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Oscar with a canvas experiment in Stockton, NSW. This canvas was left on a verandah to gather dust for 18 months.

The Dust Project is an art project that visually represents aesthetic and scientific forms of knowledge in the exploration of the issue of air pollution in the Hunter Valley. It is also a geographically based environmental initiative resulting in artworks that will be combined with scientific analysis of dust particles found in the Hunter Valley region. The artworks are created by falling dust/pollution, giving a visual representation of what we breathe. So far I have conducted visual experiments collecting dust on canvas surfaces for over two years in Stockton, East Maitland and Nelson Bay.

Over the past 18 months I have placed approximately 43 unframed random sized canvas pieces at various locations throughout the Hunter Valley to collect dust over a one year period. The canvas pieces are in the process of being collected and stitched together to give a visual reference to a patchwork, or rather, an aerial view of pockets of land. Testing will be carried out at each location to determine what is present in the dust. Is coal dust present in these samples? Can we determine how far the dust travels by sampling locations removed from coal activities?

Example of collated samples so far

 

 

Examples of previous dust/canvas experiments.

                                 
Chemical analysis of dust found on canvas from Stockton.
The original canvas is white, clean and painted with a clear adherent. The falling dust adheres to the canvas, forming the image. The results are unpredictable and varies from location to location. Different adherents work better in different locations.


    A lung from East Maitland….

 

                             

Cathy with her canvas experiment at Stockton           Chris and Steve from East Maitland, living near the rail line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected Past Projects

     
Have you been to Lowly, Mr Rann ?
Short film/documentary addressing the concerns with the proposed industrial development at Point Lowly (40 km from Whyalla, SA) 2009; Company: d’faces of youth arts; Makers: Suzannah Jones with members of d’faces of youth arts, including Lauren Pearce and James Gilbert; With help from: d’faces AD Susi Skinner

 

Art on Wheels

    


Company: d’faces of youth arts;  Creative Producer: Suzannah Jones;   Artists: James Cochran and Indigenous Artist Willy Carbine
Photographer: Randy Larcombe;  Partners: Plaza Youth Centre, Whyalla
Funded by: Arts SA, SAYAB, Country Arts SA, Whyalla City Council,Health Promotions SA, Gordon Darling Foundation.  Aerosol art workshops with Whyalla youth, with the main participants identifying as Indigenous, or Bungala. These workshops culminated in a mobile art van, and book documenting the process and outcome in the arid surrounds of Whyalla. Images by Randy Larcombe. This project took place on Bungala Land.


 

Open Arms

 

        

A theatre project inspired by the relationships that developed between young people living in Whyalla and young refugees living in the now defunct Baxter Detention Centre, near Port Augusta. Company: d’faces of youth arts  Creative Producer: Suzannah Jones; Written by Bryan Martin; Directed by Priya Goldfinch. Funded by Australia Council for the Arts, SAYAB, Arts SA, Whyalla City Council, Health Promotions SA.
The heart drawn image above was created by Daniel, a young refugee in Baxter Detention Centre. It was given to a young member of d’faces of youth arts whom he befriended, his name also Daniel. This friendship inspired the play.

 

 

Nothing Better to Do

A film project developed in response to a negative media comment by a prominent local who stated that young women in Whyalla had ‘nothing better to do than to have babies’. Company: d’faces of youth arts; Partners: Edward John Eyre High School: Creative Producer: Suzannah Jones;  Film makers: Heather Croal and Chris Johnson; Company Manager; Cathy Thompson. Funded by SAYAB, Arts SA, SA Health Promotions, Community Benefit SA, Country Arts SA, Whyalla City Council.

 

 

Massive Art

 

Massive Art was a long term aerosol art program tutored by James Cochran (aka Jimmy C). Participants did many walls throughout the community, with some participants gaining commission work. Whyalla City Council also reported a significant decrease in vandalism at public buildings painted with a Massive Art mural. Funding; SAYAB, Country Arts SA, Whyalla City Council, SA Health Promotions, Community Benefit SA

 

 

Nunga Dance


The Nunga Dance Program, tutored by Felix Kerry and Nikki Ashby, was part of the ongoing arts program delivered by d’faces of youth arts. Two of our members were selected for NAISDA. Program Manager: Suzannah Jones, Funded by SAYAB, Health Promotions SA, Country Arts SA, Whyalla City Council

 

 

Fishy Fringe Festival

 

     

A mini arts festival based in Whyalla, co-founded by Suzannah with a community group called CREATE. Suzannah was responsible for the Artistic Programme. The week long Festival was seen as an opportunity for community groups and individuals to present their own shows, exhibitions, and performances as part of the festival, as well as bringing in visiting artists. Funded by OneSteel, Whyalla City Council, Country Arts SA, Festivals Australia. This festival continues, yet it is not as it was.

 

 

Positions Vacant

 

Company: d’faces of youth arts, Concept by Sasha Zahra, Directed by Jo Zealand, Choreography by Cat James-Gutierrez, Written by Finnegan Krukemeyer, Set Design by Susie Skinner and Jo Zealand, Art work by James Cochran, Project Managed/Produced by Suzannah Jones. A theatre production exploring the issue of youth unemployment in regional/remote areas. Funded by the Australia Council for the Arts, SAYAB, Country Arts SA, Whyalla City Council.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Dust Project begins….

December 16, 2018(0)Some of you know that I have been experimenting with the idea of collecting fallen dust on canvas, creating a visual representation of what we breathe. I had begun a research based experimental arts project a year or so ago, but alas, I did not secure the main funds. With moving, selling house, full time…
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Basil Sellers 2019

December 16, 2018(0)I was surprised to receive the news today that I have been selected as a finalist for the Basil Sellers Art Prize 2019, an acquisitive art prize valued at $20,000. The work is titled ‘Live Bombs with Fish Trap’, again a collage landscape influenced by my time on the Upper Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Its…
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Pro Hart Outback Art Prize 2018

July 29, 2018(0)I am very happy to announce that I have been selected for the Pro Hart Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, for a fourth time. The title of the entry is ‘Live Bombs, on the edge of the Upper Spencer Gulf’, 2018. It is a mixed media piece on canvas, incorporating paper collage, as…
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