Installation of Beyond 50% in Backspace Gallery, Art Gallery of Ballarat with performance video, Panmela Castro, Caminar, 2017 and installation by Aldona Kmieć, Don't weigh me down, 2019.
THE CACHE CURATING STORY
CACHE Curating is a creative business founded by artist, curator and project manager, Felicity Martin as a way to work on engaging and creative projects. In a world of irritating acronyms, she decided to create her own.
CACHE stands for Culture, Art, Collections, Heritage & Events. "As an independent curator, my work and research has been dedicated to and inspired by developing engaging experiences for audiences in the creative and cultural sectors."
Cache, the word, is both a:
(1) a collection of items that are stored in hidden or inaccessible places
Art and heritage collections, are often in storage and difficult to access. Bringing collections and social history stories to light through interpretation and research, is one of the key functions of curating and developing engaging audience experiences. CACHE curating investigates memory and the way we store and access them to tell our stories.
Women have been hidden from history and one of Felicity's key interests is recovering women from the past and sharing the ideas and stories of women from our present.
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2) in the online world, cache also refers to digital memory and how data is stored closer to the processor to reduce response time latency.
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Memory, response, collections, storage, display, hidden meanings, digital communication and design, creation and collaboration are all part of connecting material culture to audiences, creating stimulating, engaging and entertaining experiences. The digital environment offers inventive ways to access data and deliver immersive experiences for audiences.
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CACHE services include:
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curating art and heritage exhibitions
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writing marketing strategies and plans
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developing and managing events
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creating public programs
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research and reports
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project managing creative projects and public art initiatives
BEYOND 50%:ART ACTIVIST ART AGAINST GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
Beyond 50% is an exhibition that explores art that is made by artists, collectives and the community to activate social change. Often referred to as artivism, activist art was championed by the feminist artists of the 1960's to campaign against gender inequality. Violence against women is one of the biggest barriers to gender equality and a consequence of changes in gender equality today. This exhibition brings together international, Indigenous and local artists/collectives who are adopting art making to change our social values towards rape and domestic violence.
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The exhibition opened on 7 March with an official launch with Kim McConville, Executive Director , Beyond Empathy held on International Womens' Day, 8 March 2019.
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Supported by the City of Ballarat and the Art Gallery of Ballarat was held at Backspace Gallery, Art Gallery of Ballarat.
Panmela Castro | Ram Devineni &
Dan Goldman | Tal Fitzpatrick |
Catherine Gomersall | Aldona Kmieć
Beyond Empathy & Community
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