Hopefully more interesting than 2017. Perhaps that is somewhat ambitious. We'll see.

Yet another year and apart from a few ups and downs, overall not bad. Started at CSI which has been an interesting experience and a chance to get into the City a few days a week.

Hopefully, another interesting year!...Well, it was I guess.

2015

Light installation for ImMediate exhibution, MLM December. Essentially reworking the LEDs used at E.S.S. on Gertrude st in July. Now there is interaction.

Working in the Studio at Fitzroy on a couple of projects.

Illumicube controller rebuild - July/August 

Light installation - July.  With Adrian Lander (video) for E.S.S. (Tatsuyoshi Kawabata, Hoshika Oshimi & ESS staff)  in Gertrude St. Fitzroy (See Projects)

Light Sculpture - May. Spiritous Grant with Anja Freyja for the Abbotsford Convent (See Projects)

Light Canvas - Nov 2014-Feb. Experiments with internal illumination of material. (See Projects)

2014

Back in Melbourne.

2013

Theremin reconstruction project with Stephen Jones at the ANU School of Art Gallery
The original 1975 Theremin (antenna) byJoseph Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski is on Stephen's left.

http://soa.anu.edu.au/event/revenant-media

The Theremin performance video is here: http://vimeo.com/78683589

2012

September. The Little Mermaid installation.
From Hungarian Television:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZbqw0a-7Q4&list=UUtwEvUfrT1oVLiOTJc7XQ-w&t=0h0m0s

"Untitled Moments" project with Tim Brook and Ruth Hingston. http://hingstonbrook.com/14moment/hb1400.php
Illumicube revitalization project. Timelapse video here: http://vimeo.com/65782683 

2009

Restless Habitat II at the ANU School of Art Gallery June 2009

New FyberMotion installation taking shape for opening at ANCA Gallery 11th February.

ANU School of Art Gallery Exhibition Video at http://vimeo.com/64030947

2008

Back teaching in the newly established Photography and Media Arts department in the School of Art.
Working on the FyberMotion Project with Lucie Verhelst and Belinda Jessup

Outside Study Program Leave
Research Area

During April, I will be traveling to Taiwan, Singapore, Beijing and Shanghai undertaking
field research on digital Sound Art.

The purpose of this research is to establish:

- The extent to which Sound Art exists, its diversity and how it is understood in the Asian context
- What makes it different
- Development of an approach to a taxonomy of practice
- Contact with a wide range of practicing artists

I attended the MiniMidi Festival in Beijing May 1-3.
It was really inspiring to visit Beijing and experience the activity there in Sound and Performance Art.
There was something truely avant garde there in a way that I hadn't experienced for a long time.

1. Yan-Jun, the organizer of MiniMidi Festival at 2kolegas
2. "Noise is Free"
3. Yang Licai. Owner of Sugar Jar records and Chinese Independent Music Space at Dashanzi 798
4 Janek Schaefer (right)

1. Yan-Jun, the organizer of MiniMidi Festival at 2kolegas
Lin Chiwei in background on the left.


2. "Noise is Free"


3. Yang Licai. Owner of Sugar Jar Records, a Chinese Independent Music Space then at Dashanzi 798


4 Janek Schaefer (right)

Presented a paper at Media Infinity:An Interplay of Fast & Frozen Permutations in New Media Forum
TNUA NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF ARTS 28 MAY - 30 MAY 2007

Mid November, in Singapore as part of an academic review committee for the Republic Polytechnic.
      

First FyberMotion installation (Pergola) exhibited at Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka.

Video of Pergola in action at the Contemporary Art Space 2005, Manuka: Pergola Video