Stretching boundaries to find opportunities

Flowers and fashion create new avenues for artists to explore creative exchange and market opportunities.
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Artists like to collaborate with other artists – think of duos as a brand, such as British artists Gilbert & George now showing at Hobart’s MONA or Australian video artists Gabriella and Silvana Mangano​ or performance artists Clark Beaumont (Sarah Clark and Nicole Beaumont).​

Recently, a new inflection has emerged. With the rise of technology and a certain democratization that has come with digital media, we have seen more cross-discipline collaboration – dancers with visual artists; choreographers with filmmakers; sculptors with musicians.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina