Open 11am – 5pm Fri-Sun 7 -22 October
TRAFFIC artists' talks: Sunday 15 October 3pm
TRAFFIC is organised by Lisa Andrew and Rachel Buckeridge, and will show the work of artists Poklong Anading, Lisa Andrew, Nicole Barakat, Rachel Buckeridge, Maria Cruz, Gaston Damag, Stephen Eastaugh, Kat Medina, Elizabeth Pulie, Tobias Richardson and Jeona Zoleta.
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Tobias Richardson Once I thought I saw you Saint Louis, Senegal 2014/15 Inverted soccer balls Various dimension Image credit: Fiona Morrison
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Clothes destined for Vinnies in Sydney often end up travelling a quite remarkable other journey, split along several different trajectories, as their destinations are dependent on how they are sorted and organized, and may even embark on an International course which can lead them to places such as the night markets in Baguio City, in The Philippines.
This exhibition situates this type of traffic in culture (with
an emphasis on expanded ideas about textiles, but not limited to textiles) in
Articulate project space, which is located on one of the biggest routes into
the city of Sydney. Marked by its destination and arrivals - and all the phases
in between- Cloth (objects) is one such example of material that does not
remain static, rather, it is reshaped “en route” and its value and meaning
changed based on its social life along the way.
Some ideas and words: traffic (of all
kinds), road traffic- Paramatta vs EDSA in the Philippines (two main arteries
into cities) routes, social life of things, travel -movement, alien, exile,
displacement, from elsewhere, un-fixed, parallel identity, second-hand night
markets (picture: Baguio, the Philippines). Periphery, walking with the
devil-appropriation, we are all Caribbean now in our urban archipelago,
hoarding mending and up-cycling.
Lisa Andrew
The project is supported by funding from the Inner West Council