Felicity Fenner, Once Removed, Venice Biennale 2009
Felicity Fenner, a lecturer and curator at COFA, talks about the exhibition Once Removed at The Ludoteca with COFA art education students.
Selected by the Australia Council to curate the associated Venice Biennale show, Once Removed at The Ludoteca, Felicity Fenner, is about to fast-gear the careers of four other Australian artists. They include the nationally celebrated artistic duo of Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro, both graduates from COFA, Aboriginal-Chinese artist, Vernon Ah Kee, and Japanese-Australian artist, Ken Yonetani. Once Removed features three installations unified by themes of displacement and Indigenous and environmental issues. Claire and Sean’s installation is a five-metre tower of 195,774 video tapes commandeering a 16th century church.
