Elastic Print Set

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Elastic / Borracha / Elástico, Timor-Leste/Australia Mobile Contemporary Artists’ Residency
Victor De Sousa, Narelle Jubelin and Fiona MacDonald and Maria Madeira
Publisher: The Cross Art Projects. Printer Big Fag Press.

Timor Leste’s 25-year independence struggle was given spirit and form by the silent resilience of traditional culture. When full independence was reached in May 2002, the country was a smoking ruin with 80% of its infrastructure destroyed and communities obliterated. A decade later, four artists – Maria Madeira and Victor De Sousa from East Timor, and Narelle Jubelin and Fiona MacDonald from Australia – formed a mobile residency. They travelled to 11 of the 13 districts of Timor-Leste to witness its reconstruction from scorched earth. Their travel was faciliated by Timor Aid and by the late independent Melbourne-based curator Jennifer Phipps to whom the Elastic Borracha Elástico publication is dedicated.

The print set was launched at Chan Centre, Darwin (managed by NCCA) in 2014. A year later it won the prestigious Freemantle Print Award. A book was launched at Darwin Library in February 2017. > Download sample as pdf
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‘Elastic Cultural Activism’ by Jo Holder, first published in Imprint Winter 2015 Vol 50 No 2. > Download pdf

02: Market at Gleno
District: Ermera
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04: Suai Loro Community
District: Covalima
Village: Holbelis
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06: Cristina Da Costa with school children
District: Ainaro
Sub District: Hatu Builico
Village: Hau Tio
Uma Lulik (Sacred House): Mau Ulo
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08: Koperativa Girasol Alfayate I.T.N
District: Viqueque
Village: Beloi
Paulina Amaral
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10: Girls playing Elastics
Uma Lulik Buscaulari
District: Baucau
Sub District: Laga Village: Nunira
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