CURTAIN opens at Seventh tonight!

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I'm in a group exhibition curated by Andie Tham and Johann Rashid that open's at seventh gallery tonight.
The sun's out, come and have a beer!

28 April – 14 May 2011

Opens Thursday 28th April 6-8 pm
“Curtin”

Curated by Andie Tham and Johann Rashid.

Featuring Artists Dan Moynihan, James Eisen, Martin Bell, Andie Tham, Beci Orpin, Kate Moss, Rowan McNaught, Jarrah De Kuijer, Stephanie Hughes and Johann Rashid.

Curtin is a recent survey of ten emerging artists, who all site sourced and found material as the starting point of image making and technical process. Linking themes and joining narratives through juxtaposition of high and low brow imagery, this exhibition aims to be a fun exploration of different modes in contemporary culture. Curtin is a group of friends, who’s work directly addresses their surroundings. Inspired by found and sourced imagery from the internet, magazines, old books, and film, these processes involve conscientious cropping, collaging, and re-appropriation.
* James Eisen image.

eternal cosmic house!

ANTIPODAL SORCERY
KATE MOSS & JOHN BURGESS

SEVENTH GALLERY
GALLERY 2
155 Gertrude St Fitzroy

28thApril – May 16, 2009


Buckminster Fuller believed the geodesic dome as a house was like a great umbrella above. Its invention was based on the geometry of nature and the principles of nature’s design. It purportedly had a great psychological effect, as one does not feel closed in.

Huxley talked about mapping antipodes of the mind with the aid of hallucinogens or hypnosis - reaching a place that becomes free of language and conceptual thought - releasing the minds inhibitions towards visionary experience in relation to ordinary, everyday perceptual experiences.

Moss and Burgess’ geodesic dome is sited in a cosmology of tin cans. This constellation, a fusion of streamed light and detritus, creates an umbrella of the universe that is permeable, mapping similarities of mind and nature.

Historically conceived as a site of existential worship and a flagship for utilitarianism, the geodesic dome at Seventh Gallery, reconstructed in skeletal form, is a testament to the fluidity and mortality of social and theoretical constructs.

This exhibition continues Kate Moss’ investigation into the mystical and paranormal as explored in her recent show Momentary Impulses at TCB earlier this year, and
John Burgess, a recent graduate of The Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver whose previous work has centered around makeshift structures referencing architectural nuances.


Opens Tuesday April 28, 6-8pm