It’s the final day of the Lab and time to shift into Festival gear as artists are busy putting the final touches on their performances and setting up their installations… Ecto-Plasm have spent their Lab days in Studio 10 of FraserStudios developing ‘Air City’ and … Read More →
Category Archives: Blog
The Public Lab Day 7 :: 14 July
by Imogen Semmler, Creative Director of Underbelly Arts
GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER: DEE JEFFERSON
Justin Harvey builds a small dark room under the stairs at FraserStudios. He invites the public inside to play Chatroulette. He records the results. What do people do? How do they react? Does it help … Read More →
The Public Lab Day 6 :: 13 July
GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER: LUCY PARAKHINA
Lucy took a tour of the Lab with Underbelly Arts producer Jenn Blake. A typical tour lasts for about an hour and involves meeting or watching the artists at work. Some projects even require your participation (like an audience session with Applespiel). … Read More →
The Public Lab Day 5 :: 12 July
GUEST BLOGGER: EVERYONE ELSE’S BLOG!
A few Underbelly Arts projects are keeping their own blog documenting their creative process during the Lab.
Check them out!
angryPixel http://kodama.angrypixel.org/category/dusk/
Applespiel http://applespiel.blogspot.com/
I Can Draw You A Picture http://icandrawyouapicture.blogspot.com
Reef Knot http://fillinginthecracks.wordpress.com
The Public Lab Day 4 :: 11 July
GUEST BLOGGER: DEE JEFFERSON
Snail Piece gets started. Already feeling sorry for the snail/s, the stage looks barren as a desert.
The argument is posed as a trial, with Simon Binns and Joseph Parro from Applespiel taking opposing sides, and the hammer keeping its own counsel.
We wander … Read More →
The Public Lab Day 3 :: 10 July
LAB SATURDAY
It’s the half way point of the Lab and we celebrated in style with a talks panel and lots of tours!
Thanks to everyone who came down to the Clare Hotel for our talks program and thanks to Jess Cook, Eddie Sharp, Alice Gage and … Read More →
The Public Lab Day 2 :: 9 July
GUEST BLOGGER: RACHEL ROBERTS from Applespiel
Applespiel is a very young performance collective. We try to use this to our advantage when applying for new residencies and talking ourselves up: ‘young, emerging collective’, ‘fresh, young artists’, etc. No matter how young and sexy we are, though, … Read More →
Public Lab Day 1 :: 8 July
GUEST BLOGGER: ALICE GAGE from I Can Draw You A Picture
ICDYAP is a live publishing installation. Public Lab participants come in to the space, lend their hand at one, some or all of the nine art stations, and their work is curated into a magazine … Read More →
The Bump In :: 5 – 8 July
GUEST BLOGGER: ROWAN McDONALD
A Volunteer’s Perspective…
A sense of cultural humidity is palpable down at FraserStudios; a build up for the creative monsoon to come. Performers are arriving, lighting plots developing, preproduction briefings unfolding, artist tours elaborating and excellent people vibing together on the enriching events … Read More →
Underbelly Arts launches for 2010
And we’re excited. 15 artist projects. 100 artists. A new home. Welcome to our new website for Underbelly Arts 2010.
The Festival :: 17 July
At 2pm we closed the street and opened our doors to the public for Underbelly Arts Festival. Along and around Kensington St we featured performances and installations throughout the afternoon and evening.
Inside Studio 12 at FraserStudios The Ordinary Collective had set up their test pattern … Read More →