Interfacial Intimacies
Bega
Exhibition / Show
Interfacial Intimacies
What does it mean to be the absolute essence of who you are without being wedded to any of it?
For a long time, the self was understood as a stable and reliable container within which a person could be located. Emerging theories of selfhood suggest that this understanding is overly simplistic. It is now recognised that individuals may possess as many social selves as there are people who recognise them. Rather than being fixed or consistently coherent, personality can be understood as a constellation of parallel processes and possibilities—of transformation, and of continuous becoming.
This exhibition brings together artists who hold and express tenderly the multiple aspects of their selves through a series of portraits and anti-portraits. Through photography, film, installation, textile, and performance, this exhibition explores the tensions of our networked personalities – our shadows, our masks, our shame.
Yet, the artists retain their agency and their 'right to opacity', to resist being wholly understood, or essentialised; towards an openness of cultural hybridity, to being visible while not being wholly transparent.
How will you show up today?
Artists: Cigdem Aydemir, Bruno Booth, Aleks Danko, Léuli Eshrāghi, Amrita Hepi, Shea Kirk, Georgia Morgan, Bhenji Ra, David Rosetzky and Cassie Sullivan.
Curator: Caine Chennatt.
For a long time, the self was understood as a stable and reliable container within which a person could be located. Emerging theories of selfhood suggest that this understanding is overly simplistic. It is now recognised that individuals may possess as many social selves as there are people who recognise them. Rather than being fixed or consistently coherent, personality can be understood as a constellation of parallel processes and possibilities—of transformation, and of continuous becoming.
This exhibition brings together artists who hold and express tenderly the multiple aspects of their selves through a series of portraits and anti-portraits. Through photography, film, installation, textile, and performance, this exhibition explores the tensions of our networked personalities – our shadows, our masks, our shame.
Yet, the artists retain their agency and their 'right to opacity', to resist being wholly understood, or essentialised; towards an openness of cultural hybridity, to being visible while not being wholly transparent.
How will you show up today?
Artists: Cigdem Aydemir, Bruno Booth, Aleks Danko, Léuli Eshrāghi, Amrita Hepi, Shea Kirk, Georgia Morgan, Bhenji Ra, David Rosetzky and Cassie Sullivan.
Curator: Caine Chennatt.
Accessibility:
Actively welcomes people with access needs. Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids) Caters for people who use a wheelchair. Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss. Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia) Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
Additional Information:
Carpark, Family Friendly, Non Smoking, Parents Room, Public Toilet, Shop / Gift Shop
