WILLOH S. WEILAND - ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Willoh S.Weiland is an artist, writer and curator.Her work Yelling at Stars, an ongoing art science project, was presented at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl as the closing event of the 2008 Next Wave Festival; the Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow and at Less Remote, an art / science symposium running parallel to the 59th International Astronautical Congress.
In 2009 she undertook a Synapse residency the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, where she developed the work Void Love: A soap opera about Astrophysics starring Kamahl.
She has two on going live art collaborations with Spat + Loogie (This Is Not Art, Newcastle 2007; Hard Party, Sydney, 2009; Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney 2009, Blind Disco, Arts House, 2009) and as part of Deadpan with video artist Martyn Coutts, (Electrofringe residency 2008; National Symposium on Live Art, PICA/ Artrage; Asialink residency, Beijing, 2010, NES artist residency, Iceland 2010).
She directs the art lab and presentation space, Head Quarters in Melbourne, is a member of the Greenroom panel for hybrid arts and has undertaken mentorships with Jenny Kemp (Artistic Director Black Sequin), Roger Alsop (Head of Sound Design VCA) and Scott Rankin (Artistic Director Big Hart).