hearing about these artists' wonderful artworks and persistence in art-making, is absolutely inspiring and stimulating. I hope this episode could bring the same positive and creative energy to the listeners and help you all happily go through the new low of the 2nd lockdown time.

Episode notes:
Dr. Kate Just
http://www.katejust.com

Dr. Tal Fitzpatrick
https://talfitzpatrick.com

Zara Sullivan
https://www.zarasullivan.com

Nathan Beard
https://www.nathanbeard.org

Projects:
1, Kate and Tal's COVID19quilt
Instagram @covid19quilt

2, Zara's Angle Exchange
Instagram @Zarasully.artist

https://busprojects.org.au/program/angel-exchange?fbclid=IwAR2SoJ_6zWaTDb-AQILeqpzVmBfJHYftTOYCk7kZZm49QbYim5MmkP0MxTI

3, An interview and announcement about Nathan's White Gilt 2.5 on FirstDraft website
https://firstdraft.org.au/news/nathanbeardnewhorizons

White Gilt 2.0
https://firstdraft.org.au/2020-program-pt-1/whitegilt2point0-s3c82

EXTRA: COVID19 SPECIAL EPISODE - three COVID art projects

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 02:46:00 +0000

A conversation with Dr. Kate Just, Dr. Tal Fitzpatrick, Zara Sullivan and Nathan Beard

When I made this conversation for this episode in the mid June, I thought this would be my last one for this special series, because by then gathering with 20pp was allowed and the social restrictions originally put in Melbourne were lifted one by one. But the recent implement of the 2nd COVID lockdown has asked me to think other way.

In the new low brought by the 2nd lockdown, it is more inspiring to listen to this episode and visit the ongoing existing art projects that Kate, Tal, Zara and Nathan have been working on.

Notes: Nathan's image is transplanted from his portrait on FirstDraft site. Due to the poor internet connectivity in the conversation, Nathan had to turn off his video.

LISTEN to this episode:

Relevant links:

Dr. Kate Just

http://www.katejust.com

Dr. Tal Fitzpatrick

https://talfitzpatrick.com

Zara Sullivan

https://www.zarasullivan.com

Nathan Beard

https://www.nathanbeard.org

Projects:

1, Kate and Tal's COVID19quilt

Instagram @covid19quilt

2, Zara's Angle Exchange

Instagram @Zarasully.artist

https://busprojects.org.au/program/angel-exchange?fbclid=IwAR2SoJ_6zWaTDb-AQILeqpzVmBfJHYftTOYCk7kZZm49QbYim5MmkP0MxTI

3, An interview and announcement about Nathan's White Gilt 2.5 on FirstDraft website

https://firstdraft.org.au/news/nathanbeardnewhorizons

White Gilt 2.0

https://firstdraft.org.au/2020-program-pt-1/whitegilt2point0-s3c82

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EXTRA: COVID19 SPECIAL EPISODE - arts in response to COVID19 racism

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 02:21:00 +0000

the screenshot of our zoom meeting for making this episode

In this 4th COVID19 special episode, I invited two artist and educator, Dr. Tammy wong Hulbert, and Dr. Priya Srinivasan and a phycologist, Anu Radha to make a conversation together about how the arts and artists could respond to the COVID19 racism against the Asian population in the western societies.

As this conversation was made before the #blacklivesmatter global movement took off, the subjects of racism in this conversation were focused on the Asian communities in the western societies. However, I think that the discussions on the topic about the arts&racism in this conversation has a broad application. The value of the speakers' words doesn't lessen due to limit of the timing.

In this episode, Tammy told us about a collaborative social engagement project called Unmasked selfies in Solidarity that she has been involved in,

Unmasked Selfies in Solidarity

The team of collaborators of this project includes: Isabella Capezio, Marnie Badham, Klare Lansen, Sherry Liu, Wilson Yeung, Jan Sze Wing Ting, Rosina Yuan and Tammy Wong Hulbert and the RMIT School of Art community.

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1050235468694361

and how her visual art practice had been enriched through her roles as a curator and academic.

Priya, with her rich knowledge on Australian performance art and the subject on cultural and gender equality in the postcolonial and capitalist societies, shared her view on what was the role of arts and artists that COVID19 had indicated to us, and her critical thoughts on how COVID19 broke the Western traditional notion that "artists are solo genius".

The info about Pathways project that Priya talked about can be find on Sangam Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/artsouthasia

Anu as a professional psychologist who is currently working for Northern Health https://www.nh.org.au, gave not only an explanation on the stress and anxiety that were brought by racism and the time of COVID19, but also shared many brilliant valuable and wise exercises for thoughts for the artists and everyone to practice.

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COVID19 SPECIAL EPISODE: Anu Radha, Dr. Priya Srinivasan and Dr. Tammy Wong Hulbert on arts in response to the COVID19 racism

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 01:34:00 +0000

In this 4th COVID19 special episode, I have invited two artist and educator, Dr. Tammy wong Hulbert, and Dr. Priya Srinivasan and a phycologist, Anu Radha to make a conversation together about how the arts and artists could respond to the COVID19 racism against the Asian population in the western societies.

In this episode, Tammy told us about a collaborative social engagement project called Unmasked selfies in Solidarity that she had taken part in. This project had widely-reached on Facebook platform. Tammy also talked about how her visual art practice had been enriched through her roles as a curator and academic. Priya, with her rich knowledge on Australian performance art and the subject on cultural and gender equality in the postcolonial and capitalist societies, shared her view on what was the role of arts and artists that COVID19 had indicated to us, and her critical thoughts on how COVID19 broke the Western traditional notion that "artists are solo genius". Moreover, Anu from her professional psychologist perspective, did not only give an explanation on the stress and anxiety that were brought by racism and the time of COVID19, but also shared many brilliant valuable and wise exercises for thoughts for the artists and everyone to practice. There are so much more in this conversation to take on.

Episode Note:

Dr. Tammy Wong Hulbert

https://www.tammywonghulbert.com

Unmasked Selfies in Solidarity

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1050235468694361

Dr. Priya Srinivasan

https://www.liminalmag.com/interviews/priya-srinivasan

The info about Pathways project that Priya talked about can be find on Sangam Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/artsouthasia

Anu Radha, a psychologist

currently working in Northern Health https://www.nh.org.au

EXTRA - COVID19 SPECIAL EPISODE: 'Across the Haze' artist and curator talk

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 01:45:00 +0000

The screenshot of the artist and curator talks on Zoom

It is absolutely my pleasure to speak with the artists: Cynthia Arrieu-King (USA),

Shraddha Borawake (India), Dongyan Chen (Singapore / China), Rochyne Delaney McNulty (England), Sophie Morrow (Australia), Ivetta Sunyoung Kang (Canada / South Korea), Marcia Vaitsman (Brazil), and Corinna Berndt (Australia / Germany) (curator) in Across The Haze. From this talk, I didn't gain not only a good understanding on this exhibition, but also each artist's art practice.

This conversation was recorded in late April. By then, talking about this exhibition couldn’t be more relevant to the COVID 19 time. Regardless, this exhibition was one of million art exhibitions in the world that had been affected by the COVID 19 outbreak, it was probably the first exhibition in Melbourne and Australia that addressed the changes and issues brought by COVID 19. By underlining the connectivity in the midst of uncertainty, it invited the audience to ponder the shifting relationships between people, between people and material, and between people and technology, affected by the global calamities. Through the 8 artist’s personal responses, Across the Haze drew out various concept avenues for audience to rest their thoughts in, such as: the technological nostalgia, technological utopia and dystopia, a technological foundation in maintaining human relationships; the humanisation of the material world; the psychological impacts of skin-to-skin contact, and the link between human connectivity and human mobility. Under the demand for a new perspective on the existing world by COVID19, this exhibition provided an artistic frontline for audience to encounter a new way of living.

Listen to Across the Haze artist and curator talk Part I:

Listen to Across the Haze artist and curator talk Part II:

The digital catalogue of Across the Haze exhibition can be viewed and downloaded on the website of Trocadero Art Space.

Corinna Berndt, A New Kind of Utopia, 2019single-channel HD Video, displayed on mobile phone, duration: 2'56".Image courtesy the artist.

Dongyan Chen, Sewbrella Machine, 2020 , single channel HD video. Video still, Image courtesy the artist.

Ivetta Sunyoung Kang, Proposition 1: Hands, 2020, digital collage. Image courtesy the artist.

Marcia Vaitsman,100 Seconds to Midnight, 2020, single-channel HD Video. Video still, Image courtesy the artist.

Shraddha Borawake, This Beautiful Venus Trap Earth Body with Eline Bochem, 2019, sin-gle-channel HD Video.Video still, image courtesy the artist.

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COVID 19 SPECIAL EPISODE: In conversation with the artists and curator of 'Across the Haze' exhibition - Part II

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 01:43:00 +0000

This is the 2^nd part of the artist and curator talk for the exhibition Across the Haze. It starts with Shraddah. She is going to talk about her work This Beautiful Venus Trap Earth Body with Eline Bochem in this exhibition. Then, the sound recordings of Ivetta and Cynthia talking about their works Proposition 1: Hands, and Commune will be played, because they couldn’t attend to this talk. In the end, all the artists in the conversation share the fun activities they have been doing in the home isolation.

Episode notes:
Trocadero Art Space
http://www.trocaderoartspace.com.au
Cross the Haze
http://www.trocaderoartspace.com.au/corinna-berndt/current-march-18-april-4-project-space-curated-by-corinna-berndt-across-the-haze/
Cynthia Arrieu-King (USA)
http://cynthiaarrieuking.blogspot.com
Corinna Berndt (Australia / Germany)
https://corinnaberndt.net
Shraddha Borawake (India)
http://shraddhaborawake.com
Dongyan Chen (Singapore / China)
https://dongyanchen.com
Rochyne Delaney McNulty (England)
https://www.curatorspace.com/artists/Rochynedm
Sophie Morrow (Australia)
https://www.sophiemorrow.com
Ivetta Sunyoung Kang (Canada / South Korea)
https://ivettakang.com/About
Marcia Vaitsman (Brazil)
https://vaitsman.wordpress.com

COVID 19 SPECIAL EPISODE: In conversation with the artists and curator of 'Across the Haze' exhibition - Part I

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 01:40:00 +0000

This is the 2^nd special episode for COVID 19 lockdown period. This episode is made in collaboration with Trocadero Art Space, an artist run initiative space in Melbourne, to host the artist and curator talk for the exhibition titled Across The Haze. This exhibition was shown at Trocadero Art space for a short period from March 18 to April 4, before COVID19 lockdown. It, a group exhibition, presented new works produced by 8 artists who are working across the world in response to the curatorial question about the connectivity in the midst of uncertainty. This exhibition was curated by one of the exhibiting artist, Corinna Berndt, a Melbourne based artist and PhD candidate of the Victorian College of the Arts. The 6 exhibiting artists join in this talk. They are Shraddha Borawake, Dongyan Chen, Rochyne Delaney McNulty, Sophie Morrow, Marcia Vaitsman and Corinna Berndt.

Due to the large number of speakers, this episode has been divided into two parts. You are listening to the first part. In this part, Corinna will introduce this exhibition by talking about the curatorial concept and the making of this exhibition. Marcia, Dongyan, Rochyne and Sophie, and Corina will speak about their works.

Episode notes:
Trocadero Art Space
http://www.trocaderoartspace.com.au

Cross the Haze
http://www.trocaderoartspace.com.au/uncategorized/troc-talks-online/?fbclid=IwAR1nMYWLrWpS1v4WkTCm_eMfMvKDjbpWEzXCi_OpyzUk9i81nfkYwH1eDF8

Cynthia Arrieu-King (USA)
http://cynthiaarrieuking.blogspot.com

Corinna Berndt (Australia / Germany)https://corinnaberndt.net

Shraddha Borawake (India)http://shraddhaborawake.com

Dongyan Chen (Singapore / China)https://dongyanchen.com

Rochyne Delaney McNulty (England)https://www.curatorspace.com/artists/Rochynedm

Sophie Morrow (Australia)https://www.sophiemorrow.com

Ivetta Sunyoung Kang (Canada / South Korea)https://ivettakang.com/About

Marcia Vaitsman (Brazil)https://vaitsman.wordpress.com

30, EXTRA - COVID19 SPECIAL EPISODE: ANN MCGINLEY, NICO REDDAWAY AND SARAH RUDLEDGE

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Thu, 28 May 2020 05:20:00 +0000

This is the 3^rd special episode for COVID19 time. In this episode, three visual artists: Sarah Rudlege, Ann Mcginley and Nico Reddaway and I made a delightful conversation about their pre-COVID19 oversea residencies. Sarah, as the last participating artist in the artist residency program of Matsushima Bunko Museum, went to Matsushima island in Japan; Ann took Casa Na Iiha artist residency in Iihabela in Brazil; and Nico engaged in the art program for asylum seeker refugees in Finland and worked for the art workshops at Heikinharju Reception Centre in Oulu, when she visited Oulu as an exchange student with University of Oulu.

Listening to them talking about their times outside Australia in this COVID19 isolation, was like to hear fictional stories. But it took my mind on a pleasant trip across the brick walls of my flat and national borders. Before the conversation, I imagined a lonely working environment that they would have confronted in their times overseas, and expected to get some tips from them to overcome the challenge in this solitary working environment. I hoped these tips would be applicable for artists who struggle in COVID 19 social isolation life. However, their answers were surprised me and opened up a new way for me to think about the idea of working in solitude.

I hope you will enjoy to listening to this episodes.

Sarah Rudledge (click to follow Sarah's art practice and works)

The video still of A Dramatic [Un]fulfillment, 2019–ongoing. This work is initiated during Sarah's residency with Matsushima Bunko museum.

Ann McGinley

The mix media drawings in Ann's weed project. The image courtesy of the artist

You can also follow Ann's art on instagram: @mcginley985

Nico Reddaway

The artworks made in the workshop that Nico worked for in the asylum seeker refugees program called Art Club, held in Heikinharju Reception Centre in Oulu Finland. Images are supplied by Nico.

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29, COVID19 Special Episode: Ann McGinley, Nico Reddaway and Sarah Rudledge on working creatively in a solitary environment during oversea artist residencies

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Thu, 28 May 2020 02:19:00 +0000

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>>> Episode notes:

/// The artists:

Ann McGinley

http://www.annmcginley.net

Follow her art on instagram: @mcginley985

Nico Reddaway

https://nicoreddaway.com/about/

Follow her art projects on instagram: @incognic0

Sarah Rudledge

http://www.sarahrudledge.com

/// Casa Na Iiha artist residency, Bazil

https://www.casanailha.org

/// University of Oulu

https://www.oulu.fi/university/

/// Matsushima Bunko Museum

http://matsushima.site

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvNk6iR4iTg

28, EXTRA - COVID19 Special Episode: Leanne Waterhouse, Jaime Powell and Julie Gough on Nirin the 22nd Biennale of Sydney

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:58:00 +0000

This post includes the photos that Julie and Leanne took in their trip of visiting 22nd Nirin Biennale of Sydney. They generously agreed to share these photos via Three Bellybuttons. The photos are sorted by the artist names and artworks.

Joël Andrianomearisoa
/the black curtains in AGNSW. photos by Julie Gough

Powerful Objects
AGNSW. photos by Julie Gough

MCA. photos by Leanne Waterhouse

Kunmanara Mumu Mike Williams
/works in AGNSW. photos by Julie Gough

Karla Dickens
A Dickensian Circus AGNAW. photos by Julie Gough

Arthur Jafa
The white Album AGNSW. photos and video by Julie Gough

Aziz Hazara
Bow Echo MCA. photos by Julie Gough
video by Leanne Waterhouse

Latai Taumoepeau
The Last Resort Cockatoo Island. photos and video by Leanne Waterhouse

Tony Albert
Healing Land Cockatoo Island. photos by Leanne Waterhouse

Warwick Thornton
Meth Kelly, Cockatoo Island. Video by Leanne Waterhouse

Mohamed Bourouissa

Brutal Family Roots. Cockatoo Island. photos and images by Leanne Waterhouse.

The photos below are the works and artists that we didn't get chance to discuss in the episodes.

Ibrahim Mahama
Cockatoo island. Photos by Julie Gough

Noŋgirrŋa Marawili

MCA. Photos by Julie Gough

27, COVID19 Special Episode: Leanne Waterhouse, Jaime Powell and Julie Gough on Nirin the 22nd Biennale of Sydney

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:33:00 +0000

In the time of COVID19 breakout, Three bellybuttons is making special episodes to accompany you with an art community on air, and to entertain you with art-related topics. In this episode, Leanne Waterhouse, Jaime Powell, Julie Gough and I made a conversaion about their ‘real’ physical experiences in visiting the 22^nd Biennale of Sydney titled Nirin.

Julie and Leanne have generously shared the photos and videos they took in the biennale. Please go to Three Bellybuttons blog to view them. https://threebellybuttonspodcast.blogspot.com

The links:

Speakers:

Leanne Waterhouse

https://www.leannewaterhouse.com

Jaime Powell

http://www.jaimepowell.com.au

Julie Gough

https://juliegough.net/brief-biography/

The links to the contents mentioned in the conversation:

Nirin - the 22nd Biennale of Sydney

https://www.biennaleofsydney.art

The First Nations symposium that Julie participated during Nirin, the biennale of Sydney is:

Aabaakwad Symposium. It was convened by Wanda Nainbush and Brook Andrew

http://events.biennaleofsydney.art/aabaakwad

Biennale of Sydney Spotify channel

https://open.spotify.com/user/ehst2171vge3al8pzunkxyo5q

The learning resources:

https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/learn/learning-resources/

The exhibitions at AGNSW

https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/venues/art-gallery-new-south-wales/

The exhibitions at MCA

https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/venues/museum-contemporary-art-australia/

Brook Andrew

http://www.brookandrew.com

Tony Albert

https://tonyalbert.com.au

Kunmanara Mumu Mike Williams

https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/artists/kunmanara-mumu-mike-williams/

Karla Dickens

https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/artists/karla-dickens/

Warwick Thornton

https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/artists/warwick-thornton/

Tony Albert’s work in Cockatoo Island

https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/learn/learning-resources/learning-nirin-home-tony-albert/

Mohamed Bourouissa

https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/artists/mohamed-bourouissa/

Aziz Hazara’s work Bow Echo

https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/artists/aziz-hazara/

Latai Taumoepeau

https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/artists/latai-taumoepeau/

Extra:

Jaime’s print is featured in the recent series of Sex Zine along with other 8 artists/illustrators,. This zine is edited by Anngee Neo and can be purchased from Slowburn Books.

26, The very 1st epi of 2020: Emanuel Rodriguez and Zamara on performance art and spectacular installation works

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 04:28:00 +0000

Hello listeners,

We have indeed gone into 2020. But I reckon it has been a very bumpy transfer of the year for many people. Particularly in this current strange and fearful coronavirus pandemic time, I wish everyone stay safe at home and keep positive. I hope this podcast could bring you some stress relief and a contact to the art at home.

This first episode of 2020, is a conversation made in December 2019 between Zamara Zamara, Emanuel Rodriguez and I. It was just before Emanuel returned to his home country Costa Rico. In the conversation, Emanuel shared his experience of visiting MONA at the first time, in particularly his personal experience of visiting Alfredo Jaar’s spectacular installation titled The Divine Comedy shown at MONA at that time. Joined with Emanuel, Zamara talked about their experiences of seeing some performance artworks in Documenta 14 and the 57^th Venice Biennale in 2017. Please enjoy listening this episode. More episodes will come up shortly.

**Apology for the mistake in this episode: The title of Alfredo Jaar's work shown in MONA is The Divine Comedy.

Episode Notes:

Speakers:

Emanuel Rodriguez Chaves

http://www.emanuelrodriguez.net

Zamara Zamara

http://zamarazamara.com

The artists and exhibitions talked about in this episode:

Alfredo Jaar

https://alfredojaar.net/projects/

“The Divine Comedy” 2019

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=470846330447160

Peter Greenaway

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000425/

James Turrell

http://jamesturrell.com

Jamie McCartney

The Great Wall of Vagina (2008)

https://jamiemccartney.com

Tino Sehgal

Living Memory 2016

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/living-memory-tino-sehgal-takes-over-pariss-palais-de-tokyo-with-300-performers-and-a-few-friends-7186/

Aphids

www.aphids.net

25, SPECIAL Part Two: Sophia Cai, Diego Ramirez, Nikki Lam and James Nguyen on failures and rejections in the Art

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 12:16:00 +0000

This is the 2nd part of the special episode about rejections and failures in the art; and also the last episode of 2019.

As the last episode of 2019, I, the host of Three Bellybuttons, would like to thank all the speakers who shared their valuable time and talked in the podcast this year! Thank you for your generosity and knowledge on the art! Also, I would like to thank the listens and Three Belly Buttons instagram followers!

By making this podcast, I have gained a great supportive and caring community in the art and many pleasant and fun moments throughout the year. I hope the listeners feel the same from this podcast. For this reason, I will continue to make this podcast next year and talk about future art events and topics.

So, bye for now! Have a great New Year celebration! See you in 2020!

Siying

24, SPECIAL Part One: Sophia Cai, Diego Ramirez, Nikki Lam and James Nguyen on failures and rejections in the Art

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 11:41:00 +0000

In response to the end of 2019, I reviewed the rejections that I had received this year as an artist. Besides self doubts and down feelings, I believed that there must be more that I could unpack from these unsuccessful results. Although it is known that receiving rejection is a common experience for most of contemporary practicing artists, within the art community, we barely mention and share about our sense of failure in our art career.

Why? Maybe rejections are too embarrassing to talk about. Or perhaps we try very hard to forget about them. By the end of 2019, I refuse to internalise these rejections solely again.

For the questions: Why was I rejected? What should I think about the rejection? How could I emotionally cope with the rejection?, I invited four curators, writers and visual artists: Sophia Cai, Diego Ramirez, Nikki Lam and James Nguyen to share their experiences in receiving rejections in the art. I hope our conversation would be helpful for many other artist listeners.

** Our conversation went for nearly 2 hour long. In an organic order, the four speakers came in and left the conversation at various points due to their availabilities on that day. Therefore, it was divided into two episodes. Also, I kept some background noises in the sound tracks, such as the sound of door bells, of chewing, of a kettle boiling, etc.. I apologise if they might be too much of annoyance for the listeners. It was because 1, it was difficult to separate them from our voices; 2, I did want to convey the domestic and relaxed atmosphere where our conversation was conduced.

Anyway, enjoy this special podcast conversation! THANK for listening!

Speakers:
1, Sophia Cai
Curator, Writer
https://www.sophiacai.info

2, Diego Ramirez
Visual Artist, Writer, Gallery Manager of Seventh Gallery
http://www.diego-ramirez.net

3, Nikki Lam
Visual Artist, Writer, Curator
http://nikkilam.info

4, James Nguyen
Visual Artist
http://jamesnguyen.com.au

23, Chantelle Mitchell and Emilie Walsh on the current exhibitions at Gertrude Contemporary Art, Margaret Lawrence Gallery and Incinerator Gallery

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 19:34:00 +0000

Chantelle Mitchell, a writer/curator and Emilie Walsh, a visual artist, both Melbourne-based, talked about the current exhibitions: Hope Dies Last: Art at the end of optimism at Gertrude Contemporary and Margaret Lawrence Gallery, and Incinerator Art Award. Both Emilie and Chantelle’s excellent descriptions and insightful read of the works in these exhibitions have certainly opened a great conversation between us. I hope this episode would inspire you to check these shows out if you haven’t seen them.

Speakers:

Chantelle Mitchell, a write/curator/art manager

Emilie Walsh, a visual artist

https://www.emilouwalsh.com/about

The exhibitions:

Hope Dies Last: Art at the end of optimism

Gertrude Contemporary

http://gertrude.org.au/exhibitions/gallery-11/

Open till 9 Nov

Margaret Lawrence Gallery

https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/about-us/margaret-lawrence-gallery

Opent till 16 Nov.

Myuran Kukumaran

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myuran_Sukumaran

Sanja Pahoki

https://www.sanjapahoki.com

Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araya_Rasdjarmrearnsook

Alex Seton

Architecture as…

George Paton gallery

https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/studentlife/gallery/exhibitionprogram/

Incinerator Art Award

Incinerator Gallery

Open till 1 Dec

Ashley Perry

https://incineratorgallery.com.au/exhibition/incinerator-art-award/

Department of homo affairs (Sydney)

Tense Past

Julie Gough

https://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/whats_on/exhibitions/current_upcoming/info/julie_gough_tense_past

Till 3 Nov

Emilie’s upcoming exhibition

Glowry

21 Jan - 1 Feb 2020

https://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com/wp2016/events/

Chantelle will present a couple of papers at Research Humanity Centre of ANU in Dec on topics around poetry and curatorship.

22, James Nguyen and Andrew Atchison on Bauhaus Now!

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 23:47:00 +0000

In this episode, I joined two Melbourne-based artists: James and Andrew to elaborate our thoughts on the experience of visiting the exhibition: Bauhaus Now! at Buxton Contemporary. It is shown till Oct 20. Together, we discussed about the idea of PLAY in the process of making and creating; the institutional environment for the art making; ‘NEW’ art in future. We also asked if there might be some dramatic leaping movement like Bauhaus movement in the near future. Enjoy!

LINKS & BITS

The guests:

James Nguyen

jamesnguyen.com.au

Andrew Atchison

andrewatchison.com

Bauhaus Now!

Buxton Contemporary

https://buxtoncontemporary.com/exhibitions/bauhaus-now/

The public talk: In Conversation: Mikala Dwyer, Justene Williams and Olaf Nicolai

https://buxtoncontemporary.com/exhibitions/in-conversation-mikala-dwyer-justene-williams-and-olaf-nicolai-tuesday-3-september-6pm/

Amie Anderson and Kate Davis

What we passed there, will linger in the distance here

http://www.amieanderson.net/whatwepassedtherewilllingerinthedistancehere?fbclid=IwAR2PWMPs0T9HKr9T_zEVAgLqSWevEvHI_AdbmOH0jWNIcUOVskEKn3uGcDQ

Kathy Temin

http://annaschwartzgallery.com/artists/kathy-temin/

Andrew Atchison’s coming up exhibition:

Figure in the Round, at The Atrium, Incinerator Gallery

https://andrewatchison.com/current-upcoming

Acknowledgement: The sound track used in this podcast is created by Marcel Feillafe. The graphic is designed by Emanuel Rodriguez. Sound editor is Tessa Stevens and Siying Zhou.

Thanks for listening! Be with you next time.

The dinner over the podcast conversation

21, The 58th Venice Biennale.

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 13:50:00 +0000

This is a special episode that I recorded with three artist friends: Kate Davis, Ash Perry and Ramo Zeroual in Venice in June this year. Unplanned, we found each other in Venice for 2019 Venice Biennale at the same time. This gave me a great opportunity to make an episode about 2019 Venice Biennale and to share some our thoughts on this major global art event. Please forgive the noises on the background, (church bell hitting the right time, ladies on street chatting, dog barking..:)) But I hope what we discussed is interesting enough to overcome these flaws.

The speakers:

Kate Davis

https://www.datekavis.com/about

Ash Perry

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-art-show/first-commissions-emerging-artists-reimagine-michelangelos-david/11339758

Ramo Zeroual

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-RyLTZtXrPmwApgCDD0PUQ

The 58th Venice Biennale

https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019/information

The artists mentioned in the episode:

Zhanna Kadyrova

https://www.kadyrova.com/project-en

Lawrence Abu Hamdan

Walled Unwalled (2018) - the work shown at Giardini

http://lawrenceabuhamdan.com/#/walled-unwalled/

This Whole time there were no land mines (2017) - the work shown at Arsenale

http://lawrenceabuhamdan.com/#/langugae-gulf-in-the-shouting-valley/

Kahlil Joseph

BLKNWS

https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/blknws-kahlil-joseph-vience-biennale-2019-1543222

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=602987583540716

Lithuania Pavilion

Sun and Sea, Curator: Lucia Pietroiusti

https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019/national-participations/lithuania

https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/262366/rugil-barzdiukait-vaiva-grainyt-lina-lapelytsun-sea-marina/

https://www.sunandsea.lt/en

Zimbabwe Pavilion

Soko Risina Musoro (The Tale Without a Head), Curator: Raphael Chikukwa

https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019/national-participations/zimbabwe-republic

https://www.contemporaryand.com/magazines/zimbabwe-pavilion-announced-participating-artists-and-title/

Kudzanai-Violet Hwami

https://kudzanaiviolethwami.com

North Macedonia Pavilion

Subversion to Red

https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019/national-participations/north-macedonia-republic

https://nadaprlja.com/subversion-to-red/

Artist: Nada Prlja

https://nadaprlja.com

France Pavilion

Deep See Blue Surrounding You / Vois Ce Bleu Profond Te Fondre

http://www.biennialfoundation.org/2019/04/french-pavilion-at-the-venice-biennale-2019-laure-prouvost/

Artist: Laure Prouvost

https://www.laureprouvost.com

Other exhibitions at the Venice Biennale:

By Ash

Punta della dogana

https://www.palazzograssi.it/en/about/sites/punta-della-dogana/

Time, Forward! at VAC

http://www.v-a-c.ru/exhibition/

Ghana Pavilion

https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019/national-participations/ghana

By Kate

Future Generation Art Prize

https://futuregenerationartprize.org

Jannis Kounellis

Prada Foundation

http://www.fondazioneprada.org/project/jannis-kounellis/

By Ramo

Jone Jonas

http://myartguides.com/exhibitions/joan-jonas-moving-off-the-land-ii/

Museum

By Me (Siying)

Parasol unit: https://parasol-unit.org

Bosnia Pavilion

https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019/national-participations/bosnia-and-herzegovina

The exhibition Ramo will be in:

https://www.festival-automne.com/en/program

Ash’s Florence exhibition can be found at
https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/news/emerging-australian-artists-reimagine-michelangelos-david/

Ararat Gallery TAMA

Fantasies - Hannah Gartside

http://www.araratgallerytama.com.au/event/hannah-gartside-fantasies/

20. Peter Aldrich and Natalie Trofimiuk: Contemporary Tapestry Works, the Influence of Exhibition Spaces and the Existence of Light

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 12:39:00 +0000

A Melbourne-based artist couple: Peter Aldrich (painter and drawer) and Natalie Trofimiuk (print and drawer), are alert to the contemporary art exhibitions in town and nation wide. The number of the art exhibitions that they have seen in last month are so impressive and enviable for many artists, including me. In this episode, they shared their rich knowledge about some recent exhibitions in Melbourne, such as, Ry David Bradley's 500 years at Tristian Koenig; Prima Materia at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre; Jeremy Eaton and Ebony Truscott's exhibitions at Bus Projects, and more. Also, please remember to check out Natalie's upcoming exhibition in Trocadero Art Space in November. Please enjoy!

Episode notes:

Ry David Bradley

500 Years : http://tristiankoenig.com/500-years.html

http://tristiankoenig.com/current.html

Gerhard Richter

The life of images

https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/gerhard-richter

Polly Borland

Polyverse

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/media_release/polly-borland-polyverse/

Prima Materia

May 11- July 7, 2019

http://www.bundoorahomestead.com/exhibition/prima-materia-2/

Zilverster

http://www.zilverster.com

Michael GF Prior

https://michaelprior.org

Bernhard Sachs

Block Project Gallery

https://blockprojectsgallery.com/bernhard-sachs-bio

Jeremy Eaton

Some thoughts on cinema, dancing men

https://busprojects.org.au/program/some-thoughts-on-cinema-dancing-men

Ebony Truscott

A Brick in Mid-Air

https://busprojects.org.au/program/a-brick-in-mid-air

Dale Frank

https://neonparc.com.au/artists/dale-frank

19, the practice and art merchandise, with Sanja Pahoki and Vivian Cooper Smith

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:34:00 +0000

In this episode, two Melbourne-based photographers, Sanja Pahoki and Vivian Cooper Smith shared their thoughts over three past visual art exhibitions in Melbourne. In the conversation, they did not only bring the visual of the works they saw in the exhibitions, but also opened the discussion in regarding to the practice of visual art, photography practice and art merchandise. For me, it was an utterly fun and thoughtful experience of chatting with them. I hope it is an enjoyable and inspiring episode to you, the listeners too.

Two speakers:

Sanja Pahoki

https://www.sanjapahoki.com/

Vivian Cooper Smith

https://viviancoopersmith.com

The exhibitions seen by Vivian

"After L'Été"

Eleanor Louise Butt

https://busprojects.org.au/program/after-l-ete

Nicholas Thompson Gallery

https://www.nicholasthompsongallery.com.au/publications/

Alun Elach -Jones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Leach-Jones

The exhibitions seen by Sanja:

Concept Store

Photography 3rd year student exhibition

Artspace in VCA

Daren Sylvester

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/darren-sylvester/

Red Bubble

https://www.redbubble.com

Vivian's upcoming exhibition titled The Stranger opens
30/4 - 25/5; opening 2-4pm Sat 4/5

Blockprojects gallery

https://blockprojectsgallery.com/exhibitions

The TV show recommended by Sanja:

Pen15 on Stan.TV

The lunch with Sanja and Vivian: vegetarian dumplings and two simple stir-fries.

18, An art trip in LA and MCA Art Bar event by Ka-yin Kwok and Walter Bakowski

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 21:05:00 +0000

This is the very first episode of 2019. In this episode, two Melbourne based artists: Ka-yin Kwok and Walter Bakowski shared their memorable art experiences obtained during the time towards the end of last year 2018. Ka-Yin talked about her art trip to LA, USA that she did in November 2018. In particular, Ka-yin discovered amazing works in the exhibition "Adrian Piper: Concepts and Intuitions 1965-2016" at Hammer Museum, UCLA. Whereas, Walter, told us about their experience of participating in MCA Art Bar event during Primavera exhibition. Walter raised concerns about this particular politically charged entertaining event. Please enjoy to listen.

Speakers:

Walter Bakowski

https://www.walterbakowski.com

Ka-yin Kwok

http://kayinkwok.com

The links from Ka-Yin’s talk:

Los Angeles plays itself, by Thom Andersen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifii8LvR-ss

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379357/

LACMA

https://www.lacma.org

Getty Museum

http://www.getty.edu

The Broad

https://www.thebroad.org

Hauser & Wirth

https://www.hauserwirth.com

Echo park

Chris Kraus Essay

http://semiotexte.com/?page_id=139

Hammer Museum, UCLA

https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2018/adrian-piper-concepts-and-intuitions-1965-2016/

Adrian Piper: Concepts and Intuitions, 1965-2016

Cornered, 1988

https://mcachicago.org/Collection/Items/1988/Adrian-Piper-Cornered-1988

Calling cards

https://adrianpiper.weebly.com/my-calling-card-1986-1990.html

Funk Lessons 1986-1994

http://www.adrianpiper.com/vs/video_fl.shtml

The Links from Walter’s talk

Primavera 2018 MCA

https://www.mca.com.au/artists-works/exhibitions/primavera-2018/

Hoda Afshar

https://www.hodaafshar.com

17, Janelle Koh & Hugh Davies - 'Catastrophe & the Power of Art' at Mori Art Museum & ATP9

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 20:02:00 +0000

Two speakers, Janelle Koh, a law student who enjoys writing about arts, and Hugh Davies, a senior researcher in games and an artist, joined me and shared their individual experiences of visiting Mori Art Museum in Japan. Janelle vividly described her favourite works in the current exhibition titled 'Catastrophe and the Power of Art'. Whereas, Hugh shared some history of Mori and another exhibition he saw last year there. Hugh also told us about his swift visit to APT9, which is currently showing at Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art till 28/4/2019.

Two speakers:
Janelle Koh
Hugh Davies - https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/d/davies-dr-hugh

The exhibition, the artworks and artists mentioned by Janelle:

Mori Art Museum
https://www.mori.art.museum/en/about/index.html

'Catastrophe and The Power of art'
currently showing to 20/1/2019
https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/index.html

Miroslaw Balka - artist
'Soap Corridor'
http://miroslaw-balka.com/en/

Huang Hai Hsin - artist
'Swan Lake'
http://www.haihsinhuang.com/new-gallery-1/

Takeda Shimpei - artist
the 'Trace' series
http://www.shimpeitakeda.com

Hirakawa Kota - artist
'Black color timer'
http://www.hiwak.net/projects/

Katerina Šedá
'It doesn't matter'
http://www.katerinaseda.cz/en/

The exhibition talked by Hugh:
APT9
https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/the-9th-asia-pacific-triennial-of-contemporary-art-apt9

Sunshower: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now - 5/7/2017 - 23/10/2017
Mori Art Museum

https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/sunshower2017/

Special: New Year Greeting From Siying

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 13:50:00 +0000

Happy 2019! A sincere new year greeting to every listener from Siying, host of Three Bellybuttons. x

16, Ann McGinley and Sarah Pirrie on the ProsCons of doing international artist-in-residence programs and seeing art exhibitions with a vision impaired person

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 12:31:00 +0000

In this episode, I had two good friends: Ann McGinley (Melbourne) and Sarah Pirrie (Darwin) to chat about their recent engagements with the art. Ann share with us her experiences of doing two international artist-in-residence programs: at Studio Kura (Japan) and Hotel St Valière (France). Comparing with the two programs in two countries, she spoke about the material and psychological challenges and benefits of doing these residencies as a painters. Following Ann, Sarah told us about her unique experience of visiting two art exhibitions in Hobart: Tidal.18 at Devonport Gallery and Zero at Mona, with her Mum, who had impaired vision. Sarah found herself at the first time to look at the artworks and navigate art gallery spaces through her Mum's eyes.

The related links:

Two artists:

Ann McGinley

http://www.annmcginley.net

Sarah Pirrie

http://www.sarahpirrie.com

The artist-in-residence programs Ann participated:

Hotel St Valière in Langeudoc - South France

http://hotelsaintevaliere.com/contact/

Manager of Hotel St Valière:

Eloise Caleo

Studio Kura, Japan

https://studiokura.info/en/

Sarah’s residency program

Bundanon Trust artist in residency program

https://bundanon.com.au

The exhibitions and artworks seen by Sarah and her Mum

Devonport gallery

Tidal.18

https://www.devonportgallery.com/index02.php?id=27&pl=9

Julia Davis - Winner of Tidal.18

For her video work ‘Undercurrent’

http://www.juliadavis.com.au/Undercurrent

MACq01 hotel

https://www.macq01.com.au

Mona

https://mona.net.au

Zero - Mona

https://mona.net.au/museum/exhibitions

James Turrell

http://jamesturrell.com

Polumbo Randy

http://polumbo.com/BIO-CV

Grotto For MONA

http://polumbo.com/Grotto-for-MONA

Greg Taylor and Friends

Cunts… and other conversations 2008 - II

David Young - sound composer

https://aphids.net/about/

The dinner: Fish, rice and Chinese broccoli

15, Chloé Hazelwood and Sarah Rudledge on two exhibitions featuring people with disabilities and 'State of the Union'

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 16:10:00 +0000

Episode note:
In this episode, Chloé Hazelwood, an art writer/independent curator, shared her knowledge about two unique exhibitions that she recently visited at Art Project Australia and the City Library of Melbourne. One was 'All Our Relations' (to 24/11); the other:'Weave Movement Theatre 21 years' (to 15/11). Both exhibitions featured the artworks made by the artists with disabilities. They took Chloé to a deep emotional and joyful state. From Chloé's vivid and detailed descriptions about the objects and images in the shows, Sarah and I imagined the exhibitions, and were touched by the naïvety and the direct self expression in these works. Following Chloé, Sarah talked about a past exhibition 'State of the union'. It was shown at Ian Potter Museums of Art, the University of Melbourne. In the exhibition, Sarah was attracted by Jeremy Deller's video work titled 'The battle of Orgreave (an injury to one is an injury to all)'. Through discussing all sorts of moments in the video, we, together, intended to unpack this complex and affective artwork. Again, I hope our discussions in this episode will interest you and bring you some new perspectives in the art.

>The related links:

Two speakers:

Sarah Rudledge

http://sarahrudledge.com

Chloé Hazelwood

http://chloehazelwood.com

The artists and exhibitions mentioned by Chloé

Arts project Australia

https://www.artsproject.org.au

All our relations

27/10 - 24/11/2018

Shepparton Art museum

http://sheppartonartmuseum.com.au

Ramesh Mario Nithiyer (artist)

https://www.ramesh-nithiyendran.com

Chris O’Brien (artist)

https://www.artsproject.org.au/artist/christopher-obrien/

Weave Movement Theatre 21 years

24/10 - 15/11/2018

https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/community/libraries/whats-on/exhibitions/pages/weave-movement-retrospective.aspx

The city of Melbourne libraries

https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/community/libraries/

By Sarah:

Ian Potter Museum of art, the university of Melbourne

http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au

State of the union

24/7-28/10/2018

http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/fromyear/2007/toyear/2018/exhib-date/2018-07-24/exhib/state-of-the-union

Jeremy Deller (artist)

The battle of Orgreave (an injury to one is an injury to all) 2001

http://www.jeremydeller.org

Alicia Frankovich (artist)

http://www.aliciafrankovich.com/biography

14, Polly Borland's 'Polyverse', Consuelo Cavaniglia's 'between and among objects' with Simon Cooper, & a private house-show: 'Freya's Revenage' with Manisha Anjali

threebellybuttonspodcast@gmail.com (three bellybuttons podcast) — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 08:40:00 +0000

Episode Note:

This episode is different from the previous ones. Instead of presenting one big conversion between two guest speakers and I, this episode includes two separate small conversations between two speakers and I. It is purely due to the conflict of our personal schedules. But as I attempt to keep things open in this podcast, I have given this arrangement a go. So, in the first half, you will hear the talk between Simon Cooper, an artist and PhD candidate, and I. We reflected on our trip of seeing Polly Borland's Polyverse exhibition at NGV Ian Potter gallery and Consuelo Cavaniglia's Between and among objects at Margaret Lawrence gallery. Simon spoke about how his life was felt enriched by Polly's photographs. In the 2nd half, Manisha Anjali, a Melbourne-based writer and poet, shared her special experience of attending a private house event of reading performance. The event is titled 'Freya's revenge' and taken place at a residential house in Brunswick suburb. We explored the meaning of such alternative art venues to the major art institutions.

Relevant links and references:

Simon Cooper

Https://simon.pb.photography

NGV - Polly Borland

Polyverse 28 SEP 18 – 3 FEB 19

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/polly-borland/

Consuelo Cavaniglia

Between and among objects 5 October - 3 November 2018

Margaret Lawrence gallery

https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/margaret-lawrence-gallery/current/consuelo-cavaniglia-between-and-among-objects

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Manisha anjali