CUTBACK
Dr Rachel Bentley
CUTBACK explores the phenomenal rise of Australian street artists and the tensions between street credibility and gallery recognition. CUTBACK seeks to understand the 'key' to the street and graffiti addiction. The secretive world of street art and graffiti tensions becomes visible as we follow the meteoric rise of artist E.L.K. Luke Cornish from garage artist to sell out solo show, and finally the euphoria of his first international London gallery exhibition in under three years. With insightful commentary from graffiti and street artists, curators and collectors the Australian street art and graffiti scene is revealed. CUTBACK is a multi-platform web and feature documentary project filmed in Sydney, Melbourne, Berlin and New York City. Personal interviews reveal the conflicted feelings and motivations of street artists as they gain notoriety and acceptance in the art world.
Gallery
"I am a creative digital strategist, passionate about developing innovative content to motivate and challenge the way we communicate and learn. Making great content to inspire student engagement requires combining creativity, technology and super charged collaboration. Because my field is a practice based discipline, I believe it is the critical reflection of the intent, process and outcome that is vital to the learning process. This is the key in creating meaningful, innovative and ethical digital content which will deliver influential learning and communication outcomes. Working at Western Sydney University our team seeks to create new technology enabled pedagogy models to be forefront of digital innovation in education. My experience combines deep experience in developing digital and communication strategy with extensive executive management experience. My current work at Digital Futures is in developing technology enabled, inspiring media that supports learning and research."