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Dual accomplishments for COFA researchers

Article released: Friday, 02 June, 2006

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COFA’s Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics (CCAP) is a research centre that fosters research activities by theorists, artists and curators in the fields of visual culture, current political issues and new media.

Australian contemporary artist Susan Norrie is a COFA Postgraduate PhD Researcher with the centre and it has just been announced by the Australia Council that Susan Norrie will be representing Australia along with two other artists at the 2007 Venice Biennale.

Australian Commissioner John Kaldor said: 'My aim for the next Biennale is to show the richness and diversity of Australian contemporary art. Norrie, von Sturmer and Morton have each established a strong reputation as innovative artists at the forefront of our visual arts practice.'

The three artists will exhibit in three different spaces at the Biennale. Susan Norrie will present her COFA PhD work - an immersive video installation - that explores pervasive geopolitical issues of a planet in turmoil. Norrie will also be participating in the Busan Biennale in South Korea in September 2006.

COFA lecturers Anna Munster and Michele Barker who are also actively engaged with the research and work of the CCAP recently jointly won the 'Dynamic' category in the 2006 Australian Harries National Digital Prize for their work Struck which will also feature in a solo exhibition the new media collaborators will be staging at The Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2007.