Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre presents
Panorama
Are we there yet?
Come and join us as these contemporary Australian artists survey and ponder our place in the world. Where do we go from here when we have consumed all there is to consume, wreaked havoc on our environment and misrepresented our histories?
A panorama was once a static moment fixed in time; but with a contemporary panorama by the time you have turned your head 360 degrees, what you saw in the beginning has changed by the time you get back to it.
The real and imagined spaces in this exhibition don’t pretend to present the whole encompassing picture, but give a snapshot or a sideways glance instead across a landscape of media, culture, politics and the unknown. The familiar becomes transformed and something new arises.
Artists: Daniel Boyd, Nadine Christensen, Sarah Goffman, Fiona Lowry, Bennett Miller, Arlo Mountford, Joan Ross, Caroline Rothwell, Bernie Slater and Jemima Wyman.
Check out the Kids’ Gallery…
Postcard Panorama
A journey is often marked by the postcard that gets sent home and placed on the fridge, a chance to show off or intrigue with a beautiful landscape or place of interest. In Postcard Panorama, children from Liverpool have posted back to the Powerhouse their own postcard “snapshots” of landscapes that delight or intrigue them. From the fridge door, to the Gallery, they will take you on a delightful journey.
Image Credit: Joan Ross, When I Grow Up I want to be a Forger (2010). Duration: 3 mins. Animation and video, edition 1/5. Animator: Ben Butler. Sound: Sumugan Sivanesan. Image courtesy of the artist and Gallery Barry Keldoulis
Panorama Artist Talks
10 February
11am–12pm
Join artists Sarah Goffman, Nadine Christensen and Caroline Rothwell as they discuss their works in the Panorama exhibition. Talks will be followed with light refreshments.
Workshop
Sunday 4 March
10.30pm–12.30pm
Ages: 6–12
Cost: $15
Join sculpture and installation artist, Sarah Goffman, in a found object sculpture workshop for kids. This workshop will engage kids with the artist’s practice, re-purposing used consumer items in ways which attribute new meaning and life to discarded items. Through this fun and practical art making session kids will have the opportunity to think closely about what we use and throw away and imaginative ways to recycle.
*Kid’s are requested to bring one week’s worth of packaging generated by their household to the workshop, this may include bottle caps, toilet rolls, plastic containers, bags, and (thoroughly cleaned) food packaging.
ARLO MOUNTFORD:
The Triumph 2010
Single Channel Digital Animation Blu-ray 16:9 HD
9:11mins Courtesy of the artist
BENNETT MILLER:
Panorama #1- Frog (still) 2011
Video 4:39mins Courtesy of the artist
BERNIE SLATER:
Alan 2011 digital print
400cm x 400cm Courtesy of the artist
CAROLINE ROTHWELL:
Birds (Blowback) 2008
nylon, thread, aluminium rods, fan 260 x 240 x 240cm
photographer: Christian Capurro
Courtesy of artist and Tolarno Galleries
DANIEL BOYD:
U N T I T L E D 2011
oil and archival glue on linen 183 × 229.5cm
Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
FIONA LOWRY:
Apart from the pulling and the Hauling stands what I am 2010
acrylic and gouache on canvas 218.5 x 152.5 cm
photograph: Richard Glover Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
JEMIMA WYMAN:
Camouflage: New Zealand Four 2010
Photograph dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery
JOAN ROSS:
When I grow up I want to be a forger 2010
digital animation 6:06 min
Animator: Ben Butler, Sound: Sumugen Sivanesan
Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
BBQ this Sunday, BYO (flight paths) 2011
pigment print on premium photo paper 76 x 45 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
NADINE CHRISTENSEN:
Stained Glass and Hideouts 2009
acrylic on board 120 x 150cm
Courtesy of the artist and KALIMANRAWLINS
In a clearing 2010
acrylic on board 120 x 150 cm
Courtesy of the artist and KALIMANRAWLINS
SARAH GOFFMAN:
Kyoto Copy 2010
plastics, paint, hot glue, wood, styrofoam, pastels, string
200 x 150 x 60cm Photograph: Garth Knight
Courtesy of the artist