Opening at the Experimental Art Foundation 6pm Thursday 28th August:
ENDLESS SUMMER (sunglasses & the spectacle of vision)
Lily Hibberd
Endless Summer chronicles one man’s obsession with sunglasses. The
exhibition consists of a sequence of portraits of the man wearing his
collection of sunglasses, in which each of the 37 images is the same
except he’s wearing a different pair, one for every summer of his life.
The gallery space is constructed as a viewing experience with two
floor-to-ceiling tinted acrylic panels that can be looked though like
lenses. A voice-over monologue accompanies the installation, with the
man recollecting his summers past, including his childhood in Croatia,
as he tries on each pair.
The work sets up a comparison between sunglasses, photography and
vision, exploring the implications of the lens and framing, as well as
the varying capacities of each to contain time and memorialise. Adopted
by twentieth-century fashion and celebrity culture, sunglasses are
revealing embodiments and representations of human desire. Endless
Summer looks at the psychological and cultural aspects of sunglasses,
focusing on their status as objects and instruments of altered
perception, from both sides of the lens.
Lily Hibberd is a visual artist who works with painting, photography
and installation. She has held elevean solo exhibitions since 1998, in
Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. As founding editor of un Magazine, she is
actively involved in the publication of arts writing and is a frequent
contributor to various visual art forums. Lilly Hibberd is represented
by Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne and is a current resident of
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces.
Artist’s website www.lilyhibberd.com/
On eafweb eaf.asn.au/2008/hibberd.html
Enquiries [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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INTIMATE TRANSACTIONS
Transmute Collective
Keith Armstrong (Artistic Director)
Lisa O’Neill
Guy Webster
Intimate Transactions is an interactive exhibition in which visitors
can communicate through virtual space with a person in another city, or
another state, or another country.
The person you want to interact with is in another location. You can
only communicate using your body. You and your partner have the same
new technology at your disposal – ‘smart furniture’ (called the
Bodyshelf) that is embedded with an array of sensors that detect your
movements and reflect them as two moving shapes on large screens.
Everything you do influences an evolving ‘world’ created from digital
imagery, multi-channel sound and tactile feedback. You are both part of
a new and beautiful virtual space; a delicate digital ecology.
This is not a scene from a sci-fi film. This is Intimate Transactions,
a new form of networked multimedia installation that allows two people
in geographically separate spaces to interact simultaneously using only
their bodies. With the support of Museum and Gallery Services
Queensland this exciting new media exhibition is touring to partnered
venues throughout Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South
Australia opening simultaneously at the Experimental Art Foundation and
Wagga Wagga City Gallery 6pm Thursday 28 August.
The exhibition evolved from experiments by Dr Keith Armstrong, Lisa
O’Neill and Guy Webster, an interdisciplinary team of artists and
researchers who form the ‘Transmute Collective’ based in Brisbane.
Opening simultaneously at the Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, &
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
Opening 6pm Thursday 28 August 2008
Dates 29 August –19 September
Hours 12-3pm Tues-Fri and 2.30-4.30pm Sat 13th September
Bookings Essential. Call the EAF on 82117505
Intimate transactions website www.intimatetransactions.com
On eafweb eaf.asn.au/2008/armstrong.html
For local interviews and exhibition related media enquiries please
contact the eaf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For tour enquiries please contact Fiona Marshall, Museum & Gallery
Services, Queensland. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 07
3215 0826
This exhibition is toured by Museum and Gallery Services Queensland and
supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government Program
supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the
development and touring of Australian cultural material across
Australia.
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Melentie Pandilovski
Director
Experimental Art Foundation
Lion Arts Centre, North Terrace (West End), Adelaide, South Australia
PO Box 8091, Station Arcade, South Australia 5000
T: +61 (0)8 82117505
F: +61 (0)8 82117323
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.eaf.asn.au
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