Image – Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries

This January, as part of Sydney Festival Artspace presents a series of actions by artists to launch the 52 ARTISTS 52 ACTIONS series, a year-long online exhibition that will respond to the urgent political circumstances of our times. The exhibition will see the creation of 52 new artworks in 52 unique locations throughout Asia that will be shared globally via Instagram and online @52artists52actions and www.52artists52actions.com

Australian artist, Richard Bell launched the exhibition, from 8 – 15 January, scrutinizing the Australian government’s stance on nuclear weapons. From 15 – 22 January, Turkish artist Hera Büyüktaşçıyan posts images of architectural elements from various geographies and timelines to narrate shared memories of invisibility and loss, and internationally renowned South Korean collective Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, known for their use of animated texts set to their own music, will deliver their action ‘Discovering God’ from 22 – 29 January 2018.

52 ARTISTS 52 ACTIONS is curated and instigated by Artspace in Sydney, working with an extensive network of artists, collaborators and agitators from across Asia. Every week for one year Artspace will invite a different artist to respond to a current political or social issue in the form of an action to build awareness around important concerns locally and globally.