Open: 4 February to 19 February
Hours: Friday to Sunday 11am - 5pm
The Waiting Room shows the work of Deborah
Burdett, Renuka Fernando, Ro Murray and Mandy Burgess, Susannah Williams and
Warren Armstrong.
In
this group show, the artists respond to the emotional states we find ourselves
in when we wait. In a lift, at the doctors, at hospital, at Centrelink, at the
Motor Registry, at bus stations and airport lounges - places where we are
temporarily suspended in a state of attentive dependence; unable to make
independent decisions; unable to get on with our lives. Interactions with
others in the waiting room are strange and artificial. Attempts at occupation
are distracted.
But
spare a thought for the massive waiting rooms in other people’s lives: refugee
camps, nursing homes, cancer clinics. Or in other people’s heads: court cases,
mental illness. Or for a culture awaiting recognition of value. Life is literally on hold.
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| Mandy Burgess and Ro Murray Bridging 2016 |