My time has been focused around media, media media. To put it simply, we've pretty much got the actual organisation of the event under control, but no-one even knows about it (well maybe that's an exxageration, but we need to get it out there more).
I've been working on a huge amount of media covering so many different angles. The thing with TINA is, because there is so much going on at the event, it means we need to try and cover it all - in one page press releases! Very difficult.
Here is some examples of the work I have been doing:
11 September 2007
BROKEN BIKES AND BITS – WE'RE BEGGING FOR THEM!
Want to get rid of those spare bike parts and daggy old helmets taking up space in the garage? Sick of looking at that pile of rusting bike locks and lights? Why not donate them to the 2007 This Is Not Art Bike Corral?
The Bike Corral is a new event at the 2007 This Is Not Art festival and are we are desperately seeking old and used bike parts to repair and restore for the event.
Together with This Is Not Art, the Newcastle Bike Ecology Centre will offer free bikes and tips on how to fix them yourself at the Bike Corral- in less than two hours!
During the festival, people can drop into the Bike Corral for a personalised workshop on repairing and reclaiming a bike destined for the tip.
To run the DIY workshops, we are seeking an array of old bike materials including adult helmets, bike locks, lights for safe riding, and any other spare parts people can donate.
Anyone wishing to donate broken bikes and bits, can deliver them to the Newcastle Bike Ecology Centre, 106 Robert St, Islington, between 8am and 7pm daily.
Also at the Bike Library , people pay a refundable $20 deposit for a ready-to-ride pushbike to borrow for the course of the festival. Bikes which were previously junk have been repaired by volunteers so that visitors to Newcastle can have clean and cheap transport for the duration of their stay. Old helmets will help make this a safe option too!
The Bike Corral is part of more than 200 events to be held at the 2007 This Is Not Art festival, which is Australia's largest independent, experimental and emerging media and arts festival. It will be an excellent opportunity for Novocastrians to take part in a clean energy initiative, with the added bonuses of cheap transportation and and recycling.
And you get rid of your junk too!
For more information visit www.thisisnotart.org.
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Media Contact: Marni Jackson
This Is Not Art Festival Coordinator
Phone: 0423 613 904
Email: marni@thisisnotart.org
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So that was something for the Bike Corral Event I am organising.
11 September 2007
EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS IS NOT ART 2007
This Is Not Art is
This year a series of exciting visual arts exhibitions adorn the program, bringing a dynamic group of artists for our workshops and panels. Exhibitions include ARTETEXT, an interdisciplinary investigation into the use of language in art, an exhibit of comics and adjoining panels and workshops, a shop front full of wearable art from reSkin Wearable Technology Lab, and an entirely online exhibit of current Australian and International Net art practices.
Head to the website for full details on all exhibitions and artists.
Artetext
Podspace Gallery:
Opening Friday 28 September, 17:30 – 18:30.
This Is Not Art presents an exhibition of visual, installation and sound art that takes and transforms text. Discover the madness of life in a
Taking eye-candy from strangers: the NYWF comics exhibition
Sushi & Cigarettes:
Opening: Friday 28 September 17:00 – 18:00
Shift your reality into the second dimension and enter the weird world of Australian comics. It’s a mini-showcase of sequential art, with artists bringing their twisted worlds to life on the backs of napkins, in full-colour mags, on walls, in graphic novels and more. Featuring Ben Constantine, Jo Waite, Shaun Tan, David Blumenstein, Mel Stringer, Tony Newton, Hayden Fryer and Nicki Greenberg.
High Tea with Mrs Woo:
Opening Thursday 27 September 17:00 – 18:00
An exhibition of works from the reSkin Wearable Technology Lab integrating electronics and new materials into traditional craft practices and design. Featuring works by Alexandra Gillespie, Keith Armstrong, Celia Heffer, Leah Heiss, High Tea with Mrs Woo and Sarah Kettley.
Electro-Online
Launching 27 September
Electro-Online 07 samples current Australian and International Net art practices. A gateway to different constellations of works, it presents the navigator with a choice of trail and invites discoveries en route. Featuring works by Aaron Oldenburg, Alan Bigelow, Alan Perlin, Alexander Mouton, Anders Weberg & Robert Willim, Andy McKeown, Annabel Castro Meager, Dennis-Kratz, Francesca Roncagliolo, Heather Raikes, Henry Gwiazda, Jody Zellen, judsoN, Kate Pullinger & Chris Joseph, mez breeze, Michael Takeo Magruder, Olivier Vanderaa, Peter Horvath, Richard Vickers, sadmb (Sadam Fujioka + Osamu Sambuichi), Stanza, Pip Shea and Jenny Fraser.
Special Event
This Is Not Art Art Walk Walk
Meet at: TAFE Front Room Gallery,
Friday 28 September
This guided walk and talk will take in all of the festival Art Sites - galleries, shop windows, and The Lock-up’s prison cells. Starting at 3pm, the tour then winds its way through the city centre, finishing the excursion with a free bus back to the Podspace exhibition opening at 5.30pm. A great way to see all of the works, with some insider info from the artists and curators.
Exhibition artists are involved with additional programmed events, including artist presentations and panel discussions.
For more information on the exhibitions, artists (including other events these artists are involved in), openings and the full program of events, visit www.thisisnotart.org
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Media Contact: Claire Hargreave
This Is Not Art Publicity Coordinator
Phone: 0406 159 062
02 4927 1475
Email: tina.publicity@gmail.com
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And that was one on the event as a whole
At the moment, I'm working on specialised releases so we can get lots of local coverage.
More on them tomorrow once I have them done.
Allyson.
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