Slow Art Collective is known for participatory installations created with natrual/everyday materials such as rope, yarn, fabrics, kinetic object and sounds sculptures, and recycled/upcycled various materials; develope through community collaboration.
The collective’s practice explores process based practice, environmental sustainability and sensory engagement. Their installations invite public to participate in creating the gathering and ply space together, transforming everyday materials into immersive environments.
BIOGRAPHY
Slow Art Collective is an artistic collective that focuses on creative practices and ethics relating to environmental sustainability, material ethics, DIY culture and collaboration. As an interdisciplinary group of artists, Slow Art Collective is interested in process-driven practices where the focus is on the act of making.
‘Slow art’ is about slow exchanges of value rather than the fast, monetary exchange of value. It is about the slow absorption of culture through community links by creating something together and blurring the boundary between the artists and viewers. It is a sustainable art practice, not an extreme solution; a reasonable alternative to deal with real problems in contemporary art practice.
Collaboration is intrinsic to all facets of their work. Since 2009 Slow Art Collective has undertaken a range of projects that use the process of collecting to address the crossovers between artistic practice, creative sustainability and individual responsibility. Recently commissioned projects include Tokyo Biennale, TarraWarra Museum of Arts, McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Powerhouse Museum, Mpavillion (Botanic Garden, Monash University and Dockland), NGV, Gertrude Contemporary and Esplanade Singapore. Slow Art Collective received and awarded many grants, including Creative Victoria, the Australian Council and the City of Melbourne.
Slow Art Collective is currently helmed by Chaco Kato and Dylan Martorell, who invite collaborators to join them for individual projects.
please see more information about SAC from links below
Interview (Japanese and English) DYLAN MARTORELL website CHACO KATO website