6 – 28 August 2010

FRONT GALLERY
Larger Than the Room
Andrew Atchison

MIDDLE GALLERY
Kings x Kings 2010
Kings ARI curated exhibition

SIDE GALLERY
The Half-time Report
Luke Perillo

ARTIST FLOOR TALK
Saturday, August 14, 4pm.

Andrew Atchison

For his solo exhibition Larger Than The Room Melbourne artist Andrew Atchison has created a body of video and spatial works exploring identity, space and memory, concepts larger than any structure – physical or philosophical.

Kings X Kings 2010

slapdash
a big love-in
pooling resources
team ARI spirit
nepotism
thrown together
friends
thanks heaps guys
whatever works
risk taking
committment
who cares a lot
filling in gaps
connect the dots
don’t dot the i’s
doesn’t matter anyway
last minute
chaos
loose connections
happy accidents
critical consciousness
flashdance

Luke Perillo

When people are unhappy they can spend time going over what has led to such dissatisfaction. We seldom give ourselves time to review our progress as individuals with regards to our goals, relationships, careers etc.

The Halftime Report is an exercise in self-awareness. A scale model stadium scoreboard containing a mirror, invites the audience into the gallery and towards the scoreboard where they will be met with their reflection. The size of the structure establishes a focus on the viewer’s eyes. It is at this point they will either acknowledge or ignore themselves.

When the time with mirror is up, the participant will turn around to see miniature fans cast in plastic either affirming their presence or ridiculing their efforts from the bleachers.

Although in this instance, like the models, the time spent self-aware is small, it is my intention that the audience allows themselves to be lured to that moment and to know that victory is taken when giving themselves the time to appreciate how far they have come.

Bio

It is important to me that the processes and chosen materials used in my work appear understandable and accessible to the audience. I exercise ways of occupying space combined with personal narrative and a neutral sense of humour.