Introducing the Artists for Digital Innovation in the UC and Belco Arts Creative Recovery and Resilience Residencies

6 Dec, 2021

Melanie Lane and Zhi Yi Cham are the two Digital Innovation Artists-in-Residence in the University of Canberra (UC) and Belco Arts’ Creative Recovery and Resilience Residency program. They’ll be spending the next couple of months working with Emerging Creative Producer, Zora Pang and the staff at Belco Arts and UC to develop and deepen their practice.

Video Description:

In the first 40 seconds of this video, you will hear from the two Digital Innovation Artists-in-Residence in the University of Canberra (UC) and Belco Arts’ Creative Recovery and Resilience Residency program. They are the emerging artist Zhi and established artist Melanie Lane. The background setting of the video features various creative spaces at University of Canberra and Belconnen Arts Centre in Canberra. 
 
You will also hear from collaborative staff members:
  • Jack Lloyd, the executive director and co-CEO of Belco Arts talking from the lounge space at Belco Arts; 
  • Denise Thwaites, an assistant professor in digital arts from the UC Centre for Creative and Cultural Research talking from outside of the workshop at UC; 
  • Sam Hinton, the director of digital strategy from UC Faculty of Arts and Design; 
  • Damith Herath, an associate professor in robotics and arts from UC Faculty of Science and Technology talking from the robotics lab; 
  • Chenoeh Miller the Live Programs Officer at Belco Arts. 
  • Sam Hinton especially showed us the space at UC called Workshop 7, where big machinery, tools and technology are featured. Chenoeh especially showed us the diverse range of creative space at Belco Arts. 
  • You then will hear from Zora Pang talking from the Belco Arts gallery space, the emerging creative producer of this residency program.  

 


UC and Belco Arts’ Creative Recovery and Resilience Residencies for Cross-Sector Engagement and Digital Innovation are programs that model distinct ways to cultivate long-term relationships and professional development, which can have an enduring impact for participating artists and organisations. 

This project is part of the ACT Government’s Creative Recovery and Resilience Program.

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🎥 Filmed and edited by Nic Vevers