[ISEA2013] Panel Statement: Firstdraft & Nick Keys (Convener) — Night Depot #3 Artists’ Talks

Panel Statement

Following on from Saturday night’s performance, Firstdraft Depot will host all the performers for a round of presentations and discussion. The artists will be in discussion with Sydney based writer and thinker Nick Keys, who will be exploring their practices, strategies, ideas and thoughts on technology.

Firstdraft, in association with ISEA2013, present this new edition of Firstdraft’s NIGHT DEPOT series. This work will focus on the notion of ‘advanced technology’ – after Sydney writer / thinker Nick Keys – and feature artists who build sound-making devices from readily available items in order to ‘advance’ their own artistic and musical goals – in a sense also ‘advancing’ towards a form of technological equilibrium.

Brisbane collective Golden Solution, in residency at The Depot in the lead-up to this event, will present new work developed on-site. Performing alongside Golden Solution, each with their own unique sound making apparatus, will be some of Australia’s most exciting practitioners in this area: Benjamin Kolaitis, Peter Blamey, Alex Cuffe and Pia van Gelder.

(Kolaitis, van Gelder and Michael Candy (of Golden Solution) are also participating in Campbelltown Arts Centre’s Catching Light project for ISEA2013.)

Curated by Tom Smith.

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  • Established in 1986, Firstdraft is Australia’s longest running artist-led organisation. Its longevity is testament to the sustained commitment of countless artists, writers, curators and arts professionals who have supported and exhibited at Firstdraft over the last four decades. Our sustainable model of governance allows us to champion risk and encourage ambition in a professional gallery context. With creative practitioners positioned firmly at our centre we foster a diversity of emerging and experimental practices, people and programs that epitomise excellence and contribute to a dynamic local and global discourse. Firstdraft is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW, the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, and the City of Sydney through its Accommodation Grant Program. firstdraft.org.au
  • Nick Keys is a writer, blogger, researcher, website producer and collage artist. redroomcompany.org/poet/nick-keys