Antipodean Encounters: Western Australian Artists and Taiwanese Culture

String Figures, 2018
watercolour on arches paper, 40.5 cm H x 34 cm W (framed) x 3 panels.

A string figure is an ancient game played throughout many different cultures around the world. It is played by making shapes with a piece of string strung between one’s fingers, often with multiple peoples hands. Stories can be told through string figure making. For this project I have chosen to think using the notion of string figures as a cross-cultural dialogue that tells stories beyond spoken language.

Exhibited in
Antipodean Encounters: Western Australian Artists and Taiwanese Culture
Curated by Ashley Yihsin Chang.
Midland Junction Art Centre
15 August - 28 September 2018

Personal objects have been the catalyst for conversation between 20 local artists and members of the Perth Taiwanese community who have immigrated to Western Australia. The artists have translated and contextualized these dialogues, creating new works to help navigate the increasingly complex issues embedded in the hybrid cultural society in which we live.

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Towards Shared Social, Cultural and Visual Productions by Nyanda Smith

Antipodean Encounters

Antipodean EncountersMidland Junction Art Centre15 August - 28 September 2018Personal objects have been the catalyst for conversation between 20 local artists and members of the Perth Taiwanese community who have immigrated to Western Australia. The artists have translated and contextualized these dialogues, creating new works to help navigate the increasingly complex issues embedded in the hybrid cultural society in which we live. More info:https://rexptp.com/2018/08/28/towards-shared-social-cultural-and-visual-productions-by-nyanda-smith/

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