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FRONT COVER IMAGE: Heafligers Cottage, Peter Solness, 2016
MAYORS WELCOME 5
ARTS AND INCLUSION 7
FLEURIEU TOURISM 9
2016 SHIMMER PHOTOGRAPHIC BIENNALE LAUNCH
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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE – PETER SOLNESS
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exhibitions and venues
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workshops 47
events and artist talks 59
TIMETABLE 62
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MAYOR’S WELCOME
I’m proud to welcome you to the 2016 Shimmer
Photographic Biennale,
the fourth time the City of
Onkaparinga has presented
this one of a kind photographic
event in our beautiful region.
Held throughout the month of September,
Shimmer is a series of exhibitions, events,
photographic workshops, and artist
talks staged across 15 distinctive and
photogenic venues in Port Noarlunga and
the McLaren Vale wine precinct.
This year’s geographic concentration
allows us to highlight the region’s innate
flair for hosting and producing quality
art events, while celebrating the area’s
excellent food and world-class wines.
Shimmer celebrates the work of 30
emerging and established contemporary
local and interstate photographers
including Mark Kimber, Emma Hack, Peter Solness, and collective groups such
as Skrambled Eggs.
A choice of workshops will provide
opportunities to learn about light based
processes and techniques, develop new
skills in the Tintype Traveller, a pop up
caravan darkroom, or focus on creating
culinary images good enough to eat.
This year the City of Onkaparinga will also launch the inaugural Shimmer Photographic Time-lapse Competition to
encourage photographers to highlight
their time-lapse prowess.
The winner and finalists will be
announced and their work exhibited at
the launch of Shimmer, at the Arts Centre
in Port Noarlunga on Friday 2 September.
Shimmer continues to shine as a quality
arts event and an undisputed highlight on the arts festival calendar.
I warmly welcome you all to Shimmer and to our beautiful city.
Mayor Lorraine
Rosenberg
City of Onkaparinga
ARTS AND INCLUSION
Entering its fourth biennial
cycle, Shimmer will shine
throughout Port Noarlunga
and the beautiful McLaren Vale
region, with an illuminate array
of exhibitions, workshops, artist
talks and events.
This year we introduce the inaugural
Shimmer Photographic Time-lapse
Competition utilising the captivating allure
of time lapse photography to showcase our
city, the winners and shortlisted finalists of which are included in the program.
Celebrating our reputation as an art, food
and wine destination, the photographic
biennale sparkles for the month of
September as over 35 emerging and
established artists and photographers
interlink with their host venues to
sublimate their finest for your viewing and
tasting pleasure.
We would like to take this opportunity to
acknowledge all who have supported the
Shimmer vision from the past and into the
future. A heartfelt thank you goes to all the
artists who have produced such an eminent
range of inimitable work, and for providing
images and text explaining their work in
this booklet.
We are most grateful for your willingness
to share so generously of your visions,
craft and skills.
Thank you to the participating venues
for their substantial support of our
talented artists, and for enlivening the
local arts industry. Without your ongoing
investment in the future of the arts of
this region, our artists would operate
without a local platform and the region’s
reputation as an arts destination would
be culturally diminished.
And finally, we thank our sponsors for their generous assistance and unwavering contribution, particularly our
major sponsor, Red Poles, whose donation
of inexhaustible time and energy has
been integral for the successful delivery of this event.
With kind regards we welcome you to
2016 Shimmer Photographic Biennale and
trust this incandescent program brings the
light, colour and magic of photography a
little deeper into your world.
Jason Haskett, Team Leader Arts and Inclusion
Jaynie Langford, Coordinator
Shimmer Photographic Biennale 2016
SHIMMER FORWARD 2016
The Fleurieu region has always
had a strong connection to arts
and culture.
The region is a place where all the
wonderful elements of food, wine, arts
and culture weave together to form a rich
tapestry for all to experience – whether it is
those who are lucky enough to live or work
in the region or whether it is the tourist
and consumer discovering this wealth of
offerings to be savoured and enjoyed.
The City of Onkaparinga’s Shimmer
photographic festival has its own special
place in our region. A photograph is
described in the dictionary as a picture
formed by the chemical action of light
or other radiation on a sensitive film.
The word shimmer is described as the
moment to shine with a tremulous light,
to have the ability to emit or reflect light.
How apt is the name of the Shimmer
festival when the creative act of taking
a photograph lasts but a brief moment,
a lightening instant to capture a certain
time in a certain place.
It’s important to remember when looking
at every photograph that there are two
people to have input – the photographer
and the viewer. We need to remember to
look into a photograph not just look at it.
Art does not feed off itself alone. A poem,
a tune, a dialogue, a journey. A cognition
that kindles a creative passion. Every
aspect of life is a source of inspiration. As
Edward Steichen once said “photography
records the gamut of feelings written on
the human face, the beauty of the earth
and skies that man has inherited, and the
wealth and confusion man has created. It
is a major force in explaining man to man”.
The 2016 Shimmer program features
numerous exhibitions featuring many
artists across fifteen venues in and around
McLaren Vale. There are workshops
and artist talks throughout the month.
Enjoy September in the Fleurieu region,
enjoy Shimmer, celebrate the medium of
photography in all its varied facets and
appreciate how the camera can teach us
how to see without a camera.
Ros Miller
Owner, Red Poles
Chair of Fleurieu Tourism
MARK KIMBER, GUEST SPEAKER
AT SHIMMER LAUNCH
2016 SHIMMER PHOTOGRAPHIC
BIENNALE LAUNCH
Mark Kimber is currently Studio Head of
Photography & New Media at the School
of Art, University of South Australia.
Kimber has exhibited extensively and has
held more than 100 solo exhibitions and
85 group exhibitions over the past 25 years
including exhibitions in London, Paris,
Spain, New Zealand and the United States.
In 2002 and 2004 he undertook a Polaroid
Studio project in New York and in 2008
he was commissioned by the National
Portrait Gallery to photograph renowned
South Australian scientist Dr Basil Hetzel.
Join us for the official launch to enjoy
an evening of illuminating photography,
invigorating musical delights along
with a twinkling snap happy paparazzi
of contemporary photographers and
their friends.
From the resplendent colonial surrounds
of Sauerbier House to the beautifully
adorned Arts Centre, these venues host
photography at its best displaying
evocative works from some of South
Australia’s finest..
The Shimmer Photographic Biennale
will be launched in Port Noarlunga in a
glittering celebration of light and the magic
of photographic processes. This event will
herald a month of coruscant moments as
15 photogenic venues unfurl glimmering
displays of photographic delight.
The event will be launched by Mayor
Lorraine Rosenberg with guest speaker
contemporary photographer and Studio
Head of Photography and New Media at
UniSA, Mark Kimber.
Recent exhibitions include Phantasia,
Photoquai Festival, Australian Embassy,
Paris and Intangibles in Terra Australis,
Kubo-Kuxta, San Sebastian, Spain
His work is represented in many major
collections including the National Gallery
of Australia, Art Gallery of SA, Art Gallery
of WA, Sir Elton John Collection and
Artbank. Mark Kimber is represented by
Stills Gallery, Sydney.
Music on the night will send shimmers up
your spine with the happy sounds of Nice
Verdes giving hand centric photographers
the chance to use their feet.
Fri 2 Sept
PRELAUNCH:5.30–7pm at Sauerbier House, 21 Wearing St, Port Noarlunga
Artist talk: Lisa Harms, 6.15pm
LAUNCH: 7.15–10pm at Arts Centre, 22 Gawler St, Port Noarlunga
Welcome to country: Georgina Williams | Launch: Mayor Lorraine Rosenberg
Guest speaker: Mark Kimber
Shimmer Time-lapse Photographic Competition winner announced
Free event • Limited bar available
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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
PETER SOLNESS
Peter Solness is an acclaimed Australian
artist whose work reflects a sincere
connection with landscape and culture.
Peter is an award-winning photographer,
teacher and writer, with a life-long
passion for the Australian environment.
He began his 40-year career as a
photographer for Surfing World magazine
in the 1970’s, before moving into
photojournalism at the Sydney Morning
Herald and later becoming an acclaimed
landscape photographer.
His work is regularly profiled in
newspapers and magazines and his
images are held within a range of public
and private collections.
www.illuminated-landscape.com
Peter will spend a week in the McLaren
Vale region creating new work and
sharing his knowledge and experience.
He will be exhibiting work at the Arts
Centre (see page 18) and hosting two light
painting workshops (see pages 48-49).
Bondi Cave, Peter Solness
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Leconfield
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INAUGURAL SHIMMER PHOTOGRAPHIC TIME-LAPSE COMPETITION
CHINOISERIE 2016 | EMMA HACK
LUMINOUS FLUX | PETER SOLNESS, SAM OSTER, SARA HUFFEN
Pirramimma
ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 2016
THE NOARLUNGA AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB
Sauerbier House Culture Exchange
SHIMMERNINSULA | CHRIS OATEN
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NOTES FOR THE GARDEN: A WEEPING SONG (THE WIND, THE WATER)
LISA HARMS
Paxton
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HAPPY FACES PORTRAIT SERIES | ALICE HEALY
Shingleback Wine
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DROWNING CITIES: DROWNING LANDSCAPES | MEME THORNE
Stump Hill Gallery
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SKRAMBLED EGGS | GROUP SHOW
Hardys Tintara
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THE 2016 AIPP CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC
ART PRIZE EXHIBITION | GROUP SHOW
Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards
SHIVER | EVANS, BARNES, SUMMERHAYES
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Red Poles
ALCHEMICAL TRACES: CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AUSTRALIAN
HAND-CRAFT PHOTOGRAPHERS | TONY KEARNEY, LEANNE MARSHALL,
LEANNE McPHEE, JAMES TYLOR, ALEX BISHOP-THORPE, ALICE BLANCH,
ANDREW DEARMAN, CYNTHIA GEMUS, SAM OSTER, C J TAYLOR,
AURELIA CARBONE, SONYA HENDER
Hugo Wines
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AT THE EDGE OF THE WILDERNESS | MARK KIMBER
Gemtree
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SALTY GIRLS | HEIDI LINEHAN
Magpie Springs
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WELTRAUM | JUDITH CRISPIN, JEFF MOORFOOT, STUART MURDOCH,
GILBERT ROE, BEVERLY SOUTHCOTT, GARY SAUER-THOMPSON
Cradle of Hills
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LUCID | LEE KNOWLES
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Arts Centre
PRESENTS:
CHINOISERIE 2016, LUMINOUS FLUX,
ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 2016
CHINOISERIE 2016
ARTIST: EMMA HACK
Fri 2 Sept – Sun 2 Oct
The Arts Centre in Port Noarlunga is a hub
of culture and creativity, located in the Old
Institute Building on Gawler Street. The
institute has played an important role in
the creative and cultural life of the region
for many years as a theatre, and this is
continued through its use as a centre for the arts in the south.
The centre is part of the Out of the Square consortium, a metropolitan entertainment
circuit providing the best South Australian performers and talent to entertain
audiences, and features a regular program of cabaret performances, arts events and
visual arts exhibitions.
Emma’s newest works, Chinoiserie,
launched in Hong Kong last month,
feature the delicate positioning of her
muse as porcelain busts interacting within
her painted backgrounds, exploring
the intriguing beauty if our oriental
neighbours. Accompanying these works
are complimentary works from Emma’s
collections, exploring the theme further.
Emma Hack is an Australian artist working
in the unique medium of body paint
installation and photography. Exhibiting
extensively throughout Australia since
1999, Emma’s astounding artworks have
since captured the attention of collectors
and art lovers worldwide.
Royal Hanging Garden, Emma Hack, 2015
Emma has received great acclaim for her
refined body paint camouflage technique,
through a combination of painting on
canvas, body painting and studio-based
photography, her work evokes a rich array
of visual narrative and magical realism
OPEN: Mon to Fri 10am–4pm | Sat 12noon–4pm
22 Gawler St, Port Noarlunga
LAUNCH: Fri 2 Sept, 7pm
Phone 8326 5577
Onkaparinga Gallery
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LUMINOUS FLUX : AUSTRALIAN
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHERS
EXPLORING THE LIGHT-PAINTED LANDSCAPE
ARTISTS: PETER SOLNESS, SARA HUFFEN, SAM OSTER
Fri 2 Sept – Sat 1 Oct
ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 2016
ARTISTS: THE NOARLUNGA AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT
CAMERA CLUB
Fri 2 Sept – Sun 2 Oct
The Noarlunga and Southern District
Camera Club has held its Annual
Photography Exhibition at the Arts Centre
for the past 15 years. The exhibition is a
public display of works by members of
this camera club.
(L to R) Waterscape #2, Peter Solness | 2,900–3,500 K – Ocean, Sam Oster | Eden Valley, Sara Huffen
Luminous Flux showcases three
Australian photographers who selectively
use handheld light sources during the
creation of long exposure photographs.
Peter Solness (Shimmer’s 2016 Artist
in Residence) is regarded as Australia’s
foremost practitioner of light based
photography. Solness uses light to explore,
interpret and interrogate his subject.
Robert McFarlane wrote about Solness,
“In making the artistic choice to light each
vista, Solness reinvents each scene before
him, adding a dream-like nocturnal beauty
to every photograph”. Showing alongside
Solness, local photographers Sara Huffen
and Sam Oster use the technique in their
own particular way. Oster using light
subtly to suggest electrical flow in the
landscape, whilst Huffen uses the process
to transform, enrich and clarify different
parts of the environment.
Tiger in the Pool, Diana Maddeford, 2015
LAUNCH: Fri 2 Sept, 7.15‑10pm
LAUNCH: Fri 2 Sept, 7.15-10pm
Foyer Gallery
Red Rover Gallery
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Sauerbier House Culture Exchange
PRESENTS:
NOTES FOR THE GARDEN
Sauerbier House Culture Exchange is a
site responsive contemporary arts space
that offers a rolling program of artist and
writers residencies and exhibitions. The
building is a state heritage community asset that has been transformed from a
residence (originally George Sauerbier c.1897) into a centre dedicated to the creation
and ongoing support of cultural and artistic exchange, strengthening the creative
expression of the region.
Set by the banks of the beautiful Ngangkiparingga, Kaurna for Womens River, the
Sauerbier House Culture Exchange program allows visitors the opportunity to
engage with artists and writers at work, giving access to the often unseen processes
artist utilise in the creation and unfolding of an artwork or piece of writing.
OPEN: Wed to Fri, 10-4pm | Sat 12-4pm
NOTES FOR THE GARDEN:
A WEEPING SONG (THE WIND, THE WATER)
ARTISTS: LISA HARMS
WITH GEORGINA WILLIAMS NGANKIBURKA-MEKAUWE
Fri 2 Sept – Sun 2 Oct
This photographic installation is part
of the Sauerbier House Transformation
Project (May 2015 – Oct 2016). It treats the
house itself as a framing device, drawing
on archival collections and photographic
field-notes to reflect on the radically
altered state of its proximate surrounds.
From the hills to the coastal fringes, an
estuarine ecology once nourished by
seasonal rhythmic inundation. Its ancient
aquifers, fed upstream, once crystal-clear
cared-for and pristine. Sheen, shimmers,
wind/light over water, wasted, waits. This
installation is produced under critique
and in collaboration with poet, actitivst,
artist and mentor Georgina Williams
Ngankiburka-Mekauwe (Senior Woman-of
Water) Ngankiparringga, Women’s River
(Onkaparinga), Cultural Clan Custodian
and traditional owner, Patpa Kaurna Yerta
(Southern Kaurna Country).
Crystal Image (installation detail, work in progress for
Shimmer), Lisa Harms, 2016
21 Wearing St, Port Noarlunga
Phone 8186 1393
www.onkaparingacity.com/sauerbierhouse
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LAUNCH: Fri 2 Sept, 5.30-7pm | ARTIST TALK: Fri 2 Sept, 6.15pm
exhibitions 21
Paxton
PRESENTS:
HAPPY FACES
HAPPY FACES PORTRAIT SERIES
ARTIST: ALICE HEALY
Fri 2 Sept – Sun 2 Oct
For four decades we’ve nurtured our
vineyards in McLaren Vale, South Australia.
During this time our philosophy and
reputation has been built on growing
grapes of exceptional quality using
organic and biodynamic farming practices. Our mission now is to showcase quality,
varietal expression and natural regional diversity within a range of wines that will
indulge lovers of the finest drop. It’s been heads down, tails up for everyone at Paxton,
for as long as we can remember, and while we have been working we’ve become one
of McLaren Vale’s most respected wine producers.
Alice Healy is a commercial photographer
specialising in fashion, wedding and
portrait photography. Her latest exhibition,
Happy Faces Portrait Series is a project
inspired as a counter-point to her
professional work and is an extension of
her Expressions Series exhibited during
SALA 2015. Her portrait series is a study of
the physical facial response to laughter and
happiness. She has photographed in excess
of 150 individual black and white portraits
ranging in age, cultural background and
gender. This work will no doubt infect its
audience and immerse them in happiness,
laughter and good vibes.
Happy Faces, Alice Healy, 2016
OPEN: 7 days 10am-5pm
Wheaton Road, McLaren Vale
Phone 8323 9131
www.paxtonvineyards.com
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LAUNCH AND BOOK SIGNING: Sun 11 Sept, 2-5pm
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Shingleback Wine
PRESENTS:
DROWNING CITIES: DROWNING LANDSCAPES
DROWNING CITIES:
DROWNING LANDSCAPES
ARTIST: MEME THORNE
Fri 2 Sept – Sun 2 Oct
Conveniently situated near the entrance
to McLaren Vale, visitors are guaranteed a
warm welcome to the Shingleback Tasting
Room. Housed in the original barn of
Aldersey Farm (circa 1890), our knowledgeable and friendly team are happy to offer
tastings of our current release wines, as well as cellar door only special releases.
Part of the Fleurieu Art Trail, regular exhibitions by local, national and international
artists line the old stone walls. In winter, enjoy the ambiance and a glass a wine by
the open wood fire. In the warmer months, enjoy the South Australian sunshine,
while overlooking our mataro vineyard. Shingleback was named in mid-2015 as one
of the top 10 best value wineries in Australia.
OPEN: 7 days 10am-5pm
Drowning Sydney, Meme Thorne, 2016
As an iPhoneographer I have over the
past few years experimented with faux
alternative photographic processes via my
iPhone. I take delight in creating art from
the images I capture and manipulate via
the various apps and editing suites at my
fingertips.In the past year my concerns
with environmental issues has escalated
and in sympathy my art too has become
more focused on the juxtapositions of the
cities and landscapes I have photographed.
The growing insanity around blinkered
governmental denials over climate change
has enraged me and over time I have
channelled those thoughts and feelings
into the works I submit here. I call them
Drowning Cities: Drowning Landscapes
– a climate change warning.
3 Stump Hill Road, McLaren Vale
Phone 8323 9919
www.shingleback.com.au
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LAUNCH: Sun 4 Sept, 2-4pm
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Stump Hill Gallery
PRESENTS:
SKRAMBLED EGGS 2016
SKRAMBLED EGGS 2016
GROUP EXHIBITION
Fri 2 Sept – Sun 2 Oct
The Stump Hill Gallery is located within the
McLaren Vale & Fleurieu Visitor Information
Centre and is one of the premier galleries
on the Fleurieu Peninsula. The gallery
showcases primarily local and regional artists, further supporting our regions art and
cultural strength, with new exhibitions every 4–6 weeks. Additional features of the
centre include a café showcasing local produce from the region, a gift shop featuring
regional produce, a cellar door offering tastings from small boutique wineries and a
deck overlooking the spectacular shiraz vineyards which surround the centre.
OPEN: Mon to Fri 9-5pm | Sat, Sun and public holidays 10am-4pm
McLaren Vale & Fleurieu Visitor Information Centre | 796 Main Rd, Mclaren Vale
If you break two-dozen eggs, what do you
get? One hell of a Skramble. Twenty-four
smartphone wielding photographers
come together to demonstrate that it’s not
about the equipment, it’s about how you
use it. Sometimes the best art can be made
in spite of the technical limitations placed
on the artist. Celebrating photography
in its truest form, the seventh annual
Skrambled Eggs exhibition gives you a
snapshot into the featured photographers’
lives, not necessarily the perfect shots but
the moments that matter.
These days, almost everyone has the tools
to capture meaningful moments and
every egg you crack in this exhibition is
a testament to the diversity of human
experience. Who knows, maybe you could
even whip something up yourself.
Phone 8323 9944
www.visitonkaparinga.com
Free accommodation booking service: www.onkaparingacity.com/vic | Freecall 1800 628 410
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LAUNCH: Sun 4 Sept, 2-4pm
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Hardys Tintara
PRESENTS:
THE 2016 AIPP CONTEMPORARY
PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRIZE EXHIBITION
THE 2016 AIPP CONTEMPORARY
PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRIZE EXHIBITION
ARTISTS: CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS OF THE AIPP
Sat 3 Sept – Sun 2 Oct
Hardys Tintara, on the main street of McLaren Vale,
has been at the heart and soul of the region from the
very beginning, taking over a disused flour mill back
in 1878.
Today, Hardys Tintara are putting some serious
investment into their historic site, building a place
not just about tasting wine, but experiencing the rich
history that goes into running a business over 160
years. It’s exciting times for such a familiar name in the wine world, so make some
time to come in and see the new developments, as well as try some exclusive new
cellar door only wines, or a structured tasting of the best wines Hardys has to offer.
This is a curated series of small exhibitions
that have been submitted from around
Australia. Each entrant has made it
through a pre-judging, and will have
limited but identical wall space. On
display will be the best contemporary
photographic art from Australian
professional photographers, as well as the
winning entrant, the AIPP Contemporary
Photographic Artist of the Year.
Silas, Hilary Hann
A show not to miss. The exhibition will
be hung and judged by a national team
of judges. The judging will be open to
the AIPP members and the public. At
close of judging, there will be an opening
ceremony for those involved.
OPEN: 7 days 10am-4.30pm
202 Main Road, McLaren Vale
Phone 8329 4124 | Email [email protected]
www.hardyswines.com
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HANGING AND JUDGING: Sat 3 Sept | LAUNCH: Sun 4 Sept
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Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards
PRESENTS:
SHIVER
SHIVER
ARTISTS: EVANS, BARNES, SUMMERHAYES
Fri 2 Sept – Sun 2 Oct
Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards is an estate
grown family business in the northern hills
of McLaren Vale. The wines are currently
made by 6th generation family member
Corrina Wright. Tastings can be enjoyed in the restored Worker’s Cottage (circa 1841).
The premium range consists of outstanding shiraz and cabernet, along with many
alternative varieties like fiano, vermentino, tempranillo and sagrantin.
A trio of South Australian master
photographers show recent work taken
on separate trips around the Arctic
Circle in Iceland, Sweden and Norway. In
temperatures as low as -44°C!.
David Evans is the Australian Institute
of Professional Photography (AIPP) 2015
Landscape Photographer of the Year. David
Summerhayes is the 2015 South Australian
AIPP Landscape Photographer of the Year.
Peter Barnes was runner up.
Highlands of Iceland, David Summerhayes
OPEN: 7 days 10am-4pm
246 Seaview Road, McLaren Vale
Phone 8323 8498
www.oliverstaranga.com
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LAUNCH: Sat 3 Sept, 2pm
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Leconfield
PRESENTS:
THE INAUGURAL SHIMMER TIME-LAPSE
PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 2016
THE INAUGURAL SHIMMER TIME-LAPSE
PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 2016
Sat 3 Sept – Sun 2 Oct
Leconfield is a remarkable family wine
business owned by Dr Richard Hamilton
and his wife Jette. It encompasses two of
South Australia’s leading wine labels, both
attributable to the Hamilton family, Leconfield Wines and Richard Hamilton Wines.
With a strong wine industry heritage dating from 1837, the family has developed a
distinguished international reputation for elegant fine wines. Leconfield wines are
based on a simple philosophy – great wines are crafted from great vineyards. Tasting
and regional platters are available daily.
OPEN: Mon to Fri 10am-5pm | Sat 11am-5pm | Sun 11am-5pm
439 Main Road, McLaren Vale
Phone 8323 8830
The City of Onkaparinga is proud to
present the inaugural Shimmer
Time-lapse Photographic Competition
celebrating our region through this
innovative and evocative process.
Time-lapse photography has the special
quality of capturing long moments in
time. As a lead in to Shimmer we received
entries from across Australia to create
a shimmering representation of our
beautiful creative region.
Works by the winner and shortlisted
finalists will be crafted together into a
looping video by award-winning timelapse photographer, Chris Oaten and will
be on display at Leconfield.
The winner and finalists will be revealed
at the launch of Shimmer on Fri 2 Sept at
the Arts Centre.
www.leconfieldwines.com
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Pirramimma
PRESENTS:
SHIMMERNINSULA
SHIMMERNINSULA
ARTIST: CHRIS OATEN
Fri 2 Sept – Sun 2 Oct
In 1892 Alexander Campbell Johnston
planted the first small vine cuttings on his
newly purchased 97 hectare property in
McLaren Vale, South Australia. Alexander settled with his family on the property and
proudly named it Pirramimma, the Aboriginal phrase meaning the moon and the stars.
More than 124 years and three generations later, the Johnston family still operates
one of Australia’s oldest, proudest family owned, nationally and internationally award
winning run wineries – Pirramimma. Making wines that range from the traditional to the
innovative, Pirramimma is pure McLaren Vale. As one of the original landholders in the
region the family is committed to its home and the regionally unique wines they produce.
As a commercial and industrial timelapse
photographer, Chris Oaten spends much of
his time pointing cameras at construction
sites and civic projects. Earlier this
year he jumped at the invitation to do
something different by joining the Salty
Stories exhibition at Red Poles, showing
a four-minute timelapse montage
focussing on the coastal beauty of the
Fleurieu Peninsula. The work on show at
Piramimma is an extension of that project,
with Chris bringing his cameras inland
to examine the beauty and mystery
of the region in a way that can only be
revealed through the compression and
manipulation of time. You can be certain
you’ve never seen the Fleurieu the way
Chris would like you to.
Composite, Chris Oaten, 2016
OPEN: Mon to Fri 9.30am-4.30pm | Sat, Sun and public holidays 11am-5pm
Johnston Road, McLaren Vale
Phone 8323 8205 | Email [email protected]
EVENTS: Chris is holding a two day time-lapse intensive workshop as part of Shimmer
www.pirramimma.com
See page 50 for details
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Red Poles
PRESENTS:
ALCHEMICAL TRACES
Red Poles vision is to present the fine mix of
food, wine, art and ale.
A combination of two cellar doors for Brick
Kiln Wines and Vale Brewing craft beers,
plus a vibrant kitchen working with fresh Fleurieu produce ensures that vision remains
a reality. Eclectic art on every wall and live weekly music events add to the total
ambient space. A courtyard overlooking the vineyards is home for three B&B rooms.
Red Poles gallery space presents a new exhibition every six weeks with a focus on a
wide range of mediums – something for everyone! We welcome you to our beautiful
place set amongst vineyards, lawns, gardens and natural bushland – our creative space!
OPEN: Wed to Sun 9am-5pm
190 McMurtrie Road, McLaren Vale
ALCHEMICAL TRACES: CONTEMPORARY SOUTH
AUSTRALIAN HAND-CRAFT PHOTOGRAPHERS
ARTISTS: ALEX BISHOP-THORPE, ALICE BLANCH, AURELIA CARBONE,
ANDREW DEARMAN, CYNTHIA GEMUS, SONYA HENDER, TONY KEARNEY,
LEANNE MARSHALL, LEANNE McPHEE, SAM OSTER, CJ TAYLOR, JAMES TYLOR
Fri 2 Sept – Sun 2 Oct
In the age of the pixel, 12 South Australian
photographers bypass digital processes
to explore alternative photographic
processes and the hand-crafted image
of slow photography. As the digital
image becomes more immediate and
pervasive, these photographers nurture
their work through the painstakingly
complex, deliberate, and protracted
techniques used in traditional laboratories
between 100 and 150 years ago. Processes
explored include tintypes, ambrotypes,
daguerreotypes, cyanotypes, salt prints
and other hand-made photographs.
The exhibition showcases some of
South Australia’s leading analogue and
alternative image-makers to celebrate the
chemical image in the digital age.
(L to R, top to bottom) Andrew Dearman, Aurelia Carbone,
Alex Bishop-Thorpe, Leanne Mcphee, Sam Oster, Cynthia
Gemus, Alice Blanch, CJ Taylor, Sonya Hender
Phone 8323 8994 | 0417 814 695
www.redpoles.com.au
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LAUNCH: Sat 3 Sept, 3-5pm
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Hugo Wines
PRESENTS:
AT THE EDGE OF THE WILDERNESS
AT THE EDGE OF THE WILDERNESS
ARTIST: MARK KIMBER
Fri 2 Sept – Sun 2 Oct
Hugo Wines is a family owned and
operated winery situated in the McLaren
Vale wine region. The family believe in the
quality fruit the fifth generation property
produces allowing exceptional wines to be produced each year. The family and staff
welcome visitors to the cosy cellar door to taste and purchase award winning wines,
extra virgin olive oil and appreciate the gallery of works by artists while taking in the
panoramic views of surrounding vineyards. Seating for picnics or relaxing and a lawn
area for the younger family members to play, it all makes for a very pleasant experience.
The cut out clouds in a theatre set don’t
say this is exactly what a cloud looks like.
It suggests that this is a representation of
a cloud, how we might remember clouds
to be, or even how clouds feel.
The photographs were taken with a
plastic camera by photographing tiny
models of structures in my garage. Making
each work for me, a performance, the
inspiration for which springs from events
real and imagined, experienced and
observed from a distance both in space
and time. Such as the lingering memory
I have of the wood-engraved illustrations
of the ancient mariner filtered through
scenes of ships at sea from Hollywood
B-grade pirate movies.
Empire of light, Mark Kimber, 2012
OPEN: Mon to Fri 10am-5pm | Sat and Sun 10.30am-5pm
246 Elliott Road, McLaren Flat
Phone 8383 0098 | Email [email protected]
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LAUNCH: Sun 4 Sept, 10.30am-11.30pm
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Gemtree
SALTY GIRLS
ARTIST: HEIDI LINEHAN
PRESENTS:
SALTY GIRLS
Fri 2 Sept – Sun 2 Oct
Gemtree is a family owned winery and
we are all passionate about growing
better wine, naturally. Mike Brown, Chief
Winemaker, works together with his wife
Melissa Brown, Biodynamic Viticulturist, to grow the award winning wines which
have received James Halliday 5 star rating since 2009. Mike and Melissa’s philosophy is
simple – minimal intervention in the winemaking process and a more environmentally
conscious farming system to produce organic wines which are powerful, concentrated,
and express the true characteristics of each grape variety and the region.
Our sustainable cellar door in McLaren Vale has sweeping views all the way to the sea
and is open 7 days. Relax on the deck with a glass of wine and a platter or book our
private tasting room for a structured wine flight.
OPEN: 7 days 10am-5pm
167 Elliott Road, McLaren Flat
Heidi Linehan
Salty Girls showcases, through
photographs and text, the women who
dance on waves in South Australia. Read
what motivates them, why they surf, their
experiences with the powerful ocean and
how they got into it in the first place.
The surfer girls’ story.
Heidi Linehan is an AIPP award winning
associate photographer.
Phone 8383 0802
EVENTS: Heidi is holding two workshops exploring food photography as part of Shimmer
www.gemtreewines.com
See page 57 for details
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Magpie Springs
PRESENTS:
WELTRAUM
WELTRAUM
ARTISTS: JUDITH CRISPIN, JEFF MOORFOOT, STUART MURDOCH,
GILBERT ROE, BEVERLY SOUTHCOTT, GARY SAUER-THOMPSON
Fri 2 Sept – Sun 2 Oct
This unique 80 acre working vineyard is
our home. It has rustic quirky buildings
surrounded by an established acre garden,
dam, rolling hills and vines. The gallery and
cellar door attracts visitors from around the globe. Outdoor sites on the property
are beautiful for any gathering, event or wedding.
We have a range of boutique wines from varietals grown on the property. Coffee
roasted onsite is available by the cup or beans. Our climbing wall hosts the State
Climbing Championships.
find connections between abstract ideas
and images, and to shape them into a
visual project.
Rosy Lajamanu, Judith Crispin, 2016
This property is home for an array of wildlife, it has native bush as well as vines
and eclectic buildings. The rolling scenic hills and acre garden has a plethora of
photographic material. Because of this we hold an annual photographic competition.
This independent curation is grounded
in processes of conceptualisation in that
it is committed to the production of
new knowledge from worlds or spaces
waiting to be explored by Australian
photographers. The curatorial idea is
based around photo-media artists often
working on projects over a couple of
years. This slow photography develops
critical and poetic insights. The exhibition
presents some work in progress from
these projects. Each project has a text that
spells out the nature of the project and
shows how the work exhibited is a part
of, and contributes to, that project. The
associated text highlights the ability to
LAUNCH: Sun 11 Sept, 2pm
OPEN: Fri to Sun and public holidays 1-5pm or by appointment
ARTISTS TALKS:
1870 Brookman Rd, Hope Forest
• Sun 18 Sept, 2-3pm: Beverly Scott | The other in everyday
Phone 8556 7351
• Sun 25 Sept, 2-3pm: Gilbert Roe | On lumen prints
www.magpiesprings.com.au
• Sat 1 Oct, 2-3pm: Gary Sauer-Thompson | Australian Topographies
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Cradle of Hills
PRESENTS:
LUCID
LUCID
ARTIST: LEE KNOWLES
Fri 2 Sept – Sun 2 Oct
Cradle of Hills is a five-star ranked artisan
winery, owned and operated by winemaker
Paul Smith and family. Paul and Tracy Smith
handcraft a tiny 800 cases of award-winning
wines each year from premium red grapes
grown on their 7ha sustainably-managed farm,
in beautiful Sellicks Hill. A hidden gem, Cradle of Hills wines have won the coveted
McLaren Vale Scarce Earth Award for four consecutive years for their ROW 23 Shiraz.
They boast a range of wines from white and rosé to red wines, and sell-out each year.
My most recent series, a look into the
deeper spiritual side of my photography,
unearthly and alien like. Lucid brings out
an evocative feel to my work, mysterious
and thought provoking, my loosest form
of image making yet. The creation process
of the Lucid portraits allow my subjects
to let themselves go and to feel their
own emotions, I’m always excited to find
amazing emotional pieces that I connect
with spiritually.
Lucid, Lee Knowles
OPEN: 7 days 11am-4pm during Shimmer or by appointment
76 Rogers Rd, Sellicks Hill (off Main South Road)
LAUNCH: Sat 3 Sept, 3-6pm
Phone 0438 564 281
ARTIST DEMONSTRATION: Fri 16 Sept, 2-6 pm
www.cradle-of-hills.com
ARTIST TALKS: Fri 16 Sept, 3pm | Sat 1 Oct, 2-6pm
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workshops
SCULPTING WITH LIGHT: LANDSCAPE LIGHT
PAINTING AND POST PRODUCTION
PETER SOLNESS
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LIGHT TABLEAUX: LIGHT PAINTING STILL LIFE
PETER SOLNESS
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2 DAY TIMELAPSE INTENSIVE
CHRIS OATEN
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ALTERNATIVE PROCESS: LARGE FORMAT
CHRISTOPHER HOUGHTON
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ALTERNATIVE PROCESS: VAN DYKE BROWN
ALEX BISHOP-THORPE
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ALTERNATIVE PROCESS: TINTYPE
CYNTHIA GEMUS
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ALTERNATIVE PROCESS: AMBROTYPE
ANDREW DEARMAN
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FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY
HEIDI LINEHAN
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SCULPTING WITH LIGHT: LANDSCAPE LIGHT
PAINTING AND POST PRODUCTION
FACILITATOR: PETER SOLNESS
Sat 10 Sept
Light painting is an exciting and original
way to create memorable photographs.
Unlike conventional photography that
relies on existing light to photograph a
scene, light painting puts your camera
‘in the dark’ and only allows it to see
what you want it to see. This way of
working offers countless possibilities for
aspiring photographers. You will have the
opportunity to work on location in low
light to create unique and memorable
images, which can add variety and
technical diversity to your portfolio.
Peter will be doing a postproduction
demo session before the shoot to help you
anticipate the steps involved in finessing
the crafted image.
LIGHT TABLEAUX:
LIGHT PAINTING STILL LIFE
FACILITATOR: PETER SOLNESS
Sun 11 Sept
Forestchrome, Peter Solness
(L to R) Satya | Waratah, Peter Solness
There will also be a presentation of
Peter’s best images to get you inspired.
Light painting can be applied in many
different ways to create memorable
images. In this half-day workshop we will
work in a studio environment and explore
ways to create unique still life and portrait
images using simple hand held torches.
You will have the opportunity to create
unique and memorable images, which
can add variety and technical diversity to
your portfolio.
WORKSHOP: Sat 10 Sept, 2-9.30pm | ARTIST TALK: 11.45 am
WORKSHOP: Sun 11 Sept, 11am-3pm
Red Poles, 190 McMurtrie Rd, McLaren Vale
Arts Centre, 22 Gawler St, Port Noarlunga
Cost $240
Cost $185
For bookings and more information visit www.cogcreativespace.com/events
For bookings and more information visit www.cogcreativespace.com/events
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Tintype Traveller
TIMELAPSE INTENSIVE
PRESENTS:
ALTERNATIVE PROCESS WORKSHOP SERIES
FACILITATOR: CHRIS OATEN
Sat 3 Sept – Sun 4 Sept
Join professional timelapse photographer
Chris Oaten for a two day workshop to
learn an end-to end timelapse capture and
editing workflow. Chris will work through
everything you need to know to start
creating your own timelapse work or to
take your existing skills to the next level.
An emphasis will be placed on learning
the holy grail of timelapse captures in
which shooting starts either side of sunset
or sunrise. Participants using digital
cameras who have progressed beyond
a beginner level are best suited to this
workshop but any level of experience will
be accommodated.
Shimmer is proud to be hosting The Tintype
Traveller for this year’s workshop program.
This unique little caravan will be at a variety of
locations across the festival as the site for some of
the alternative and traditional-process techniques.
Myponga Sunset, Chris Oaten, 2016
The Tintype Traveller is a vintage caravan that has been lovingly converted into a
custom designed darkroom to allow photographers to have a portable darkroom for
traditional photographic processes on location, and as a mobile darkroom for small
group workshops.
It has effective safe-light and ventilation conditions, air-conditioning and heating,
and plenty of workspace for a range of traditional techniques. The Tintype Traveller
lives at Cog Creative Space in Norwood, where it provides an on-site darkroom
for the six resident photographers at the studio. It can also be hired by visiting
photographers as required.
WORKSHOP:
• Saturday 3 Sept: 9am-4pm plus optional sunset capture from 5pm (location TBA)
• Sunday 4 Sept: 9am-5pm plus morning capture from 5.30am (location TBA)
Arts Centre, 22 Gawler St, Port Noarlunga
Cost $450
For bookings and more information visit www.cogcreativespace.com/events
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ALTERNATIVE PROCESS:
LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHY
ALTERNATIVE PROCESS: VAN DYKE BROWN
FACILITATOR: ALEX BISHOP-THORPE
FACILITATOR: CHRISTOPHER HOUGHTON
Sat 17 Sept
You will get a chance to capture images on
film, process the images on-site, and create
a contact sheet or enlargement (time
permitting) of the resulting negative.
Using a large format camera allows the
photographer to slow down the process
of photographic capture whilst opening
up a range of new possibilities for the
image. This workshop is an introduction to
thinking differently, and to the practice of
using a 5x4” camera.
Sun 18 Sept
Christopher Houghton
Van Dyke Brown is an alternative
photographic printing process that yields
a rich brown colour. An image is made
by coating cotton paper with the light
sensitive three part solution and placing
this in contact with a negative and
exposing to sunlight. Van Dyke Brown
is a contact printing process where the
image produced is the same size as the
negative. The workshop will cover suitable
negatives (including digital negatives),
paper choice, coating methods and
exposing and processing, including
gold toning.
Leanne McPhee
WORKSHOP: Sat 17 Sept, 10am-4.30pm
WORKSHOP: Sun 18 Sept, 10am-4.30pm
The Tintype Traveller caravan | Red Poles, 190 McMurtrie Rd, McLaren Vale
The Tintype Traveller caravan | Red Poles, 190 McMurtrie Rd, McLaren Vale
Cost $285
Cost $285
For bookings and more information visit www.cogcreativespace.com/events
For bookings and more information visit www.cogcreativespace.com/events
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ALTERNATIVE PROCESS: TINTYPES
FACILITATOR: CYNTHIA GEMUS
Sat 24 Sept
In a time when the immediacy of digital
photography has created a flood of
expendable images, many artists have
chosen to turn to traditional image making
techniques. In this one day workshop,
students will learn the history and basic
practice of the 19th century tintype
process. In this hands-on class, attendees
will learn to coat, sensitize, expose, develop
and varnish aluminium plates to create
one-of- a kind hand-made photographs.
Students will finish the day with several
tintypes created by their own hands
and will receive a detailed handbook
containing all the information they need
to continue making tintypes on their own.
ALTERNATIVE PROCESS: AMBROTYPE
FACILITATOR: ANDREW DEARMAN
Sun 25 Sept
An Ambrotype is a hand-made
photograph on a sheet of glass. Glass
plate negatives were first used in the
early 1850s. It was soon discovered
that if a thin (under-exposed) negative
was placed on a black background, it
produced a one-off positive image. This
workshop will show you how to make
and process the ambrotype photograph,
as well as troubleshoot all the variables
of the complex chemistry.
Andrew Dearman
Cynthia Gemus
WORKSHOP: Sat 24 Sept, 10am-4.30pm
WORKSHOP: Sun 25 Sept, 10am-4.30pm
The Tintype Traveller caravan | Red Poles, 190 McMurtrie Rd, McLaren Vale
The Tintype Traveller caravan | Sauerbier House, 21 Wearing St, Port Noarlunga
Cost $350
Cost $350
For bookings and more information visit www.cogcreativespace.com/events
For bookings and more information visit www.cogcreativespace.com/events
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FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY
FACILITATOR: HEIDI LINEHAN
Tues 20 Sept & Wed 28 Sept
Want to get good food pics? Simply?
Whether it’s for social media, a newsletter
or your personal documentary, see
how Heidi Linehan, an award-winning,
published location photographer does
it. Simple techniques, cheap accessories,
your camera and your vision. Beautifully
presented food by a well known and
respected chef in the home of McLaren
Vale, foodie and Chair of Fleurieu
Peninsula Food, Pip Forrester.
This three hour workshop will be
hands-on. Bring your camera (or iPhone)
and notebook.
WORKSHOPS: Tues 20 Sept, 10am-1pm | Wed 28 Sept, 10am-1pm
Private residence in Willunga (address provided upon booking)
Cost $45
Heidi Linehan, Untitled
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events
Arts Centre
BIENNIAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXPO 2016
NOARLUNGA AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB
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BIENNIAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXPO 2016
HOSTED BY: NOARLUNGA AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT
CAMERA CLUB
Sat 10 Sept – Sun 11 Sept
This Photography Expo is presented by
the Noarlunga and Southern District
Camera Club and is an important event
on the calendar for keen photographers
and exhibitors. The event aims to provide
the local community with access to
information about photography and
photographic suppliers. Exhibitors will
include Canon, Nikon and other brands
of cameras, and practicing professional
photographers well-known for their
excellent work.
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LAND SEA YOU ME
SPEAKER: CHE CHORLEY
Sat 1 Oct
Diana Maddeford – Pt Noarlunga jetty
Hear photographer Che Chorley speak on
the trials and successes so far as he cycles
5000km along South Australia’s coastline,
photographic equipment and living gear
all aboard the bike. Che will discuss the
trip so far and share in the journey with
you via images taken from the land
and sea. Che will discuss the inspiration
behind the journey and the logistics of
putting together a journey in three parts,
the expedition, the Land Sea You Me book
and touring exhibition.
EVENTS: Sat 10 Sept, 10-4pm | Sun 11 Sept, 10-4pm
EVENT: Sat 1 Oct, 2-3pm
Arts Centre, 22 Gawler St, Port Noarlunga
Arts Centre, 22 Gawler St, Port Noarlunga.
Phone 8326 5577
Phone 8326 5577
Free event
Free event
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Fri 2 Sept
Sun 4 Sept
SHIMMER PRELAUNCH
5.30-7pm | Sauerbier House pg 11
LAUNCH: Mark Kimber
10.30am-11.30pm | Hugo Wines
pg 11
LAUNCH: Skrambled Eggs
2-4pm | Stump Hill Gallery SHIMMER LAUNCH
7.15-10pm | Arts Centre
LAUNCH
Emma Hack, Luminous Flux,
Camera Club
7.15pm | Arts Centre
WORKSHOP: Chris Oaten
9am-5pm | Arts Centre
pg 17
Sat 3 Sept
LAUNCH: AIPP
tbc | Hardys Tintara
LAUNCH: Meme Thorne
2-4pm | Shingleback Wine
pg 39
pg 27
pg 50
pg 29
pg 25
pg 49
pg 23
LAUNCH: Weltraum
2pm | Magpie Springs
pg 43
Fri 16 Sept
pg 55
ARTIST TALK: Lee Knowles
3pm | Cradle of Hills
pg 45
ARTIST TALK: Gilbert Roe
2-3pm | Magpie Springs
pg 43
LAUNCH: Shiver
2pm | Oliver’s Taranga
pg 31
ARTIST TALK: Peter Solness
11.45am | Red Poles
pg 48
Sun 18 Sept
WORKSHOP: Peter Solness
2-9.30pm | Red Poles
pg 48
WORKSHOP: Alex Bishop-Thorpe
10am-4.30pm | Red Poles
pg 53
ARTIST TALK: Beverly Scott
2-3pm | Magpie Springs
pg 43
pg 45
EVENT: Photography Expo
10-4pm | Arts Centre
timetable
Sat 17 Sept
Sun 11 Sept
pg 60
pg 54
WORKSHOP Andrew Dearman
10am-4.30pm | Sauerbier House
EVENT: Photography Expo
10-4pm | Arts Centre
LAUNCH: Lee Knowles
3-6pm | Cradle of Hills
WORKSHOP: Cynthia Gemus
10am-4.30pm | Red Poles
pg 45
pg 29
pg 37
Sat 24 Sept
Sun 25 Sept
HANGING & JUDGING: AIPP
tbc | Hardys Tintara
pg 60
pg 57
ARTIST DEMO: Lee Knowles
2-6pm | Cradle of Hills
pg 50
Sat 10 Sept
Tues 20 Sept
WORKSHOP: Heidi Linehan
10am-1pm | Willunga
LAUNCH & BOOK SIGNING:
Alice Healy
2-5pm | Paxton
WORKSHOP: Chris Oaten
9am-4pm | Arts Centre
LAUNCH: Alchemical Traces
3-5pm | Red Poles
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WORKSHOP: Peter Solness
11am-3pm | Arts Centre
Wed 28 Sept
WORKSHOP: Christopher Houghton
10am-4.30pm | Red Poles
pg 52
WORKSHOP: Heidi Linehan
10am-1pm | Willunga
pg 57
Sat 1 Oct
EVENT: Che Chorley
2-3pm | Arts Centre pg 61
ARTIST TALK: Lee Knowles
2-6pm | Cradle of Hills
pg 45
ARTIST TALK: Gary Sauer-Thompson
2-3pm | Magpie Springs
pg 43
timetable
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