From the Artist

Greg Semu in conversation with Mark Feary, curator, prior to the opening of Collection+: Greg Semu. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 8 October 2016, in association with SCAF Project 33, Collection+: Greg Semu.

Jompet Kuswidananto in conversation with Alia Swastika, curator, prior to the opening of Jompet Kuswidananto: After Voices. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 25 June 2016, in association with SCAF Project 32, Jompet Kuswidananto: After Voices.

Dr Gregory Ferris, Lecturer, Media Arts & Production, UTS, leads an informal and wide ranging discussion with Mikhael Subotzky about his major projects, his approach to making art, and the ways he works with ideas of place in his creative practice. Recorded at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), 23 March 2016, in association with Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF) Project 30, Mikhael Subotzky: WYE.

Artist Mikhael Subotzky in conversation with Nina Miall, curator and WYE essayist, prior to the opening of Mikhael Subotzky: WYE. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 17 March 2016, in association with SCAF Project 30, Mikhael Subotzky: WYE.

Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF) presents Collection+: Christian Thompson, curated by Alana Kushnir. In this film, Christian Thompson and Gene Sherman, Executive Director of SCAF, discuss the project and Christian's practice. Collection+: Christian Thompson, SCAF Project 29, was at SCAF from 23 October – 12 December 2015.

Artist Christian Thompson and curator Alana Kushnir discuss with Gene Sherman the genesis of the Collection+ exhibition as well as Alana's curatorial approach to the Collection+ show. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 22 October 2015, in association with SCAF Project 29, Collection+: Christian Thompson.

Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF) presents Hugo Moline and Heidi Axelsen: Owner Occupy, 2015, an interactive gallery installation that seeks to create a timely discussion around architecture’s role in housing affordability, and the real estate market’s control of land ownership. In this film, Hugo Moline and Heidi Axelsen speak about this project and what they hope viewers can take away from it. Hugo Moline and Heidi Axelsen: Owner Occupy, SCAF Project 28, was at SCAF from 21 August – 3 October 2015.

Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF) presents Yang Zhichao: Chinese Bible, 2009, curated by Claire Roberts. Chinese Bible is a performance installation comprising 3,000 diaries and notebooks collected by Beijing-based artist Yang Zhichao. In this short film, go behind the scenes of the Chinese Bible install and hear the artist and curator discuss the project. Yang Zhichao: Chinese Bible, SCAF Project 26, was at SCAF from 14 May - 1 August 2015.

Artist statement from Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, accompanying his work An Archive (2015), exhibited as part of Go East: The Gene & Brian Sherman Contemporary Asian Art Collection with the Art Gallery of NSW in 2015.

Shaun Gladwell in conversation with Collection+: Shaun Gladwell curators Dr Barbara Polla and Prof. Paul Ardenne, moderated by Dr Gene Sherman AM. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 5 March 2015, in association with SCAF Project 24, Shaun Gladwell: The Lacrima Chair, and SCAF Project 25, Collection+: Shaun Gladwell.