Lynette Wallworth is an Australian artist/filmmaker known for her innovative use of emerging technologies. Her work reflects on the connections between people and the natural world, engaging viewers in an exploration of fragile human states of grace through immersive environments, interactive technologies with gestural interfaces, and narrative long form film. In 2017, she received a News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches in Documentary Film for her virtual reality narrative Collisions (2016). Wallworth's works span virtual reality 360 film, feature documentary, and digital fulldome and interactive video installations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIM8mOYvPec
Exploring the mark as the embodiment of identity and intent. This
exhibition presents new works from Untethered Fibre Artists Inc. Eighteen
New South Wales artists interrogate, interpret and respond to the theme ‘signatures’
to produce an interrelated exhibition. Artists
Griffith | Fiona Hammond | Margo-Lynne Lee | Catherine Lees | Denise Lithgow |
Brenda Livermore | Helen MacRitchie | Mandy McAlister | Robyn McGrath |
Samantha Tannous | Kirry Toose | Judith Wilson | Elaine Witton.
Exhibition Dates: 25 March - 15 May. https://australiandesigncentre.com/signatures/
Little Big is a Russian rave band founded in 2013 in Saint Petersburg. They have released three albums and nine singles and wowed the world with their quirky take on life in Russia. Combination or music, art, video, dance, story and gymnastics. The team calls itself a satirical art collaboration and relies on their music, visuals, and dance actions to engage their audience. They mock the various national sterotypes about Russia. All the videos are filmed by co-founder Alina Pasok. The band shoots and produces all of their music videos together. The have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDFBTdToRmw
TradeMutt is a social
impact workwear brand, by tradies for tradies. They make funky eye-catching
workwear designed to start conversations about mental health among the blue
collar community, helping make an invisible issue impossible to ignore.
Through the sale of
Trademutt Workwear they help fund free and unlimited professional mental health
support for tradies, truckies and blue collar workers through our own support
service tiacs.org
https://trademutt.com/pages/trademutt-social-impact
South Korean designer Haneul Kim has collected thousands of used disposable face masks from his university campus and recycled them to create a stackable stool.
Called Stack and Stack, the project hopes to set an example for how the 129 billion single-use face-masks that the world goes through every month during the coronavirus pandemic can be diverted from ending up in landfill and in our oceans.
https://www.dezeen.com/2021/01/06/haneul-kim-stack-stool-face-masks-design/
A collection of bright pink seesaws allowed people to interact over the US-Mexico border, won the prestigious Design of the Year award, with its creators saying they hoped the work encourages people to build bridges between communities.
The artwork was put up on July 28, 2019, and removed from the politically charged border barrier after less than an hour. The Design Museum named the project as the overall winner of the Beazley Designs of the Year competition for 2020, having considered 74 projects by designers from around the world. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-20/pink-seesaws-us-mexico-border-wall-win-uk-beazley-design-award/13072818