IT will be a performance with a difference on Sunday, when seven Dubbo art students take over the Western Plains Cultural Centre (WPCC) with their unique brand of public art.
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The seven students were selected to undertake a pilot regional engagement project with Kaldor Public Art Projects, the first time the esteemed arts organisation has partnered with regional groups.
WPCC and Orana Arts were the partners in the regional engagement initiative, and WPCC curator Ken Buchanan said the project had been "incredibly successful".
"They chose this project to coincide with the Marina Abramovic exhibition In Residence, and it took a group of young Dubbo kids who have been working through performance techniques for a number of weeks," Mr Buchanan said.
"A great group of kids involved. They had some really amazing one-on-one time with Marina Abramovic and the staff of Kaldor have been really amazing."
"They have been on a whirlwind journey, essentially going from a position of not really knowing much about performance to now actually doing a fully-fledged performance in a gallery space."
The project will culminate with the exhibition launch on Sunday from 10am, where the students will perform their pieces live.
John Kaldor and Dubbo MP and Arts Minister Troy Grant will be in attendance, and the performances will be followed by a panel discussion on The Changing Nature of Public Art.
