SafARI 2016
Presented across multiple venues in March 11-26, 2016
Co-curator, 2014-2015
SafARI 2016 showcased the work of 27 emerging and unrepresented artists from around Australia working across the full spectrum of contemporary multi-disciplinary practice, spanning sound, text- based, digital/online, and performance.
SafARI was founded by Lisa Corsi in 2004, and while it presented in a festival format, it operated as an artist-run initiative without a venue. The 2016 edition marked the final incarnation and presentation of the multi-disciplinary operation. SafARI 2016′s partner venues were Alaska Projects (Elizabeth Bay), Cross Art Projects (Potts Point), and Minerva (Potts Point); with Runway Magazine as an official online venue (http://runway.org.au/archive/30-ecologies/) and Kudos Gallery, Paddington.
The official SafARI website is now defunct and no longer able to be viewed online. Artist Benjamin Forster worked with SafARI to create a dynamic digital platform that housed artwork online. SafARI also worked with FBi, Kudos, Young Henrys and Chaffey Brothers Wine Co.
SafARI 2016 presented as a series of exhibitions that included live performance, online content/intervention, a writing program (for text-based works), a publication and a fundraiser. SafARI 2016 also created merchandise :)
The SafARI 2016 team:
Sophie Kitson, SafARI 2016 Co-curator 2014-15, Louise Dibben, SafARI 2016 Co-curator 2014-16, Katie Milton, SafARI 2016 Marketing/PR Coordinator, Del Lumanta, SafARI 2016 Public Programs Coordinator, Jack Dunbar & Kailana Sommer (kk+jld), SafARI 2016 Designers, Celia Bradshaw and Megan Hanson, SafARI support, Tulleah Pearce, SafARI Explorer Writers Program Mentor, Benjamin Forster, SafARI online Designer
The 2016 Artists were:
Peter Nelson (NSW), Sophie Clague (NSW), Jesse Dyer (VIC), Grace Blake and Danny Wild (ACT) Anna Madeleine (NSW), Amalia Mayor (NSW), Hana Hoogedeure (NSW), Tamara Kohler (VIC), Jamie Lewis (VIC), Emily O’Connor (NSW), Akira and Nathan Lasker (NSW), Dominic Kirkwood (NSW), Danielle Zorbas (NSW), Catherine Clayton-Smith (NSW), Eloise Kirk (NSW), Ben Chadbond (NSW), David Attwood (WA), Philippe Vranjes (VIC), Sarah Poulgrain and Llewellyn Millhouse (QLD), Claudia Nicholson (NSW), Jana Hawkins-Andersen (NSW), Matthew Linde (VIC), Angela Garrick (NSW), Guillaume Savy (VIC), Katie Green and Undrawing the Line (NSW), Megan Clune and Angela Goh (Tiger Tiger) (NSW), Megan Hales (VIC)
The SafARI 2016 Writers are:
Tom Pendergast (VIC), Kathleen Linn (NSW), Laura Couttie (VIC), Kate Britton (NSW), Victoria Maxwell (NSW), Justin Hinder (VIC), Julia Mendel (ACT), Bri Lee (QLD), Madeleine Stack (QLD), Holly Childs (VIC)
SafARI is the unofficial fringe exhibition to the Biennale of Sydney, which showcases the work of emerging and unrepresented Australian artists. It is a ‘zeitgeist’ driven festival timed to coincide with the crucial first opening weeks of the Biennale of Sydney. Since 2004, SafARI has maintained a direct link with ARIs and other independent creative practitioners across Australia.
