Congratulations | Vipoo Srivilasa

Vipoo Srivilasa has been awarded the new Visual Arts and Crafts Strategy (VACS) Major Commissioning Projects program (AUD $100,000) from the Australia Council for the Arts.

This funding will help Srivilasa realise a major commission from the Australian Design Centre, re/JOY

re/JOY is a collaborative, community-driven project designed to engage with overseas-born Australians.

The project examines the emotional connection we have with objects and their role in our lives through migration stories and experiences – it draws out the complex feelings associated with overseas relocation, and the difficult process to gain Australian permanent residency.

Srivilasa notes: 'Here is a Photo of me among the Happy Australian Sculptures at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. I am now a very very happy Australian '

Photo by Liv Cameron.