LOOSE PAPERS - Loose Projects 2006 – 2007
Edited by Mark Titmarsh and Alex Gawronski
Published by Loose Projects
Loose Projects was an experimental artist-run-initiative that operated
in the Chinatown district of Sydney's CBD between 2006 and 2007. Its core personnel consisted of the ten highly active local practitioners; Carla Cescon, Alex Gawronski, Ryszard Dabek, David Haines, Bronia Iwanczak, Anne Kay, Lisa Kelly, Jane Polkinghorne, Mark Titmarsh and Philipa Veitch. During its lifespan Loose Projects staged approximately 26 group and solo exhibitions that touched on everything from the politics of Biennale's to the cultural principles of free exchange, from the aesthetics of waste to contemporary art as (black) magic.
Loose Papers is a book and document of all the exhibitions and related fora presented by Loose Projects. The book also contains contemporaneous essays as well as other framing and retrospective writing by the editors and directors.
Loose Papers was launched by the conceptual artist Ian Milliss on Thur 9 Dec 2010 at Published Art Bookstore. Loose Papers can be purchased from Published Art for $25 while stocks last:
Published Art Bookstore
2/23-33 Mary Street
Surry Hills 2010
(02) 9280 2839 - Sharon Tredinnick
www.publishedart.com.au
or you can order online through Lulu Publishing for $32:
www.lulu.com/product/paperback/loose-papers/14029753
We are happy to announce that audio recordings of artist talks by Alex Gawronski, Josie Cavallaro, Philipa Veitch, Ise and the Shit Show artists have been added to the archive as streaming mp3 files. Enjoy!
A selection of links directly related to the recent wrkshop.nonstop project coordinated by Lisa Kelly at Loose Projects.
workshop.nonstop: project notes [pdf document (9.9mb!)]
Feedback: critical peer discussion & response for visual art & artists
http://www.feedbacksessions.com/
MORE HONEY http://www.more-honey.blogspot.com/
Making bees dance
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=makingbeesdance
MofFarFarRah, workshop.nonstop opening event performance [7.2.07]
A specially comissioned text by Virginia Ross for the THE shit show which was at Loose Projects between 11 and 27 january 2007 can be downloaded as a PDF by clicking here
Loose projects is an artist funded & directed initiative that appreciates
the in kind support of d/Lux Media Arts.
a closing exhibition of Loose folk & friends:
Mark Titmarsh
Justin Trendall
Anne Kay
Ian Haig
Josie Cavallaro
David Haines
Vicky Browne
Alex Gawronski
Shane Haseman
Stephen Birch
Philipa Veitch
Jane Polkinghorne
Paul Borderi
Trevor Fry
Carla Cescon
Kevin Sheehan
Lisa Andrew
Sarah Goffman
Lisa Kelly
John Borley
Bronia Iwanczak
Luke Strevens
Lisa Jones
Vanila Netto
Liz Day
a month of exhibitions programmed by Bronia Iwanczak:
Kelly Doley,David Wills. Curated by Vanilla Netto, April 4 - 7
Ruark Lewis, Jacky Redgate, Debra Phillips, Linda Marie Walker, Jeff Gibson and Bronia Iwanczak, April 11 - 14
open letter installation view
Curated by Ian Geraghty, April 18 - 21
As with exhibitions such as Seth Siegelaub’s March 1-31, 1969 (1969) and the more recent Do Not Like Do Not Dislike (2006) curated by Jeffrey Charles Henry Peacock (JCHP), Wunderkammer continues to investigate alternative ways of curating and disseminating art.
Gary Warner, April 25 - 28
A small number of the Cones of Zontact catalogue are avaliable to purchase ($20) from the gallery. Limited to an edition of 170 copies, each lovingly hand assembled with a unique cover, the catalogue features contributions from over 60 Sydney artists and projects/spaces. With chapters coordinated by Loose members the publication was conceived as a counterfeit Biennale catalogue, zine-style! The aim being to present an eclectic document that looks explicitly at the practices and organising of artists living & working in Sydney.
