24 AUGUST – 2 SEPTEMBER - Arts Tasmania

artists@work
arts@work and the Australia Business Arts Foundation, with the
endorsement of KPMG Tasmania, are proud to launch ‘artists@work’, a
pilot program of residencies linking Tasmanian artists with Tasmanian
businesses, between now and December 2007.
The residencies are about exchanges of ideas and experiences in which
artists, businesses and their employees benefit. Our participating artists
are incredibly multi-skilled; used to exploring disciplines that are not
conventional subjects for art, and that fall outside their own area of
expertise. Our participating businesses thrive on challenge and are
committed to achieving success through creativity and innovation,
and all recognise the importance of retaining and valuing staff.
The 2007 artists@work include; Greg Leong at Zinifex Rosebery Mine
and Lucy Wilson at Moorilla Estate, Berriedale
Textile and photomedia artist Greg Leong
will work at the Zinifex Rosebery Mine.
This residency will celebrate community,
and the company that makes the survival
of the community possible. It will pay
homage to the people of Rosebery and their
spirit in a rugged environment. Greg Leong
will collaborate with people who work at
the mine, their families, and people from
the community, creating a multi-layered
account of the company and community
vision of what mining activity means to
the West Coast. Greg will interview and
photograph mine workers and will research
the company archives.
greg leong
at zinifex rosebery mine
Together with mine workers, their families
and other residents, Greg will present a
public event with digitally imaged portraits,
a soundtrack built from interviews as well
as the sounds of the workplace, and live
performances by participants. A DVD will be
created as a lasting record of the project.
Zinifex owns and operates two mines
both in Australia: Century Mine, a large
open cut zinc and lead mine in northwest
Queensland, and Rosebery, an underground
zinc, lead, silver, gold and copper mine on
the west coast of Tasmania. The Rosebery
ore body was discovered in 1893 by a
prospector, Tom McDonald. The area was
mined by several different operators until
1921 when Rosebery and the nearby Hercules
Mines were purchased by EZ Industries
Limited. The current operation was
commissioned in 1936.The mine produces
around 700,000 tonnes of ore each year.
Zinifex believes in working cooperatively
with local communities.
Website: www.zinifex.com
Image credits/
(left) Aerial mine photograph supplied by Rosebery
Zinifex Mine, (above) Tullah detail from ‘111- One
Hundred and Eleven Years of the West Coast District Hospital’
2006, © Greg Leong
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