School of Visual and Performing Arts

Siting the Circle stems from a mutual ongoing interest in architecture, engineering and the built environment between Cesar Cueva and Sabine Pagan. The circular form of the bracelet, necklace and ring as individual objects hold the focus of their investigations. Drawing from individual research into architectural methodologies, the body is their landscape, both creating wearable structures to nestle into or sit proud on the body’s circumference.

Works dissolve scale and proportion when coupled with the body, blending body and land, reconstructing and mimicking the artificial landscape we inhabit.

Cueva’s hollow constructions play with volume and weight, his robust forms lightened through the use of precise incisions and dissections. Pagan’s boxlike forms pivot delicately and proudly on the body, her use of architectonic lines creating formal, elegant structures. Both share a technically rich understanding and respect for their materials combining handcrafted elements that contrast with industrially produced components creating confident and strong wearable structures.

Swiss born Pagan undertook her training in Switzerland and has a prolific career overseas and in Australia. She has worked for boutique jewellery Ateliers and jewellery manufacturers as well as undertaking numerous commissions and exhibiting widely. Pagan is currently lecturer in charge of the BA Jewellery degree at Charles Sturt University.

Cueva holds a BA in Gold and Silversmithing from the National School of Art, Canberra and has trained in Architectural Technology and Industrial Design. He has exhibited throughout Australia and internationally while accepting various private commissions. In 2004 Cueva co-founded Metalab Gallery and is currently Creative Director.

10b Fitzroy Place
Surry Hills NSW 2010
Australia
02 8354 1398

info@metalab.com.au
www.metalab.com.au
metalabgallery.blogspot.com

Wednesday to Friday 11am to 6pm
Saturday 11am to 5pm
or by appointment

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If you are considering university next year, iDAY 2009 is a must-attend event and will be invaluable in providing you with the information you need to make one of the most important decisions of your life.

It’s a day of ideas & inspiration to help you learn everything you need to know about studying a Visual and Performing Arts course at CSU.

Saturday 29 August, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
Visit the iDAY 2009 web site…

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Thanks to everyone who came and made the day such a great event. We were glad to see that we will have some more brilliant, creative young students in the near future.

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There will be a meeting of creative minds from across Australia in Wagga Wagga when Charles Sturt University (CSU) hosts the Symposia ‘09 conference on Thursday 6 and Friday 7 August. The two day creative arts conference brings together 14 speakers from across Australia including specialists in animation, lighting design, illustration, sound, web design, exhibition design, video, photography, multi-media, music, visual art and graphic design.

This is an intensive two day gathering of some of the leading creative practitioners in Australia, a combination of visual presentations, music, discussion and an opportunity to meet informally with speakers. Collectively the speakers have a vast array of experience and knowledge to inspire, stimulate and spark enthusiasm among the audience. This event will appeal to a wide range of people including, professional and aspiring artists, designers and performers, high school and TAFE students and anyone contemplating a creative career.

Organised by the School of Visual and Performing Arts at CSU at Wagga Wagga, the event will run over two days at the Riverina Playhouse from 8.30am to 5pm on Thursday 6 and Friday 7 August at the Riverina Playhouse, Cross St, Wagga Wagga.

Full details of the speakers and program is available at www.symposia.com.au.

Speakers
Chris Orchard
Neal Haslam
Murray Debus
Stuart McLachlan
Pete Hanshaw
James Newitt
Andy Sargent
Stephen Goddard
Brad Eldridge
Sheldon Lieberman and Igor Coric
Sophie Kurylowicz
CSU student panel

For bookings and information call the School of Visual and Performing Arts office on (02) 6933 2589

Students $15 per day or $30 for two days
Professionals $30 per day or $50 for two days
High School students $5
Group discounts available.

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Date: Friday 31st July, 2009
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Room 103 (Lecture Unit 2), Building 12, CSU Wagga Wagga
( Download the CSU Wagga Campus map here: http://www.csu.edu.au/about/maps/pdfs/csu-wagga.pdf )
Cost: Free

CSU School of Visual and Performing Arts is proud to announce that the acclaimed visual effects artist Lindsay Adams will be coming to Wagga this week to offer exclusive insights into one of the most mesmerising industries imaginable.

Lindsay Adams graduated from CSU Television Production in 2000 and went on to specialise in visual effects. He is now a lead compositor at Animal Logic having been part of the Oscar-winning team behind Australia’s first ever CG animated feature film Happy Feet. In the past year Lindsay has completed worked on Alex Proyas’ latest feature Knowing and Baz Luhrmann’s Australia. His impressive portfolio extends to such internationally acclaimed blockbusters as Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, 300, 28 Weeks Later, World Trade Center, Stealth, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, The Great Raid, House of Flying Daggers and Ghost Ship.

This is an incredible opportunity for anyone remotely interested in film or visualisation to hear from one of Australia’s leading digital effects artists up close and personal. So spread the word and come enjoy this exclusive event.

For more information please contact the School of Visual and Performing Arts on (02) 69 332 589 or visit http://www.csu.edu.au/svpa

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“BARD TO THE BONE”
OR
“Much Ado About Nothing when Macbeth and Julius Caesar meet
Romeo and Juliet in A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
By Bill Shakespeare
Directed by John Saunders & Kim Hardwick
Devised and put together by the Directors & the Cast of Second Year BA (Acting for Screen and Stage) Performers

Knock, knock. Who’s there? The Bard! The Bard who? The Bard of Stratford upon Avon Calling!

If Shakespeare was alive today he’d be over 440 years old. That’s pretty old, a bit smelly and on the nose, you’d think. But, today, the bard is still alive and very well – he is still the best! Shakespeare’s plays were written as popular entertainment, and his mass appeal still makes him the biggest and brightest mega-star ever. And what’s more – Shakespeare wasn’t meant to be nice! In fact he was BARD TO THE BONE.

What would happen if “Home and Away” hit Verona, that Little Italy town where those cute little kids Romeo and Juliet live? And remember murderous Macbeth? Those witches drove him crazy didn’t they? They certainly gave him a big dose of schizophrenia. Imagine if Burnam Wood doth come to Mirkwood Forrest in the “Lord of the Rings”? Precious Macbeth wouldn’t know whether he was Gollum or not, would he? Actually - did he kill Kenny? Or was it Duncan? Who cares? Because, back at The Forest you can hear the pastoral, comical, tragical, grunge band Bottom and The Mechanicals perform their latest hit, “I Kissed You through a Hole in the Wall”.

BARD TO THE BONE is A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet all tossed up in a Julius Caesar Salad.

Shakespeare was born to be bard.  These performers are BARD TO THE BONE. This show goes from bard to verse. So, make sure you come to see BARD TO THE BONE, or we’ll send Macbeth’s witches, Hamlet’s ghost and Bottom’s ass to come get you.

We have developed this production mainly for a series of performances especially for schools however
BARD TO THE BONE willplay at the Riverina Playhouse on Sunday 14th June at 2pm, and Wednesday 17th June at 8pm.
Tickets will be available at the door for $5.

For further information please call John Saunders on 6933 2312 or John Jones on 6933 2313
 or e-mail ute@csu.edu.au

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Now in our 6th year, the School of Visual and Performing Arts are proud to present the Australian International Animation Festival 2009.

The internationally renowned event has gone from strength to strength since its modest start in 2004 and become one of the largest festivals of its type in the world.

This year has secured amazing exclusives from more than 2,000 submissions from over 30 countries. The range of styles, genres and techniques is testament to the vibrancy and relevance of creative animation and the premiere screening of this highly acclaimed collection is happening right here in Wagga Wagga.

The International Competition programs are made up of an eclectic mix of films and will give audiences a complete, up-to-date snapshot of the international creative animation scene. In addition to these there are programs that focus on digital animating, puppet films and Australian made films. Rounding out the line-up are programs for Kids and High School aged audiences and even a “Late Night Bizarre” program for those whose tastes lurch to the truly odd and unfathomable.

A series of free talks and workshops given by filmmakers from all over Australia will provide those with questioning minds a chance to learn more about how and why these films get made. We can also reveal that if you purchase a Full Festival Pass you’ll be eligible to attend additional film premieres not advertised in the official program.

• Venue: Forum 6 Cinema
• Date: Friday 15th – Sunday 17th May 2009
• Cost: $10 Single Session or $30 Full Festival Pass
  Only $5 for Kids Program

For more Information visit: http://www.aiaf.com.au/

Tickets are now on sale

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30 June – 1 July

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The University Theatre Ensemble blasts in to 2009 with a bold and provocative production of Martin Crimp’s Attempts on Her Life; Opening at the Playhouse next week.  Join us on a rollercoaster ride through the major obsessions of the late twentieth century – terrorism, celebrity, pornography, ethnic violence, sex and ... new cars?  In seventeen episodes the ensemble interrogates Crimp’s script through all it’s dark humour, irony, cynicisim, beauty and cruelty.

Who is Anne?  A terrorist, a victim, a femme fatale, an artist?  Is she dead or is she alive?  And who is Annie and who is Anya?

Attempts On Her Life will turn your expectations of what a play can be on its head.  Don’t miss this exciting new production featuring the entire final year of students in the BA(Acting for Screen and Stage) and BA(Design for Theatre and Television) at Charles Sturt University.  The ensemble has worked in collaboration with the artistic team from Gearstick Theatre, Ashleigh Haynes Holyoake, Craig Higgs and Kevin Poynter to bring to the stage one of the boldest scripts of the last twenty five years.

The Riverina Playhouse
Cross Street
Wagga Wagga
June 6.11.12.13.18.19.20 @ 8pm
Matinee June 20 @ 2pm
$23.00 Adults
$11.50 Children
$18.00 Concession
$11.50 Students
$20.00 Groups 5+
Bookings:
Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre Booking Office
Phone: (02) - 6926 9688
Online: www.civictheatre.com.au

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