CHURCHIE INTERVIEW

An interview with artist Sara Morawetz, who won 'the churchie' national emerging art award 2016 with her artwork, 'How the stars stand (All sold)' and '(Dear NASA…)'. Created in consultation with NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sara’s work examines the way in which humans measure and understand time through a performance staged over two months in 2015 at Open Source Gallery in Brooklyn, New York. In the performance, Sara examined the structures that time discreetly asserts, studying the physical ramifications that stem from making adjustments to the underlying axiom of time itself. Sara lives in Sydney and New York and is completing her PhD at UNSW Art & Design. She is married to NASA mathematician, Dr. Darren Engwirda, and acknowledges that his input has influenced her work in gaining insights into how and why scientists work. 'the churchie' 2016 guest judge Kelly Gellatly, Director of the Ian Potter Museum or Art (Melbourne University) awarded the non-acquisitive prize money of $15,000 sponsored by Brand + Slater Architects at the opening of the finalists’ exhibition at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Art Museum in Brisbane on Friday 19 August. Kelly said “The winning work appealed for the complexity of its endeavour and for the artist’s commitment to it”. For more visit http://www.artmuseum.qut.edu.au/exhibit/2016/churchie.jsp.

I recently filmed a interview for QUT Art Museum about my work in 'the churchie' national emerging art prize... interviews to camera are not exactly my favourite thing - but I hope it provides some insight into my work and ongoing research... x