Thursday 19 May 2022 from 6pm to 8pm
Exhibition launch: Elise Harmsen & Nicola Smith ”The empty room feels bigger”
Smith and Harmsen met at a Chantal Akerman film screening in 2016. Since this first meeting, the 2 have shared an interest in the late director’s work and the relationship between moving images, painting, and the experience of time passing. The empty room feels bigger _continues this discussion, drawing influence from Akerman’s characteristic long takes and the psychological interiority of her films.
Joe Wilson & Chanelle Collier ”Everything is ok :) ”
Joe Wilson and Chanelle Collier are a collaborative love team based in Sydney. They have a generative practice developing ideas and dialogue alongside gallery and institutional programs. They use an image, object, and sound mediums influenced by peer contemporaries, International Situationists, and critical media theory.