Where do we go from here when we have consumed all there is to consume, wreaked havoc on our environment and misrepresented our histories?
Panorama
Are we there yet?
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
January 28 to March 13, 2012
Sydney
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. Courtesy the artist and GBK, Sydney
