The second in a series of regional exhibitions curated by the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) around the State will kick off in May at Horsham Regional Art Gallery.
Launched in 2010, the ACCA Regional Tour (ART) series is designed to bring the latest works from Melbourne’s leading contemporary art space to regional Victoria.
Horsham Regional Art Gallery
Will host an exhibition of works that respond to the photographic focus of the Horsham collection. Artists Stuart Ringholt, Nicholas Mangan, Bianca Hester, Joshua Petherick, Fiona Abicare, Benjamin Armstrong, Matthew Griffin and Damiano Bertoli will each present works that explore image making through collage, cut-ups and photograms. Video artists TV Moore, Laresa Kosloff and Justene Williams will also exhibit recent works that question the stability of the image and archive.
HEADLINERS (Weeks 1-8) 2011
Agatha Gothe-Snape
Agatha Gothe-Snape’s project for ART#2 begins with an advertisement that seeks Horsham locals interested in being featured in The Weekly Advertiser. Once contact has been made with interested parties, the artist will select eight individuals to participate in her artwork. Sydney-based, the artist will engage in weekly phone conversations with each participant, getting to know more about them and their opinions through inquiry and conversation. The resulting work will be a series of full-page headlines published weekly in Horsham’s local newspaper from 12 May – 30 June that capture the livelihood of each individual participant.
SATURDAY 11 JUNE
Temporary Installation: Located on the exterior of one of Horsham’s most controversial buildings, the Horsham Post Office, Helen Johnson’s Brutalist Reintegration Project explores Horsham’s civic history through a temporary mural of local symbols and signs.
Venue Horsham Post Office, 29–31 Firebrace Street, Horsham
Time 10am
Special Event: Artist Nathan Gray and the Natimuk Brass Band entertain Saturday morning shoppers and stop traffic with their ground breaking musical performance, Rural Infrasonics.
Venue corner Firebrace Street & Roberts Avenue, Horsham
Time 11am
Roaming Give Away: ACCA and Horsham Regional Art Gallery staff roam wild and free along the bustling main street of Horsham, handing out Agatha Gothe-Snape’s Rules of Nature balloons to onlookers and all takers. A cluster of balloons will be launched from a secret location among the hustle and bustle of Saturday morning trading. Watch out! Look up!
Venue Firebrace Street, Horsham
Time 10am–noon
Sporting Performance: Artist Nathan Gray and the Natimuk Brass Band will provide pre-game entertainment to the Horsham United vs Warrack Eagles football game. Come and see Rural Infrasonics, and hear a functioning sculpture transform the band’s familiar tones into an electronic extravaganza.
Venue Horsham City Oval, Firebrace Street, Horsham
Time 2pm (Game starts 2.20pm)
Talk Event: ACCA curator Hannah Mathews and Horsham Gallery director Adam Harding will discuss the motivations and development of the ART#2 projects with participating artists Nathan Gray, Agatha Gothe-Snape, Helen Johnson, Laresa Kosloff & Andy Thomson, and Gabrielle de Vietri.
Venue upstairs at the Horsham Demons Club Rooms, Horsham City Oval
Time 3.30–4.30pm
SUNDAY 12 JUNE
Performance Event: Artist Nathan Gray and the Natimuk Brass Band will perform Rural Infrasonics at the Natimuk Farmers’ Market. The early bird gets the worm, or at least the citing of a musical octopus.
Venue Natimuk Farmers Market, Main Street, Natimuk
Time 10–11am
EXTRA Special Sporting Event: Artists Laresa Kosloff & Andy Thomson, present The Green Text, an audio commentary that opens up the game of lawn bowls to interesting readings of psychology, philosophy and history. It’s lawn bowls, but not as you know it!
Come and loan an MP3 player, plug in and switch on to experience this audio performance, narrated by guest voices Julia Zemiro and Santo Cilauro, while watching a game of lawn bowls in the idyllic environs of the Natimuk Bowling Club.
Venue Natimuk Bowling Club, 3 Sudholz Street, Natimuk
Time 2-5pm, with sessions beginning on the half hour
You can download The Green Text audio here:
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Celebration Time: Joins us for ART#2’s closing drinks and the premiere of a new work created by Gabrielle de Vietri, which presents the hearts and minds of local youth in an entertaining and thought-provoking documentary. Video works from Nathan Gray and collaborators Laresa Kosloff & Andy Thomson will also be screened. Drinks and nibbles provided.
Venue Natimuk Soldiers Memorial Hall, Main Street, Natimuk
Time 5.15pm Gabrielle de Vietri; 5.45pm Laresa Kosloff & Andy Thomson, featuring the Natimuk Bowls Club; 6.30pm Nathan Gray, featuring the Natimuk Brass Band
** In the event of bad weather, please contact the Horsham Regional Art Gallery (tel 5362 2888) for location updates.
ONGOING
Date 7 May – 3 July
Screening Event: Gabrielle de Vietri, Philosophy for Kids 2009-
Visit Natimuk’s Goat Gallery to view 3 chapters of Gabrielle de Vietri’s ongoing series, Philosophy for Kids. Made with a group of young children, this work documents the responses of kids to life’s biggest questions: What is beauty? How do we live together? What is out there?
Venue Goat Gallery, 87A Main Street, Natimuk
Time 1–4pm weekends, or by appointment through the Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Tel 5362 2888
Date 12 May – 30 June
In-Print Event: Agatha Gothe-Snape, Headliners (Weeks 1–8) 2011
Sydney-based artist Agatha Gothe-Snape has devised a series of eight full-page print projects that will appear in Horsham’s local newspaper, The Weekly Advertiser. Look out for her bold, colourful announcements, which can be collected and combined into an artwork.
Appearing Thursday 12, 19 & 26 May, and 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 June
Date 11–12 June
Broadcast Event: Gabrielle de Vietri, Announcements/Commandments 2005
Tune into Horsham’s local radio station, MIXX FM (107.7) over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend to hear Gabrielle de Vietri’s soothing meditations on life and how to live it.
We’d still like you to come to the gallery too!
This project has been supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria’s Major Touring Initiative. Project Supporter: Geoff and Helen Handbury Foundation.
