NEWS - Upcoming Exhibitions & Events
Intersections Across the Gulf:
The Art and Science of Illumination through the Tapestry of Light
EXHIBITION: CONVERGENCE | Transforming Our Future - May 3-24, 2013
RMIT Design Research Hub
The installation ‘Intersections Across the Gulf’ in the Convergence exhibition at the new Design Research Hub included a new columnar ‘light drawing’ by Irene Barberis and an exposition of new and fine materials being used in the Tapestry of Light Project, including multiple fibres from the Tasara Centre, photonic and fluorescent threads, luminescent filaments and Apocalypse posters.
Manuscripts and tapestries, viewed by way of reflected light and stained glass seen by the intensity of transmitted sun light, rely to different degrees on the brilliance of their pigments – qualities which have changed in the contemporary era to scientific concepts of hue, saturation and intensity.
In this study, we explore the art and science of light from the viewpoint of collaboration between a practicing artist with an interest in systems and in interpreting the history of art illumination in a contemporary context, and a practicing scientist
interested in photonic materials and systems. Einstein clearly establishes “mystery as the common origin of both true art and true science”, while the German philosopher Karl Kraus notes “Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis”. Here, this link between art and science is explored in a modern synthesis of early tapestry, as well as re-interpretations of the photonic activity expressed at the scale of the new nanotechnologies that underlie recent advances in what is possible. Hence the Tapestry of Light becomes The Art and Science of Lux, Lumen, Illumination and the Photon.
2014 will see the development of twelve major light tapestries, woven through workshops in Southern India, expanding the international focus and intercultural potentials of the project with further exhibitions across Australia, United Kingdom, Middle East and the USA.
The Tapestry of Light Projects team : Dr Irene Barberis (Artist and Project team leader RMIT), Professor David Mainwaring (Scientist, Swinburne University), Emeritus Professor Michelle. P. Brown ( Curator, Historian and Writer), Professor Bernard Muir ( Medievalist, Director, Evellum, Melbourne University, Newman College) with Paul Beckett and PhD students (Electrical engineers, RMIT).
Manuscripts and tapestries, viewed by way of reflected light and stained glass seen by the intensity of transmitted sun light, rely to different degrees on the brilliance of their pigments – qualities which have changed in the contemporary era to scientific concepts of hue, saturation and intensity.
In this study, we explore the art and science of light from the viewpoint of collaboration between a practicing artist with an interest in systems and in interpreting the history of art illumination in a contemporary context, and a practicing scientist
interested in photonic materials and systems. Einstein clearly establishes “mystery as the common origin of both true art and true science”, while the German philosopher Karl Kraus notes “Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis”. Here, this link between art and science is explored in a modern synthesis of early tapestry, as well as re-interpretations of the photonic activity expressed at the scale of the new nanotechnologies that underlie recent advances in what is possible. Hence the Tapestry of Light becomes The Art and Science of Lux, Lumen, Illumination and the Photon.
2014 will see the development of twelve major light tapestries, woven through workshops in Southern India, expanding the international focus and intercultural potentials of the project with further exhibitions across Australia, United Kingdom, Middle East and the USA.
The Tapestry of Light Projects team : Dr Irene Barberis (Artist and Project team leader RMIT), Professor David Mainwaring (Scientist, Swinburne University), Emeritus Professor Michelle. P. Brown ( Curator, Historian and Writer), Professor Bernard Muir ( Medievalist, Director, Evellum, Melbourne University, Newman College) with Paul Beckett and PhD students (Electrical engineers, RMIT).
"Process Installation 2013, Intersections Across the Gulf: The Tapestry of Light Project", Irene Barberis
Convergence Exhibition, RMIT design Research Institute, May 3-24, 2013, RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne
Photography:Tobias Tttz
Floor Talks -August 2012
Saturday August 25th, 2pm
Irene Barberis will be giving a floor talk on Contemporary Australian Drawing #2
Saturday September 01st, 2pm
Susan Wald and Sarina Lirosi will be giving a floor talk on their current exhibitions
Publication Launch Saturday June 16 2-5pm
Drawing Out 2012: Contemporary Australian Drawing 2 - March 2012
RMIT and UAL at Wimbledon SPACE present two exhibitions for the Drawing Out conference 2012. Curated by Dr. Irene Barberis, this travelling exhibition features the works from over 80 Australian artists. Artists were invited to respond to two statements by French writers Michel Butor and Serge Tisseron, that;
'All writing is drawing' and 'The space of writing, what is that?'
The exhibition is accompanied by the launch of ‘Contemporary Australian Drawing Book Volume 1’ featuring 78 Australian Artists, authored by Dr. Janet McKenzie with an essay by Dr. Christopher Heathcote and coda by Dr. Irene Barberis. The Palgrave Macmillan publication is a Metasenta® commission in association with the RMIT Foundation, RMIT University and the Po and Helen Chung Foundation. It will be available through Amazon and bookstores worldwide, and at Gallery Langford120.
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RMIT and UAL at Wimbledon SPACE present two exhibitions for the Drawing Out conference 2012. Curated by Dr. Irene Barberis, this travelling exhibition features the works from over 80 Australian artists. Artists were invited to respond to two statements by French writers Michel Butor and Serge Tisseron, that;
'All writing is drawing' and 'The space of writing, what is that?'
The exhibition is accompanied by the launch of ‘Contemporary Australian Drawing Book Volume 1’ featuring 78 Australian Artists, authored by Dr. Janet McKenzie with an essay by Dr. Christopher Heathcote and coda by Dr. Irene Barberis. The Palgrave Macmillan publication is a Metasenta® commission in association with the RMIT Foundation, RMIT University and the Po and Helen Chung Foundation. It will be available through Amazon and bookstores worldwide, and at Gallery Langford120.
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Middle Eastern Drawing Conference and Exhibitions
Dr Irene Barberis, Co-director of Langford120, is International Chair, Co-Host and one of the keynote speakers of the Crossing the Line: Drawing in the Middle East - intersections of transdisciplinary practice and understanding Conference, from 1st November to 3rd November. Dr Marcelo Guimarães Lima and Associate Professor Julia Townsend of the American University in Dubai share the Middle Eastern Chair of this conference. Key note speakers for this conference are Professor Stephen Farthing, Rootstein Hopkins Chair of Drawing at the University of the Arts London, Mr. Nja Mahdaoui, Tunisia, Dr. Marcelo Guimarães Lima, AUD, Dr Irene Barberis, RMIT University, Melbourne.
A publication of the Conference papers is scheduled for 2012 by Metasenta Publications as part of the small book series. The eminent e-journal Studio International will also be publishing a selection of papers from this conference.
This conference brings together specialists from various fields of research and practices to examine the role of drawing in the contemporary Middle East. Drawing as medium, as a tool, as notation, performance, and as a specific mode of thinking and imagining in the processes of invention, production, reproduction and communication within and across fields and disciplines: from art to science, from technology to ideology and cultural practices.
An exhibition of drawings by 6 Australian artists, 5 artists from the United Kingdom and 10 United Arab Emirate artists will be presented at gallery Tashkeel to co-incide with the conference.
The conference is a collaboration between The American University in Dubai and RMIT University, with co-collaborator in the Tashkeel exhibition program, Professor Stephen Farthing of the University of the Arts London.
http://crossingthelineconference.blogspot.com/2011/07/crossing-line-drawing-in-middle-east.html
Dr Irene Barberis, Co-director of Langford120, is International Chair, Co-Host and one of the keynote speakers of the Crossing the Line: Drawing in the Middle East - intersections of transdisciplinary practice and understanding Conference, from 1st November to 3rd November. Dr Marcelo Guimarães Lima and Associate Professor Julia Townsend of the American University in Dubai share the Middle Eastern Chair of this conference. Key note speakers for this conference are Professor Stephen Farthing, Rootstein Hopkins Chair of Drawing at the University of the Arts London, Mr. Nja Mahdaoui, Tunisia, Dr. Marcelo Guimarães Lima, AUD, Dr Irene Barberis, RMIT University, Melbourne.
A publication of the Conference papers is scheduled for 2012 by Metasenta Publications as part of the small book series. The eminent e-journal Studio International will also be publishing a selection of papers from this conference.
This conference brings together specialists from various fields of research and practices to examine the role of drawing in the contemporary Middle East. Drawing as medium, as a tool, as notation, performance, and as a specific mode of thinking and imagining in the processes of invention, production, reproduction and communication within and across fields and disciplines: from art to science, from technology to ideology and cultural practices.
An exhibition of drawings by 6 Australian artists, 5 artists from the United Kingdom and 10 United Arab Emirate artists will be presented at gallery Tashkeel to co-incide with the conference.
The conference is a collaboration between The American University in Dubai and RMIT University, with co-collaborator in the Tashkeel exhibition program, Professor Stephen Farthing of the University of the Arts London.
http://crossingthelineconference.blogspot.com/2011/07/crossing-line-drawing-in-middle-east.html
News from Metasenta and the Global Centre for Drawing November 2011
The Asia Triennial Manchester
http://www.asiatriennialmanchester.com/whats-on/event/5-places/
Irene has curated the 5 Places exhibition for the Asia Triennial at the Bury Museum and Art Gallery, Manchester, inviting Hong Kong artist Tam Wai Ping to exhibit his wonderful and insightful photographs alongside Chinese artist Dinu Li.
Tam Wai Ping works in various media and is notable for his photography, installation and environmental art works. His works mainly concern the relationship between 'Individuality and Land'. His works have been exhibited in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Macau, Japan, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, France and USA.
Dinu Li explores the recurrent themes of journey and memory. Li's photography series from the Secret Shadows ponders interiors of rooms occupied by Chinese illegal immigrants, negotiating an uncertain future living in Britain.
The first 5 Places show earlier this year featured Australian artists Irene Barberis and Mike Parr.
Chatter Jabber a new exhibition opens in Hong Kong District with artists who have mentored others - a selection of major Hong Kong Art School Artists/Lecturers including Godwin Bradbeer and Irene Barberis have been curated into this exhibition. Information is available through the Asia Archive in Hong Kong.
http://www.aaa.org.hk/event_detail.aspx?event_id=18809
The Asia Triennial Manchester
http://www.asiatriennialmanchester.com/whats-on/event/5-places/
Irene has curated the 5 Places exhibition for the Asia Triennial at the Bury Museum and Art Gallery, Manchester, inviting Hong Kong artist Tam Wai Ping to exhibit his wonderful and insightful photographs alongside Chinese artist Dinu Li.
Tam Wai Ping works in various media and is notable for his photography, installation and environmental art works. His works mainly concern the relationship between 'Individuality and Land'. His works have been exhibited in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Macau, Japan, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, France and USA.
Dinu Li explores the recurrent themes of journey and memory. Li's photography series from the Secret Shadows ponders interiors of rooms occupied by Chinese illegal immigrants, negotiating an uncertain future living in Britain.
The first 5 Places show earlier this year featured Australian artists Irene Barberis and Mike Parr.
Chatter Jabber a new exhibition opens in Hong Kong District with artists who have mentored others - a selection of major Hong Kong Art School Artists/Lecturers including Godwin Bradbeer and Irene Barberis have been curated into this exhibition. Information is available through the Asia Archive in Hong Kong.
http://www.aaa.org.hk/event_detail.aspx?event_id=18809
17 November – 17 December, Exhibition Opening November 19, 2 -5pm
Global Centre for Drawing @ Langford120
Lines of Thinking
Drawings by Rick Amor, Irene Barberis, Asher Bilu,
Paul Boston, Domenico de Clario, Richard Dunn, Angela Ellsworth,
Mary McQueen, Jan Murray, Mike Parr, Anita Taylor, Gosia Wlodarczak.
Estate of Mary McQueen, Jan Murray: Courtesy Charles Nodrum Gallery
Rick Amor, Paul Boston: Courtesy Niagara Galleries
Mike Parr: Courtesy Anna Schwartz Gallery
Angela Ellsworth, Gosia Wlodarczak: Courtesy Fehily Contemporary
Irene Barberis: Courtesy Langford120
Domenico de Clario: Courtesy John Buckley Gallery
Richard Dunn: Courtesy Gallery Keldoulis
Anita Taylor: Peter Pinson Gallery
Curated by Dr Irene Barberis
Global Centre for Drawing @ Langford120
Lines of Thinking
Drawings by Rick Amor, Irene Barberis, Asher Bilu,
Paul Boston, Domenico de Clario, Richard Dunn, Angela Ellsworth,
Mary McQueen, Jan Murray, Mike Parr, Anita Taylor, Gosia Wlodarczak.
Estate of Mary McQueen, Jan Murray: Courtesy Charles Nodrum Gallery
Rick Amor, Paul Boston: Courtesy Niagara Galleries
Mike Parr: Courtesy Anna Schwartz Gallery
Angela Ellsworth, Gosia Wlodarczak: Courtesy Fehily Contemporary
Irene Barberis: Courtesy Langford120
Domenico de Clario: Courtesy John Buckley Gallery
Richard Dunn: Courtesy Gallery Keldoulis
Anita Taylor: Peter Pinson Gallery
Curated by Dr Irene Barberis
4 – 13 November, Exhibition Opening Friday November 4, 6 -8 pm
BLACKARTPROJECTS
ONE HUNDRED
100 is a project that challenges the notion of ‘drawing’ by means of presenting an exhibition of works that engage the act of drawing in relation to facets of perception, process and the capacity for individual invention. It seeks to encourage discussion about the relevance and transformation of drawing in contemporary art practices today.
To view the catalogue go to: blackartprojects
Langford 120 Launch - August 13, 2011
Thanks to all who attended the launch of Langford120 and the opening of Irene Barberis’ and Wilma Tabacco’s exhibition Who’s afraid of pink,green,purple,blue? We enjoyed your company and hearing the many very favourable comments about our works and the gallery space.
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