This weekend Kontraband studios will be launching First Coat street art festival, where the CBD of Toowoomba will be transformed by local as well as international artists. 15 Walls by 15 Artists, 1 weekend. 21 – 23 February. Watch this space…
Hans Ulrich Obrist talks about curating and how he expands it to include architecture, poets, novelists, maps and gardens utilising the idea of the expanded exhibition. Ulrich Obrist references Diaghileff, the producer of the famous Ballet Russe, who wanted to bring all… Read More
On Friday night we had Lee’s opening ‘Objects From Places We’ve Never Been’. Participants who had been in touch with Lee or who decided to be a part of the project bought their objects from a place they had never been to before and agreed… Read More
We asked Lee to write a statement/paragraph about his upcoming show this Friday night. Genius xx A Short Statement / Memory For The Exhibition Objects From Places We’ve Never Been Before: When I was very young, probably about 7 years of age, I was walking… Read More
On the idea of interpretation and searching to understand our environment through actively making, (see Hayley French’s contribution through the previous post), I thought it appropriate timing to contribute the work of Danish artist Eva Koch through her video APPROACH. Eva investigates the theme of interpretation… Read More
Our writer in residence Hayley Megan French is also participating in Lee Walton’s upcoming show ‘PLACES WE’VE NEVER BEEN’ (Opens Feb 7th). The same day that I received the following video from Lee Walton giving an overview of the show in our inbox, Hayley found… Read More
Hayley is undertaking a PhD at Sydney Uni and has chosen to undertake a writing residency at RAYGUN for the next weeks. http://hayleymegan.com HAYLEY sign
The master of filling space with light, or rather colour, that is light, that he uses to fill space. From the Guggenheim Museum 2013 James Turrell 2013 image from http://www.bustler.net
Lee Walton is a social practitioner from the US presenting an exhibition named OBJECTS FROM PLACES WE’VE NEVER BEEN. The exhibition is participatory with each participant nominating a site/place/destination (to be a place, shop, etc) to be visited. They will need to find an object from this place and bring it with them to the gallery on the opening night. The object will be placed on a shelf sized roughly 12cm x 12cm. There are no formal size restrictions. however the glitch is, they must make a promise to never return to this place again. Ever. We’re Super excited!
At Suadas opening, there were a series of questions asked that we have taken to Suada relating to the work. Below is her reply. Are you even directly involved in the imagery? if not why not? I am not directly involved in the imagery. The… Read More
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