Talitha Kennedy

Togart Contemporary Art Award 2012

Thrilled to have my lovely monster in the selection for NT's most glamorous contemporary art prize.

www.togartaward.com.au

opening party 7 September 2012

my catalogue page

Struggle Mountain, 2012. Kangaroo leather, thread, stuffing and timber. 65x50x50cm.

June-July 2012: NYC

Six very splendid worldly-wising weeks in New York, spent on residency in fabulous live-in bespoke studio as part of Point B Worklodge, deep in hipster central North 7^th Street Williamsburg. In amongst the flanuer wanderings, uber-show seeing and beautiful people meeting I even made a bit of work to show at the Open Studios night.

Central Park wilderness

me reflected in Tomás Saraceno's 'Cloud City' on Roof at Metropolitan Museum

MoMa PS1 Warm Up party

my live-in studio wonderland

the working bit

studio show

Point B Worklodge open studios

ink on paper drawing

leather and found bricks/concrete

...all the way home :(

dOCUMENTA 13

in late May 2012 I assisted Fiona Hall with the installation of her work commissioned for Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany. The installation took place in a pre-fab house in the Karlsaue Park. We painted the whole interior in combat uniform camouflage patternings and the exterior with camouflage patterns used on battleships. The works included Fiona's incredibly detailed taxidermy-style 'trophies' of endangered animals on the United Nationa IUN Red List and reconstructed using the habitat nation's defense force uniform. The interior space felt like a hunter's den or amateur museum, an atmosphere filled with a wonder for the natural world and a sense of imminent death and conflict. It was an amazing experience and privilege to be involved with the construction of such a powerful and moving installation as well as glimpse the vigor and depth of practice that achieves such works. I'm sure it will strengthen the rigor of my own practice. Documenta opened on June 9 and I stayed an extra week taking in the huge array of work and installation spaces. I was left with a deep impression for the possibilities of art to change the/a world in re-reading the past to create new narratives of individual voice.

http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/812136/fiona-hall-reveals-the-secrets-of-her-documenta-hunters-den-1

Arnhem Land, May 2012

Receiving the Qantas Award made travel possible for research, professional development and experiences to enrich my practice. Before heading OS I spent some time in Arnhem Land to deeper understand the sense of place in the Top End through indigenous culture and community life. I volunteered for two weeks at Mardbalk Arts & Craft on Goulburn Island, West Arnhem and visited Buku-Larrngay Mulka in North East Arnhem (my most heart-raising art centre for exciting new work), wanting to really amp up my culture shock when in the built environments of Germany and New York!
http://www.mardbalkarts.com.au/
http://www.yirrkala.com/

Me at Warrumi 'airport'

Goulburn Island from 6 seater Cesna

Mokuy by Nawurapa Wunungmurra

Flying over Arnhem Land

Last minute art sale and send- off at Nomad Art Gallery

Sunday 28 April 2012, 4 - 6pm
Special thank you to Angus and Rose Cameron at Nomad Art for making a wonderful event of my send-off and displaying my work for this one night sale. Very many lovely people came to bid fond farewell and buy works which greatly boosted my courage and budget for residency in NYC, thanks Darwin!