In September 2019 the Sydney suburb of Ashfield was #storybombed. Inner West Council invited me, along with Spineless Wonders publisher Bronwyn Mehan and writer Richard Holt, to bring #storybombing to the centre of Ashfield as part of the 2019 Ashfield Edge festival. A roaming writer under the alias Walther Write (Richard Holt) interacted with locals … Read More
A study residency at frontyard Marrickville, March 9th-22nd The goal of this residency at frontyard is to not have a goal. During my residency, I will seek to get INPUT through reading, pausing, thinking, talking, visiting, exploring, engaging, walking, meditating. My intention is to use my frontyard “getaroom” wall to map process, beliefs, insights, emotions and connections. I endeavour to unlearn … Read More
The #storybombingSydney project brings to the city immersive and playful encounters with bite-sized Australian literature through text, voice, audio and visual elements. Whether via low or high tech (from pavement chalk and fortune cookies to time-lapse recording, decal transparencies, digital riso printed billboard posters, large-scale projections or sounds generated from text), throughout the story … Read More
In getting back to my busy working mum life, I started having a huge longing to be more creative. I managed on the spur of the moment to self-motivate by giving myself a “challenge to draw” in late 2013. Making it public. Using Facebook to do it, and to be be accountable. I got through it, … Read More
In 2007 and 2008 Bettina travelled as artist in residence aboard the M/V Lyubov Orlova and Icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov to the Antarctic peninsula. Influenced by this experience she worked on a series of paintings in oil on glass and on found wood. She also brought back photographs to share snapshots of her time in this astounding … Read More