Author: Rayleen Forester
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Soft Spot Hard Feelings
More and more I seem to take my cues from the specific materials, objects and architectural spaces – and their properties – like colour, texture, weight, malleability and so forth. I think of such things as having their own secret lives…..you have to really listen – and experiment – until it’s right, knowing that in…
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PLAYGROUND
Playground is an exhibition of seven multi-disciplinary artists who consider themes of innocence, fantasy and nostalgia whilst referencing the imagination, notions of utopia, the real and unreal. Through a collection of works that explore the nature of playfulness, Playground reveals our shared experiences with childhood sentimentality through the lens of visual art and contemporary craft…
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The Extreme Climate of Nicholas Folland
Selected as feature artist for the 2014 South Australian Living Artist Festival (SALA), Nicholas Folland presents a collection of works spanning ten years alongside a specially curated suite of South Australian works by other significant local and international artists. The curation of this exhibition not only recognises Folland’s established career, it acts as a platform…
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Joe Felber: Kontaktraum Ausländer
The Contemporary Art Centre of SA (CACSA) has undertaken a number of spatial and experiential projects to highlight the capabilities and limitations of their heritage cottage gallery in the residential suburb of Parkside. Previous projects have seen works squeezed into the confines of their unique ‘white cube’ or have been painted from floor to ceiling…
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Roy Ananda: Slow crawl into infinity
In 2010 a group of Star Wars fans raised roughly $12,000 to restore the fictional home of Luke Skywalker in the barren desert of Tunisia where Star Wars was filmed. Over 400 people donated to the cause; the site became a destination for die-hard fans as well as a quasi-memorial for the deteriorating props of…
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Sarah CrowEST: A Serious of Objects
Making, un-making and re-making are fundamental processes in Sarah crowEST’s practice. Her work has always been on the move – packing and unpacking ideas of formation and transformation whilst humorously commenting on social and environmental agendas. Her assemblages of blobs, lumps, found objects and textiles exemplify Sarah’s multidisciplinary practice and commitment to process. A lot…
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Sam Songailo: Digital Wasteland
Sam Songailo’s Digital Wasteland is an absorbing experience. From the floor to the ceilings of the CAC Songailo has crafted an immersive, painterly, ‘digital’ environment. The gallery is separated into a series of installations, including video and sculpture, widening your interaction with the work whilst challenging the traditional mores of painting. Whilst meandering around the…
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