January 12 - February 1 2016
This project was made possible by the Australian Government's regional arts program, the Regional Arts Fund, which gives all Australians, wherever they live, better access to opportunities to practise and experience the arts.
Image copyright Richard Bennett
EDGE projects
EDGE2 isthmus
jazz geology art on Bruny Island Tasmania
EDGE2 Education is a resource for teachers. It provides materials based on the EDGE2 event, together with a range of simple sample activities. There is also a guide for teachers and contact details for assistance with using the website.
The first EDGE project, EDGE1 PERIPHERIES OF PRACTICE took place on Bruny Island, April 2 to May 24, 2015.
The second Edge project, EDGE2 ISTHMUS, took place at the Alonnah Hall, Bruny Island, January 12 to February 1, 2016, as part of MONA FOMA.
These events are recorded on the EDGE PROJECTS website
EDGE PROJECTS is an arts initiative by the Bruny Island based company, Social Justice Communications (SJC), in collaboration with leading mainland Tasmanian and Bruny Island artists, based in the southern regions of Australia. "Edge" is about working in the peripheries, both in a literal and abstract sense: the remote south, coastal edges, cutting edge practice. It is about how the seemingly infinite space of Bruny Island and southern Tasmania is understood through an artist's eye. Edge is also about breaking new ground; moving beyond the thresholds of conventional space or place; testing the limits of materiality. Caroline Rannersberger, a Bruny based artist, and Co-Director of SJC, is the curator of the project and is working closely with the artists to present events of national and international standing.
BRUNY ISLAND EDGE
photograph courtesy Richard Bennett