Bethany J Fellows: October 2007

Monday 15 October 2007

Make Sound Art Melodic

Newcastle's This is Not Art Festival, known for its socially irrelevant discordant sounds, recieved a loud and clear message from Bethany J Fellows after her petition to "Make Sound Art Melodic" managed to gather six pages of carefully penned names. The support from festival goers was overhelming and featured many high profile names from the general public and also TINAs directors.

About the Artist

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Bethany J. Fellows (born Tucson, Arizona 1983) is a Melbourne based artist. She graduated with a BFA from the University of Newcastle (2004) and recently completed her honours at Monash University (2010). Her practice is often participatory and usually cited in public and non-traditional space. Gift giving is used in her arts practice to emphasise the importance of relationships with people and place, as a cultural critique and as a metaphorical device for various things. Her work involves fleeting exchanges with others and frequently employs humour and food to highlight and exploit the tension of hospitable interactions with people and the unknown.