Canberra Contemporary Art space Quick Draw Fundraiser

Quick Draw is a novel idea where the punter’s names are drawn from a hat and randomly matched with an artwork. There is a small risk involved, as the price of a ticket buys a work, but no one knows what they will receive until their name is drawn.
All funds raised will go directly to artists exhibiting at Canberra Contemporary Art Space’s Gorman Arts Centre gallery. Artists’ fees have always been a high priority for CCAS, and Quick Draw 2017 will ensure that these fees continue into the future. Comprising of 50 of Canberra's hottest artists in varying stages of their career Quick Draw is a fantastic way to get involved and support Canberra’s vibrant contemporary art scene.

Christopher Burton, Clear cut, 40 x 40cm, 2017 

An Exhibition of the Photocopy, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery

Calling all Graduates and Staff of ANU SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN, Printmedia and Drawing + Graphic Investigation Workshop, we'd love you to step behind the photocopier and make a print for our 40th Anniversary exhibition at Megalo.

left, Millan Pintos Lopez, Right Christopher Burton

Random 2017 ANU School of Art Foyer Gallery

Random is a celebration of art. Open to all friends of the art community to exhibit your works at the ANU

M16 Artspace

M8
Joel Arthur, Riley Beaumont, Christopher Burton, Christopher Dalzell (Walrus), Mikhaila Jurkiewicz, Rowan Kane, Milan Pintos-Lopez, Kael Stasce

Gallery 1

23 March – 9 April 2017

Opening 6pm Thursday 23 March

Exhibition continues until 5pm Sunday 19 April

This exhibition of eight artists highlights the way relationships between each others’ practices has evolved and how conceptual and aesthetic inspiration has developed in each individuals’ work.

Christopher Burton Left: 'Luminescence', 2017, graphite on board, 135 x 122cm Right: 'Confined', 2017, graphite on board, 120 x 90cm 

Number 01:

Dilapidated Inner North Gallery Project In The Australian Capital Territory

Joel Arthur, Riley Beaumont, Christopher Burton, Rowan Kane, Jack Musich, Benjamin Shingles.

ONE NIGHT ONLY EXHIBITION FEB 24 2017

Copenhagen Institute for Interaction Design Lecture

Lauren Serota service designer is the third open lecture at Copenhagen Institute for Interaction Design Ive been able to take part in, The lecture topic was on positives and negatives of social impact in design. Peoples reality and what shapes individual experiences into perspectives that might alter what we do and don't do. There was a strong feeling of wanting to change the old in the lecture and re create more useable frame works for people to navigate through everyday life situations. Serota travels a lot within her field which opens her experiences to different cultures and how things work within everyday systems.

The lecture created a conversation within my own personal practice, ideas and what structure I could create within making that could help translate what imagery I was trying to use.

You can find out what Lauren is working on here http://www.laurenserota.com

V1 Gallery and Gallery Poulsen Copenhagen

During my stay I journeyed over to the Meat packing district where small independent galleries have opened alongside restaurants and boutique breweries. There is a great atmosphere among the old buildings that have been relatively left as they were when they were closed down, giving the space an interesting juxtaposition between an industrial heart and creativity. V1 Gallery started in 2002 with there aim to be involved in representing local and international artists and create a strong sense of community within the area. I had a talk with one of the exhibition curators who gave me advice on exhibiting in the gallery and what I could do for financial help through the Danish government who have a range of different artist grants available for visiting artists. Gallery Poulsen is in the same area and has the same aim for representing artists but they have a stronger cohort of American artists and the gallery also takes part in art festivals in New York, Miami and Basel. The area was very accessible and I would like to look into avenues for future projects in these areas especially working with the Danish government. 

V1 Gallery

http://www.v1gallery.com

Gallery Poulsen

http://www.gallerypoulsen.com

Learning Programming

Foundations of Programming with Java Script 1-6 p5.js. I started by following the tutorials Dan Shiffman had uploaded for beginning the process of simple programming sketches and coding to adapt to a new way of interpreting a mark, line or object. These first lessons break down what needs to happen to enable a line from point to point through the use of steps.

Generative Design allows me to look at how these programming rules are translated into more of a complex field of marks. This book has in depth tutorials for sketches.

Generative Design: Hartmut Bohnacker,Benedikt Gross,Julia Laub

http://shiffman.net

Copenhagen Institute for Interaction Design Lecture

Joshua Noble presented a lecture that explored creative practices and the un easy relationship between art and design. There was a strong focus on building classrooms with so many multi disciplinary creatives, to create a more engaging and cultural future together. Similar to the last lecture Joshua talked about the progression of technology and where we are now in the world, and is it the right place to be with the knowledge we have.

http://resonate.io/2015/artists/joshua-noble/

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Eye Attack is an exhibition of op art and kinetic art from the 1950s through till the 1970s with more than 40 artists and 100 works. Its a strong sensory experience that showcases the movements crafted optical illusions that give you an un easy satisfaction. The exhibition pulls together so many of the greats to represent the movements geometrical language and journey through paintings and industrial materials.