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reflections on echoes
Opening 16th March, 6 to 9pm
17th to 25th March

James Halliburton . Leon van de Graaff . Camila Galaz . Ren Walters . Alister Karl

"Sounds make sounds make sounds make sounds. Echoes come back to their origins. The way we talk about what we hear reverberates wide and near. This show is about what is made of these sounds of sounds of sounds..."

Curated by John Stevens

Solo shows by Liz Walker, Anastasia Booth and group show Visual Masturbation
Opening 13th April, 6 to 9pm
14th to 29th April

Gallery one:
Liz Walker

Trace of residence

There are hidden meanings and mysteries in forgotten fragments and traces of the past. There is beauty in decay and the aesthetics of that process. There is awe-inspiring perfection in natural objects which so often remain unnoticed and over looked .All these elements come together in trace of residence-a project undertaken during the Laughing Waters artist residency, 2011 and the Hill End artist in residence program 2012.

During daily walks around Birrarung in Eltham and Murrays Cottage and the historic village of Hill End, glass and ceramic shards, feathers, insects, bones, leaves and flowers were collected and reinterpreted in found materials before being returned to their original location- therefore causing no disturbance to the natural landscape. Constructed in multiples or as single pieces and presented in an archeological display reminiscent of the museum , these works draw attention to the glorious aesthetics of the humble, hidden world around us- one which too often goes unnoticed in the mad rush of daily life.






Gallery two:
Anastasia Booth

Anastasia Booth is a Brisbane artist who uses sculpture and installation to redefine the position of female desire in sexual fetish. Booth plays with the idea of fetish as an instrumental strategy, seeing it as a mode to work across different theoretical and material discourses. In her work the play between explicit and implicit depiction creates an ambiguity that has suggestive potency, where fragmentation and dysfunction initiate diverse readings. These dialogues in the work make apparent the anxiety and desire inherent in the viewer and question how the visual conventions of erotica and art history are mutually informative. Booth has previously been exhibited in group exhibitions at Metro Arts, Inbetweenspaces and The Brisbane Powerhouse. Along with contributing to Melbourne’s 2010 Next Wave Festival No Risk Too Great, as a co-director of Brisbane based Artist Run Initiative Boxcopy.



Gallery three:
Visual Masturbation
Soft science  . Katie Parrish Gandrabur . Tessa Carapic

Soft Science, Katie and Tess make stuff to fall into, they choose to stand proudly on the periphery of normality, watching, baffled as the world races unflappably by. This exhibition is one of escapism, of approaching the world with a slight unease, and in turn retreating into fantasy. These artists all revel in the beauty of the low brow. Shaky, fantastical interpretations of worlds, stickier and darker then that which dare to be betrayed in home and garden magazines. In this show the artists will utilise range of disciplines in pursuit of this, such as instillation, illustration, stitch, ink, text and paint.

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