ADAMSÉBIRE

BorninMelbourne,Australia

www.adamsebire.info/art

EDUCATION 2015- FacultyofArt,UniversityofNewSouthWales(AU) PhD(MediaArts)(pracFce-based,part-Fme,negoFaFnginsFtuFonaltransfer)

2011-2013 SydneyCollegeoftheArts,UniversityofSydney(AU)(+6monthexchange,LUCA,Ghent,Belgium) MasterofFineArts(MediaArt)

1997-2000 AustralianFilm,TV&RadioSchool(+6monthexchange,EscuelaInternacionaldeCineyTV,Cuba) MA(Hons)DirecFng(Documentary)

ORGANISATIONS 2014/16/18 Co-FoundingDirectoroftheVerFcalFilmFesFval(VFF),Australia (firstworldwidecompeFFonforportraitformatfilm&video)

2013- PostgraduateMember,InternaFonalCouncilofMuseums(ICOM)

2012- Member,NaFonalAssociaFonofVisualArFsts(NAVA)

FORTHCOMING Jan2021 AnthropoSceneIV:Adri1(ΔAsea-ice)joinspermanentexhibiFonatLaBiosphère,Montréal(dateTBC)

Dec2020 Finalist,WaterhouseNaturalScienceArtPrizeexhibiFon,SouthAustralianMuseum,11Dec-7Feb2021

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CV

SELECTEDEXHIBITIONS/filmfesMvalscreenings

• SoloexhibiMons&longerfilmsAnthropoScenes(soloexhibiFon) 03-08.2020 Soloshowformuseum’s25thanniversary GalleriSvalbard,NO

AnthropoSceneIV:Adri1(𝜟Aseaice) 10.2019 LongNightoftheMuseums,Munich MaxPlanckHaus,DE (alsoingroupshow: 02-03.2020 TheEnvironmentalCrisisExhibiFon GeraldMooreGalleryLondon,UK)

IntheHeatoftheMoment 06.2015 SoloexhibiFon CultureatWorkGallery,Sydney,AU

RoadstoNowhere 05-06.2012 HeadOnFesFval&VividSydney TheRocksPopup/formerWestpacMuseum,AU

TchaikovskyinItaly(video,52’) 10.2004 WorldPremièreattheGergievFesFval Rojerdam,NL

EchoesAcrosstheDivide(video,52’)12.2006 UnitedNaFons(HammarskjöldAuditorium)NewYork,US

•GroupexhibiMons&shortfilmsAnthropoSceneII:Tideline 03.2020 anthropoScenes,Svalbard,NO GalleriSvalbard,Longyearbyen

AnthropoSceneIII:Hellishei∂i 10.2018 (Um)Weltschmerz,Munich,DE DeutschesMuseum 05.2019 VirtualExhibiFonNº2 RachelCarsonCenter,Munich

AnthropoSceneI:Breakdown 12.2018 YourClimateChangeStory,COP23 UNFCC,UnitedNaFons,NewYork

CamelRoundabout 06.2016 ClimateRising,Minneapolis,US NorthernSparkFesFval

Melt(intheheatofthemoment) 09.2014 Beams,Sydney,AU BEAMSArtFesFval

NoManisanIsland(PolyptychNº2) 12.2013 HigherDegreeShow,Sydney,AU SydneyCollegeoftheArts

metroPOLIS 01.2012 Sydney,AU LanewaysMusicFesFval

raise|retreat|rise 01.2014 Re:Cinema,NewYork,US ParsonsTheNewSchoolforDesign 06.2013 Re:Cinema,Sydney,AU SCAGalleries(forISEA)

LeVioloncelle(35mmfilm) 2005 InvitedtoSydney,Paris,ArcipelagoRome,MontréalWorldFilmFesFvals,Flickerfest,etal.

¿CuántosColores?(super16) 1999 InvitedtoHotDocs,DokLeipzig,Havana,It’sAllTrue,Cartagena,Gothenburg,St.KildaFF,etal.

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AWARDS&GRANTS

AustralianGovernmentResearchTrainingProgramScholarship,2015-2019

RossSteeleScholarshipforResidencyinArt&Design,2016

Winner,visualartsecFon,CambiamenFClimaFci-grandchallenge—ExpoMilan,10.2015 forthephotographicseriesBelowtheLine

FauvejeLoureiroMemorialArFstsExchangeScholarship,2012

UniversityofSydneyPostgraduateAward,2011-2012

Winner,PremioGianFrancescoMalipero,AsoloArtFilmFesFval(IT)2009forCarriedbytheWind

Winner,BestOverseasFilmatMovisieArt&CultureFesFval(NL)2009forCarriedbytheWind

LECTURES&PUBLICATIONS

LectureseriesforFacebook/Instagramstaffgloballyonhistory&futureofverFcalimagemaking

SingaporeJuly2019,SydneyAugust2019,NewYorkSeptember2019

“Adrip:AjribuFon&responsibilityinachangingclimate”—illustratedessayinFlugschri1en,NewYork,04.2019

PublictalkonvisualrepresentaFonofclimatechange,NesslingFoundaFon“Nest”,Helsinki(FI)09.2018

Speaker,ClimateExistenceConference,UppsalaUniversity,Sigtuna,Sweden,05.2018

Lecturer,UniversityofSydney,DocumentaryProducFon(DECO1014),Semester1.2017

Publictalkonart&climatechange,ExpoMilano(MaldivesPavilion),Italy,10.2015

PublictalkforScienceWeek,FacultyofScience,UniversityofTechnology,Sydney,08.2015

Speaker,CultureatWork,ClimateInnovateSymposium,Sydney09.2013

Speaker,UniversityofWollongong,ExpandedDocumentarySymposium,Australia09.2012

Filmmakertalk/Q&A,UnitedNaFons(DagHammarskjöldAuditorium),NewYork,US12.2006 August2020• of3 9

ACQUISITIONS

Thermographicimageforbookcover:PeakLibido:Sex,Ecology&theCollapseofDesire(D.Pejman,PolityPress),2020

AnthropoSceneI:BreakdownpurchasedbytheUnitedNaFonsFrameworkConvenFononClimateChange/COP23,2019

JørnUtzon—InspiredbyNaturefilmcommissionedbySydneyOperaHouse,2015

RoyalFlyingDoctorService—photos&videoscommissionedfornewVisitors’Centre,BrokenHill(AU)2006-15

EchoesAcrosstheDividelicensedbytheAustralianBroadcasFngCorporaFon,AlJazeeraInternaFonal,eqHD,etal,2007-2012

Overtwodozen25-52minuteartsdocumentariescommissionedbyAustralia’sSpecialBroadcasFngService(SBSTV)1998-2011

SeveralofthesearerebroadcasteveryyearonnaFonalfree-to-airtelevision.

Numerousimages&videoslicensedformassmediapublicaFon&broadcast

RESIDENCIES

CitéInternaFonaledesArts,France,summer2016&winter2018-19(5months)

IcelandicArFsts’AssociaFon(SÍM)Residency,Iceland,winter2017&2019(3months)

GalleriSvalbardArFstResidency,Spitsbergen,2017,2019,2020(5months)

CultureatWorkArt/ScienceResidency,Australia,2014(2months)

OTHER

FreelancebasstrombonistinSydney(bigband/classical)1991-2015

MulFmediaProducerforSydneyOperaHouse2009-2015

PrincipalDirectorofPhotographyforarFstPierreHuyghe’sBiennaleofSydneyinstallaFonpiece,AForestofLines,07.2008

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▲ AnthropoScene IV : ΔAsea-ice 2019, two (or three) channel video diptych (or triptych), 8mins05sec. Première at Munich’s Long Night of the Museums at the Max Planck Institute from 19 October 2019 (pictured above). https://www.adamsebire.info/art-and-climate/#anthropoScene4

▲ AnthopoScene III : Hellishei∂i

2018, video triptych, 3 minutes. Exhibited at Deutsches Museum, Munich in October 2018, exhibition titled (Um)Weltschmerz: an Exercise in Humility & Melancholia. https://www.adamsebire.info/art-and-climate/#anthropoScene3

▼ AnthropoScene II : Tideline   

2018, single-channel video, 2mins30sec. Première at Galleri Svalbard, March-April 2020.. https://www.adamsebire.info/art-and-climate/#anthropoScene2

▼ AnthropoScene I : Breakdown 2018, single-channel video. 4mins07sec.

1min version purchased 2019 for broadcast by the United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change, COP23.

https://www.adamsebire.info/art-and-climate/#anthropoScene1

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▲  IR001251-62 from the seriesin the heat of the moment (2017)

thermographic panorama (240x75cm, metallic endura print)◀ feeling the heat (2018-19) thermographic video triptych, 15 minutes. https://vimeo.com/293489461/c203981bb6

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▲ IR00662-5 (2017)

◀ IR00349 (2017)thermographic stills from the series in the heat of the moment (2015-17) http://www.adamsebire.info/heat

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▲ No Man is an Island — Polyptych Nº2 (2013) Five channel video, 5.1 surround sound. Installation view.HD monitors, movable steel structure with hinged wings and wooden fascia.https://www.adamsebire.info/the-works/no-man-is-an-island-polyptych-number-2

raise | retreat | rise  (2013) ▲ ▶︎

Three HD videos, each 8hrs05mins at 24fps. Installation view (for ISEA Sydney) above.HD monitor, wooden housing 100 x 100 x 9cm with three metal porthole apertures.

https://www.adamsebire.info/the-works/raise-retreat-rise

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Roundabout #1 (triptych) — from the series Roads to Nowhere (2012) 40x40” metallic print on alupanel

https://www.adamsebire.info/roads