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International Art Residencies 2009

by anurakri — last modified 2011-08-23 13:49

International Women Art Residency 2009 (IWAR )

IWAR was held from 7th December 2009 to 7th January 2010 at the Theertha Art Guest House, Pitakotte. The artist Manori Jayasinghe (Sri Lank), Louise Low Seok Loo (Malaysia) , Sajeewani Hewawitharana (Sri Lanka), Sonia Jose (India) , Saurganga Darshandhari (Nepal) and Therica Miyanadeniya (Sri Lanka). The exhibition was held from 7th to 17th January 2010 was held at the Red Dot Gallery. Artists Talk where participating artists presented their art portfolios to an invited audience of artists, art students and others were held on 18th December 2010.

L to R: Works of Louise Low Seok Loo, Manori Jayasinghe, Sonia Jose.

L to R: Works by Saur Ganga, Sanjeevani Hevawitharana and Therica Miyanadeniya

International Art Residency (New Media Art) 2009

The New Media Residency was held from 1st to 30th March 2010. The Participating artist were Eline Jongsma (Netherlands), Kel O'Neill (USA), Kusal Gunasekara (Sri Lanka), Manoj Baviskar (India), Pradeep Thalawatta (Sri Lanka), Prasanna Ranabahu (Sri Lanka), Sarawut Chutiwongpeti (Thailand). The international artists Kel and Eline were documentary film maker and video artists while Manoj was performance artists who also worked with video. Sarawut was primarily engaged in digital art and video art. Kel and Eline did number of lectures and presentation on documentary film making and their work which included lecture at the Sociology department, University of Colombo, Design class at the Institute of Architecture and at Theertha for the art student community. They also provided Theertha artists with practical training on documentary film making and film editing during their stay. The exhibition was held at the Red Dot Gallery from 27 March to 7th April and this was the first time the whole exhibition was presented as a New media exercise. The Sri Lankan artists Kusal, Prasanna and Pradeep in turn produced video and digitial art.

What is important is that this new media art exercise gave THeertha the insight into the nature of equipment, knowledge update on using video/ film editing and the relevant software/ hardware to support New Media Exhibitions. Since hiring equipment such as multimedia projectors and LCD screens, computers, sound systems etc Theertha had to borrow many from other sources to support the exhibition. However, this has given Theertha a fair idea of what equipment to invest on for supporting future New Media art activities. This also gave artists a fair idea of the quality of equipment needed for video/film/ digital work. We hope this residency will encourage more artists to work and experiment in New Media Art.

To see film Empire: 7º00 N 81º00 E (excerpt)by Eline Jongsma and Kel O Neil Click here

Art Guesthouse Residency 2009

Theertha is developing relations with Malaysia for a long term art exchange and exhibition possibilities for the Sri Lankan artists with the Shalini Gnanedra Gallery (SGG) in Kuala Lumpur. As part of this process an artists from Malaysia supported by the SGG Yeoh Kean Thai did a 3 months residency at the Theertha Art Guest House from 30 October to 30 December 2009. During his stay he developed and exhibition doing collaborative work with number of Sri Lanka artists. The exhibition was taken to Malaysia and hopes to be displayed at number of venues. Yeoh Kean Thai also actively involved in Theertha programs where his effort was given on a voluntary basis. The accommodation, part of living expenses and exhibition was sponsored by Theertha. Theertha hopes to continue to work towards developing stronger links with Malaysia through the residencies and exhibition programs.

Up Coming Events

theertha International Artists’ Collective, takes pleasure in inviting you to the preview of ‘Imagining Aftermath’ by G.R. Constantine curated by Anoli Perera The first of the eight exhibitions of the "Theertha Pradarshana Wasanthaya - 2011" at theertha Red Dot Gallery 36 A, Baddegana Road South, Pitakotte on SATURDAY, 29th January 2011 at 6.30 pm The exhibition will remain open till 9th February 2011 Gallery Hours: Monday to Wednesday 10.30 AM - 5.00 PM Sundays, open on call, 0773665548, 11.00 AM - 4.30 PM. Closed on all public and mercantile holidays ***

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