Writhe is open - Ciaran Begley's artist's talk today at 3pm

Open 11am-5pm Fri-Sun 3-18 August 2019

 Ph Peter Murphy

Ph Peter Murphy

Veronique Delauney operating Writhe. Ph Peter Murphy

Bhupen Thakker operating Writhe. Ph Peter Murphy

James Koh operating Writhe, Ph Peter Murphy

ROOMSHEET

This project is supported by funding from the Inner West Council

Ciaran Begley's Writhe opens Friday 2 August at 6-8pm

Writhe

Opening Friday 2 August 6-8pm

Open Fri-Sat 11am-5pm  3 - 18 August

Artist's talk: Saturday 3 August 3pm

Ciaran Begley Writhe 2019 (diagram)

Writhe involves a series of structures that confront the public with contortions of space itself.  Four hanging sculptures arranged throughout Articulate’s long project space hang from the exposed wooden struts of the building.  These heavy works Installed along the middle of the space set up the architectural space as a stage for spatial contortion.  These room dividers delineate new internal spaces and when moving expanding in a rectangular form containing a complex contorting form enveloping the gallery space with danger and intrigue.

The work is a complex reinterpretation of previous work engaging those who know my work with an impossible reconfiguration of known forms with new movements and a departure from the safety of the wall.  For new viewers this work is  a step into the zone.  A landscape of new possibilities and new dangers where the laws of physics and assumptions about gravity give way to a world where space is governed by action, movement and form.  A space where the choices we make become environments for others and comprehension an elusive concept.

In this work I have challenged the limits of my own capacities of engineering and installation to present a work that challenges my own capacities of expectation and experience.  Please join me in this new world.

Ciaran Begley

http://www.ciaranbegley.com/

This project is supported by funding from the Inner West Council

PLATFORM 2019 Images by Vsevolod Vlaskine

De Quincey Co's mid-afternoon collection of short performances, installations, artworks and extraordinary music

Saturday & Sunday 29 & 30 JUNE 3.30-5.30pm

ARTISTS:  Cordelia Beresford, Kristina Chan, Tess de Quincey, Martin del Amo, Jim Denley, Michael Dixon, Sue Healey, Mayu Kanamori, Nick Keys, Adelina Larsson, Linda Luke, Rhiannon Newton, Marnie & Melanie Palomares, Matte Rochford, Gaele Sobott, Amanda Stewart, Vsevolod Vlaskine, Adam Warburton, Toni Warburton, Eugene Ward, Gary Warner, Digby Webster, Marcus Whale, Gareth Yuen, Arisa Yura.

Curated by Martin del Amo, Eugene Ward, Marcus Whale, Tess de Quincey

Photo:  Heidrun Lohr

             

                     This program is supported by funding from the Inner west Council

PLATFORM 2019 Saturday & Sunday 29 & 30 JUNE 3.30-5.30pm

De Quincey Co's mid-afternoon collection of short performances, installations, artworks and extraordinary music Saturday & Sunday 29 & 30 JUNE 3.30-5.30pm ARTISTS:  Cordelia Beresford, Kristina Chan, Tess de Quincey, Martin del Amo, Jim Denley, Michael Dixon, Sue Healey, Mayu Kanamori, Nick Keys, Adelina Larsson, Linda Luke, Rhiannon Newton, Marnie & Melanie Palomares, Matte Rochford, Gaele Sobott, Amanda Stewart, Vsevolod Vlaskine, Adam Warburton, Toni Warburton, Eugene Ward, Gary Warner, Digby Webster, Marcus Whale, Gareth Yuen, Arisa Yura. Curated by Martin del Amo, Eugene Ward, Marcus Whale, Tess de Quincey Photo:  Heidrun Lohr Join us for the next instalment of short works forged in the interdisciplinary meetings of emergent and established artists. The fresh blood of Sydney unfolds the inside and outside spaces of Articulate across three levels... Places are limited so BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Tickets $15 book HERE Start at 3.30pm sharp Please note:  The space can be cold so please dress accordingly. And... there is a fair amount of walking to and fro both inside and outside the space as well as up and down stairs.

See Articulate images from PLATFORM 2018




             
                     This program is supported by funding from the Inner west Council

Dermis Final Day and Closing event tomorrow

Closing event 3-5pm Sunday 2 June
Artists' talks 2-3pm Sunday 2 June

Helen arrived on site three days before the opening with a large pile of dressmaking patterns (obtained via ‘WANTED’ postings on Freecycle), several big balls of string and rolls of waxed baking paper, lots of eyehooks and a large tub of wood glue – along with plenty of tools – and set to work. The next day she brought her beloved sewing machine, a camera and tripod and some AV equipment, and with a great deal of help from family and friends, worked on.

During the three-week run she transformed the space. She made use of points of attachment that remain from past exhibitions, and the interior architecture of this former auto workshop, to explore the palimpsest of marks and incidental ‘memorabilia’ that people – both singly and collectively – leave behind. Visitors had the opportunity to experience the different stages of the installation by coming to both the opening and the closing events, and are welcome to assist the artist if they’d like to.

images : Tim Bass

This project is supported by funding from the Inner West Council 

Dermis opened last night

Open 11am-5pm Fri - Sun till Sunday 2 June

Closing 3-5pm Sunday 2 June
Artists' talks 2-3pm Sunday 2 June

Helen arrived on site three days before the opening with a large pile of dressmaking patterns (obtained via ‘WANTED’ postings on Freecycle), several big balls of string and rolls of waxed baking paper, lots of eyehooks and a large tub of wood glue – along with plenty of tools – and set to work. The next day she brought her beloved sewing machine, a camera and tripod and some AV equipment, and with a great deal of help from family and friends, worked on.

During the three-week run she will continue to transform the space. She will utilise points of attachment that remain from past exhibitions, and also the interior architecture of this former auto workshop, to explore the palimpsest of marks and incidental ‘memorabilia’ that people – both singly and collectively – leave behind. Visitors will have the opportunity to experience the different stages of the installation by coming to both the opening and the closing events, and are welcome to assist the artist if they’d like to.

Image: Margaret Roberts

Image: Helen Sturgess

Image: Helen Sturgess

This project is supported by funding from the Inner West Council 

Dermis opens Friday 17 May 6-8pm

Helen M Sturgess

Open Fri-Sun 11am - 5pm 18 May - 2 June

Artists' talks: 2pm Sunday 2 June 

Closing event: 3-5pm Sunday 2 June 

ROOMSHEET

Helen explores her interest in the palimpsest of marks that people leave behind them, by working with existing points of attachment remaining from previous exhibitions in the Articulate building. She also plans to explore the cocoon nature of shelter found in both clothing and the built environment. Visitors will have the opportunity to celebrate the different stages of the work by coming to both the opening and the closing events, when the results of Helen’s plan to continue to work in the space during the three weeks of the exhibition will be evident. 

Dermis is part of the 'Performing Audiences' program supported by funding from the Inner West Council, a program that explores how audiences can be gently choreographed into performing for each other by their simple interactions with artworks.  It is also one of several whole-space installations that aim to strengthen relationships with the location through being the only work in a single architectural space.

Helen Sturgess Dermis 2019 (detail)

Helen Sturgess Dermis 2019 (in-planning)

See earlier work by Helen at Articulate here

Helen M Sturgess Untitled 2018 

Helen M Sturgess Untitled 2018 

Other earlier work by Helen here, here and here.  

This project is supported by funding from the Inner West Council