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Julia Adzuki works with transformative processes across the fields of visual, relational, performance and sound art. Her embodied enquiry explores underlying frictions of the human-environmental crisis through the sensuous relation of inner and outer landscapes.

Born in 1980 in Beechworth Australia, Julia studied at Victorian College of the Arts, School of Arts in Tasmania and has an MA in Choreography & New Performance Practices from DOCH & Stockholm University of the Arts.

It was a curiosity with ephemeral sculpture that led her to the Swedish Arctic in 2002, where she worked with ice and snow for 7 years. There, in response to a sense of uprootedness, Adzuki made Root Shoes that turned her practice towards performance, film and the somatic movement practice Skinner Releasing.

Through the releasing process, in collaboration with people with deaf/blindness, Adzuki developed Resonant Bodies; an acoustic instrument from a hollow tree for experiencing the physicality of sound, that has toured art museums in Sweden as part of Kännbart exhibition.

In 2009 she founded SymbioLab together with Patrick Dallard, creating a mobile laboratory for experiential ecology and an ongoing touring project. Together they continue the work with tactile sound. Julia is a member and initiator of the Ljudtornet artist collective, creating and curating sound art experiences in the old watertower, in Gnesta Sweden.

CURRICULUM VITAE

JULIA ADZUKI

EDUCATION

MA in Choreography, with specialisation in New Performance Practices, DOCH/Stockholm University of the Arts 2015-17. Teaching certification, Skinner Releasing Technique, Introductory Pedagogy, classes 1-15. Skinner Releasing Institute, 2017. Incomplete Bachelor of Fine Arts, Victorian College of the Arts & University of Tasmania, 1999 & 2001.

ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES, POSITIONS & ASSIGNMENTS

2019 - ongoing

ROOTS OF RESONANCE - SymbioLab project with LSS activity centers for people with disabilities in Stockholm and Sörmland re- gions, touring bAUM, making vibrational conversation instruments and public intra-actions, supported by Kulturbryggan.

IMMEMORIAL - collaborative artistic research and lm project in old-growth logging coup, Styx Valley, Tasmania, supported by Viriditas Foundation.

2018

ANTENN - Sound festival in Gnesta Water Tower; initiator and co-coordinator, festival weekend in 24-26 August, Gnesta.

VIGIL FOR THE EARTH - All night eco art experience, performance with bAUM, 5-6 August, Nesodden, Norway.

THEN A MOMENT PASSED AND EVERYTHING WAS CHANGED - Group exhibition and bAUM sessions, Chapel of Resurrection, Skogskyrkogården.

MAT & KONST - Fittja Open public art day, bAUM sessions in the mobile laboratory for listening, Botkyrka Konsthall, Fittja. JÄRNA KULTURNATT - bAUM sessions in the mobile laboratory for listening, ABF, Järna.

SKINNER RELEASING - Teaching community classes in Gnesta, workshops with Långsjö Teatre and Statsteatern Skärholmen.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION - Research Day II: Materiality of and in Performance, Theatre Academy of Uniarts Helsinki, March. COMMUNITY DANCE - Scenkonst Sörmland project with Jenny Franke; teaching Skinner Releasing in Gnesta and Oxelösund.

bAUM SESSIONS - Private sound sessions with clients and bAUM instrument, in the garden studio, Gnesta.

ICE SCULPTURE - live sculpting of interactive ice instruments, Katrineholm.

2017

SKINNER RELEASING - Teaching; community classes in Järna, workshops at Långsjö Teater in Gnesta and kdcWORKs in Tasmania.

RESONANT BODIES - Kännbart group exhibition;Ystad Konstmuseum, Borås Konstmuseum, Scenkonstmuseet Stockholm. Performance and workshop in collaboration with Deniz Soyarslan - Sandvikens Konsthall and Workshop at Scenkonstmuseet.

A SOMA SONATA - Performance in collaboration; part of MA in Choreography DOCH/Uniarts, Långsjö Teater & Vattentornet, Gnesta.

SYMBIOLAB - Skapande Skola projekt; Insekt Insikt, Haninge Skola.

RESONANS LABORATORIUM - Residency, Långsjö Teater, Gnesta.

ICE SCULPTURE - live sculpting of interactive ice instruments, Katrineholm.

2016

E(k)lekt(r)isk Ljudrymd & I CALL IT THE UNIVERSAL CIRCLE - Group exhibitions; bAUM sound sculpture, in collaboration with Patrick Dallard. Rymd Konsthall, Sickla.

RESONANT ((body)) - bAUM performances and exhibition in collaboration with Patrick Dallard. Candyland Gallery, Stockholm.

RESONANT BODIES - Kännbart group exhibition, Västerbottens Museum - Umeå, Kulturens Hus - Luleå, Virserum Konsthall, Rättvik Konsthall, Göteborg Stadsmuseeum.

2015

RESONANT BODIES - Kännbart group exhibition, performance and collaboration with Sindri Runudde and Teresia Lindberg. Örebro Läns Museum.

MAP OF THE NEW ART - Imago Mundi group exhibition, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy.

SYMBIOLAB - Skapande Skola projekt; Insekt Insikt, Dalarö Skola.

SNÖSPACE - Bioarctica Residency at Kilpisjärvi Biological Research Station in the Finnish Arctic, dance lm project with Titta Court (FI) and Deniz Soyarslan (TR), music by Terje Isungset (NO). Supported by Nordic Culture Point.

SNÖSPACE - Film screanings; Screen Dance, Stockholm and Mirror Mountain Film Festival, Ottawa, Canada.

DARK MATTER – Group exhibition; Mother Mother film and installation, Botkyrka Konsthall, Sweden.

2014

LOCAL – Group exhibition and EU Residency Program - Mother Mother film and installation, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland. PUBLIC ART SKETCH COMMISSION– Skövde hospital, Sweden.

ATT ÖMSA SKINN – Solo exhibition Haninge Konsthall; The Unfolding film, performance, costumes and kinetic sculpture. Sweden.

2013

PRINTEMPS VERT – SymbioLab - mobile greenhouse installation, dark ecology performance and workshop, Wanderlust, Paris, France.

NOMADIC VILLAGE - SymbioLab - mobile greenhouse installation and planting perfomance, Cuge-les-Pins, France.

DARK ECOLOGY GATHERING – coordinator and particpant - supported by Kulturbryggan, Sweden.

NEXT LEVEL CRAFT – Group exhibition, Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, Sweden.

PUBLIC ART COMMISSION– Installation with digital prints and furniture Kropp:Vatten:Rörelse, Torvalla Simhall, Handen, Sweden. SYMBIOLAB - mobile greenhouse - Mini Makers Fair, Tekniska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.

MAKE YOUR UNIVERSE – Kokedama workshop with Haninge Förskolan, Haninge, Sweden.

2012

FITTJA OPEN - SymbioLab Crepeslopp, Botkyrka Konsthall/Residence Botkyrka, Sweden.

DEN BLÅ PLANETEN_EN GRÖN UTSTÄLLNING – Group exhibition, Botkyrka Konsthall, Sweden.

KIMONO FUSION – Suspended garden installation, Leksands Museum, Sweden.

2011

KARSIKKO - Costumes for dance performance. Pirjo Yli-Maunula and Titta Court and Nordic work group, supported by Nordic Culture Fund, Nordic Culture Point, Oulu City and National Council for Dance, Oulu, Finland.

EMBROIDER ME YOUR HEART - Group exhibition and embroidery performance with Maria Rodrigues and Florine Masson, Gallery Bølgen, Larvik, Norway.

ART LAB GNESTA – Coordination of Nordic and European network conference with international partners, together with Botkyrka Konsthall. supported by Nordic Culture Point. Gnesta, Sweden.

2010

SYMBIOLAB - Performance and installation at Stockholm Kultur Festival, Subtopia Festival and Alby schools.

Supported by Ung, Aktiv Kultur, Stockholms länslandsting, Sweden.

O-TRADITION – Group exhibition - Treehood Mask. Formverk Gallery, Eskilstuna, Sweden.

ART LAB GNESTA - Co-initiator, board member and project leader in the establishment of artist-run-space, Gnesta, Sweden.

2009

SYMBIOLAB (ongoing) – Development and construction of the interactive mobile greenhouse exploring ecology, scienti c poetry and installation art, in collaboration with Patrick Dallard. Supported by Innovativ Kultur, Konstnärsnämnden and Subtopia, Alby.

ART LAB GNESTA - Co-initiator, board member and project leader in the establishment of artist-run-space, Gnesta, Sweden.

2008

SCULPTURE BY THE SEA Cottesloe - Fossil in collaboration with Mark Szulgit, International outdoor art exhibition, Perth, Australia.

MORTAL - Snow and ice installation; Artist and teacher, in collaboration with Mark Szulgit, Målselv, Norway.

SNØSKULPTUR HOVDEN - Snow sculpture; artist and teacher, Agder Kunst, Hovden, Norway.

2007

SYMBIOTICA - performance, Temps D’Image Festival, MU Theatre, Budapest, Hungary.

SCULPTURE BY THE SEA Bondi - Fossil in collaboration with Mark Szulgit, International outdoor art exhibition, Sydney Australia. SNØSKULPTUR HOVDEN - Snow sculpture; artist and teacher, Agder Kunst, Hovden,Norway.

WALKING TREE – Protests to protect the trees of Nagymezö utca & children’s environment day performances, Budapest,

Hungary.

ART MODE - Wearable art at Street Market, Stockholm, Sweden.

ICE CHURCH – Design and construction; In collaboration with Marjolein Vonk, Mark Szulgit and Cindy Berg, Icehotel, Sweden.

2006

PROJECTION ROOM - Icehotel luxury suite, in collaboration with Mark Szulgit, Sweden.

ART MODE - Group fashion show, Haparanda, Sweden.

ICEBAR LONDON - Ice installation commission, London, UK.

ICEHOTEL CATALOGUE – Coordination, graphic design and layout.

ART MODE - Wearable art show, Haparanda, Sweden.

2005

HOME - temporal ice house, in collaboration with Tara Badcock, Icehotel commission, Sweden.

ICEBAR MILANO - ice & snow furniture commission, Milano, Italy.

ICEHOTEL CATALOGUE - Coordination, graphic design and layout.

ART MODE - Wearable art show, Haparanda, Sweden.

2004

FREEZE:FALL:MELT – 6m Ice curtain installation, Icehotel suite commission, Sweden.

MELT DOWN - Frozen Waterfall Concert, set construction with MINUS, Lillehammer, Norway.

RESIDENCY - Great Greenland, fur company, Quaqotoq, Greenland.

2003

SULLAANNAQ IMMALLU (the meeting of air and water) - ice and snow interiors, Igloo Village Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.

FEELING FOR SNOW - seamless snow space installation, Icehotel suite commission, Sweden.

WIND:FALL - Open Norwegian Ice Sculpting Championships, Målselv, Norway.

RESIDENCY - Hotel de Glace (Icehotel) Quebec, Canada.

2002

PITH - Icehotel suite commission in collaboration with Hanna Pärssinen, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.

2001

THE TATTED SECRETS OF MY GREAT AUNTY MAY - International Women’s Day art exhibition, Moonah Arts Center, Tasmania, Australia.

PIPELINE - performance recorded on super 8 film, walking the hydroelectric pipeline Lake Margaret, west coast Tasmania.

2000

MELT - installation of melting dolls arms, Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca Arts Center, Tasmania Australia.

PUBLICATIONS

‘An incredible set of memory boards’, interview with researcher and author Lynne Kelly, blog entry 17th November 2017.

http://www.lynnekelly.com.au/2017/11/an-incredible-set-of-memory-boards/

Snöspace, Project blog by Deniz Soyarslan and Julia Aduzki, Bioarctica Residency at Kilpisjärvi Biological Research Station, Finland. https://www.bioartsociety.fi/projects/ars-bioarctica/posts/snospace

Archive of Visions and Actions, Contemporary Art from Sweden, Imago Mundi, 2015.

Locis, EU residency program publication, 2014

Power Landscapes, Enlivening Evironmental Aesthetics; article in Botkyrka Konsthall project publication, 2012. Australian Art

Review July-October 2004 Cutting Ice; interview with Julia Adzuki, 2003.

AWARDS

Sculpture by the Sea; Peoples Choice Award, Cottesloe, 2008.

Open Norwegian Ice Sculpting Championships; 1st Prize Målselv, Norway, 2003.

Material Girl – International Women’s Day art exhibition; Zonta Best Textiles Award, Hobart, Australia, 2001.

COLLECTIONS

IMAGO MUNDI - Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche, Italy.

CADAVRE ESQUIS – collaborative embroidery with Maria Rodrigues and Florine Masson, Oslo, National Museum of Norway.

THE TATTED SECRETS OF MY GREAT AUNTY MAY – donation to Hobart Women’s Health Center, Australia.