Original Cultures 2009-2010 – Visual Artists

Original Cultures focuses on two specific strands of modern performing arts: music and visual arts. Within these two strands Original Cultures works with both established and upcoming artists from the UK, Italy and Japan.

The 4 artists chosen to represent the visual arts strand for the first year of Original Cultures activities (2009) are:

• Will Barras (UK) – click to view bio
• DEM (IT) – click to view bio
• Erica il Cane (IT) – click to view bio
• Hiraki Sawa (JP) – bio coming soon

Together these 4 artists will take part in events in the UK, Italy and Japan throughout 2009 and 2010: Original Cultures Bologna 09 (June 2009), Original Cultures London ’10 (March 2010) and Original Cultures Tokyo ’10 (TBC).

During each event the artists will work together to create collaborative works inspired by the cultural exchange and interaction fostered by Original Cultures. This work will take place mainly during private workshops where the artists are given a brief to create new art, or in some cases given a free hand to come up with their own brief. The resulting works are then used as part of various activities such as public workshops, seminars, showcases and exhibitions.

You can view examples of the collaborative works created during Original Cultures Bologna 09 on the Original Cultures Art channel on Vimeo and our Flickr archive.

Related posts:

1. Original Cultures 2009-2010 – Musicians
2. Original Cultures Bologna 09 – CEP activities
3. Original Cultures – Pilot
4. Original Cultures Bologna ’09 – Live showcase
5. Original Cultures – An introduction

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