Opening Event Saturday Oct 30th, 1-4pm
Exhibition from Oct 29th until Nov 14th
Open 11am - 5pm | Fri-Sun
Other times by private arrangement with the artist
Artist talks Sunday Nov 7th, 2pm - 3.30pm
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| 'The Offing' |
Again I’m working with images taken on road trips to/and in the Australian outback. This time it’s the horizon that interests me. Surrounded and overcome by the expanse, the isolation and quietness of a never-ending landscape, it (the horizon) imposes the realisation of one’s insignificance.
At times the horizon, visually presented itself as relentless and monotonous: north, south, east and west. 360 degrees. Visually almost identical. The horizon was to be a destination. A place to aim for. However, in reality it’s a destination to be observed only and disappointingly, a destination forever beyond reach. Trying to reach this, that or any horizon is a futile endeavour. As soon as you reach your horizon a completely new horizon opens in front of you: an optimistic cruelty.
Cruel Optimism, a concept given to the phenomenon of engagement with a false but present moment: the holding up of hope and ultimately rendering a longed-for outcome, (in this case the horizon), unattainable. One is forever destined to be before the horizon.
Ideas gleened and manipulated from,
Lauren Berlant’s book ‘‘Cruel Optimism’.
My apologies,
sf
Ideas gleened and manipulated from,
Lauren Berlant’s book ‘‘Cruel Optimism’.
My apologies,
sf
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