Saturday, June 9, 2012
media
The award coincided too with the biannual Queensland Festival of
Photography, a series of events and exhibitions held across the state,
and was complemented at Gold Coast City Art Gallery by Lorikeet Island,
an exhibition of collaborative work by Alana Hampton and Marian Drew. An
ambitious installation, Lorikeet Island consisted of photographs and
immersive new media works produced over an extended period of time
onsite at a mangrove cay in one of the labyrinthine Gold Coast
waterways. The artists aimed to highlight the incredible natural beauty
that lies just at the edge of Surfers Paradise’ ‘glitter strip,’ the
aquatic playground that brings in the tourists. Lorikeet Island captured
the largely unseen beauty of one small island that disappears with the
vagaries of the tidal changes, exposing the mangroves and complex
ecosystem. Hampton and Drew have worked together before but this
exhibition crystallised their individual practices with its clarity of
vision and execution. After the very fulfilling experience of the award,
walking into the exhibition was not unlike diving beneath the water:
cool and sating.
The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gallery 1, The Arts Centre, Gold Coast, March 31-May 13
The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gallery 1, The Arts Centre, Gold Coast, March 31-May 13
Alison Kubler is Associate Curator, University of Queensland Art Museum.
RealTime issue #109 June-July 2012 pg. 46
© Alison Kubler; for permission to reproduce apply to realtime@realtimearts.net
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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