FER A L  4:  A rticulate  project  space,  30  January   -­‐  1  Fe b ru ary,  2 0 1 5   FERAL  is  a  progressive,  overlapping  exhibition  designed  for  artists  to  experiment  with  placement  of  artwork  in  an   architectural  space  that  is  already  altered  by  the  earlier  installation  of  other  artists'  work,  and  which  will  be  altered   again  when  another  group  replaces  that  earlier  installation.       It  is  called  FERAL  because  its  progressive  overlapping  nature  is  a  slightly  feral  form  of  exhibition  practice,  and  it   sounds  like  FAIR  ISLE,  the  similar  2014  version.  The  FERAL/FAIR-­‐ISLE  project  is  part  of  the  broader  Articulate  interest   in  the  relationships  artworks  form  with  their  locations.  The  project  does  this  by  focusing  in  particular  on  the   contribution  that  the  changing  installation  of  artworks  make  to  the  constitution  of  a  site.       The  whole  FERAL  project  will  be  open  Friday  -­‐  Sunday  11-­‐5pm  between  9  January  -­‐  8  February  2015.  Each  of  its  five   weeks  will  show  different  combinations  of  about  twenty  works.  The  opening  events  are  Fridays  9,  16,  23  +  30   January  and  6  February  at  6-­‐8pm.         Dominic  Byrne  Trigger  Warning  2015  Timed  air  dispenser,  home-­‐made  pepper  spray.   0402  172  606  www.dominicbyrne.net       Sue  Callanan,  In  the  space  of  a  breath:  device  for  circulating  air  2015,  Performance  on  opening     nights.  Green  air  conditioning  duct,  6  x  0.6  x  0.5m,  is  a  commercial  product  for  circulating  air.   The  inhabitation  of  the  product  by  a  performer  renders  its  utilitarian  function.  At  other  times  it   flops,  like  a  spent  breath   Andrew  Christie  Echo  2015  Basketball  hoops  Dimensions  variable.  Echo  extends  from  Christie’s   research  which  examines  the  tensions  of  competing  universalities  often  brought  upon  by  shifts  in   migration,  translation,  and  notions  of  hybridity.  A  more  open-­‐ended  piece  than  previous  works,  it   allows  for  the  notions  of  play,  humour  and  particularly  failure  to  interrogate  the  mechanisms  that     keep  these  aversions  active  in  daily  life.      Richard  Dunn  Untitled#1-­‐6  2014  Acrylic  on  Ply,  29x29x4.5cm.  These  wall  sculptures/painting,     with  wrap  around  colour  and  different  levels  and  hidden  spaces  could  be  freestanding         Sarah  Fitzgerald  Arch  2015  MDF,  acrylic  paint,  brick.  This  work  contrasts  the  elegant  form  of  an   arch  with  the  solidity  of  the  post  and  beam  structure  of  the  gallery  space.       Aude  Fondard  Dolly’s  mad  2015  Performance,  or  what  happens  when  sweet  devices  start     to  go  wrong.  Sitting  Pretty  2015  Text-­‐based  performance.  Aims  to  highlight  how  the     represented,  be  it  a  muse,  cherished  object  or  sublime  landscape,  can  become  captive  of     the  gaze  of  the  viewer.  [email protected]       Veronica  Habib  I  Love  What  You  Have  Done  With  Your  Hair,  Underwear  Brief,  G-­‐string  and  Dress   2015  Suspended  clothing,  Human  hair.  The  work  deals  with  the  codes  and  perceptions  within   clothing  in  relations  to  the  notions  of  shame,  body  image  and  sexuality.  The  artwork  utilizes  hair   as  clothing  is  made  from  desirable  materials  such  as  fur  and  wool  which  are  socially  acceptable   animal  byproducts,  whereas  human  hair  carries  a  negative  stigma.  The  artwork  challenges     perceptions  of  hair  and  hygiene  as  well  as  the  perceptions  towards  body  hair.       Richard  Kean   Aural  Bow  2014   Silver  Ash,  piano  wire,  Dimensions  variable   $450         Kate  MacKay  Crochet  Cubes  –  FERAL  2014/15  yarn,  foam  240x60x13cm.  A  construction  of   cubes  from  fragments  of  yarns  where  the  random  scraps  of  colour  accumulate  in  the   construction  of  the  screen.  kate.mackay.blogspot.com.au           Veronica  Habib  Doubling2014  McDonalds  work  shirts.  The  Surrealist  notion  of  'Doubling'  is  a   technique  used  to  fracture  and  destabilize  an  object/image.  The  uncanny  shudder  felt  from   duplication  also  draws  on  a  crisis  of  identity  of  divisions  of  the  self  (Unconscious/conscious   and/or  binary  of  reality/illusion)  

Christine  Myerscough  Salvation  2015  fishing  net,  embroidery  hoops,  photographs.  This  is   one  of  a  series  of  works  in  progress  dealing  with  the  Australian  landscape.  Moments  in  time,   traces  of  nature,  light  and  shadows  are  caught  and  preserved  in  photographs.  As  we  tread   heavily  on  the  land,  plundering  its  resources,  the  question  of  what  we  value  most  is   becoming  crucial.  [email protected]     Melissa  Jane  Palmer  Construction  2014  Marble  laminate,  plywood,  steel  bracket.  Instilled  with  no   functional  purpose,  I  contradict  the  normal  applied  and  ornamental  uses  of  architectural  material   within  this  work.  With  no  material  hierarchy  the  distinction  between  the  wall,  frame  and  surface   dissipate,  to  enable  the  work  to  engage  as  a  site  for  the  reconfiguration  of  architectural  space.     Katya  Peteskaya  Cycle  of  a  full  breath,  Clock  count  down,  The  line  of  thought,  2015  Synthetic     polymer  paint  on  paper.  Reflecting  on  alterations  by  other  fellow  artists  to  the  space,  I  found   three  repeated  basic  elements  –  breath,  time  and  thought.  As  a  painter  I  used  a  brush  mark  as   my  intervention.  The  experimental  works  attempt  to  capture  breath,  time  and  thought  in  a   brush  mark.   Jannah  Quill  Virtual  Bricks;  Amplification  of  a  blue  space  x  4  2015  projector,  solar  cells,       delay  pedals,  electronics.  Room’s  light  through  a  line  solar  cells,  elastic,  electronics  2015.     www.jannahquill.com       Elizabeth  Rankin  Thin  Ice  2014  Projection  of  animated  water  colour  drawings.  Thin  Ice   refers  to  the  fragility  of  life  and  yet  our  determination  to  enjoy  and  celebrate  it.  My   animation  of  the  dance  drawings  relies  upon  sequences  of  narrative.  The  images  were   repeated  and  reversed  and  the  process  accelerated  to  produce  dance  movement.  A  new     story  developed  out  of  this  process.         Ambrose  Reisch     RECALL  2015     Card,  mirror  double-­‐sided  tape.   Kathryn  Ryan  “Three  collections  for  Articulate”  2015  Collection  of  small  white  spaces,  various  found     objects,  archive  box.  Collection  of  outside  writing,  paper,  black  ink,  plastic  sleeve,  masking  tape,   archive  box  Collection  of  Articulate’s  spaces,  cotton  thread,  plastic  sleeve,  masking  tape,  archive  box   www.kathrynryan.net     Helen  L  Sturgess     A  Little  fall  of  tenderness  2015     Flesh  pink  tulle.       www.helensturgess.com     Helen  M  Sturgess  with  Mo  Giddy  Trade  Secrets  2015  Mixed  Media.  Do  you  have  a  secret?  Something     you’ve  never  told  anyone,  or  avoided  telling  someone?  In  this  work,  a  web  of  secrets  is  spun  in  the   dark,  as  each  participant  reveals  their  secret  to  another,  anonymously  …  [email protected]     Phaptawan  Suwannakudt  There,  There  2014  Fabric  masks,  produce  from  garden  and  local  market   When  Phaptawan’s  mother  lost  her  memory,  she  started  talking  in  the  Lanna  dialect  of  her   childhood.  Phaptawan  sculpted  the  head  of  her  mother  from  the  memory  of  the  time  when  her   mother  was  a  nun.  The  scattered  fabric  masks  are  placed  together  and  filled  with  produce  from  local     market.  www.phaptawansuwannakudt.com          Yoshi  Takahashi  Candy  Box  2015  Acrylic  on  timber.  This  work  concerned  with  light,  reflection,  chance     and  system.  The  order  of  cubes  were  determined  randomly  yet  they  were  placed  in  the  grid  according   to  order.  www.yoshitakahashi.com   Judith  Torzillo  Our  Time  Is  Made  of  Particles:  Uncertain  and  Entangled  2014  Brass.  This  work   responds  to  the  definition  of  Spacetime  found  in  quantum  mechanics,  particularly  the   symmetry  and  spin  described  in  particle  behaviour.  The  uncertainty  principal  and  quantum   entanglement  inform  the  structure  of  each  brass  'particle'  and  their  relationships  en   masse.  Each  particle  in  the  173  piece  series  is  handmade,  unique  and  numbered.     www.judithtorzillo.com  1  particle:  $60,  2  particles:  $100,  4  particles  $180.   Jeff  Wood  Painting  Machine  2014.  As  a  painter  my  practice  explores  the  bond  between   art  and  technology  through  experimentation.  Using    ready-­‐made  objects  I  build  machines   that  paint  and  draw  and  work  as  an  extension  of  self.    

FERAL  4  opening:  Fri  Jan  30,  6-­‐8pm  :  Open    11am  -­‐  5pm  Fri-­‐  Sun,  Jan  30  -­‐Feb  1.  FERAL  1-­‐5  open  Fri  -­‐  Sun  11-­‐5pm  9  Jan  -­‐  8  Feb  

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