CYNTHIA SCHWERTSIK

My art practice includes visual art and contemporary performance with participatory inclusion. I have generated an array of projects across visual art, installation, public art and worked in collaboration with various artists. In the last two years my work has been included in exhibitions both in Adelaide and Europe, for example: HER NAME, curated by Andrew Purvis at Adelaide Central, and Die Andere Geschichte at Kuenstlerhaus Wien, a participatory project and performance curated by G.Oberhollenzer. The 2018 SALA prize winning video Peri Urban Progress is currently being exhibited at Adelaide Festival Centre.

The input of everyday experience has led me to develop public interventions and performances, with much of my current work set in urban and suburban environments. My work pushes coexisting daily chores and art practice to the absurd. For my series, I journey through Adelaide’s periphery, walking on chairs as my transportation method, inviting people to sit and talk with me.
Last Name searched for the hidden messages behind shopfronts and first names, as I collected women’s first names that are displayed on shopfronts, as an urban representation of female presence, and I interviewed people about their connections to their given names.

Installation of The Bureau
OSCA

Our mission is to provide artists and non-artists with opportunities to create contemporary works that explore local ideas and new way of coming together in the public domain.

OSCA acknowledges we work on Kaurna Land – always was, always will be.

OSCA is funded by Arts South Australia. We also receive project support from the Australia Council, the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, Country Arts SA and the City of Onkaparinga.