Jasmine Targett reviewed by The Sydney Morning Herald

Today I found out I was reviewed twice by the Sydney Morning Herald! and I had no idea.... It is a lovely thing to be seen and heard as an artist and I am chuffed that its starting to happen at a National level. I am so grateful to those of you that have reached out and let me know your responses to the work - I have been overwhelmed and humbled. Thanks heaps guys!! Now onto the business of things... excerpts from the articles!

From  Dylan Rainforth's article on June 17, 2014 - 'Space: Around the Galleries- Fear of the future' 

"Jasmine Targett, has used NASA satellite data to represent the ozone hole – and the invisible terror of anthropogenic environmental harm – as a human-scaled, realistically iceberg-shaped sculpture. Because, like an iceberg, it’s what we can’t see that we should be afraid of."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/space-around-the-galleries-20140617-zsaii.html#ixzz35XDtl9RF

And From Dan Rule's article on June 22, 2014 - 'In the Galleries - Innovators 1'

"Britt Salt and Jasmine Targett’s sculptural installations are highlights. While Salt’s vast canopies of geometrically arranged rubber lines draw our attention to the dynamics of space and our journey through it, Targett’s mountainous sculpture – created using layers of Perspex – forms a prism of shifting, changing colour."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/in-the-galleries-20140617-zsah3.html#ixzz35XEKpNd5

New Project opening at Linden Centre for Contemporary Art

Dear Friends and colleagues,

It is my pleasure to give you a sneak peak of my latest installation project that is a part of the Innovators Program at Linden Centre for Contemporary Art and invite you to the Exhibition Opening!

Exhibition Opening: 6 – 8pm Thursday 22 May, 2014.

Linden Centre for Contemporary Art

26 Acland Street, St Kilda 3182 Victoria

Artist - Jasmine Targett
'Blind Spot', 2014

Perspex and Mirror
2.2m x 1.7m x 1.2m

My latest installation project, Blind Spot, has been a daring attempt to map out a large three dimensional hole in space. A complex and multifaceted anti-form that is as optically impossible to describe as the space inside an atom.

Blind Spot describes one of the most significant environmental discoveries of our age- the Ozone Hole. Like an iceberg looming in space, it is a dark wonder of the natural world, a landmark that cannot be found on any atlas or world map. Its appearance in our atmosphere every spring is a haunting reminder of how we close we come to pushing our environment beyond the point of regeneration.

Finding a means to visually and conceptually fathom otherwise unperceivable aspects of nature, the work aims to delineate the blind spot in perception that fails to make the connection between existence and the systems within nature that support it. Further exploring the tension between perception and visibility.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Innovators 1

EXHIBITION DATES:
Friday, 16 May 2014 - Sunday, 22 June 2014

ARTISTS:
Jessie Bullivant, littlewhitehead, curated by David Hagger, Nicholas Ives, James Bonnici and Amelie Scalercio, Britt Salt, Jasmine Targett

Linden's Innovators series of exhibitions presents new and innovative contemporary art. The artists in Innovators 1 respond to the unique spaces at Linden, through painting, sculpture, installation and intervention

See you at the opening!

Installing at Linden for Innovators 1....

This week's install was epic at Linden Centre for Contemporary Art. Blind Spot is the year long project that I have been working on that has been funded by the Australia Council for the Arts. A labor of love (or total insanity), I am thrilled to be able to share a sneak peak of the work before it opens! 

A massive thank you and explosion of cosmic love to all of the friends and family that rallied round to help bring this project into being. I physically could not have done it with out you!! Sarah Wilmot, Nadia Mercuri, Thomas Ryan, Stef Watson and Dominique Morgan - you are truly loved!

Blind Spot awarded new work grant from the Australia Council for the Arts!

.... for those of you that follow my blog I am about to do some serious back dating of news events and updates for my records so forgive me but the wonderful news is well overdue!

Late last year (2013) I was awarded a new work grant for the biggest project I have ever attempted...I am thrilled to be pushing my arts practice to new heights (literally in this case!) Blind Spot is a year long project that will focus on reinterpreting traditional craft materials and techniques, working with new technologies to find an innovative way to respond to the theme the artwork addresses-

'In every observation there is a blind spot, the spot on the retina where the optical nerve is connected making the eye blind on that very spot, all one can do is try to move these blind spots, in an effort to catch a glimpse of the invisible'

The Australia Council for the Arts is an amazing resource for Australia Artists... they reveal hidden truths about Aussie culture like: 

watch this space for project updates....

Life Support Systems nominated for Artecycle Award 2013

I am delighted to share that Life Support Systems was shortlisted for the 2013 Artecycle Art Award at Incinerator Gallery.

The exhibition runs from the 24th May - 14th July 
@ Incinerator Gallery
180 Holmes Rd, Moonee Ponds

About the Work

Life Support Systems uses NASA space suit helmet glass to map the history of monitoring Earth’s Atmosphere and today’s attitudes towards Climate Change: the forecast for tomorrow.

Visually we first became aware of the role Earth’s atmosphere plays in weather and sustaining our environment in the space race’s iconographic images. In the 1950s the dichroic glass lens of the space suit helmet reflected the first view of Earth as a tiny fragment in an ecosystem of universal proportions from which no part is immune from the changes of its counterparts. NASA’s further atmospheric observations have revealed the current ecological crisis.

We produce vast amounts of scientific data to comprehend changing environmental conditions. This information challenges our perception of our environment and ourselves as we strive to understand the balance we need to live sustainably.

Life Support Systems is a series of three atmospheric weather maps that chart shifting weather conditions in the atmosphere over Antarctica that have global implications. The work aims to explore how the forecast for tomorrow’s weather is reliant on our perception of our environment today.

You can see Jasmine talking more about the work by clicking (here)

You can find out more about the award by clicking (here)

Crumbling Ecologies Exhibition Opening

Tomorrow is the long awaited opening of Crumbling Ecologies.... and your all invited!!

Exhibition Opening - 6 - 8pm, Thursday April 26, Craft Victoria - 31 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

You may have heard about the project on the street... in the studio.... in the Age today, or even this months in Vogue - the Crumbling Ecologies Project has arrived! The exhibition is being opened by the legendary Grace Cochrane, former Senior Curator at Powerhouse Museum Sydney.

a little more on the project to date...

Crumbling Ecologies interrogates the impact of the economic climate on both environmental conservation and arts education in Melbourne. In times of economic crisis both art and conservation funding is cut, raising questions on their value to culture and society. A response to the ongoing threatened closure of many media specific courses across Victoria, the works examine the relevancy of these materials within contemporary arts practice and the impact the loss of educators will have on Melbourne’s artistic culture.

The central work in the exhibition Crumbling Ecology, features thousands of hand made geranium leaves that on closer inspection appear on the brink of crumbling, embodying the story of their makers- the artists directly impacted. Geraniums signify the economic impact on the ecological equilibrium and the importance of preserving craft as a diverse form of contemporary arts practice within Victoria.

The collaborative installation of over 35,000 hand-cast porcelain geraniums has been made by practicing artist and teachers who wish to comment on how the closure of Melbourne’s craft studios will impact their future careers and the status of Australian made, hand crafted ceramics on a national scale. Currently over 100 artists have been involved in the project from Melbourne, Regional Victoria and NSW...

to read more on the project go to - http://www.crumblingecologies.blogspot.com.au

Jasmine Targett on Art Emperor TV

Jasmine's latest installation in Wonderland at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei has been reviewed by Art Emperor Taiwan!

You can check out a guided tour review of the exhibition on youtube by clicking on the image above, or link below-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64wJKq5NcV0&feature=endscreen&NR=1

-Jasmine's work features about 1 min into the video.

For more on Art Emperor's coverage of Wonderland-

http://artemperor.tw/tidbits/501

'Space travel meets art in reflective exhibition' - Wonderland artworks Reviewed!

Monash international media center has released a feature article and review on my latest works in Wonderland at the Museum of Contemporary Art - Taipei


http://www.monash.edu.au/news/show/space-travel-meets-art-in-reflective-exhibition

Click on the image or link above to read more on the exhibition and works.

Wonderland @ MOCA Taipei: 10 Feb - 8 April 2012.