Media Release
May 22 2008
Art captures domestic dreaming
Video,
sound, performance, installations and hundreds of drawings all
contribute to the materialisation of domestic dreams in an exciting new
exhibition at the South Australian School of Art (SASA) Gallery at
UniSA.
In the exhibition Cinderella II –The Dreamer artist, Gosia Wlodarczak explores the perceptions of the home and domestic space as a place both of dreams and everyday living.
“In a home, the imaginary and the real co-exist – one informs the other,” Wlodarczak says.
“Though this exhibition, my aim is to ‘materialise’ those dreams - to convert them into installation objects.”
Wlodarczak’s drawing installation in the exhibition comprises acrylic drawings on 890 small to medium sized panels, which make up stylised profiles of objects of desire, based on real items.
“Each of the original objects were things desired by my friends - a Rolls-Royce car, a Bang & Olufsen sound system and a Yhoji Yamamoto outfit,” Wlodarczak says.
“I then worked with a composer, Alistair Noble to create accompanying digital sounds to form another component of the exhibition. Video animation then adds yet another element.”
Cinderella II is one of a series of the SASA Gallery’s research-based exhibitions which engages external scholars to participate in the gallery’s exhibition and publication programs.
Guest scholar, Associate Professor Ian McLean from the University of Western Australia, has written an accompanying essay on Wlodarczak’s work and the exhibition, and he will be taking part in several of the artist’s events held throughout the exhibition.
SASA Gallery Director Mary Knights says that Wlodarczak’s exhibition is a perfect example of the innovation, experimentation and performance that is characteristic of the Gallery’s exhibitions.
“The SASA Gallery is developing as a leading contemporary art space and an active site of teaching and learning in South Australia,” Knights says.
“Our exhibitions draw in a variety of artists, scholars and academics so they present as cutting-edge happenings that encourage observers to do more than just look - they encourage thought, questioning and discovery.”
What: Exhibition Launch
When: 6pm Wednesday 21 May 2008
Where: SA School of Art Gallery, Kaurna Building, UniSA City
West Campus
(cnr Fenn Place & Hindley Street)
Exhibition Open
Tuesday 20 May – Friday 27 June 2008
Tuesday – Friday 11am – 5pm
Contacts for interview
- Gosia Wlodarczak mobile 0414 981 645 email sarneckl@iinet.net.au
- Mary Knights office (08) 8302 7078 email mary.knights@unisa.edu.au
Media contact
- Lisa McDonald office (08) 8302 4063 mobile 0434 367 867 email mcdonald.lisa@unisa.edu.au