EDUCATION
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Born in Mauritius.
Lives and works in Sydney Australia. |
2003 |
Currently enrolled
in MFA in Time based COFA, UNSW. |
1999 |
MA, Performance
/photography . College of Fine Arts, UNSW. |
1992 |
Bachelor of Fine
Arts. College of Fine Arts, UNSW (Photography/Installation major.) |
1991 |
Diploma of Community
Theatre Arts. East Sydney Technical College. |
SELECTED INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES
2001 |
“Writing” Gelnhausen, Germany. |
2000 |
"GROUP STARE
#5". Canberra Contemporary Art Space. |
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"ROOM 25" Arcacia
Motor lodge. Ainslie Canberra. |
1999 |
"EINFUHRUNG 1". Artist
Unlimited Bielefeld, Germany. |
1998 |
"IN THE EVENT
OF AMNESIA THE CITY WILL RECALL". New York City. |
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"THE ACCIDENTAL
CONTRACT", New York City. |
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"THE INCRIMINATION
OF LIGHT" (Part I to III). Cleveland Performance Art festival (Featured
Artist).
Cleveland Public theatre. USA. |
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"IN THE EVENT
OF AMNESIA THE CITY WILL RECALL". Cleveland Performance Art Festival. USA. |
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"THE ACCIDENTAL
CONTRACT." Cleveland Performance Art Festival. USA. |
1997 |
"THE INCRIMINATION
OF LIGHT" (part III). Contemporary Performance Week 8 Sidetrack Theatre.
Sydney Australia. |
1996 |
“INCRIMINATION
OF LIGHT” Solo performances Contemporary Performance Week 7, SideTrack
Theatre. Sydney Australia. |
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"IN THE EVENT
OF AMNESIA THE CITY WILL RECALL". Performances at surveillance sites
located
around Sydney, Australia. |
1994 |
"THE INCRIMINATION
OF LIGHT" (PART I),The Performance Space, Sydney, Australia. |
SELECTED GROUP PERFORMANCES
2003 |
“DRIFTING
VIEW X” Bodies of War. Performed with Gekidan Kaitaisha, Australian
embassy Tokyo. |
2002 |
“HOST” Gravity
Feed, Tour of Paris as part of “Novembre Australien” |
2001 |
“ASSYLUM” Urban
Theatre Projects. Creation of video for performance. Lidcombe
Australia. |
2000 |
"PANOPTICON",
Salamanca Theatre Company. Hobart. |
1999 |
"TABERNACLE". Gravity
Feed. Sydney |
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"SPACE 1999". The
Performance Space, Sydney. |
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"HOST". Gravity
Feed, Newtown Theatre. Sydney |
1998 |
"THE GRAVITY
OF THE SITUATION". Gravity Feed, The old Bond Store Tunnel, Sydney. |
1997 |
"STOOL PIGEONS". Contemporary
Performance Week 8. Sidetrack theatre. Sydney. |
1996 |
“LIFT WORLD”, Agents
AllBlack. Performance between Sydney and Warsaw. |
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“INFIRMED”.
Gravity Feed, CPW 7, SideTrack Theatre. |
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"KNICKERS" The
Performance Space. (Open season) |
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"GRAVITY FEED
IN THE HOUSE OF SKIN". Season at The Performance Space. Sydney. |
1995 |
"POST ARRIVALLIST
DRIVE BY." Melbourne International Festival. |
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"OMEN-AMEN". Contemporary
Performance Week 6 at Sidetrack Theatre. Gravity Feed. |
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"EXCHANGE". Peformed
at "Ademonstrators ball", Sydney. |
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"WUNDERING
RIAH", Performed at the Performance Space with the Depeche twins. |
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"DEVIL KITES". The
Performance Space (open season). |
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"POST ARRIVALLIST,
LES GIRLS". |
1994 |
"FULL TURNING
CIRCLE", Contemporary Performance Week 5, with Gravity Feed, Sidetrack
Theatre. |
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"CPW 5" . Performed
with Frumpus. Sidetrack theatre. |
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"INHABITATION" ,
Performance with Gravity Feed, Side Track Theatre. |
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"25 YEARS
LATE". Post Arrivallist, 25 years of Performance, The Performance Space. |
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"CERTIFIED
POST ARRIVALIST". Hordern Pavilion, Sydney. |
1993 |
"9 Th BIENNALE
OF SYDNEY". Art Gallery of NSW, Post Arrivalist. |
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SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2001 |
Burkardt
Haus, Gelnhausen Germany. |
2000 |
"RESIDENCE",
University of New South Wales. |
"GROUP STARE
# 1 & 4. The Bunker, Linden Arts Centre, Victoria, Australia. |
1999 |
"VIDEO ARBEITEN". Gallery
Artists Unlimited. Bielefeld, Germany. |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003 |
“DIE POLITIK DER SICHTBARKEIT” (Politics
of Visibility), Vertretung des Landes Niedersachsen beim Bund, Berlin |
"URBANITÄT" Museum
Ludwig ,’Cologne. Germany |
2002 |
“FROM BEUYS
TO ZITTEL, the Public Affairs in Arts” KUNSTHAUS Zurich. |
“[D]VISION” digital
festival . Vienna. |
“TRACKINGS” Surveillance
in contemporary cultural practice, The Art Museum Princeton University USA. |
2001 |
“CONTROL
SPACE” ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany. |
“Unreconciled
recent Australian Video Art ", Kunsthochschule fuer Medien, Köln, Germany. |
“FILM WINTER”, Wand 5 e.V, Stuttgart,
Germany. |
2000 |
“MASS OBSERVATION
PROJECT.” Experimenta Forum, Melbourne. |
"PERFECT STRANGERS". Centre
for Contemporary Photography. Fitzroy. & CCAS. |
"SPECTRASCOPE". The
Performance Space. Sydney. |
"KUNST- UND MEDIENZENTRUM ADLERSHOF, GALERIE ALTE
SCHULE". Berlin. |
"DARKLIGHT
VIDEO FESTIVAL." Dublin Ireland. |
1999 |
"45th INTERNATIONAL
OBERHAUSEN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL" Germany. |
"ARCO ELECTRONICO". Madrid
Spain. |
1998 |
"SURVEILLANCE" Artspace,
Sydney. |
"15 KASSELER DOKUMENTARFILM-UND VIDEO FEST" Kasseler
Germany. |
"HILIGHTS" Filmform, Stockholm Sweden. |
"VIDEOWOCHE" Neuer Berliner Kunstverein. Berlin
Germany. |
"VIDEONALE 8" Kunstverein Bonn, Germany. International
Media arts festival. |
"ELECTRONIC
MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL". Osnabrück, Germany. |
"TRAVELLING
ARTS SCHOLARSHIP". Artspace, Sydney. |
"SWITCH". Sir
Herman Black Gallery. |
1997 |
"SUBTITLE",
Side On Gallery / Australian Centre For Photography, Sydney. |
"TRAVELLING
ARTS SCHOLARSHIP". Artspace, Sydney. |
"HATCHED". Perth
Institute of Contemporary Arts. |
1996 |
"NEW PORTRAITURE". COFA
Gallery. |
1994 |
"25 YEARS
OF PERFORMANCE", Post Arrivalist, IVAN DOUGHERTY gallery, Sydney |
"TRAVELLING
ARTS SCHOLARSHIP". COFA Gallery, Sydney. |
1993 |
"MOTION",
Artery. Sydney. |
1992 |
"ART'S UNDERGROUND".
Transformation of St James Station into a site specific art space. |
"ESSENCE AND
RESISTANCE". Space Plentitude, Brisbane. |
1991 |
"THIS SIDE
UP". Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam. |
"MYTHS OF
ORDER". Sydney Town Hall, Australia |
AWARDS / GRANTS
2002 |
Artist in Residence
at the University of NSW. Working with forensic psychology department |
2001 |
ZKM “Internationaler Medien Kunstpreis” Special
prize (Sonderpreis). Germany |
2001 |
Australia Council
for the Arts. New Media (presentation & promotion) |
1999 |
Artist in Residence
in the Artist Unlimited Studios, Bielefeld, Germany. |
1998 |
First Prize at Videonale
8, Bonn, Germany. |
1998 |
Presentation and
promotion Grant, Australia Council for the Arts. |
1996 |
Australia Council
Hybrid Arts Grant. |
1994 |
Highly Commended, Travelling
Arts scholarship. (1994-97) |
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