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may 2 - 20
by Caroline Kennedy
Snapshot is an observation of daily rituals. It captures fragments of banality within the ways people interact in cities. These works depict moments and gestures that are intrinsically found in human nature.
Using plates of flat glass as her ‘canvas’, Kennedy has meticulously engraved snapshots of commonplace scenes. Drawing on the technology of the late renaissance, the scenes are created by a number of picture planes. The sheets are stacked together to create a multi dimensional diorama. Snapshot is a fragment of time caught on glass and shadowed onto the wall.
Kennedy has travelled extensively studying the movements of cities and their occupants. Snapshot comprises scenes from Melbourne, Tokyo and more recently, scenes from a 2005 residency in Barcelona. This is Kennedy’s 10th solo exhibition.
Corridor
by Daniel Dorall
Daniel Dorall’s 3 dimensional mazes are full of murder, mahem and mischief. Like characters in a short story, the viewer can follow the drama played out by the tiny figures, but the narrative is often irrational.
Drawing on his skills as an architect, Dorall has constructed this curious collection of miniature mazes from cardboard, hydrocryl, plastic and synthetic grass. Corridor is Alice in Wonderland’s alternate universe, and each meticulously constructed maze is a choose your own misadventure.
As the viewer takes a voyeuristic aerial peek into Dorall’s mini world, figures conspire against each other. Characters are constrained by the space in which they reside, and the proliferation of dead-ends adds a sense of anxiety and isolation.
It’s an eclectic combination of bizarre events leading to many an untimely demise. However amongst the confusion of pathways and claustrophobic walls can be found humorous and poignant moments.
Daniel Dorall was born in Malaysia. He studied architecture at both the University of Malaya and Melbourne University. He graduated in 2005 and now lives and works in Melbourne.
by Siobhan Punshon
Victoria’s coastline is littered with shipwrecks from a time before adequate shipping charts and navigation equipment. Stories of sunken treasure, survival and loss, are part of what makes the sea a place of mystery and danger.
Siobhan Punshon is interested in the connection between the romance of the sea, and the practical aspects of navigation. A shipping chart defines what lies beneath the waters surface. It contains information regarding depth of water, beacons, wrecks, marine parks and hazards that can neither be clearly defined, nor seen from water level. Punshon takes elements of these charts and superimposes weather maps and other coded documents to create her own dramatic yet un-navigable adventure maps. The final works are a composite of codes, icons and warnings.
Based on old shipping charts of Port Philip Bay and the Victorian coastline, Punshon lives and plots on the Victorian coast, and navigates from Sorrento and Portsea to Queenscliffe.
opening night drinks
wednesday may 3
6-8pm
exhibition duration: may 2 - 20