New documentary, Juanita Nielsen NOW

Juanita Nielsen NOW launches at Antenna Juanita Nielsen NOW, an experimental documentary exploring the ongoing implications of an unsolved murder, launched on October 17 as part of Antenna Documentary Film Festival. Juanita Nielsen Now is adapted from the highly acclaimed experimental video installation, The Beehive, which won the Australian Centre for the Moving Image/Artbank 2018Continue reading “New documentary, Juanita Nielsen NOW”

Statecraft extended

Due to its popularity Statecraft has been extended at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens. Information on the exhibition can be found below:  Statecraft is an international group exhibition that explores the underlying mechanisms at work in the engineering of the nation-state, as we know it today, and the challenges it faces in today’s globalised, networkedContinue reading “Statecraft extended”

These Stories Will be Different, Tour, 2022/2023

These Stories Will be Different National Tour If you think history is on your side, let me tell you women did not write these books. If they did, the stories would be different— Christine de Pizan These Stories Will Be Different is a national tour curated by Jose da Silva and Museum and Galleries NSW that bringsContinue reading “These Stories Will be Different, Tour, 2022/2023”

Zanny Begg wins Established Artist Residency Blake Prize

Zanny Begg has been announced as the winner of the Established Artist Residency and Solo Exhibition at Casula Powerhouse as part of the prizes for the 66th Blake Prize for her video work Stories of Kannagi. Stories of Kannagi was created in collaboration with members of the Tamil community in Western Sydney. The video featuresContinue reading “Zanny Begg wins Established Artist Residency Blake Prize”

Stories of Kannagi shortlisted for Blake Prize

Stories of Kannagi has been shortlisted for the Blake Prize for religious art. Stories of Kannagi was initiated by Jiva Parthipan and created in collaboration with members of the Tamil community in Western Sydney. The film reimagines the 2000 year old story of Kannagi, a young woman who is forced into exile by the misdeedsContinue reading “Stories of Kannagi shortlisted for Blake Prize”

Artist Talk at ACCA

Magic Mountains is a new commission as part of the ACCA Open; a series of six digital commissions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This Thursday join ACCA’s Public Programs Coordinator Bianca Winataputriin conversation with ACCA Open artists Léuli Eshrāghi, Sean Peoples and Zanny Begg to discuss their new digital commissions that respond to the unusual times and cultural conditions inContinue reading “Artist Talk at ACCA”

ACMI +Artbank Commission – The Beehive

The Beehive Zanny Begg has been announced as the inaugural recipient of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and Artbank new film work commission for 2018 for her proposal The Beehive. She is collecting stories about Juanita Nielsen, Kings Cross and development and the city, if you have any information to share pleaseContinue reading “ACMI +Artbank Commission – The Beehive”