Perth Voice Interactive

YOU’D do anything for your kids, right? Video artist Pasquale Giorgi proved that point, convincing her dad to do karaoke for her final year art project.

Adding insult to injury he was singing a Latin translation of Joe Dolce’s Shaddap You Face.

“I translated from software, I’m not sure how faithful they were, a lot of words didn’t translate and I had to get creative.

Giorgi was one of five Curtin University students selected for national graduate show Hatched at Northbridge gallery PICA.

The recent release of The Countess Report into gender equality in  Australian contemporary art found a mere 34 per cent in state galleries is by women.

The same applies to articles and reviews in magazines and newspapers, the presence of women largely ignored, the report says.

Which is why PICA is crowing that in this year’s Hatched emerging women artists make up 74 per cent.

In its 25th year the selection process is rigorous, with students nominated by their school and final selection by an industry panel.

Other WA artists selected from a national field were, Yi-Wen Lui, Rebecca Jensen and Graham Mathwin.

But you’ll have to wait to see, and hear, Hatched for yourself, the exhibition opens May 13, at PICA, James Street, Northbridge

by JENNY D’ANGER