SICs Degrees 2020

Collaborative art project, exhibition & online experience, curated by Danish Quapoor, featuring 16 artistic collaborations:
Danish Quapoor > Peatree > Lauren Jaye Carter > Liz O'Brien > Margaret Robertson > Rhi Johnson > Hannah Murray > David Usher > Erin Ricardo > Karri McPherson > Lynn Scott-Cumming > Joeli Eastell > Michael Pope > Cameron Forsyth > Marion Gaemers > Oly King > Danish Quapoor.

Interactive audience participation
Download and collaborate on one of the unfinished artworks,
then upload it by 7 November for potential inclusion in the exhibition or online gallery.

Exhibition to be held at Murky Waters Studio (Townsville, QLD), 13 - 29 November 2020
Opening night 6pm Friday 13 November 2020 > Download the exhibition invitation here!

ONLINE GALLERY / SHOP

Click here to see the online gallery or here to buy any of the works!

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

SICs (Separation, Isolation, Collaborations) Degrees is a collaborative visual arts project that will upskill, network, exhibit and generate income for Townsville and Australian artists, and engage audiences (including optional participation). The project riffs off the spread of COVID-19 by instead enabling exponential collaboration. Artist and curator Danish Quapoor instigated the project by nominating 2 artists, who in turn nominated 2 artists, and so on. Quapoor then curated pairings of the artists to collaborate in a chain. The diverse group of sixteen artists will each (a) initiate one two-dimensional artwork, and (b) complete one artwork. The artworks will be presented in an exhibition at Murky Waters Studio and online experience in November 2020. Audiences will also have the chance to download and complete the artworks for potential inclusion.

Read about the artists here, or view / download the unfinished works to collaborate on by clicking here.

HOW DID SICs DEGREES ORIGINATE?

Townsville-based visual artist and curator Danish Quapoor (artist pseudonym of Daniel Qualischefski) has a strong history of collaboration and curating self-funded collaborative projects. He has curated / co-curated five collaborative exhibitions and is working on a sixth with two long-term artist collaborators (SICs Degrees will be his seventh). Quapoor’s most recent collaborative exhibition collaberration saw the lead artist collaborating with 17 Australian and international artists via post. The development of coronavirus (and its impact on Townsville's and Australia’s cultural and creative scenes) has had a creative impact on Danish for a number of months, and provided the artist with inspiration for this new project. The graphics of COVID-19's exponential spread were particularly formative. Danish Quapoor is excited to deliver SICs Degrees with the support of the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) in Townsville. This ensures the artists get paid as well as receiving the project’s opportunities of networking and exhibiting.

The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and the Townsville City Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

Copyright Danish Quapoor © 2022 | danishquapoor@gmail.com | Visual artist and artsworker, Townsville, North Queensland, Australia.

I acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians, the Gurambilbarra Wulgurukaba and Bindal people, of the land on which I live and create. I pay respect to their elders past, present and future.

All work is one of a kind, original artwork created by Danish Quapoor unless otherwise stated (i.e. in the case of collaborations or limited print runs). Images are digital photographs and presented as accurately as possible, however colours may appear slightly different in person.