Past News: 2009
Acquisition of work
The workers' lift, a 6 minute single channel DVD with sound,has been acquired by the Gold Coast City Art Gallery, as part of the Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Award.
Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Award
Group Show
12 December 2009 to 14 February 2010
Saturday, 12 December, 2009, from 6pm
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
An acquisitive art award and exhibition open to all forms of art media except photography. 2009 Judge Andrew Frost has selected the following artists as finalists in this years prize.
Art Sydney 09 - Off the Wall
Group Show
22 to 25 October 2009
6.00pm to 7.00pm (VIP Opening night)
Art Sydney 09, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park
Off the Wall is a major feature of the Sydney Artfair and is dedicated to the promotion of emerging artists from around Australia: Sam Barrett, Nicolette Benjamin Black, Steve Coy, Yi Gao, Freya Jobbins, Bronek Kozka, Alex Lawler, Michelle Park, Jessica Price, Sylvia Schwenk, Helen Shelly and Brooke Zeligman.
Performance
Thursday, 22 October 2009
6.00pm to 7.00pm (VIP Opening night)
Art Sydney 09, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park
You are invited to participate in one of my latest performances, One day I think I'll lend a hand, but right now I need a new plasma TV at the entrance to the Artfair.
The performance will see a large group of local residents perform a simple and repetitive synchronised exercise and stretching regime that will be screened on a television set with an original soundtrack by Barry Evans, on the opening night of Art Sydney 09 at the Royal Hall of Industries.
Curated by Cash Brown.
If you are in Sydney and would like to participate in this performance, please email me at: stschwenk@yahoo.com.au
Tickled Pink
Group Show
7 to 31 October, 2009
Wednesday, 7 October, 6-8pm
Artereal Gallery, Darling St Rozelle, Sydney
Tickled Pink is fundraising event for Breast Cancer. The exhibition will show artwork by 25 of Australia’s finest contemporary artists such as Kate Rhode, Claude Jones, Damian Dillon, Andrew Lavery, Christine Polowyj , Cecilia Fogelberg, Glen Henderson, Sarah Parker, Anne MacDonald, Cash Brown, Ruth Hassall, Nola Diamantopoulos and Sylvia Schwenk.
Art Auction - Climate Camp 09
Art Auction and Exhibition
3 to 5 September, 2009
Mori Gallery, 168 Day street, Sydney
Works by diverse artists across Sydney and NSW will be auctioned with all proceeds going towards the running of Climate Camp 09. Artists include Susan Norrie, Ingrid Dernee, Meghan Brewster, Anna Williams and Sylvia Schwenk
Climate Camp is a place to learn, a sustainable community and an opportunity to take action on climate change and environmental management.
Curated by Ingrid Dernee.
Someone draws a flower on a wall beside a bed
Group Show
4 to 20 August, 2009
Tuesday, 4 August 2009, 6-8 pm
Gallery of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawarhalal Nehru University, Delhi, India
Curated by Alana Hunt.
One day I think I'll lend a hand, but right now I need a new plasma TV
Solo Show
27 July to 7 August, 2009
Monday, 27 July 2009, from 8.00pm
Stiftung Kuenstlerdorf, Schoeppingen, Forum fuer Kunstvermittlung
This is a 3 channel DVD installation with sound that brings the performance I directed on 11 July 2009, ‘One day, I think I’ll lend a hand’, which saw a large group of local residents taking part in an art action, creating a gitterbildung (grid formation), while watching a film with an original soundtrack by Barry Evans on a television set in the in K+K carpark, into a gallery context.Curated by Dr Sigrun Brunsiek.
Remember the importance of SELF
Performance
22 July, 2009
Meet at the Kuenstlerdorf, Schoeppingen, Germany
You are invited to join in a new performance, Remember the importance of SELF.
The performance will see a large group of local residents performing an art action in the city.
If you would like to participate in this performance, please email me at: stschwenk@yahoo.com.au
One day, I think I'll lend a hand
Performance
11 July, 2009
K+K Parkplatz, Schoeppingen, Germany
Stiftung Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen and I invite you to my latest performance, One day, I think I'll lend a hand.
The performance will see a large group of local residents performing an art action in the K+K carpark, creating a giltterbildung (grid formation) with their bodies, while watching a film with an original soundtrack by Barry Evans, on a television set.
If you are in Schoeppingen and would like to participate in this performance, please email me at: stschwenk@yahoo.com.au
Residency
Competition
The Western Australian Government is undertaking an open competition for a major public art commission in Forrest Place Perth, with a budget of $1 million. The project has been designed to encourage innovative partnerships between artists and other design professionals.
I worked with Brian Zulaikha from tonkin zulaikha greer architects, on a submission for a performative scupture, based on an ephemeral intervention.
Locksmith Project Space
Launch of publication, including images of my works
11 June 2009
Thursday, 11 June 2009, 6pm - late
Locksmith Project, Alexandria
Premier launch of the publication Locksmith Project.
climate emergency
Group Show
5 June, 2009
Friday, 5 June 2009, 6-9pm
At the Vanishing Point Gallery, Newtown
Thesis
Group Show
19 to 29 May, 2009
Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 5-7pm
Victorian College of the Arts Gallery. Melbourne
Curated by Adrian MacDonald.
Altered States of Reality
Group Show
14 April to 5 May, 2009
Thursday, 16 April, 2009, 6-8 pm
An exhibition showing works that allow us to challenge our ideas, parables and perceptions that constitute our own reality.
Curated by Angela Di Bello.
X Performance Dunedin
Performance, as part of the Dunedin Fringe Festival
27 March, 2009
1pm
The Octagon, Dunedin
X Performance Dunedin will
be performed on Friday 27 March at 1pm as a part of the Fringe
Festival. Local participants will
form giant and individual Xs with their bodies in and around the
Octagon. This will complete the X Performances body of work.
If you are in Dunedin and would like to participate in this performance, please email me at: stschwenk@yahoo.com.au
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
Solo Show
24 March to 18 April, 2009
Tuesday, 27 March 2009, from 5.30pm
Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
This is a performance, photographic and installation based body of work, showing off the latest footwear and fashion needed for global warming. A performance of Boots for Rising Waters, will see women modelling gumboots with black stilt-like fixtures on their base, on the opening night of the exhibition.
Go Figure
Group Show
20 March to 18 April, 2009
Wednesday, 20 March 2009, 6-8pm
Artereal Gallery, Rozelle, Sydney
An exhibition of works which look at the body by: Aziz + Cusher (USA), Christopher Bucklow (UK), Alex Chomicz (AUS), Janice Kuczkowski (AUS), Tatjana Plitt (AUS) and Sylvia Schwenk (AUS). Curated by Barbara Dowse.
Red, blue or green?
Performance
28 February, 2009
Beachside, opposite 152 Campbell Parade, Bondi
If you are in Sydney and would like to participate in this performance, please email me at: stschwenk@yahoo.com.au, and tell me what colour t-shirt you will wear: red, blue or green.
Wilson HTM National Art Prize
Group Show
4 to 14 February, 2009
Wednesday, 4 February, 2009 from 6pm
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
This national prize was established by Artworkers and Wilson HTM Investment to promote emerging artists.
The exhibition will feature the work of the 12 finalists:
Renata Buziak (QLD), Tanya Dyhin (NSW), Daniel Ford (QLD), Jenny Fraser (QLD), Susan Jacobs (VIC), Heidi Kenyon (SA), Laith McGregor (QLD), Emily Portmann (NSW), Francesca Rosa (QLD), Sylvia Schwenk (NSW), Cara-Ann Simpson (QLD), Brent Wilson (QLD)