#john kaldor

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Marina Abramović: In Residence - Marina Abramović

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It All Started With a Stale Sandwich

It All Started With a Stale Sandwich    [trailer]

Documentary about the Kaldor Public Art Projects, a non-profit arts organisation established in 1969 by John Kaldor, that collaborates with international artists to create site-specific art projects in public spaces in Australia.

Very interesting doc about Kaldor and some of the projects he and his organisation supported, starting with the back then largely unknown Christo and Jeanne Claude. Among the artists are well known names like Marina Abramovic, Nam June Paik and Jeff Koons, but also lesser know local Australian ones.

Not all of them are memorable, but I like large public projects, where the public often is very sceptical beforehand, but then most of the visitors become totally fascinated when they see and experience them, creating unique memories for them. Something that for example always happens with Christo's large scale wrappings.

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John Kaldor Designer Fabrics and the Sewing Magazines

John Kaldor Designer Fabrics and the Sewing Magazines

There are a lot of lovely sewing magazines about these days, filled with interesting articles, patterns, adverts and a lot of lovely makes and free patterns. Croft Mill fabrics have a lovely lot of new John Kaldor fabrics which will make lovely wiggle dresses. One of the most popular fashion styles from the 1950s is what is called the wiggle style. This figure hugging, curvy style can enhance a…

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Yesterday

Spent the day volunteering for Kaldor Project 13 Rooms, was amazing! So great seeing so many people coming to experience the art and witnessing their smiling faces as they exit each of the rooms. John Kaldor is awesome, approachable and genuinely interested in the work and the people involved. His investment in the arts is phenomenal and hearing a little about his back story has made it clear as to how much this truely means. His heart and soul are completely invested in the arts. Seeing Marina Abramovic's work for the first time in the flesh was amazing! She has been a huge inspiration to me as an artist and has influenced me hugely in my artistic practice as a female performance artist. The endurance, beauty and strength of the women who brought this work to life at 13 Rooms is to be highly commended. Just stunning! Such a powerful work. Will write more about a few of the other works soon!

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An ABC Documentary on Australian Performance Art and Kaldor Public Art Projects '13 Rooms'

Click the Title link to watch on ABC iView

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If there's anyone out there checking out my tumblr and thinking 'hmmm svidya mi se tvoy stil' then you're probably from serbia and wont be checking out the art gallery of nsw anytime soon. but if you're thinking 'hmm i like you style' then just maybe you're in sydney and in that case you should do yourself a favour and check out some really sweet boxes and stuff.