Cynthia Schwertsik with Dave Laslett

Cynthia Schwertsik
Cynthia Schwertsik has an art practice that includes visual art and contemporary performance with a focus on activating public space through participatory inclusion. At the heart of her process is collaboration. She has generated an array of diverse projects that are informed through conceptual thinking and infiltrated with humour.

Cynthia has been a recipient of grants both from Austrian and Australian government bodies and completed residencies. And been commissioned by Australian city councils such as the City of Sydney, City of Unley, City of Port Adelaide Enfield and The Broken Hill Regional Gallery.

Schwertsik has exhibited and performed in numerous solo and group exhibitions and interventions throughout Europe, South Africa and Australia. Key projects include Bureau d’Exchange (2021), ...in an UNSETTLED position (2020) at Sauerbier House, Port Noarlunga, UTE-ilitarian (2019) FUMA, Adelaide, Total Recall (2017) at the Museum of unheard (of) things, Berlin; Referentieller Querverweis: Ich brauch Tapetenwechsel! (2013), Vienna Museum MUSA, Vienna; and Legends of culture (2010), Right on the Rim and the Project Salon, Johannesburg.

Schwertsik holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts (2016) from Adelaide Central School of Art. She also earned a Dance Diploma (1990) from TanzQuartier, Vienna and a Diploma of Textile Design

Dave Laslett
Dave Laslett is a transdisciplinary land artist who alters landscapes to build meticulous and intricate true worlds. Existing in a space outside of society Laslett hyper-focuses without distraction or dilution on these unique site-specific installations, impossible lighting techniques and technically driven photography. His life is an extension of his practice, living in isolation, close to the land using only what he needs.

Embedded within the outer environment, Laslett spends endless months developing natural and foreign assets to deploy within these intricate scenes infusing various elements of philosophy, sociology, psychology and mindfulness. This dance initially helped decipher the world around him, but quickly transitioned into an unconscious compulsion.

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Cynthia Schwertsik with Dave Laslett, Current Affairs Tableau Vivant, 2021/2022, Flinders Ranges, single channel video / sound, loop, installation elements
Cynthia Schwertsik with Dave Laslett, Installation view. Photo Sam Roberts.