arts & culture. airs on 2SER (107.3 fm) every Saturday 11am – 1pm.
[Al Mucci and Mark Gerada at the opening of Koala Land]
Mark Gerada is an artist and designer who also lectures at UTS. He was enlisted by Al Mucci of Dreamworld to embark on a project – Koala Land – which brings attention to the dramatic decline of koalas due to competition with humans for habitat, and prevent the the extinction of these cuddly creatures in Queensland.
Koala Land is on show now until September 13th at UTS DAB LAB.
[We Are Sorry by Zhang Rei]
Toby Chapman from 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art joins us in studio to talk about the Vertical Villages project, exploring the lives, experiences and perspectives of international students in Sydney. 4A’s shopfront has been turned into a lab, open studio, party-space and the hub of this research project, which will be realised in an exhibition in September.
Toby has also curated Zhang Rui’s One Year, a show that blends the politically charged with the mundane, through the blurred filters of Internet news and memes.