Featured Student
Photography credit: Images by Marion Abada www.marionabada.com.au Marion is a current PSC second year student. These images are part of her Photo Impressionism series which applies the concepts of the 19th Century painting style of Impressionism through the medium of digital photography. In these images Marion was interested in exploring the nature of time and how changes to the time of year, time of day or even random fleeting moments create differences in how we emotionally engage with and respond to the world around us.
STUDENT: Caterina Fizzano, Second year, full time
ASSIGNMENT: Trip to India with charity group Traditional Healthcare documenting in the village of Datam the people, local life and the efforts being made to building a healthcare clinic.
STUDENT COMMENT: At the start of 2012 I was fortunate enough to follow a small Melbourne based charity group called Traditional Healthcare to India where they are building a healthcare clinic in Datam – a remote village. Coming into second year and wanting as much exposure and experience as possible, I tried to make the most of my time in this amazing place. I wanted to document the groups efforts in creating this facility and treating the locals as well as try to capture the life and activities of the community.
This image was taken at the local weekly markets and the sea of bicycles under the arms of this massive tree grabbed my attention and I had to capture it – even though I was holding people up on the walk back to our village – at mosquito time!.
It was so exciting to be in this space and I hope to continue to be able to do more documentary and travel work of this nature.
I loved the village so much I plan to return next year! I hope to be able to get to more places and get involved with local life and capture more.
Remember our little old log cabin & A Frame at Chewton? Its gone ‘Green”!! Here’s a call to arms for anyone who wants a day in the bush!!
Longer term PSC students and many graduates will remember our rural Chewton campus (complete with log cabin) and the weekend photographic workshops (through rain and shine) amid the fascinating and historic gold field landscapes….
A number of students have asked if we are still running those workshops.
The answer is that currently its been “put out to pasture” so to speak due to its rather ‘rustic’ facilities and costly maintenance involved in battling gorse bush and blackberry.
As part of our passion for regenerating the property, we have recently become involved in a Landcare program, linking other properties in the local community in being a “beacon” for sustainable landcare management and weed control (isn’t that what every good photography college does?).
This has resulted in us hosting seed collection days and assisting other members of the community revegetate their land with good native seedlings and plants. Now its our turn to have the community assist us to do the same
Sunday 29 April at 10.30 am is G(reen) day at PSC Chewton!!
It’s a great photo opportunity (for a photo essay etc ) and also for anyone who wants to “go rural” and have a day in the bush!
Read more via this link – http://connectingcountry.org.au/
Hope to see you there. (we’ll provide gloves for any PSC volunteers!) and the familiar BBQ lunch..
Any queries? Talk to Jon at PSC on 96823191 or jswiatkowski@psc.edu.au
STUDENT: Rachel Gedye, 3rd Year FT Commercial Major
ASSIGNMENT: 2nd Year, 2nd Semester Major Project
STUDENT COMMENT: I chose to create a recipe book for my 4th semester major folio. I wanted to create a nostalgic feel reminding viewers of cooking treats with their mothers and grandmothers.
I chose this project because I wasn’t confident with food and wanted to find a way to break into it. I was able to view the treats as objects instead of food and this helped a lot.
It was my first self-oriented project in the studio and I overcame a lot of fears.
I brought the recipes back to basics by hand writing them and concentrating on the ingredients more than the final product.
The PrintShop @ PSC is pleased to announce that we’ve added 2 new inkjet papers:
Harman Gloss Baryta Warm Tone & Hahnemuhle PhotoRag Bright White
Harman Gloss Baryta Warm Tone
320g.s.m. A fibre based paper which gives creamy whites & velvety black, with an Alumina coating ensuring a high degree of glossiness, optical image density and vibrancy. In my opinion the best paper for Black and whites
Hahnemuhle PhotoRag Bright White
At 308g.s.m. this is a heavy art paper, with a fibrous finish. The paper softens the image and mutes the colours giving a watercolour feel to the final image. Photo Rag Bright White is the choice for users who prefer an especially bright white cotton paper.
They are both 100% museum grade and comply with ISO standards thereby ensuring maximum longevity and conservation of prints.
STUDENT: Jordan Bollen, 3rd Year FT Fine Art Major
ASSIGNMENT: 2nd Year, 2nd Semester Major Project
STUDENT COMMENT: For my final folio of second year I decided to try and improve my conceptual development, I wanted to start with a concept or idea based on personal experience and let the images flow from there. The result is a series of images called “The City”, of which this image is a part.
The intention of this series was to communicate what it was like for me as a child moving from a small town in rural Victoria to a much bigger city and eventually spending time in Melbourne studying. For me as a child coming from such a small town and spending time in a place like Melbourne was, in a way, quite a culture shock. I wanted to document the city as I saw it, a huge, strange, intimidating place. I wanted this particular photograph to capture and express the sense of alienation that I felt.
Creating this series was a rewarding process, it was great to spend the semester working my way through a concept and coming out the other side with some fresh new images and some positive feedback on my work.
Brunswick Street Gallery
322 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
Exhibition Opening: Friday 13th April from 6pm
Exhibition Dates: 13 April–26 May 2012
We are thrilled to announce the (Nec)Romanticism exhibition, by PSC Graduate Tristan Davies. (Nec)Romanticism is an ongoing photographic search for eternity and an impalpable muse in the shadows, cities, animals and objects of both the real and imagined worlds.
Photography Studies College is a proud sponsor.
Tristan Divies’ work was proudly printed by The PrintShop @ PSC using our Fine Art Print services.
Centre for Contemporary Photography
404 George St, Fitzroy Victoria
Exhibition Opening: Thursday 12th April 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: 13 April–27 May 2012
For More Information: Centre for Contemporary Photography.
You are invited to a showcase of Australian art, MoNOW (Manifestations of Now) to be held from 7-27 April across prominent venues at Federation Square.
Launch of this exciting exhibition, 7-10pm, Saturday 14 April, at NGV Studio, No Vacancy, The Atrium and the Big Screen at Federation Square. Music by ¡Thunderclapp!
Photography Studies College is a proud sponsor.
Bindi Cole’s work was proudly printed by The PrintShop @ PSC using our Fine Art Print services
MoNow (Manifestations of Now) brings together eighteen contemporary Australian artists from diverse art practices and cultural traditions, with works that span drawing, sculpture, video installation, photography, live performance and hybrid artforms.
For more info see www.weaustralians.org
VENUE DATES: NGV Studio 7-26 April, No Vacancy 11- 26 April, The Atrium 14-27 April, The Big Screen 7-27 April 10.30am daily.
Saturday 14th April Launch party 7-10pm featuring music by ¡Thunderclapp! A new artist collective ‘bringing together a range of cultural practitioners in order to facilitate connections across race, class and generations’. With performance by Dario Vacirca (6-7.30) as part of his artwork, ‘Cult of Old Regret’ in the glass walls of the Fracture Gallery.
Thursday 19th April Public forum: The role of art in 21st century Australia. Explore, question and manifest notions of what art is, or could be, now. This is your chance to join Professor Nikos Papastergiadis, in discussion with Peter Tyndall and Hossein Valamanesh, two artists who have lived and breathed through an important transitional state of Australian art in the last 4 decades. For more Info
Thursday 26th April ART GURU TOUR Jump into the deep end in this fun and stimulating tour that will leave you with a fresh perspective on how to view art. This is not a tour for the passive observer. Artist and provocateur David Naylor finds accessible ways to engage and stimulate audiences into deeper reflection and embodied immersion into art.
Performances:
Sunday 15th 11-2pm Dario Vacirca @ The Atrium
Monday 16- 26th 11.30 -2.30pm (except Saturday) ZHEN, drawing her self portrait from memory as a daily performance that is recorded to create a captivating video narrative. @ The Atrium under the screen.
*There will also be a short performance at the opening by ZHEN.
Artist Talks:
Sunday 15th 3pm Dario Vacirca, 3.30pm Bindi Cole, 4pm Break, 4.30pm Paula do Prado, 5pm Carl Scrase, 5.30pm Deborah Kelly
Sunday 22nd 3pm Sapna Chandu, 3.30pm Jane Korman, 4pm Break, 4.30pm Keith LIm, 5pm Roberta Rich, 5.30pm TBA
