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Silk Laundry has launched its second Art Prize called to celebrate artists established, and upcoming, across the globe, their work and unique perspective on the world.

The Galah Regional Photography Prize has been created to encourage excellence in contemporary photography from regional Australia. The intention of the Prize is to celebrate, support and advance the practice of regional photographers.

Expansive Encounters is a reciprocal exchange between Northern Rivers and Ōtautahi Christchurch. Over a four-week intensive, two Northern Rivers artists will participate in an immersive research and development opportunity to increase their professional practice within art in public spaces.

Local artist Liv Enqvist, with an arts practice specialising in freehand embroidery, joins the current Northern Rivers Creative group exhibition, . Themed around emerging technologies, the exhibition is open at Lone Goat Gallery in Byron Bay from January 27 – February 25.

Marcos Micozzi is an Argentinian virtual reality audio engineer who joins the current Northern Rivers Creative group exhibition, . Marcos’ use of emerging technologies explores the sonic and visual impacts of noise. As an audio engineer, he has a keen ear for experimentation, focusing on recycling sounds that don’t seem to fit in conventional music structures. Through his practice he re-imagines these sounds and creates a space for them to relate with preconceived musical scales.