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27 March 2012
Artist-in-Residence
Report - Jeremy Bakker, Ross Coulter, Angela Pye
27 February 2012
Artist-in-Residence
Australians unveil snow art in Echigo-Tsumari
Two Australian artists and one curator recently departed Australia's scorching summer to participate in an artist-in-residency snowy Echigo-Tsumari region, displaying their work at the Snow Art Project on 25 and 26 February.
14 November 2011
Echigo-Tsumari Triennale 2012
Australian artist participating in the 5th Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale (ETAT) visits Japan
Brook Andrew, the Australian artist who will participate in the 5th Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, visited Japan on 14 November 2011 and met members of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale Executive Committee for the first time.
Reconstruction Project
Australia House Reconstruction Project launched soon after the collapse of the original Australia House due to the 12 March earthquake centered in northern Nagano Prefecture. It derived from many people's aspirations that the close relationship between Australia and Echigo-Tsumari must continue.
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Andrew Burns
The winner of the Australia House design competition, Andrew Burns is a young Sydney based architect with a practice exploring cultural, residential and community engaged projects.
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2012
Australia has been participating in the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale since its first time in 2000 and keeping a close relationship with the locals in the Echigo-Tsumari region. At the 5th Triennale in 2012, Brook Andrew will participate from Australia.
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Brook Andrew
Brook Andrew, who will participate in the 5th Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, is a conceptually driven Australian artist. He challenges cultural and historical perception, using installation, text and image to comment on local and global issues regarding race, consumerism and history.
Artist-in-Residence
The original Australia House was established in 2009 as a base to constantly-support the regional development in cooperation with the local people and volunteers at Urada, Tokamachi, Niigata based on Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale's theme. Since then, the Artist-in-Residence Programs have been conducted every year in Echigo-Tsumari by having artists and curators from Australia.
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Jeremy Bakker
Jeremy Bakker is an artist working across installation, drawing, sculpture and photography.
Ross Coulter
Ross Coulter is an artist working across video, photography, painting, sculpture, installation and performance.