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COFA Annual 2011 - Fine Arts

Fine arts for the next generation! 25 Jan 2012, 646 views no rating

COFA Annual 2011 - Digital Media

The new look of digital media! 25 Jan 2012, 474 views no rating

COFA Annual 2011 - Design

The future of design is here! 25 Jan 2012, 544 views no rating

Tega Brain: Coin Operated Wetland

Can a wetland be partnered with a laundromat? 07 Dec 2011, 214 views no rating

"Curating Cities" Gets a Royal Launch

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark ... 22 Nov 2011, 1,789 views no rating

Alan Krell: The Dreadful Prankster

Alan Krell talks about his new book, "Burning Issues". 08 Nov 2011, 735 views no rating

Ross Harley: A Gesture Against the Erasure of History

Ross Harley talks about his efforts to preserve the histo... 01 Nov 2011, 585 views no rating

Ian Howard: Physical Barriers, Virtual Freedoms

Ian Howard talks about the psychology of walls and barriers. 25 Oct 2011, 953 views no rating

Susan Best: Visualising Feeling

Susan Best looks at minimalist artists throughout the las... 25 Oct 2011, 609 views no rating

Design Week - Jacqueline Clayton: Ceramics and Sustainability

Jacqueline Clayton talks about the issues facing ceramics... 17 Oct 2011, 313 views no rating

Design Week - Duncan Underwood: Digital Design for the Future

Duncan Underwood talks about ethical design in the digita... 05 Oct 2011, 493 views no rating

Design Week - Heidi Dokulil and Liane Rossler: Design, Community, Sustainability

Heidi and Liane talk about community engagement for susta... 05 Oct 2011, 682 views no rating

Design Week - Richard Goodwin: In With The Old, Out With The New

Richard Goodwin proposes a new model of sustainable design. 04 Oct 2011, 605 views no rating

COFA Talks - "Can Art Change How We Feel About Refugees?" Part 1: Shakti Sivanathan

Shakthi Sivanathan isn't sure art can truly change our pe... 27 Sep 2011, 156 views no rating

COFA Talks - "Can Art Change How We Feel About Refugees?" Part 2: Guido Gonzales and Saif Jari

Guido and Saif talk about sharing their refugee stories. 27 Sep 2011, 196 views no rating

COFA Talks - "Can Art Change How We Feel About Refugees?" Part 3: Claudia Chidiac

Claudia Chidiac talks about theatre as a medium of storyt... 24 Sep 2011, 162 views no rating

COFA Talks - "Can Art Change How We Feel About Refugees?" Part 4: Paula Abood

Paula Abood looks at how art can be used to express the a... 24 Sep 2011, 202 views no rating

Design Week - Rod Bamford: Design Solutions for Society

Rod Bamford looks at design practices in today's society. 24 Sep 2011, 288 views no rating

Design Week - Rachel Baker: Phenomonology of Space

Rachel Baker talks about the phenomonology of space. 20 Sep 2011, 316 views no rating

Steve Weymouth: Caricaturing Motion

Steve Weymouth on the perception of the animator. 19 Sep 2011, 208 views no rating

David Trubridge: Inspiration and Genetic Mutation

Is David Trubridge the Darwin of design? 19 Sep 2011, 476 views no rating

Soheil Ashrafi: A New Determination of Language Dimensions

Can one font communicate two languages? 14 Sep 2011, 446 views no rating

Dr Kevin Murray: Collaboration Across Borders

What are the ethics of collaboration across borders? 31 Aug 2011, 369 views no rating

COFA @ Underbelly Arts: Complicit

A robot versus Petra Gemeinboeck, Liz Williamson and Rob ... 24 Aug 2011, 826 views no rating

Janet DeBoos: What is a Collaboration?

Janet de Boos asks what is meant by the term "collaborati... 23 Aug 2011, 414 views no rating

David Trubridge: Collaborator: Traitor or Ally?

David Trubridge explores what it means to be a collaborator. 23 Aug 2011, 1,048 views no rating

Dr Kevin Murray: The Ethical Turn in Design

Dr. Kevin Murray talks about ethics, design and society. 18 Aug 2011, 1,098 views no rating

COFA @ Underbelly Arts: Brad Miller

How is technology changing the way we remember the world? 09 Aug 2011, 945 views no rating

COFA - Activate The Future

09 Aug 2011, 369 views no rating

Tom Melick: The Politics of Aesthetics

Tom Melick talks Ranciere and French postmen. 25 Jul 2011, 533 views no rating

Iain McCaig: The Art of Visual Storytelling

A career in animation, story telling & film concept design. 25 Jul 2011, 10,328 views no rating

Astra Howard: In Action

Astra talks art, action and research in public spaces. 06 Jul 2011, 636 views no rating

"Scenario" - The Future of Cinema

Enter the fractured fairytale world of "Scenario", an imm... 07 Jun 2011, 3,445 views no rating

Michael Garbutt: The Great Debate

Michael Garbutt talks about the downside of being 'designy'. 07 Jun 2011, 1,612 views no rating

Perspectives on Curating & Programming: Beyond the Edge of Elsewhere

Who would've thought curating and programming could be a ... 24 May 2011, 882 views no rating

Omnium Outreach: Das Manila

Take a walk down the garden path and into a project with ... 12 Apr 2011, 997 views no rating

Ian Howard: Fences, Walls and the Quixotic Gesture

The artwork of COFA's dean, Ian Howard. 23 Feb 2011, 620 views no rating

COFA Annual 2010: Design

Who are the next generation of Australian designers? 08 Feb 2011, 4,901 views
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The Art of Crossing Borders: Talking Point - Ian Howard

Professor Ian Howard, Dean of the UNSW College of Fine Ar... 01 Feb 2011, 776 views no rating

COFA Annual 2010: Digital Media

How do you make a machine into something that explains yo... 14 Jan 2011, 5,171 views
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COFA Annual 2010: Fine Arts

Step into an uncanny world with COFAs Fine Art graduates... 11 Jan 2011, 7,651 views
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Cyborgs Are Born Not Made

UNSW honours student NIck Atkins on "Cyborgs Are Born Not... 10 Dec 2010, 897 views no rating

Dan Hill: New Soft City

What are the questions that designers should be asking? 08 Dec 2010, 1,024 views no rating

Daniel Browning: Art and the Media

Why do some artists get so much media coverage and others... 23 Nov 2010, 845 views no rating

Mickie Quick: Why Stuff Doesn't Matter

Street art, culture jamming and why space matters 10 Nov 2010, 765 views no rating

COFA's Mystery Tours at the Biennale

Take the Biennale mystery tour of Cockatoo Island 09 Nov 2010, 834 views
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Ian Milliss: Why Stuff Doesn't Matter

Want to culturally innovate? Work outside the art world 22 Oct 2010, 854 views no rating

"Memory of You" by Pong Suwannapha

Drama whose narrator is voiced by Gerard Dwyer about a de... 20 Oct 2010, 461 views no rating

"Broke:Kabel" by Tom Phillipson

Kable is the audio project by Tom Phillipson, a Sydney ba... 20 Oct 2010, 424 views no rating

"Note to Self" by Gera Frascardi

14 Oct 2010, 434 views no rating

"Pergamum" by James Hawley

14 Oct 2010, 419 views no rating

"They won't Find Us Tonight" by Ben Nicholson

A music video for the Pave Leclair. 14 Oct 2010, 453 views no rating

"VS" by Raj Muneshwar

14 Oct 2010, 405 views no rating

"How to Play Poker" by Don Buppapirak and Luke Jeffery

A short film examining a game of social dynamics, manipul... 14 Oct 2010, 1,758 views no rating

"Circe" by Anthony Russell

A disturbed young woman with an alphabet fetish is remind... 14 Oct 2010, 342 views no rating

"Battleground" by Jared Pritchard

A music video by Super Nation (Josh Osborne and Jared Pri... 14 Oct 2010, 471 views no rating

"Lonely" by Evelina Wojtaszek

A stop-motion animation 14 Oct 2010, 467 views no rating

"Puppet Maker" by Tim Gaul

The sad story of a puppet's need to take flight from his ... 29 Sep 2010, 706 views no rating

"Mada & Eva" by Ming Tung

29 Sep 2010, 426 views no rating

"The Summer of 1984" by Michelle Lau and Quan

A fairy tale written by Michelle Lau and Quan. 29 Sep 2010, 438 views no rating

"Pins and Needles" by Tara Tan

28 Sep 2010, 434 views no rating

The Brakes

28 Sep 2010, 314 views no rating

"Aqua" by Conrad Paul Ramakers and Katrina Clark

28 Sep 2010, 403 views no rating

"Airbags for Balconies" by Sidney Koh Shun Xiang

A music video composed from 4000 over long exposure photo... 28 Sep 2010, 419 views no rating

"Brush Stroke" by Michael Burburan

In an abandoned artist's studio, two brushes magically co... 28 Sep 2010, 420 views no rating

"The Whole Time" by John Turello

A 3D animated exercise produced by the College of Fine Ar... 28 Sep 2010, 403 views no rating

Dr Phil George: Outside the Anglo Dome

Borders, burkas and the beach: responding to a nation at war 23 Sep 2010, 1,002 views
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"Winsome" by Clara Rolls and James Nau

15 Sep 2010, 511 views
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Was that the Biennale that was?

Reviews from Andrew Frost, Felicity Fenner and Warren Fahey 15 Sep 2010, 807 views no rating

Louise Fowler-Smith: Imaging the Land

Interdisciplinary projects from the middle of nowhere 01 Sep 2010, 709 views no rating

Bonita Ely: The Murray's Darling

30 years along the banks of the Murray Darling 18 Aug 2010, 1,204 views no rating

Creative Approaches to Sustainable Cities

Artists and creative thinkers have converged at the Sydne... 30 Jul 2010, 828 views no rating

Jennifer Biddle: The Remote Avant-Garde

Video art and collaboration in Indigenous communities 27 Jul 2010, 1,859 views no rating

A Short History of Art Television

Andrew Frost on the highs and lows of art on the box 26 Jul 2010, 1,974 views no rating

Trent Jansen: Sustainable Design

COFA graduate and lecturer Trent Jansen, on why design an... 07 Jul 2010, 1,346 views
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TALKING POINT with Selena Griffith - Sustainable Design

COFA's Selena Griffith on the importance sustainable design. 02 Jul 2010, 1,740 views no rating

This Side of the Frontier

Tess Allas tracks indigenous art in settled Australia 28 Jun 2010, 1,248 views no rating

The abc of Australian Artists Online

Olivia Bolton on documenting art history in the digital age 25 Jun 2010, 1,146 views no rating

A Lesson in Ballen Photography

Roger Ballen's journey in black and white 22 Jun 2010, 4,099 views no rating

Brook Andrew's Jumping Castle War Memorial

Jumping on genocide: a memorial for the overlooked 15 Jun 2010, 2,996 views no rating

Sin of the World: Grayson's Messiah

Richard Grayson gets a country band to play Handel's Messiah 03 Jun 2010, 933 views no rating

Kate McMillan: Islands of incarceration

An installation that watches over and haunts an island 02 Jun 2010, 1,785 views no rating

Peter Hennessey's Hubble Space Telescope

How big is it really? And can you make it yourself? 28 May 2010, 3,269 views no rating

Mikala Dwyer: Seance for an Island

Sound, stone and smoke - new work for the Sydney Biennale 28 May 2010, 1,943 views no rating

Venice Biennale 2009 - The Australian Connection

Highlights from the 2009 Venice Biennale featuring work f... 27 May 2010, 975 views no rating

Barnbrook's Typography: A Collection of Curiosities

Jonathan Barnbrook designs for the Sydney Biennale 25 May 2010, 2,403 views no rating

Jennifer Wen Ma: Havoc in Heaven

The Monkey King rides a cloud over the Sydney Opera House 20 May 2010, 2,279 views no rating

Fay Brauer: Dissecting Art, Science and Medicine

A brief history of dissection for art and science 12 May 2010, 1,711 views no rating

Monkey Spoon

Two monkeys, one spoon. Animation from COFA Digital Media... 10 May 2010, 1,532 views no rating

The Extraordinary Gilbert and George

The singing sculptures speak at COFA 06 May 2010, 3,202 views
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Gary Carsley: The Laptop Atelier

What do drag kings, parks and IKEA crews have in common? 30 Apr 2010, 1,425 views no rating

The Learning to Teach Online Project

Free professional development resources for online educators 29 Apr 2010, 2,011 views no rating

Rick Bennett: Creative Outreach

Collaborating online with aid communities across the world 19 Apr 2010, 1,185 views no rating

Richard Goodwin: Porosity

Revising spaces in the city using public art and parasites 26 Mar 2010, 2,578 views
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Felicity Fenner: COFA Went to Venice!

Curating for the world's biggest art event 19 Mar 2010, 2,185 views no rating

Phoebe Boyle, recipient A.D.F.A.S Prize, COFA

Phoebe talks about the support and benefits of receiving ... 24 Feb 2010, 816 views no rating

Julian Beaumont, Donor College of Fine Arts

Julian describes his support for the Fowler's Gap Artist-... 24 Feb 2010, 758 views no rating

Jona Piehl of Land Design Studio

Exhibition design and how to build an Antarctic Ice Station 21 Feb 2010, 2,766 views no rating

William Burdis: Teaching the Artistry of 3D Animation

Getting ahead in 3D modeling and animation 09 Feb 2010, 1,855 views
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Tomas Roope: Out of the Rumpus Room

On their MTV audition taxi and making a Pet Shop Boys video 03 Feb 2010, 1,555 views
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COFA Annual 2009: Across the Discipline

Smoking heads, spilt milk, an office army tank and more 03 Feb 2010, 3,849 views
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Ian McArthur speaks at the Studio Teaching Forum

The Collabor8 project between China and Australia 27 Jan 2010, 2,044 views
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COFA Annual 2009: A Sculpture Tour

Take a tour through the COFA Annual sculpture works 03 Jan 2010, 2,147 views
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The Past, Present and Future Project

The Dean and the architect discuss COFA's redevelopment 29 Nov 2009, 1,024 views
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Eva Rucki & Sebastian Noel of Troika

The successful art duo on their works Firefly and Cloud 29 Nov 2009, 2,276 views
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13 Stingrays

Award-winning animation by COFA student Toby Pedersen. 25 Nov 2009, 6,701 views no rating

Mark Hauenstein speaks for AllofUs

The maker of the audio shaker, the interactive message bo... 19 Nov 2009, 1,928 views no rating

Nicolas Roope of Poke and Hulger

Balloon races across the internet and a never-ending website 09 Nov 2009, 2,981 views
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Brendan Dawes at Magnetic North

To be a better designer, be a more interesting person 09 Nov 2009, 3,420 views no rating

Simon Waterfall's Social Suicide

The brain behind the suits 08 Nov 2009, 4,658 views
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The Floating Island

COFA animation 01 Nov 2009, 1,811 views no rating

On The Couch with Ross Harley

Prof Ross Harley from COFA on video art and social media. 29 Oct 2009, 992 views no rating

Trent Jansen - 3D Stencil Art

Award-winning COFA graduate and lecturer Trent Jansen on ... 29 Oct 2009, 24,013 views no rating

Grandpa

Animation from COFA student John Turello. 29 Oct 2009, 75,720 views no rating

COFA Talks: John Kaldor and Anthony Bond in conversation

John Kaldor and Anthony Bond in conversation at COFA. 18 Oct 2009, 1,217 views no rating