Nina Ross, Stephen Palmer and Gabrielle de Vietri are multidisciplinary artists working collaboratively for the ATW AIR 2019 program.

Since 2017 the artists have collaborated as part of the art/activist collective Artists’ Committee, which has been concerned centrally with the offshore detention of asylum seekers and refugees, and the conditions under which artists work. Their projects have included creative interventions, open meetings, banner-making workshops, public performances and an interactive database. More broadly the artists’ collaborative work is concerned with collective action towards positive social change, and finds its substance at the crux between culture, money, ethics and parenthood. Their individual practices also share an interest in language and the way in which it shapes our relationship with others.

During their ATW residency they will consider the precarious nature of artistic work, in relation to a range of conditions including wages, funding, parenthood, and time. The project will include informal discussions and workshops and the production of a series of banners utilising a range of materials.