If you have any questions or comments about Van's art please contact No Fixed Address Gallery, Australia: ariana@nfa.gallery
Selected Videos (below)
(above) A Student Cut in Half (no more cuts to education - 2013)
This is a video of a student cut in half . It is a street sculpture that was created in 2013 (this video only just edited in 2016), and aims to highlight the way governments and corporations around the world are destroying our public education. Instead they fund wars and borders to punish refugees.
This is a video of a student cut in half . It is a street sculpture that was created in 2013 (this video only just edited in 2016), and aims to highlight the way governments and corporations around the world are destroying our public education. Instead they fund wars and borders to punish refugees.
Showing you a video experiment of one of my sculptures. Thanks Juan Pablo Pizarro for shooting the video. The sculpture featured was used in a free West Papua exhibition in 2015. I'm attempting to create movement in the sculpture without the use of digital effects.
(Above) Published on Feb 1, 2016
Here's a video by Juan Pablo Pizarro about my sculpture called Sleepless Nights. Below is a statement I made in November 2015 about the sculpture and the Big West Festival.
"Ok, so I don't usually back down when I'm told to shift my sculpture from a designated space for a festival. I put an artwork proposal called 'Sleepless Nights' into the Big West Festival 2015 (which has a theme around housing) of a person lying down, and it's been incredibly hard to get a confirmation from the festival organizers and Maribyrnong Council as to where I could exhibit it. Eventually, I was convinced that I could have a spot in public beside a toilet block next to the Big West House display (cnr Paisley and French st Footscray). Anyway, it was better than nothing, and the sculpture had to be in public. After 2 days of exhibiting, 2 ambulances had come to the artwork, which is a great sign that people actually care, despite the fact that neo-liberal governments and their severe cuts to public education, health and housing, put people on the streets in greater numbers with less ambulances to go round. Instead of the festival leaving the work where it was, and pointing the finger at the government and big business for their privatization of public health services, the festival organisers go in to panic mode and hide the sculpture. They've urged that I exhibit it indoors in another festival space called MetroWest in Footscray (see image insert), and I have accepted this decision very very reluctantly. The sculpture loses much of its power indoors (as many people have also told me) - a fact I know. But I did begin to feel guilty that when an ambulance is called because of a public artwork (twice), you morally cannot exhibit it because you are taking away a precious health resource that is meant for real people, not a sculpture. What was I to do? Probably the toughest dilemma I've been in with my art. I then begin to regain a more realistic consciousness and ask the question: What/who has been ferociously taking away and gutting this democratic right to free health/housing that turns it into this 'precious' commodity, over the last 4 decades? It's definitely not the poor, nor art for that matter. Answer: Neo liberalism and the governments that embrace it. Oh, and of course, neo liberalism is the dirty bathwater of a disgustingly filth-ridden and destructive capitalism......It's why the festival and the local council gets away with hiding truths about our society and the reality of inequality. Lesson: no more Big West Fest for me in future."
Here's a video by Juan Pablo Pizarro about my sculpture called Sleepless Nights. Below is a statement I made in November 2015 about the sculpture and the Big West Festival.
"Ok, so I don't usually back down when I'm told to shift my sculpture from a designated space for a festival. I put an artwork proposal called 'Sleepless Nights' into the Big West Festival 2015 (which has a theme around housing) of a person lying down, and it's been incredibly hard to get a confirmation from the festival organizers and Maribyrnong Council as to where I could exhibit it. Eventually, I was convinced that I could have a spot in public beside a toilet block next to the Big West House display (cnr Paisley and French st Footscray). Anyway, it was better than nothing, and the sculpture had to be in public. After 2 days of exhibiting, 2 ambulances had come to the artwork, which is a great sign that people actually care, despite the fact that neo-liberal governments and their severe cuts to public education, health and housing, put people on the streets in greater numbers with less ambulances to go round. Instead of the festival leaving the work where it was, and pointing the finger at the government and big business for their privatization of public health services, the festival organisers go in to panic mode and hide the sculpture. They've urged that I exhibit it indoors in another festival space called MetroWest in Footscray (see image insert), and I have accepted this decision very very reluctantly. The sculpture loses much of its power indoors (as many people have also told me) - a fact I know. But I did begin to feel guilty that when an ambulance is called because of a public artwork (twice), you morally cannot exhibit it because you are taking away a precious health resource that is meant for real people, not a sculpture. What was I to do? Probably the toughest dilemma I've been in with my art. I then begin to regain a more realistic consciousness and ask the question: What/who has been ferociously taking away and gutting this democratic right to free health/housing that turns it into this 'precious' commodity, over the last 4 decades? It's definitely not the poor, nor art for that matter. Answer: Neo liberalism and the governments that embrace it. Oh, and of course, neo liberalism is the dirty bathwater of a disgustingly filth-ridden and destructive capitalism......It's why the festival and the local council gets away with hiding truths about our society and the reality of inequality. Lesson: no more Big West Fest for me in future."
Rebel Striker (football videos, 2014)
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Rebel Striker - Football Skills - It's great to love football and be involved in politics and art! This video (and coming videos) is dedicated to football players and fans all over the world. Rebel Striker brings you the first ever football skills tutorial with a political flavour. So you can get 3 things out of watching these videos:
1 - Learn an amazing football skill inspired by legendary Football and Futsal players (Women and Men) from all over the world. You can take the skills with you and to your friends and even to your next game!
2 - Get angry over how the beautiful game gets exploited by the world football governing body (FIFA), and how the large multinational corporations that sponsor FIFA, make so much MORE money than millions of football fans put together.
3 - See how visual artist (Van T Rudd) and creator of Rebel Striker, mixes art into his love of the world game. He also includes his sculpting techniques and methods for all to share and become inspired to change the world for the better.
1 - Learn an amazing football skill inspired by legendary Football and Futsal players (Women and Men) from all over the world. You can take the skills with you and to your friends and even to your next game!
2 - Get angry over how the beautiful game gets exploited by the world football governing body (FIFA), and how the large multinational corporations that sponsor FIFA, make so much MORE money than millions of football fans put together.
3 - See how visual artist (Van T Rudd) and creator of Rebel Striker, mixes art into his love of the world game. He also includes his sculpting techniques and methods for all to share and become inspired to change the world for the better.
Wounded Soldier (Imperial Suicide - 2013-14)
You won't believe this 'wounded soldier' was a sculpture made with cheap, accessible materials such as packaging tape and cling wrap! The artwork was constructed by Melbourne artist Van T Rudd as a protest against ANZAC Day and the ongoing militarization and nationalism of Australian society.
You can also find out about Van T Rudd's sculpting methods through this first-time release of Imperial Suicide through Strike Wave Films on the eve of the 100th year since the beginning of the horrific 1st World War.
The 3 minute film, shot on Van's hand held camera, traces phases of the construction of "Wounded Soldier": the sculpture that was delicately placed upon the hand rail of Melbourne's Princes Bridge during ANZAC Day in 2013. The artwork, inspired by the 'hyper-real' sculpting technique of U.S artist Mark Jenkins, had onlookers and police believing a soldier was about to commit suicide. Set to a tune called Obama Nation by renowned hiphop artist Lowkey, the artwork aims to take a stand against the glorification of imperial wars and the funneling of billions (and trillions) of dollars away from health and education and into the weapons industry. Soldiers return from war zones physically and mentally destroyed, combined with the fact that there are inadequate government provisions in dealing with post traumatic stress. The "Wounded Soldier" installation, according to Van, is one of his most successful street-based installations: "It really hit the mark -- It just did - I don't know why."
You can also find out about Van T Rudd's sculpting methods through this first-time release of Imperial Suicide through Strike Wave Films on the eve of the 100th year since the beginning of the horrific 1st World War.
The 3 minute film, shot on Van's hand held camera, traces phases of the construction of "Wounded Soldier": the sculpture that was delicately placed upon the hand rail of Melbourne's Princes Bridge during ANZAC Day in 2013. The artwork, inspired by the 'hyper-real' sculpting technique of U.S artist Mark Jenkins, had onlookers and police believing a soldier was about to commit suicide. Set to a tune called Obama Nation by renowned hiphop artist Lowkey, the artwork aims to take a stand against the glorification of imperial wars and the funneling of billions (and trillions) of dollars away from health and education and into the weapons industry. Soldiers return from war zones physically and mentally destroyed, combined with the fact that there are inadequate government provisions in dealing with post traumatic stress. The "Wounded Soldier" installation, according to Van, is one of his most successful street-based installations: "It really hit the mark -- It just did - I don't know why."
Good Morning Afghanistan (An intervention in the city of Melbourne, 2009)
In Solidarity with the International Protests against the War in Afghanistan, the C.E.O.s curated a mobile exhibition with Australian artist Van T Rudd. On Wednesday, October 7th, 2009, a burnt civilian car was placed on a tow truck and driven on the main streets of Melbourne, Australia. The truck occasionally stopped outside Federation square and on parts of Flinders St for fellow people of the city to view at their leisure. Thanks to Dominic Golding and Adam Broinowski for the video footage. This video featured on Channel 7 news in 2010 after news presenter referred to Rudd as "the new serial pest".