NO BROW #119 - Cold Calling A Revolution IRL

 

We speak with Kelly Doley about her new work Cold Calling; A Revolution, that we will hear later on, somewhat of a radio play, to hear what this project is about and how it has been developed.

For each piece the artist cold calls the citizens from the phonebook asking them about revolution. Each response to the question she posed, ‘If there was a revolution, what would it look like?’ is recorded and documented as part of the installation, forming a picture of social and or political revolution as informed by the particular locality. 

The first time this project was created was titled by location, Cold Calling A Revolution (Sydney Residential A - Z), as part of SafARI, in Sydney 2014. Currently its in its second phase at Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Performance Presence / Video Time. The exhibition has elements of video and performance, hence the title, and has elements of Video Time — where the video exhibition explores various genres in performance art through single and dual-screen video works and installations. It will include documentation of live events and performance made exclusively for screen. And Performance Presence — the performance program will accompany the gallery-based exhibition, bringing together artists across generations with a focus on new works and delegated performances. During AEAF, Kelly’s performance piece was delegated to Ashton Malcolm and locally the piece is titled Cold Calling A Revolution - Adelaide Residential A-Z.

Kelly is a PhD candidate at UNSW Art and Design where she is researching feminist socially engaged performance practice and is an artist in a year-long residence at Artspace, Sydney. 

We first hear her piece Cold Calling A Revolution – Sydney Residential A-Z, and then hear Kelly discuss the work - do we see 'revolution' as outmoded, much like the rotarty dial telephone used in the performance...  

This content was first preseneted on air by Canvas on FBi Radio Sydney.

 

Next we hear about Electrofringe @ the IRL Festival currently on until 16^th May at Brisbane Powerhouse.

Electrofringe @ IRL is an exhibition that presents eight artists with works that respond to and reimagine the connections between the real and virtual, exploring alternate realities, from the artificial and the imagined to the everyday. Audiences are invited to experience new landscapes, to ponder whether there really is a difference between “here” and “there”.

We speak with Electrofringe Artistic Director, Roslyn Helper and one of the artists exhibiting, Tully Arnot, about the work Electrofringe curated into the program and their take on the line in the sand around IRL (in real life) vs the virtual realm. Tully Arnot presents “Meadow”, a mechanical installation made from 1,000 solar powered rotating display stands with green straws, designed to mimic the familiar digital computer imagery of grass blowing in an imperceptible breeze. Notice the touch of melancholic irony, in that Arnot has designed this “real life” grass to imitate virtual grass, which was originally designed to imitate real life grass.

Tully Arnot - Meadow - as part of Electrofringe @ IRL, Brisbane Powerhouse

 

ABOUT IRL DIGITAL FESTIVAL

IRL Digital Festival is Brisbane Powerhouse’s inaugural celebration of video games, technology and art. The festival takes over the venue for 10 days and nights and everyone is invited to come and play.

BRISBANE POWERHOUSE is an arts and cultural hub dedicated to contemporary culture and engaging experiences through its programming of unique events, exhibitions and festivals.

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ELECTROFRINGE is a presenting platform for experimental electronic and tech-based art in Australia. Through an annual program of unique exhibitions and events, Electrofringe seeks to foster innovative works and creative practices that use technology in new and exciting ways.
w: electrofringe.net | f: Electrofringe | t: @electrofringe