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Future Imperfect Art Show Launch

swancon36 — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:33:25 +0000

Official opening at 8:00pm, Thursday 21 April at the Hyatt Regency Perth, by Eric Ripper, Leader of the Opposition and SF Geek. Open all Easter weekend, from 9:00am to 6:00pm.

Natcon Fifty will host ʻFuture Imperfect: Exploring the future from the pastʼ, a semi-professional art show to be held over the Easter weekend in 2011 in Perth, Western Australia.

ʻFuture Imperfect: Exploring the future from the pastʼ will explore the way people have historically imagined our present, bringing the past and the future together in new and interesting ways.

Download the catalogue (pdf)

Participating artists

Sandy Gaskett
Gas Bomb Girl | Facebook page

Jenna Downing
Evil Genius in Residence

Kathleen Jennings
Tanaudel

Christopher Phillips
Catalogue

Lisa Rye
Lisa Rye

Pia Van Ravestein
Ravenari | Gallery

Gaston Locanto
Gallery

Kathryn Linge
Website

Christina Lorenz
Gallery

Nancy Lorenz
Gallery

Please direct any enquiries about the show to Amanda

Not long now!

swancon36 — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 04:56:01 +0000

It was almost thirteen months ago that we launched Swancon Thirty Six | Natcon Fifty, and now we have less than a week to go! Here are a few last minute announcements, reminders and links!

Firstly, we are very sad to announce that Lyn McConchie and Mary Victoria are no longer able to attend due to unforseen events. We were so pleased when they said yes to being invited guests of the convention and they will be missed.

However (look away, Lyn and Mary!), we have so much for you to do and see that you should really start sleeping all day and night to prepare. If you haven’t already, take a look at our mintox program, and see more details of the Academic Stream and the WriterStream.

Thursday night is free, and you’ll be able to bring your friends to sample the Swancon experience. The hilariously geeky BRENT! will launch the convention with some end-of-week LOLs, followed by a debate over the assertion that “We are Living in a Computer Simulation”. Then join Eric Ripper, SF fan and Leader of the Opposition, who will be launching the Future Imperfect Art Show. There will also be gaming and various panels, plus the Hyatt bar will be open for business if you just want to catch up with everyone.

Before the convention opens, you are invited to Meet Our Guests over lunch at Mai’s Vietnamese Restaurant East Perth. Places are limited, but there’s still some seats available if you get in quick!

If there’s one thing that fans love most of all, it’s Having Opinions. If that describes you, make sure you get your votes in for the Tin Duck and Ditmar Awards. There will be printed ballots available at the door so you can vote once you arrive. Check the links for eligibility criteria. Then join us for cocktails at the Orbit | Gollancz Natcon Fifty Awards Ceremony, for the presentation of these awards and more!

Saturday night is Masquerade night! Airbrush Tattoos WA are trading in the Dealer Room all weekend. They specialise in full colour and glow in the dark, waterproof airbrush tattoos small and large! They are also available for full costume tattooing – if you want something a little special for the Masquerade or any other program item, you are welcome to book ahead by email to make your appointment.

Lastly: Swancon only survives on the kindness of volunteers. If you have a strong attention to detail and a few hours to spare over the convention weekend we would love to hear from you.

Swancon Thirty Six | Natcon Fifty Program

swancon36 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:40:20 +0000

The draft Swancon Thirty Six | Natcon Fifty program is now online. While we are making every effort to make sure all details are correct, we cannot guarantee that items won’t change. We also have plenty of space for last minute program ideas, so if the mood strikes and you want to organise something, we’ll help provide you with space to do it.

View the full program, or see each day individually: Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday

Image from here

Future Imperfect Artists

swancon36 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:30:21 +0000

Natcon Fifty will host ʻFuture Imperfect: Exploring the future from the pastʼ, a semi-professional art show to be held over the Easter weekend in 2011 in Perth, Western Australia.

ʻFuture Imperfect: Exploring the future from the pastʼ will explore the way people have historically imagined our present, bringing the past and the future together in new and interesting ways. Here are our participating artists.

Participating artists

Sandy Gaskett

Gas Bomb Girl | Facebook page

Jenna Downing

Evil Genius in Residence

Kathleen Jennings

Tanaudel

Christopher Phillips

Catalogue

Lisa Rye

Pia Van Ravestein

Gaston Locanto

Kathryn Linge

Christina Lorenz

Nancy Lorenz

Please direct any enquiries about the show to Kate, or keep an eye on this site for updates throughout the year.

Future Imperfect Art Show

swancon36 — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:03:08 +0000

We’ll be announcing the artists participating in the Future Imperfect art show over the coming weeks. Take a look at the wonderfully creative people that we’ve announced so far:

Participating artists

Sandy Gaskett

Gas Bomb Girl | Facebook page

Jenna

Evil Genius in Residence

Kathleen Jennings

Tanaudel

Christopher Phillips

Catalogue

Future Imperfect Art Show

swancon36 — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:53:13 +0000

Future Imperfect Art Show

Natcon Fifty will host ʻFuture Imperfect: Exploring the future from the pastʼ, a semi-professional art show to be held over the Easter weekend in 2011 in Perth, Western Australia.

ʻFuture Imperfect: Exploring the future from the pastʼ will explore the way people have historically imagined our present, bringing the past and the future together in new and interesting ways.

Please direct any enquiries about the show to Kate, or keep an eye on this site for updates throughout the year.

Future Imperfect Art Show

swancon36 — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:22:35 +0000

ʻFuture Imperfect: Exploring the future from the pastʼ will explore the way people have historically imagined our present. We are seeking aspiring and semi professional Australian artists to examine this theme in a tight body of work. In order to be considered, please submit 2-3 low resolution images of your current work that best represents you.

For successful applicants, the Natcon50 art show will provide an attractive space to display your works of art to members of Natcon50 and the general public at no cost. The exhibition will be promoted widely, and will provide you with the opportunity to sell your works. Natcon50 will collect a 10% commission on the sale of each item.

Please send all queries and responses to the attention of Kate. We are looking to get expressions of interest by 10 April 2010. This doesn’t mean we expect you to have your ideas ready now. As this is a semi-professional art show, we expect that you will need to know that you have been selected to participate in order to provide you with plenty of time to plan and create your works. This timeframe is also necessary to assist the committee with funding applications and marketing.

Future Imperfect will run in addition to the fan art show that happens every year; details about that will be available next year.

If you have any questions about Future Imperfect or about anything relating to Swancon Thirty Six | Natcon Fifty, please don’t hesitate to send an email to thirtysix@swancon.com.au and we’ll get back to you promptly with a response.

Future Imperfect Art Show

swancon36 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:55:14 +0000

Call for Expressions of Interest

Natcon50 would like to invite expressions of interest for the exhibition ʻFuture Imperfect: Exploring the future from the pastʼ, to be held at Easter 2011 in Perth, Western Australia.

Submissions are invited for artists working in any media. Due to the exhibition space preference will be given to two dimensional pieces, however three dimensional works of art or other media will be considered.
Please send all queries and responses to the attention of Kate and ensure that your expressions of interest are lodged by 10 April 2010.

Download a pdf to circulate amongst your friends and colleagues here.