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”

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”

The City of Ladies opens at The National

The City of Ladies opens at MCA The City of Ladies, in all its 300,000 variations is on display at The Museum of Contemporary Art 30 March – 18 June 2017 as part of The National: New Australian Art. Each 20 minutes the film is randomly generated from a pool of files creating new story combinations andContinue reading “The City of Ladies opens at The National”

Cartography of Imagined Places – Nothing else but cant

Nothing else but cant, instructions to Anya Rosen for a paired work for the Cartography of Imagined Places, a project between New York and Sydney, curated by Alex Wisser and Sarah Breen-Lovett (Sydney) and Jill O’Bryan (New York). New York, January, 1916, Emma Goldman delivers a lecture advocating a women’s right to control her fertility. SheContinue reading “Cartography of Imagined Places – Nothing else but cant”

1001 Nights in Fairfield wins award

1001 Nights in Fairfield was announced as the winner of the 2016  Incinerator Art Award: Art For Social Change last night at the opening of the annual exhibition at the Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne. Zanny Begg received $10,000, half of which she will share with the Choir of Love, the subjects of the film. The awardContinue reading “1001 Nights in Fairfield wins award”