Facetnate! 2010

Facetnate! 2010

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

Now in its third year, Facetnate! is a grant program designed to support emerging visual artist/s whose work is strongly influenced by Japan. Held in the Japan Foundation Gallery, Facetnate! provides an opportunity for local Australia-based artists to contribute to cultural exchange through various means of artistic expression.

After a call for proposals, three finalists were selected for the 2010 program. Of these three, one will be selected to win the Japan Foundation New Artist Award, and will receive a return airfare from Sydney to Tokyo to further develop his/her field of art. Sponsored by Onitsuka Tiger.

Facetnate! is an affiliate exhibition of the 17th Biennale of Sydney.

Meet our Judging Panel

John McDonald (Chief Art Critic, SMH) will be selecting the winner for the Japan Foundation New Artist Award, announced early November.
Shihoko Iida (Visiting curator, Gallery of Modern Art, QLD) selected our finalists
Amelia Groom (Freelance writer, editor, curator and researcher) selected our finalists

Meet our Finalists

	8 - 26 July 2010
	Sabina Maselli (VIC) AMA Ama is a multi-screen film and video installation based on the 'Ama' pearl divers from Japan. It is both a reflection on this practice and a personal meditation on memory and the unconscious; an immersive environment where factual and fictional time and space collide and metamorphose into one another..

	10 - 27 August 2010
	Amy Craig (VIC) *days’ end/ the silent room grinds gray/ I tap* This video installation will draw active lines between the placement of objects in our domestic interior, inhabitant relationships and the donning of tsunokakushi (a Japanese bridal headpiece) in an effort to map the existing, living spatial interiors within the gallery..

	9 - 30 September 2010
	Kath Fries (NSW) Grove Playing with notions of internal and external spaces, bringing the outside within, Grove is a multimedia installation challenging perceptions and inviting contemplation. Reflecting on the passage of time and sadness of loss, this work is inspired by the 10th Century fairytale, ‘Tale of the Bamboo Cutter’, the oldest surviving Japanese work of fiction.

Other Events: PechaKucha at SuperDeluxe@Artspace

Catch our Facetnate! artists on PechaKucha nights at SuperDeluxe@Artspace, an event that is a part of the 17th Biennale of Sydney. PechaKucha is the Japanese sound of ‘chit chat’. It is an informal forum for young creatives to meet, network, share ideas and show their work in public. Born out of SuperDeluxe in Tokyo, the event is now hosted in over 280 cities worldwide.

8pm, Artspace, 43 - 51 Cowper Wharf Road, Woolloomooloo

Facetnate! Exhibition

Date	July - September 2010
Venue	Japan Foundation Gallery Level 1, Chifley Plaza, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney
Gallery Hours	Mon - Fri, 11am - 4pm
Admission	Free

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