BLEED (Biennial Live Event in the Everyday Digital) interrogates the relationship between the digital and the live. 

BLEED (Biennial Live Event in the Everyday Digital) interrogates the relationship between the digital and the live.

Developing new contemporary art practices that are both enabled by and critical of the digital public sphere, BLEED’s unique model allows artists and audiences to experience cutting-edge art, culture and ideas. Across diverse mediums, time zones and borders, BLEED probes the extent to which digital technology can deepen our understanding of one another.

BLEED was conceived by Campbelltown Arts Centre (NSW) and Arts House (VIC). The first edition took place in 2020 as a solely online event responding to the question: ‘what does the online feel like?’

In 2022, BLEED welcomed Taiwanese partner organisations, Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA),Taipei and Taipei Performing Arts Center (TPAC). The project’s scope expanded to include live performances, exhibitions and public programs. BLEED 2022 considered the potential and problems of borders, with a program consisting of 9 artist commissions, 9 digital works and 8 live art experiences.

In 2024, BLEED expands the conversation with a consortium of national partners including Arts House (VIC), Campbelltown Arts Centre (NSW) and PICA – Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (WA). The program features artists across this continent and beyond.

From URL to IRL and back again, BLEED, the artworks and Echo public programs presented as part of it, greet audiences where they already reside: in their communities, hyper-connected and virtually networked.

About the Organisations

ARTS HOUSE
Arts House, 521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne, VIC 3051

Arts House produces and presents a year-round program of contemporary art and performance. We create space for audiences and communities to gather, discuss and experience new ideas, new people and new worlds. Working purposefully to support independent artists and the small-medium sector, we believe the arts are for everyone.

Our program is developed with guidance from our Creative Advisory Group, and informed by the commitments of our Equity—Builder and Disability and Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP).

Our work is underpinned by calls for sovereignty and self-determination by all First Nations peoples, including traditional custodians on the lands on which Arts House stands: the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation, and close neighbours, the Boon Wurrung peoples.

CAMPBELLTOWN ARTS CENTRE
Campbelltown Arts Centre (C-A-C), 1 Art Gallery Rd, Campbelltown, NSW 2560

Located on the edge of Sydney, Campbelltown Arts Centre (C-A-C) is in a unique position to forge collaborative exchanges between artists, disciplines and communities through the creation of new curatorial situations and challenging streams of practice.

Using the edge as a starting point, Campbelltown Arts Centre creates a secure platform for communities and artists to take risks, challenge perceptions, confront issues and raise questions through the commissioning of new works. These new works invite collaboration, partnership, local, national and international dialogue, the juxtaposition of new and traditional techniques and cross-disciplinary approaches.

Contemporary artists are at the forefront of Campbelltown Arts Centre’s programming and through consultation with communities, we deliver a program that profiles contemporary visual arts, performance, dance, music, live art and emergent practices.

PERTH INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), Perth Cultural Centre, 51 James St Perth, WA 6000

Housed in an iconic heritage building in the heart of Perth, PICA is the place to experience the very best of local, Australian and international contemporary art in Western Australia.

Over its 30-year history, PICA has operated as both a producing and presenting organisation, delivering an annual program of changing exhibitions, seasons in contemporary dance, experimental theatre, new music and live art as well as a range of artist-in-residence programs.
PICA works with artists who are trail-blazers, exemplars, innovators and change-makers and acts as a site for challenging and timely conversations.

Its programs are carefully crafted, ensuring connections are forged not only between artists and audiences but across art forms, cultures and geographies. For artists, audiences and other communities it serves, PICA is a meeting place, a provocateur, a resource and most importantly a partner in the realisation of big and new ideas.

Credits

BLEED (Biennial Live Event in the Everyday Digital) was conceived by Campbelltown City Council through Campbelltown Arts Centre, and the City of Melbourne through Arts House. BLEED 2024 is produced and presented by Campbelltown Arts Centre, Arts House, and Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in partnership with Treasure Hill Artist Village.

BLEED 2024 CREDITS

The BLEED website has been designed and developed in collaboration with The Company You Keep and Daniel Reid.

Project & Consortium Producer
Brittany Green (C-A-C)

Consortium Production Assistance
Louana Sainsbury (Arts House) & Miranda Johnson (PICA)

Echo Joint Panel Discussion Producers
Louana Sainsbury & Tish Brennan-Steers (Arts House)

Consortium Social Media Coordinators
Jake Davies & Jordyn Mcgeachin (Arts House)

Consortium E-Newsletter Coordinators
Erin Lockyer & Kauri Minhinnick (PICA)

Consortium Website Coordinator
Brittany Green (C-A-C)

Consortium Marketing & Publicity Coordinator
Ellen Formby (C-A-C)

ARTS HOUSE PROJECT TEAM

Acting Artistic Director
Olivia Anderson

Creative Producer
Louana Sainsbury

Associate Producer
Tish Brennan-Steers

Production Manager
Tony MacDonald

Technical Coordinator
Bart Mangan

Venue Technician
Taran Ablitt

Marketing Manager
Jake Davies

Public Engagement and Front of House Operations Manager
Adam Seymour

Business Manager
Brian Horder

Business Support Officers
Trudy Hayter and Jordyn McGeachin

C-A-C PROJECT TEAM

Director
Mouna Zaylah

Head of Curatorial
Adam Porter

Creative Producer, Performance
Brittany Green

Assistant Creative Producer
Anne Cutajar

Media & Communications Officer
Ellen Formby

Design & Communications Officer
Donna Vo

Education Officer
Celeste Wrona

Creative Learning and Engagement Officer (Acting)
Julia Quinn

Assistant Education & Creative Learning Producer
Samantha Relihan

Production Lead
Frank Mainoo

PICA PROJECT TEAM

Public Programs & Studios Manager, BLEED Creative Producer
Miranda Johnson

Director/CEO
Hannah Mathews

Development Manager
Anne Tunnecliffe

Marketing Manager
Erin Lockyer

Marketing Coordinator
Kauri Minhinnick

Designer
Tim Green

Front of House Manager
Manda Campbell

Installation Technician
Cara Teusner-Gartland

Installation Technician
Hugh Thomson

Gallery Supervisors
Caroline Forsberg, Maile Bowen, James McMillan

Gallery Attendants
Bryce Goddard, Caro Duca, Desmond Tan, Leyla Allerton, Nina Raper, Nina Smith, Pip Lewi, Zendra Giraudo

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    Contact the Organisations

    Arts House
    North Melbourne Town Hall, 521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne, VIC 3051
    +61 3 9322 3720
    artshouse@melbourne.vic.gov.au

    Campbelltown Arts Centre
    1 Art Gallery Rd, Campbelltown, NSW 2560
    +61 2 4645 4100
    artscentre@campbelltown.nsw.gov.au

    Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
    Perth Cultural Centre, 51 James St, Perth, WA 6000
    +61 8 9228 6300
    info@pica.org.au

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    26 July 2024

    Acknowledgement of Country
    Arts House, Campbelltown Arts Centre and Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands we live and work on, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung, Dharawal, and Whadjuk Noongar peoples. We extend our respects to their Elders past and present. We extend this acknowledgment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences and communities, and First Nations peoples globally.