curating

Playful Public Art program for Fresh Air 14

February 24, 2014

Curated by public artist Sayraphim Lothian, Fresh Air’s playful public art program celebrates the playful appropriation of public space by artists working in various ways in the streets of Melbourne. – Kim Tairi Urban fox tales Little foxes wander Melbourne’s laneways. A series of tiny poems that chronical their adventures. They will be left in …

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Visible Studios at Federation Square

February 26, 2013

Visible Studios is a short term, curated Artist in Residence program for the atrium in Federation Square curated by public artist and curator Sayraphim Lothian. Between 19 – 26 May, artists will be invited to move their studio inside the Atrium, creating work in full view of visitors to Federation Square. Artists include: Ilona Nelson, …

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POstal goodness

September 4, 2009

The other day I recieved something wonderful in the mail. I’d been talking to a friend of mine’s mother, who knits her grandson all sorts of clothes, and I jokingly said to her “Oh, you should knit me some socks while you’re at it!” She laughed, I laughed, and the story was forgotten. Until the …

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Small musings

August 19, 2009

I’m in a strange situation. I’m stupidly overworked at uni, so I’m not spending all day crafting like I have in the past. And when I’m not doing uni work, I’m working on craft for the play, which I can’t show you because then it’ll spoil the surprise. So bloggically it looks like I’m not …

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The next exhibition – Echo’s Lost (artist callout)

June 15, 2009

I’m curating another exhibition for Fringe this year. Info below: Omnific Assembly is calling for submissions to their latest exhibition, titled Echo’s Lost, which will be held during the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2009. Echo’s Lost is an exhibition focusing on the idea of Memory and an exploration of what is left behind when memories …

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interview on 3CR!

January 14, 2009

I just wanted to let you all know I’m being interviewed on 3CR today at 5:30! They have a program called DIY Arts Show woth Nicole Hurbutise and Jane Curtis, and they’re running a series called:Arts Geek, DIY artists and the web. John Retallick from The Comic Spot was on last week, and this week …

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Curating according to Soda Jerk

September 30, 2008

So I’m part of a Craft Exchange Salon for Melbourne Fringe, put together by the Safari Team It’s a cool idea. The Safari Team made a bunch of craft and then put the call out. Anyone who wanted in emailed their name to the ST. The ST in turn, sent each participant some craft, in …

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Totem: Dolls with Souls

August 20, 2008

I’m curating a show for Fringe at Fed Square called Totem: Dolls with Souls through my artistic company, Omnific Assembly. I’m asking artists to create self portrait dolls, not of how they look on the outside but how they feel about themselves on the inside. I’ve had an incredible response, over 110 artists have signed …

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