Verge Awards / SOS SCA

Written By Tesha Malott

Verge Awards / SOS SCA
11 October - 22 October, 2016

3 Photographs hung in a row, all picturing translucent, warm curtains with a cityscape view. In the middle and right photos, figures are behind the curtains.

Michael Sun, Spectures, 2016, Installation shot. Photography by Document Photography.

ID: A shot of three analog photographs hung on the wall of the gallery. Dates on the photographs indicate that the images were taken on the 14th of January 1994. The photographs show a window with sheer curtains that look onto a cityscape with tall office buildings. In the middle image, there is a man in a white shirt and tie sitting behind the curtains, obscuring his face from view. The image on the right is another younger person sitting behind the curtains, looking to the left side of the image.

 

STUDENT ARTISTS

Shortlisted artworks by: Anna Shen, Safari Lee, Jack Godfrey-Baxter, Xan Hardman, Jacques Chevrant-Breton, Mariia Zhuchenko, Jiamei Liu, Michael Sun, Janine Bailey, Andrew Simms, Stephen Burstow

Shortlisted musical compositions by: Anna Shen, Sarah Gaul, Alexis Weaver

Shortlisted literature by: Jess Zlotnick, Tom St John, Edward Furst, Samantha Jonsher, James Holloway, Michael Sun, Katrina Kemp, Jeremy Blum, Izabella Antoniou, Daniel Gunstveit, Sophie Wakefield, Alcina Giang, Shaun Colnan, Nicola Cayless, William Poulos

 
 
White fabric, red text: "BVA STAYS". Red fabric, white text: "SOS". On the floor against the wall, many protest signs with text such as "LET SCA STAY" and "REINSTATE THE BVA". Snare drum on the floor. Cardboard stencils.

SOS SCA, 2016, Installation shot. Photography by Document Photography.

ID: The gallery has numerous large red and white banners hanging on the walls. On the right, a sign saying "BVA STAYS" hangs on the wall, above some smaller cardboard signs with various slogans such as "No Move, No Cuts", and "Let SCA Stay" lean against the wall. On the center wall, a large banner with the letters "SOS" is suspended, with a drum placed on the floor beneath it. The drum shows clear sign of use, with a small sticker that says "#SOS SCA" stuck to it. On the right wall, a political poster which states "The University of Sydney is killing its art school" and a cardboard stencil with numerous cutouts of the letter S that have been sprayed with paint are hung on the wall. A plinth with a clipboard and more "#SOS SCA" stickers can be seen in the right corner of the image.

 
Photo collage on the wall, documenting protests on campus. Pictured are people wearing red, marching with flags and signs reading: "SOS", speakers with microphones and drums, students on the Quad and people spray painting.

SOS SCA, 2016, Installation shot. Photography by Document Photography.

ID: On the wall of the gallery, there are numerous photographs attached, showing students and teachers engaging in protest at the University of Sydney.

 
Left to right. Clipboard and paper on plinth. Red, draped fabric. Photo collage of people protesting. 2 Larger photographs. Flags with slogans in university buildings.

SOS SCA, 2016, Installation shot. Photography by Document Photography.

ID: On the wall of the gallery, there are numerous photographs attached, showing students and teachers engaging in protest at the University of Sydney. Two larger photographs show a person waving a banner on the University campus, which wrote "Save Sydney College of the Arts", and another image of the former SCA campus with banners and political slogans hanging on the building.

 
Left to right. Clipboard on plinth. Red fabric lines the sides of an opening between two walls. Pages with lists of names. Framed poster on the floor, against the wall. Photo collage.

SOS SCA, 2016, Installation shot. Photography by Document Photography.

ID: On the wall of the gallery, there are numerous photographs attached, showing students and teachers engaging in protest at the University of Sydney. To the left, there are pages attached to the wall, showing a list of alumni of Sydney College of the Arts from 1976-2016. Underneath the list, a framed poster leans against the wall, stating "Students with disabilities need SCA: support, studios, quiet location, accessible, parking, staff who care, safe, green spaces, not crowded." To the left of the image, there is clipboard and some stickers placed on a plinth.

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