Introversion artists' talks & closing drinks: Sunday 19 July 2-4pm

Last weekend coming up: Open 11-5pm Fri- Sun until 19 July

CATALOGUE

Introversion is a group exhibition by Isobel Markus Dunworth, Kath Fries, Prudence Holloway, Fiona Kemp, Kenneth Lambert and Jacqui Mills  reflecting on processes of folding inwards during the COVID-19 crisis. Their videos, sculptures, paintings and installations each trace energy flows within interior worlds and engage with introverted patterns of psychological orientation.

Prudence Holloway Kneading, 2020, still from 30 minute video loop: https://vimeo.com/432754008#at=9

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Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we ask visitors to please: 

• leave your name and contact number at Articulate for contact-tracing 

• have your temperature taken with non-contact thermometer on entry

• always ensure you keep 1.5m distance from others

• use hand sanitiser available

• keep the maximum number of people in Articulate to 35 (the 4sqm/person rule)
• stay home if you are unwell

Introversion opened yesterday with Breaking Bread

Open 11-5pm Fri- Sun until 19 July

Introversion is a group exhibition by Isobel Markus Dunworth, Kath Fries, Prudence Holloway, Fiona Kemp, Kenneth Lambert and Jacqui Mills, which reflects on processes of folding inwards during the COVID-19 crisis. Their videos, sculptures, paintings and installations each trace energy flows within interior worlds and engage with introverted patterns of psychological orientation.

Breaking Bread opening event: Saturday 4 July 2-4pm

Artists talks and closing drinks: Sunday 19 July 2-4pm

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This project has been supported by funding from the Inner West Council through its 2020 Creative and Cultural Resilience Grants Program.

Introversion is open from 11am Friday 3 July

Open 11am - 5pm, Fri-Sun 3 – 19 July 2020

Kath Fries, Prudence Holloway, Fiona Kemp, Kenneth Lambert, Isobel Markus-Dunworth and Jacqui Mills

Breaking Bread opening event: Saturday 4 July 2-4pm

Artists talks and closing drinks: Sunday 19 July 2-4pm

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 Isobel Markus-Dunworth, Sad plant, 2020

Introversion is a group exhibition by Isobel Markus Dunworth, Kath Fries, Prudence Holloway, Fiona Kemp, Kenneth Lambert and Jacqui Mills, which reflects on processes of folding inwards during the COVID-19 crisis. Their videos, sculptures, paintings and installations each trace energy flows within interior worlds and engage with introverted patterns of psychological orientation. Turning one’s attention inwards has been almost unavoidable for many people during COVID-19 enforced social distancing; for some this self-isolation has been regenerative, but for others the compulsory alone-time has been challenging.

The artists in this exhibition would usually value alone-time and seek it out on residencies or in studios, insulated away from the world. For them the COVID-19 crisis period of isolation wasn’t necessarily positive or productive in that way, but it did open up some space for reflection and introspection.

Prior to the COVID-19 crisis these artists were all connected by their participation in the ‘Silence Awareness Existence’ residencies at Arteles Finland, 2012-2019. Drawn to the isolated, quiet and introverted elements of Finnish culture, winter countryside and the secluded nature of the residency; they were inspired to focus on and develop their individual introspective creative processes.

From these common threads of contemplation and quiet attentiveness, new conversations have grown whilst grappling with recent imposed isolation at home. These creative connections now come together opening up space for sharing with others recent experiences of folding inwards during the COVID-19 crisis.

Introversion is a collective response to the artists’ exploration of self, home, imagination and mindscape; letting go of the outside world, the city rat-race and extraverted social interactions. Through their shared exploration of alone-time, each reflects on their unique challenges of enforced social isolation and its impact on the inner psyche. Introversion shares their experiences of creative indoor plant cultivation, working patiently with layered textures and natural materials, mesmerising metallic painting processes, videos conjuring the elemental and notions of memory, and the meditative process of kneading and baking bread.

Isobel Markus-Dunworth http://isobelmarkusdunworth.com

Kath Fries  http://kathfries.com

Prudence Holloway http://www.prudenceholloway.com

Fiona Kemp http://fionakemp.com

Kenneth Lambert https://www.kclart.com 

Because of the COVID-19 restrictions, there will be no opening event and we ask visitors to please observe the following 

• ensure you keep 1.5m distance from others

• use hand sanitiser available

• a maximum of 35 people are allowed in Articulate under the 4sqm/person restriction.

• leave your name and contact number in case of contact-tracing 

This project has been supported by funding from the Inner West Council through its 2020 Creative and Cultural Resilience Grants Program.

Four great artists' talks and performance today

Fiona Kemp

Nuha Saad

Danica Knezevic

Kath Fries

Photos: Fiona Kemp and Nuha Saad

Stable - Artists' talks and performance at 3pm on Sunday December 4

 ROOMSHEET

Nuha Saad The Sun Casts Shadows  of a Nostalgic Hue 2016

Nuha Saad The Sun Casts Shadows  of a Nostalgic Hue (detail) 2016

Fiona Kemp Stable 2016

Fiona Kemp Stable 2016 detail

Kath Fries Decant 2014 unfired ceramic ink water; Exhale 2016 beeswax charcoal paper

Kath Fries Exhale 2016

Stable opens Friday 18 November 6-8pm

Artists: Nuha Saad, Kath Fries, Danica Knezevic and Fiona Kemp

Opening: Friday 18 November, 6 - 8pm

Artist talks: Sunday 4 December, 3 - 5pm

Exhibition: 19 November to 4 December 2016
Open hours: Friday to Sunday 11am - 5pm

STABLE connotes many things including mental, physical, environmental, elemental stability and instability; a shelter for horses; or a bringing together - as in a stable of artists. These ideas are explored in Stable, a group exhibition by Nuha Saad, Kath Fries, Danica Knezevic and Fiona Kemp who all share mutual interests in exploring both the conceptual and material qualities of their practices, working with site-responsive, experimental and embodied processes. Together the four artists will generate new interpretative connections to critique the themes of stability and stables in Articulate project space. Their scope is broad, Nuha Saad works with abstracted ornamental objects, Kath Fries with ephemeral forms, Danica Knezevic with durational performance, and Fiona Kemp works conceptually within her multidisciplinary practice. Materiality will be a central concern in Stable, as these artists playfully and thoughtfully push the limits of their practices and mediums.

Danica Knezevic, Bound by longing, 2015, 

Performance, still from video 7:55 minutes

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Fiona Kemp, Horse Gift Mandala, 2016, 

Horse feed bags sown together with horsehair, 

and horse sculptures received over the years as gifts. 

diameter 310 cm, Photograph: Ian Hobbs

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Kath Fries, Suffuse, 2016, 

beeswax, charcoal powder, paper and light, (detail view).

Photograph: Kath Fries

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Nuha Saad, Work in progress - detail, 2016, 

Flock wallpaper, acrylic and furniture, dimensions variable

Photograph: Nuha Saad

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OPENING TONIGHT @ 6-8pm - Articulate Turns Four: Colour, Form, Line

Curated by Dr. William Seeto

PRESS RELEASE                                                                   Colour Form Line blog

ROOMSHEET

Articulate Turns Four: Colour, Form, Line opening reception: Friday 19 December 6-8pm;
and open 11-5pm each day 20-28 December, except for 25 and 26 December

Articulate Turns Four: Colour, Form, Line shows the work of Lisa Andrew, Elizabeth Ashburn, Clementine Barnes, Lynne Barwick, Linden Braye, Brogan Brunt, Sue Callanan, Andy Chi Yau Chan, Shirley Cho, Clara Chung, Vivienne Dadour, Ella Dreyfus, Judith Duquemin, Edwin Easydorchik, Michele Elliot, Nola Farman, Kath Fries, Brigitta Gallaher, Jane Gavan, Beata Geyer, Anne Graham, Veronica Habib, Yvette Hamilton, Laine Hogarty, Adrian Hall, Barbara Halnan, Sahar Hosseinabadi, Tom Isaacs, Melissa Maree, Rose Ann McGreevy, Anne Mosey, Christine Myerscough, Jennifer O’Brien, Sue Pedley, Sergio Plata, Jacek Przybyszewski, Christopher Raymond, Margaret Roberts, Marlene Sarroff, Kevin Sheehan, Andrew Simmons, Sardar Sinjawi, Anke Stacker, Paul Sutton, Jane Burton Taylor, Toni Warburton, Gary Warner, Cecilia White, Elke Wohlfahrt and India Zegan. 

GADGETRY PROGRESS

Andrew Burrell's communicating gadget

Joey Nguyen at Kath Fries' Bubble gadget

Drawing gadget by Madeline Callanan

Drum gadget by Sam Bruce

above photos by Joey Nguyen

plus see Jon Drummond's Vimeo of same

Linden's feathered thingies

click here to see it move

Jon Drummond's video of Linden's drawing tops

Samuel Bruce drum in progress

room sheet in progress

KINETIC MACHINES & GADGETS OPENING FRIDAY 25 JAN 6pm

Kinetic Machines & Gadgets is a project by 12 artists who will work in the project space for a fortnight on individual or collaborative gadgetry or gadget-ideas. Come to the opening on Friday 25 January 6-8pm and look at, advise on and even tinker yourself with gadgets-in-progress.  It will be open again on Fri- Sun 1 - 3 Feb (11am-5pm) - come again to contribute further, or just to see what progress has been made. The plan is that 'finished' prototypes will be on show on the closing on Sunday 3 February from 3-5pm.