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INFORMATION FOR ARTISTS
Image: ‘Water Tight’ by the Australian Dance Party, 2018
2019 FESTIVAL THEME:
SOUL & MORTAR
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ARTISTS, TAKE ARMS
Image: ‘Reunion Concert’ by Fun Machine, 2018
DEVELOP AND PRESENT YOUR
A R T I N C U R AT E D O U T B U R S T.
On Saturday 16 March 2019, a site-specific arts festival in Canberra will fill the soulless void left
by indifference and inaction. Canberra is not the home of depraved decisions. Art, Not Apart is a
call to arms for artists to protect the soul of our city and country.
Visiting artists are welcome to join the battle. Locals artists remain a focus – over 50% of funding
will go to Canberra region artists – but curation will lean towards works responding to the festival
provocation. By harnessing the soul, the festival can raise better awareness of local artists,
Canberra’s identity and the unsustainable practices that threaten our culture whilst celebrating the
beauty of humanity.
Exceptional indoor and outdoor spaces throughout NewActon, The Shine Dome and National
Film and Sound Archives will present projects of passion and desire – curated from applications
received by 1 November 2018. The festival gathers diverse creatives who make music, film, visual
art, street art, adventurous performances or something new.
You can apply for program inclusion, funding, curatorial advice, production support or the whole
lot. Collectives are welcome to host their own event or apply with a project. Projects requiring
extensive media campaigns are welcome and communications support is available. Funding over
$1,000 is competitive and requires a powerful advancement of the theme – either request less by
leveraging other resources or make it really sing.
There are no commissions on sales made by artists unless you choose to offer them for sale
through our new website or in Nishi Gallery. All artists receive social media support and a webpage
documenting both their practice and project.
Applicants are encouraged to have a coffee with a festival team member before applying.
You’re also welcome to email questions in advance to curator@artnotapart.com. Just check the
Information for Artists and Artists FAQ pages on the website first.
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CALL FOR ARTILLERY
F E S T I VA L T H E M E :
S O U L & M O R TA R
A R T, N O T A PA R T I N V I T E S Y O U T O
B U I L D S O U L O R A R T I S T I C A L LY
AT TA C K I T S A S S A I L A N T S .
A RT I S T S , TA K E A R M S .
Aim at the gaps you feel in your soul. 1 Depraved interests 2 are tearing apart Australian
values 3 and the wider world 4 . We need your art.
WEAR YOUR SOUL ON YOUR SLEEVE.
We need soul. We need inspiration to combat anxiety and depression. 5 We need
love over economic obsession. 6 We need emotional connection with each other and
ourselves, 7 rather than make money out of strangers and expect everything to be okay. 8
We need to care for our planet through our daily actions. 9 Artists, show us the values we
have forgotten by showing the soul we want to protect.
B U I L D W O R K S S O C I E T Y D A R E N O T F O R G E T.
Bricks and mortar make spaces for bodies rather than places for people. 10 Places have
soul. But too many artists make soulless work – audiences feel no compulsion to build
these works into their lives. 11 Today, we need artists to affirm the moral and emotional
base of humanity 12 in the face of concrete, consumerism and ego-politics. The role of
the artist – perhaps “to teach us how to be wise, self-aware, kind and reconciled to the
darkest aspects of reality” – has never been more critical. 13
Footnotes are on page 15
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F I L M & M O V I N G I M A G E / W O R D S / I N S TA L L AT I O N S
CURATORIAL THREADS
PERFORMING ARTS FILM AND MOVING IMAGE
CURATED BY CHENOEH MILLER CURATED BY SAM DIGNAND
Contemporary performing arts are key to The festival is equipped with a strong range
the festival, especially performance art. of cinemas, including Arc Cinema in the
There are currently no black boxes, but the NFSA, Palace Electric Cinemas and lots of
festival offers the NFSA Theatrette, delicate surfaces for projection and video art
heritage spaces within The Shine Dome and
pop-up performance spaces outdoors or in MUSIC
non-theatre spaces like empty offices, bars, CURATOR TBC
cinemas and many more. SOUNDS OF THE SOUL
All music with a sense of soul is welcome.
STREET ART Canberra region and multi-disciplinary artists
CURATED BY BYRD
are a focus and the Festival welcomes visiting
Mount large outdoor works on The Artery – 80 artists who meaningfully advance the festival
metres of outdoor rock wall along Edinburgh theme, especially but not limited to ‘soul’ acts.
Avenue, under The Shine Dome. Street art and
Staged and roving programs will be designed
all forms of weatherproof visual works will be
from the successful applications. Applicants
shown for 4 weeks to over 50,000 people with
can expect high-quality production and can
no commission on sales.
exclude these costs when applying.
Live street art displays during the festival are
Sound and Fury is the performance art after-
welcome and can either be sold or kept by the
party curated by Chenoeh Miller. Chenoeh
artist.
will integrate musicians into a theatrical,
Large street-style installations are seamless, multi-arts party.
encouraged.
Applications for Too Many Crews will open
closer to the festival date. DJ crews are
INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS encouraged to sign up to our mailing list or
COORDINATED BY DAVID CAFFERY stay tuned on social media.
Out-of-the-box installations and
performances? Large indoor and outdoor VISUAL ART
spaces of varying characters are available. CURATOR TBC
If you’re unsure, ask for a coffee with us to
Nishi Gallery will host an exhibition centered
discuss possibilities.
around the festival theme. Proposed works
will form the basis of the show.
WORDS
Site-specific exhibitions and installations are
COORDINATED BY DAVID CAFFERY
possible anywhere in the festival site. See the
Publications, performance poetry and talks venues list below for details. The making of art
will be programmed alongside resonant is a focus and live art studios are encouraged.
works.
Words can shine light on other parts of the NONE OF THE ABOVE
festival or stand loud and proud in distinct Or you might have a project that doesn’t fit in
locations. Speak now. any of the above. Good. Propose it.
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ART AS SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
THE AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY
O F S C I E N C E A N D A R T, N O T
A PA R T E N C O U R A G E A R T I S T S
TO CONSIDER THE VISCERAL
AND SOCIAL ANGLES OF
CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE.
Value and behavioural changes required for the world to operate within safe
planetary boundaries cannot simply be achieved through policy and science: the arts
are key to exploring the human impact of scientific advances, and culture is the place
of their mass acceptance or failure.
Creatives are encouraged to make work that advances the work of Australian
scientists in today’s culture. Specialists from the Academy of Science will be
available to creatives with compelling ideas for consultation or collaboration on any
of the following themes.
» » Averting the many drivers of climate change (try to be specific)
» » Cultural awareness and new issues of gene technology
» » Data capture informing advanced manufacturing
» » Data visualisation to change cultural behaviour
» » Preparing people for ‘good’ automation, and questioning its ‘bad’ applications
» » The hidden links between scientific and artistic perspectives
» » “Probing the past, constructing the future” using rock, sediment and ice cores
» » Stimulate new thinking from biomimicry (the specific term, not the general idea)
» » The precarious balance of Earth’s massive biodiversity
» » Creative perspectives of string theory (the specific term)
Other ideas outside of this list may also be linkable to contemporary research.
P L E A S E F E E L C O M F O RTA B L E T O E M A I L
T H E F E S T I VA L P R O D U C E R B E F O R E
A P P LY I N G : D AV E @ A R T N O T A PA R T. C O M
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PROJECT FUNDING
AT L E A S T $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 I S
AVA I L A B L E I N T O TA L T O
SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT
A N D / O R P R E S E N TAT I O N O F
A R T I S T I C P R O J E C T S AT A R T,
N O T A PA R T 2 0 1 9 .
Individual proposals for financial Projects under $1500 will be more
support of up to $5,000 are welcome. readily accepted, and projects under
$400 have a great chance.
EXPOSURE IS NOT OUR BEACON.
We pay artists commensurate to their time and financial outcomes. For example,
if you’re planning to spend a week developing something that can’t be sold, apply
for that week’s fee based on the relevant award (MEAA, NAVA etc). And if you’re
painting works to sell or keep, applying for money is less appropriate than requesting
curatorial and promotional support to sell you well. If your project is complex, talk to
the festival team before the close of applications to discuss funding opportunities.
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2019 FESTIVAL PRECINCT
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1.
N I S HI G AL L E RY
2019 FESTIVAL LOCATIONS
Exhibition centered around the 2019
festival theme Soul & Mortar. Works
are available for sale with gallery
commission.
Suitable for: Visual Art
2.
N E WAC T O N ART B O X
A highly visible display box with lighting
and power on Marcus Clarke St. The final
installation can remain in place for 2-8
weeks.
Suitable for: Visual Art, Installations
3.
MAK E S HI F T
The old Max Brenner space, now a new
events space for NewActon. Beautiful
décor and a long, flexible space for ideas.
Suitable for: Music, Performance, Visual
Art, Installations, Film + Moving Image,
Participatory Work
4.
N I S HI G R AN D S TAI R
The feature piece of Nishi – you can’t
miss it.
Suitable for: Music, Performance,
Installations, Participatory Work
5.
MO S AI C R O O M
Medium-sized room adjacent to Ovolo
Nishi with lots of windows (and blinds),
wooden floor, quirky surfaces and it’s not
quite straight.
Suitable for: Music, Performance,
Installations, Participatory Work,
Discussions
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6.
P HI L L I P L AW S T
2019 FESTIVAL LOCATIONS
S I DE WAL K
A sheltered enclave alongside one of the
busy festival thoroughfares.
Suitable for: Visual Art, Installations,
Performance, Music, Participatory Work
7.
MO N S T E R S AL O N
Immaculate ‘salon’ style lounge and cafe
space within Monster kitchen and bar.
Suitable for: Music, Performance Art
8.
N I S HI C O U RT YAR D
Right next to the festival info hub, a
sheltered and sunny courtyard with
seating and space to create. Features
plyboard hoardings for wall-based
artwork.
Suitable for: Visual Art, Street Art,
Performance, Installations, Participatory
work
9.
STREET STEPS
The front steps of the festival info hub
on Phillip Law St. Bustling spot for
impromptu performances and music.
Suitable for: Music, Performance
10.
W E S T MAZ E G AR DE N
A maze of paths with beautiful garden
beds, creating plenty of little enclaves to
settle in or explore.
Suitable for: Music, Live Art, Performance,
Installations, Participatory work
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C O U RT YAR D S TAG E
2019 FESTIVAL LOCATIONS
A central live music and performance
stage in NewActon surrounded by lush
gardens and restaurants.
Suitable for: Music, Performance
12.
J O HN AVE RY G AR DE N S
A sprawling green space out the front of
Parlour Wine Bar.
Suitable for: Music, Live Art, Performance,
Installations, Participatory work
13.
K E N DAL L L AN E T HE AT R E
An intimate cinema tucked under
NewActon South with a 4k projector and
crisp surround sound, laptop inputs and all
that jazz.
Suitable for: Experimental Audio/Video/
Film works
14.
K E N DAL L L AN E
Another busy avenue for the festival with
plenty of spots for audiences to sit, stand
or get involved.
Suitable for: Installations, Performance,
Music, Live Art
15.
G R AS S S P I N E
Lush green multi-levelled space with
plenty of shade and seating and the
overflow for the excitement and sounds of
the Courtyard Stage.
Suitable for: Live Art, Participatory Work,
Installations
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T HE ART E RY
2019 FESTIVAL LOCATIONS
An outdoor gallery featuring 80 metres
of wall space to create live work and/
or display and sell weather-resistant
artworks.
Suitable for: Live Art, Visual Art, Street
Art
17.
I AN WAR K T HE AT R E
The heart of the Shine Dome is a
spectacular auditorium with 230 seats
across two levels, with a fully integrated
A/V system.
Suitable for: Film + Moving Image,
Workshops, Lectures, some Music and
Performance
18.
T HE J AE G E R R O O M
A large room on one side of the Shine
Dome looking out over the lawns towards
NewActon that can host around 100
people.
Suitable for: Performance, Music, Visual
Art, Installations, Participatory Work
19.
T HE B E C K E R R O O M
A permanently set board room with
fabulous heritage furniture and décor,
seating around 20 people.
Suitable for: Intimate Performance,
Installations, Participatory Work, Film +
Moving Image
20.
T HE F E N N E R R O O M
Step back in time in this intimate
10-person break room upstairs in The
Shine Dome.
Suitable for: Intimate Performance,
Installations, Participatory Work, Film +
Moving Image
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S HI N E DO ME MO AT /
AC ADE MY O F S C I E N C E
2019 FESTIVAL LOCATIONS
L AW N S
Plenty of lovely open green space and the
striking design of the pools that encircle
the Shine Dome’s perimeter.
Suitable for: Installations, Live Art,
Participatory Work, Performance
22.
N F S A AR C C I N E MA
The National Film and Sound Archive’s
grand arc deco cinema with fantastic A/V
facilities and 248 seats.
Suitable for: Film + Moving Image, Music,
Performance
23.
N F S A T HE AT R E T T E
A plush and intimate 114 seat theatrette
with even more art deco embellishments.
Suitable for: Film + Moving Image, Music,
Performance, Workshops + Lectures,
Participatory Work
24.
N F S A C O U RT YAR D
A landscaped and sunny space surrounded
by the beautiful architectural details of
the NFSA.
Suitable for: Music, Performance, Live Art,
Installations, Participatory Work
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QUESTIONS BELOW VIA A SIMPLE ONLINE
F O R M A T W W W . A R T N O T A P A R T. C O M / A P P LY
SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT
B E F O R E T H U R S D AY 1 S T N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 8 .
One of the festival curators will meet presenters of all strong proposals, and early submissions are
encouraged. All applicants will receive a response by late November. Earlier proposals will usually
be responded to first. The festival welcomes most applicants, so quality ideas have a high chance of
acceptance.
YOUR DETAILS »» Has this work been presented before?
»» If yes, when and where?
»» Your First / Last Name
»» Equipment and technical gear required
»» Artist(s) Name
»» We can help supply tech and some equipment for your
»» Email project, so let us know what you’d need (tables, chairs,
easels, audio and visual gear) - anything other than the
»» Phone Number gear listed here needs to be clearly outlined in your
budget document (including equipment that you might have
»» Current Address to hire and an estimate of those fees).
»» Where is your primary city of practice? »» Presenter/Performer Fee
»» All artist fees should be reasonable (i.e. not too small or
»» Website and Social Media Links large) and referenced on NAVA and MEAA awards. ANA is
»» Provide up to 3 links to your social media accounts, plus also open to pay for artwork development.
your website if you have one.
»» Materials Costs
»» Artist bio »» Cost of materials, supplies, equipment hire, etc
»» Max 2,000 characters. Tell us about yourself and your
practice, including any relevant experience or projects »» Other Costs
you’ve worked on.
»» Anything not covered by your fee and materials
»» Budget
YOUR PROJECT »» Please attach a spreadsheet of your budget for this
project. Include a list of materials, equipment (purchased
»» Select your primary discipline: or hired), travel fees, and any other expenses with
accurate cost estimates, as well your artist fee(s).
»» Visual Art
»» Files must be less than 2 MB. Allowed file types: pdf doc
»» Street Art
docx xls xlsx.
»» Music
»» Performance Art
SUPPORTING MATERIAL
»» Film / Moving Image
»» Interactive Installations »» Provide up to 5 high resolution images (GIF, PNG
or JPGs) of your work.
»» Project Title
»» If the work doesn’t exist yet, please provide
»» About the project
detailed sketches, mockups and plans of the
»» Max 2,000 characters. work so we can get a clear idea of what you’re
»» How does the project relate to the ANA 2019 proposing, plus examples of previous work you’ve
theme ’SOUL & MORTAR’? created that is relevant to this project.
»» Max 2,000 characters. »» Minimum 500kb, maximum 2MB, ideally above 1200px
width or height.
»» Project Duration »» Allowed file types: gif jpg png pdf.
»» Ideal Space
»» Please detail the dimensions and rough qualities of the LINKS TO YOUR WORK
space you’d like at the festival. Let us know if you need
access to power, water, an undercover space, or any other
requirements you might have for the physical location of
»» Music, performance, and film or moving image
your project. If you already have a specific venue within the applicants - please provide links to your Vimeo
festival location in mind, please let us know here. / Youtube / Soundcloud / Bandcamp accounts so
we can check out your work online.
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ARTISTS, TAKE ARMS
Image: ‘The Mermaid’ by Hanna Cormick, 2018
EMPOWER THE SOUL.
W W W . A R T N O T A PA R T. C O M / A P P LY
S U B M I S S I O N S W I L L C L O S E AT 6 P M O N
T H U R S D AY 1 S T N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 8 .
Feel free to email curator@artnotapart.com with questions about your project or
ideas before submitting to the festival – and remember, early submissions are
encouraged (we’ll most likely be responding to those ones first!).
All applicants will receive a response by late November. This allows roughly
four months to prepare.
A festival curator will meet in person or, if not possible, chat over the phone with
all successful applicants. They will be your first point of contact for curatorial or
logistical details. Production, installation, compliance and marketing managers are
also available to present your project in the best way possible.
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T H E P R O V O C AT I O N I S V E R I F I A B L E .
1 Jon Hawkes proposes that almost all value in arts engagement is instrumental and can be categorised
REFERENCES TO PROVOCATION
within one of the four domains of social equity, economic viability, environmental responsibility and
cultural vitality. He argued that arts, and all other areas of public policy and investment, should be subject
to evaluation against those four domains because they are equally important aspects of meaningful and
sustainable human existences. (Hawkes, J., 2001. The Fourth Pillar of Sustainability – Cultures essential role
in public planning. Cultural Development Network.)
2 Big business is allowed to successfully lobby against Australian values. Cameron Milner is a paid lobbyist
for Adani and former State Secretary for the Queensland Government, and the banking sector lobbied against
a royal commission while ripping off a huge number of Australians. See also George Rennie, Australia’s
lobbying laws are inadequate, but other countries are getting it right. The Conversation. June 21 2017.
3 C.F. Richard Denniss, Dead Right: How Neoliberalism ate itself and what’s next. Quarterly Essay 70.
4 Jean-Luc Nancy made a profound diagnosis recently: “Our time is thus one where it is urgent for the
West – or what remains of it – to analyse its own future, to look back at and examine its provenance and its
trajectory, and to question itself about the process of the breaking-down of meaning which it allows to take
place.” (Nancy, J-L, 2003. Deconstruction of Monotheism. Postcolonial Studies. Translated by A Macdonald. 6
(1) 37-46.)
5 One in five Australians suffers from anxiety, depression or a related mood disorder. That’s 20% of our
country, up from 14% in the census prior.
6 Australia’s most recent winning election campaign was centred on “jobs and growth” at the expense of
government services for the most desperate, such as homelessness relief, which was cut when that party
came to power.
7 “…culture has lost its ability to integrate the individual within the social sphere. Culture, to put it
bluntly, ought to enable the individual to be privately what he or she is considered to be socially. By failing
to integrate the individual socially, modernity has forced the individual to mask [one’s] self.” (Landgraf, E.,
2005. The Disintegration of Modern Culture: Nietzsche and the Information Age. Comparative Literature. 57
(1) 22-44.)
8 The threats to the future of biodiversity are many and well known. They include habitat conversion,
environmental toxification, climate change, and direct exploitation of wildlife, among others. Moreover, the
projected addition of 2.6 billion people by mid-century will almost certainly have a greater environmental
impact than that of the last 2.6 billion. Collectively, these trends portend a grim future for biodiversity
under a business-as-usual scenario. (Ehrlich, P.R. and Pringle, R.M. Where does biodiversity go from here?
A grim business-as-usual forecast and a hopeful portfolio of partial solutions. PNAS. August 12, 2008 105
(Supplement 1) 11579-11586.)
9 “If the threshold is crossed, the resulting trajectory would likely cause serious disruptions to ecosystems,
society, and economies. Collective human action is required to steer the Earth System away from a potential
threshold and stabilize it in a habitable interglacial-like state. Such action entails stewardship of the entire
Earth System—biosphere, climate, and societies—and could include decarbonization of the global economy,
enhancement of biosphere carbon sinks, behavioral changes, technological innovations, new governance
arrangements, and transformed social values.” (Will Steffen et al., Trajectories of the Earth System in the
Anthropocene. PNAS. August 6 2018.)
10 Start to explore the vast benefits of placemaking here.
11 Proving a negative is difficult, but how many artworks have you seen this year that you have not
reconsidered? See also The School of Life, 2018. What is Culture For? The School of Life. p11.
12 “From the middle of the 19th century onwards, many people (Matthew Arnold, Nietzsche, Heidegger
among them) came to the view that, as religion weakened its hold on society and upon people’s inner lives,
it would be culture that could step in and perform many of the same roles as the faiths. Culture too could
guide, exhort, reassure, console, inspire and censure. It was with this big ambition in mind that a period of
vast investment in culture (in museums, in art galleries, in opera houses and libraries) proceeded. Culture
would replace scripture. The great institutions of culture – the galleries and the universities – would be the
new Cathedrals of Christendom.” (Utopia Series: The True Role of Culture. The School of Life. No date given.)
13 Utopia Series: The True Role of Culture. The School of Life. No date given.
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