:: Project Description
This exhibition showcases the excellence of innovative community arts and cultural development practice that has been supported by Community Partnerships at the Australia Council for the Arts.
:: Curatorial Statement
The Australia Council for the Arts proudly presents Symbiosis: Living through Art.
This exhibition showcases excellent and innovative community arts and cultural development projects supported by the Community Partnerships section of the Australia
Council.
Symbiosis is the interaction between two different organisms living in close proximity, with both benefitting from this interaction and sustaining relationship. The projects in this exhibition are the outcome of the creative interaction between artists and different communities. Our title, Symbiosis: Living through Art, describes this process of art making through dialogue, interaction and the sharing of experiences to create meaningful artistic and cultural work.
Culture is the culmination of a nation's intellectual and artistic expressions created and
nourished by all. Art has always played an integral role in shaping culture. Community arts
and cultural development sustains the connection between art and people and is the
embodiment of a community's creative production. The process of creating art is shaped
by artists and communities working together and sharing stories - creating that which
defines our culture.
In this exhibition, we bring together recent screen-based work, new writing, music, theatre
and visual arts projects that have been co-created by artists working in collaboration with
diverse communities around Australia.
The themes explored include celebrating women's resilience in the face of violence and
rape, emerging music, happiness, culture in harmony with nature, storytelling, farming
communities, connecting identities through art making and Muslim women artists working
around themes of migration, identity and self-determination. The communities
collaborating with the artists in this exhibition represent different cultural backgrounds and
urban, regional and remote areas.
The results of these symbiotic relationships are groundbreaking. Through the mutual
process of self exploration and raw expression, high quality artistic outcomes emerge.
That is living through art.
:: Media Coverage
:: Australia Council for the Arts:Symbiosis: Living Through Art Exhibition Opens At Australia Council
:: Australia Council for the Arts, Symbiosis: Living Through Arts photo album on Facebook
Symbiosis: Living through Art exhibition, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney.
Photography by Rania Abed Thoradox Creations.
Symbiosis: Living through Art exhibition, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney.
Photography by Rania Abed Thoradox Creations.
Symbiosis: Living through Art exhibition, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney.
Photography by Rania Abed Thoradox Creations.
Symbiosis: Living through Art exhibition, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney.
Photography by Rania Abed Thoradox Creations.
Symbiosis: Living through Art exhibition, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney.
Photography by Rania Abed Thoradox Creations.
Symbiosis: Living through Art exhibition, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney.
Photography by Rania Abed Thoradox Creations.
Symbiosis: Living through Art exhibition, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney.
Photography by Rania Abed Thoradox Creations.