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Is an exhibition and accessible digital document celebrating recent Art et al. collaborations funded by ​Creative Australia across 2023 and 2024. The exhibition runs from June 21 - July 19, 2024 at Res Artis ​Project Space in Melbourne, Australia. Please scroll to the next pages to interact with the digital ​document. This document is to help those who cannot visit the exhibition to still experience the ​creativity of these collaborations, as well as, to provide extra information to those who are able to visit.

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Peer to Peer Collaborations pair an disabled artist in one country with a non-disabled artist in ​another country, to share ideas, learn from, and to create new artworks.

Indonesian artist Mutia Bunga collaborated with Paul Hodges, an Australian artist with Arts ​Project Australia. Paul and Mutia shared their artwork and process, deciding on the theme of ​‘hybridity’ after several conversations. From here the framework of the collaboration came ​together with both artists working in their studios to create a series of small drawings to be ​made into a stop-motion animation embracing hybridity.

Hybridity, in its most essential form, means mixture. Exuberant forms brimming with figurative ​and botanical elements formed this body of work, e-zine, and final animation. Led by Mutia, she ​combined her vibrant and ethereal semi-abstract watercolours with Paul’s figurative drawings, ​including details of body parts and animals.

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Mutia Bunga and Paul Hodges, Hybridity animation still (2023)

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Harriet Body and Clemens Wild, Gathering (tablecloth 1),

paint and embroidery on tablecloth, 153 x 136 cm (2023)

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Harriet Body and Clemens Wild, Gathering (tablecloth 2),

paint and embroidery on tablecloth, 216 x 147 cm (2023)

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Indonesian disabled artist Winda Karunadhita collaborated with Adelaide based, Indonesian ​born artist Mawarini. Winda and Mawarini decided to exchange drawings, with the other ​responding in a way they chose to, all around the theme of ‘friendship’ and what it meant ​to them. Each week, alongside chatting daily on What’s App about their love of Japanese ​culture, floral designs and cats, they sent artworks to each other in the post or via email for ​the other to add to.

Winda and Mawarini were both in the same country at the same time, due to Mawarini’s ​travels, so they became the first of our Peer to Peers to meet in person, not once but twice. ​The resulting artworks were beautiful and varied, including paintings on canvas, drawings, ​papercuts, digital works, and even a printed zip bag utilising a collaborative digital design.

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Winda Karunadhita and Mawarini, Bird, 2023

Papercut and graphite on paper, 29.7 x 42cm

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Hena Alexanda Lane Dupreez, who works out of the DADAA studio, collaborated with Swiss ​artist Gabi Deutsch. Initially Gabi and Hena were making drawings inspired from each other’s ​landscapes, but over the chats and sharing works, the collaboration began to form an exciting ​‘ping-pong’ style where the artists continued to develop ideas each expanding on the artists’ ​new work presented during the online meet-ups.

Inspired by one of Hena’s geometric prints and an image of Western Australia, Gabi made ​two ceramic sculptures. Hena then made a series of small scale drawings inspired from ​Gabi’s forms. Everyone loved the imagination behind Hena’s drawings, so Gabi sent him ​photographs of her unfired ceramics. Hena printed them and drew designs on top to inspire ​Gabi’s glazing process.

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Gabi Deutsch in collaboration with Hena Alexa Lane Dupreez, Loch Ness Monster Mountain,

fired ceramic, 32 x 22 x 22 cm (2024)

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Gabi Deutsch in collaboration with Hena Alexa Lane Dupreez, Warrior,

fired ceramic, 21 x 27 x 13 cm (2024)

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Gabi Deutsch and Hena Alexa Lane Dupreez, Tower to the Sky,

fired ceramic and painted lamp, dimensions variable (2024)

Hena Alexa Lane Dupreez, drawing from his series:

Insight into Cosmic Form, 21 x 14.8 cm (2024)

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Curating Collections commissions disabled or neurodivergent artists to curate projects with ​artworks from an established international collector or collection.

Swiss based disabled artist Philomena Heinel who attends Atelier Rohling, collaborated with ​Melbourne based Collector Dr. Michael Schwarz. Philomena and Michael connected over Zoom, ​with a shared interest in animals and nature.

They decided to focus on three main themes that Philomena brought together in a collection ​titled ‘Michael’s Colourful and Bold Art World.’ The themes were animals, flowers and things that ​were a bit scary, but not too sinister! In the digital e-booklet that can be found online, Philomena ​wrote short poems or stories to go alongside each of her selected works, giving you an insight ​into her world and way of thinking.

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Sarah Goffman, Vase, 2023, Recycled plastic, and permanent marker, 10 x 8 x 20 cm

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The poem in written form for Sarah Goffman’s ‘Vase’

A woman walks through the streets collecting plastic bottles.

People are already asking what she is doing with that much plastic.

Because I make art with plastic.

I paint them all.

That looks wonderful.

This is extremely fun.

Then it is reassuring that you can save the waste from the earth.

This is why I have already painted many plastics.

That makes me strong and courageous.

Every plastic has a different shape, and that makes everything even more interesting.

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All the artists, collectors, studios and organisations that we were able to

work with through this Creative Australia funding

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This document has been created by Art et al. co-founders Lisa Slominski and Jennifer Gilbert