A research and practice-based
interactive symposium and exhibition.
Engaging the visual representations of art practitioners and their project participants.

The Symposium
For this symposium, titled the Fourth Moment, there will be an interrogation of what constitutes the current mode of arts practice through an examination of work produced by practitioners, community groups and young people. Questions about the use of the arts as a mode of regulation or liberation, and of postcolonial legacies of marginalisation visible within this practice,
will be explored during the symposium and throughout the exhibited artwork.

The intention is to discuss the past and present modes of art practice and share the rapid developments and challenges which individuals in the arts undergo.  

Submit your proposal by February 24th 2012 for: Workshops, Poster Presentations Project Presentations, Papers (250 word abstract) to: renderingthereal@gmail.com.  To read more please click here

The Exhibition
Artists and practitioners who have previously worked on or are currently involved in arts projects that engage young people are invited to discuss their work based upon the themes outlined for the symposium.

Rendering the Real would like to incorporate your work within the symposium and five week exhibition to be held at the 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning.  If your work is relevant to the symposium themes and context why not express your interest to exhibit and discuss its content.

Please submit:
4 to 6 JPEG images for projection
or a short film no longer than five minutes.
Your project description of 250 words by February 24th 2012
to: renderingthereal@gmail.com

Successful applicants will be confirmed by February 29th 2012.  Work will be published in a catalogue.
Please note: There are limited spaces so please submit your project by February 24th 2012
to: renderingthereal@gmail.com

The Context
Rendering the Real is a both a material and discursive space that encourages an interrogation of works produced by arts practitioners and participants on art programs.

It aims to examine both the process and production of artwork, looking beyond the limits of specified project outcomes. The project does this by revealing or rendering the complexities, pleasures and lived experiences of the arts practitioners and the program participants, examining their positions and practices whilst making work. To read more click here