Book Launch for the International Arts Project
How do Skype and art go together? This question arose in 2012 and induced Maggie McCornick and her colleague Professor Henning Eichinger to initiate the fascinating mutual arts research project between the RMIT University Melbourne and the Reutlingen University in Germany, which was first called
Skypetrait. In the first three months, six students from each University met in German-Australian pairs in multiple three minute drawing sessions via Skype. Based on the
blind contour drawing method,
Skypetrait requires the artists neither to look at what they are drawing nor to lift their pencil, but apart from that, they are free to use any artistic technique, which has led to a lot of different, interesting and abstract results. Because of its extraordinary success and overwhelming public interest, it was decided to continue the project with the name
SkypeLab and to extend it. The East China Normal University and the Goethe-Institut in Shanghai became the third and fourth cooperation partners. In order to expand the
SkypeLab network, more stations are planned.
Three years after the release of their first book
Skypetrait: Transcontinental Faces, Maggie McCornick and Professor Henning Eichinger brought out their latest publication
SkypeLab: Transcontinental Faces, which introduces the talented participants and shows the impressive and amazing outcomes of the project.
On Wednesday 15 June you have the opportunity to check out this exciting project and enjoy the new book, which will be launched by Professor Paul Gough at the RMIT Design Hub. The Head of the School of Art and the German Honorary Consul-General Michael Pearce will also be there.
Wednesday 15 June 2016 5-7 pm
RMIT Design Hub, Building 100, Level 9
Corner Victoria and Swanston Streets
Carlton VIC 3000
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