Facetnate!

Facetnate!

fascinate: to capture the interest or hold the attention of.
facet: one of the polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.

The Japan Foundation, Sydney is proud to launch its latest exhibition, Facetnate! following a grant program opened last year to support emerging visual artists whose work is strongly influenced by Japan.

Facetnate! will feature six emerging artists from different backgrounds using different artistic media (toy, film, photography, installation and architecture) to express cultural exchange between Australia and Japan.

Facetnate! provides an opportunity for these undiscovered gems to shine, as these new visual artists reveal to us the many different faces Japan has to offer.

With Sydney Morning Herald’s Chief Art Critic, John McDonald as our special Guest Judge, one Facetnate! finalist will receive the Japan Foundation New Artist Award which consists of a return airfare from Sydney to Tokyo to see the 2008 Yokohama Triennale, courtesy of Japan Airlines. It is our hope that the selected artist will continue his/her field of art to further the cultural dialogue between our two great nations.

	22 February - 20 March
	People to People, Place to Place: Australia Japan Leanne and Naomi Shedlezki (Match Box Projects) Invited guests, Leanne and Naomi Shedlezki will open Facetnate! with The Australia Japan Match Box Project People to People, Place to Place: Australia Japan, an exhibition presenting the works of over 70 Australian and Japanese creatives. Look out for the Facetnate! Match Box Gallery, containing a sneak preview of the works of the five Facetnate! finalists whose works will be exhibited in months to come.

	8 – 24 April
	Totally Flat Consumer Camo William “BIL” Anderson JR Bil combines his practical engineering background, skateboarding interests and illustrative talent to produce his very own Superflat art, inspired by Takashi Murakami's Superflat epidemic, an art form heavily influenced by Japanese manga and anime.

	6 - 28 May
	Flights into Foreign Peter Humble New video works by Video Artist/ Filmaker Peter Humble exploring the 'foreign' through single and multiple video projections.

	5 - 25 June
	NEOSYDNEY+NEOTOKYO Kevin Vo & Haline Ly (Symple Creative) Based on the emergence of pop street photography, NEOSYDNEY+NEOTOKYO features intimate scenes of Tokyo and Sydney as a narrative of the life and heart of the two cities. NEOSYDNEY+NEOTOKYO is a product of five weeks spent in Japan, fuelling the growing hub of Japanese-influenced culture in Sydney.

	3 - 29 July
	The Garden of Love Benedict Ernst In The Garden of Love, Ben constructs an interactive, life-sized indoor installation of a Zen stone garden from recycled materials exploring the urban environment that most Japanese and Australians inhabit; the world of the city, the world of the skyscraper, the world of advertising, packaging and conspicuous consumption.

	11 - 26 August
	An Architecture of Thread and Gesture Ainslie Murray An Architecture of Thread and Gesture is a three-dimensional installation that reflects upon the impact of human gesture on architectural space. Ainslie will explore connections between three-dimensional Japanese textile art and architectural space drawing specifically on the ritual inhabitation of space, and on the themes of emptiness, absence and invisibility in Japanese art and architecture.

Exhibition

Date	February – August 2008
Time	11am – 4pm, Monday – Friday
Venue	Japan Foundation Gallery
Admission	Free

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