“24 Hour Drawing Project”
David Evans, Byron Scullin, Louise Grant, Kendall Nordin, Hannah Bertram and Zhangju (Zoojoo)
22 May → 23 May 2010

The 24 Hour Drawing Project is an event in which artists start and finish a work of art in a continuous 24-hour period. It is a combination of intensive studio practice, public performance, endurance test, and spectator sport. Each artist works on a piece of their own which relates to ideas of time, duration, activity, repetition, or labour. The definition of ‘drawing’ is loose, and more along the lines of Avis Newman’s description as ‘a generative space of thought’ or ‘an unbounded space that becomes a site of transformation.’ Visitors can view the project and speak with the artists, and see a side of contemporary art that they might not ordinarily encounter. This will be the seventh performance of the 24 Hour Drawing Project and the first to include artists in Shanghai, China. The two locations will be connected periodically throughout the day and night via Skype.

Participants include David Evans, Byron Scullin, Louise Grant, Kendall Nordin, Hannah Bertram and Zhangju (Zoojoo).

David Evans is a self-taught drummer who co-founded Melbourne-based instrumental band This is Your Captain Speaking. Though not widely known in their homeland, This is Your Captain Speaking has developed a cult following in Europe and the US and is one of Australia’s best known ‘post-rock’ bands overseas, having toured Europe and achieved extraordinary acclaim from around the world.

Byron Scullin is well known for his sound production work with Chunky Move, one of Australia’s best known contemporary dance companies, and for soundtrack work on films such as Wolf Creek. Byron is also a highly sought after recording and mastering engineer, and is a lecturer in Sound at the RMIT School of Art.

Louise Grant is a Melbourne-based artist who creates temporal garden spaces, collages and paintings investigating colonial perceptions of natural landscapes. Louise Grant has exhibited throughout Australia and was the recipient of the City of Melbourne Young Artist Grant for 2007. Louise has participated in four previous 24 Hour Drawing projects.

Kendall Nordin draws, cuts, stains, tears, marks, burns, tapes, glues, inks, plays, writes, dances, sings, produces, serves, and teaches. She hails from Washington DC and received an MFA from RMIT in 2005.

Hannah Bertram completed a Bachelor of Fine Art in 2003 and a MFA in 2005 at RMIT. She has exhibited throughout Australia and since 2008 has been exhibiting internationally. She is represented by Dianne Tanzer Gallery and Projects in Melbourne and 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong.

Zhangju (Zoojoo) is a traditional ink artist and graphic designer who lives in Shanghai, and has exhibited widely throughout China since 2004.