Accelerator Gallery: 2013

Monday, December 23, 2013

ACCELERATOR GALLERY PROPOSALS 2014

Accelerator Gallery Proposals 2014 - closes 5pm Friday January 17 2014

For more information go to Culture at Work's website and the proposal PDF.

http://www.cultureatwork.com.au/

LISA SAMMUT of Magnitude at ACCELERATOR Gallery Opening Saturday 12 Nov - 21 Dec 2013

Lisa Sammut is No. 9 of 10 artists in residence at Culture at Work® connecting art & science.

of magnitude

This research project is directed towards the Cosmos, as a remarkably significant sight and site for visual and philosophical consideration. The aim of this residency is to accumulate and collect new research, both written and visual in the area of astronomy. Including details from numerous discussions with the Sydney Observatory, research trips, collected materials and experiences, I will respond directly to my findings through experimental video, sculpture and photography and present my research at the residency’s conclusion. Specifically, my work will explore the scientific process of accumulation and visualisation of distant celestial objects and consider the process of subjective and objective observation. It will also focus on ideas and definitions of the term Magnitude in astronomy, philosophy and history. Magnitude meaning; 1. the greatness of size and amount 2. a measure of brightness and illumination 3. of great importance or consequence.

6.00pm 12 Dec PUBLIC TALK BY Lisa Sammut & 6.30pm by Christie McMonigal sydney observatory (B.Sc. (Adv.) Hons, B.A., Physics, Ancient Greek) on Light & Astronomy "about many of the effects of light that we see every day and how they relate to astronomy".

Exhibition Launch Thursday 12 December 6-8pm 2013

Exhibition dates: Thursday 12 Dec - Saturday 21 Dec 2013 Wed -Sat 1-5pm

Public talk followed by opening drinks: Thursday 12th Dec 2013 6-8pm

Family workshop: Saturday 14th December 2013 10am - 12pm

To find more about Lisa's project go to the project blogsite

lisacawresidency.tumblr.com

"This project is supported by Arts NSW's NSW Artists' Grant Scheme, a devolved funding program administered

by the National Association of the Visual Arts“ on behalf of the NSW Government."

Friday, November 8, 2013

Kath Fries Exhibition Sun-compass at Accelerator Gallery Opening Saturday 23 Nov - 05 Dec 2013

Sun-compass is an installation reflecting my research into bee navigation. Using beeswax, twigs and thread, this installation traces the path of a waggle dance - performed by worker bees to communicate the direction and distance of pollinating flowers in relation to the position of the sun. This tiny insect dance resonates with larger narratives about the complex relationships between bees and their understandings of and interconnections with the world outside their hive. From a human perspective Sun-compass considers how we are undermining our fragile relationships with bees, despite their integral connection to our very survival. Over the past twelve months I’ve been using beeswax in my installations, exploring its physical materiality as a metaphor for impermanence and our fragile relationships with nature. Currently beeswax is inexpensive and relatively easy to obtain in Australia, but elsewhere in the world it is becoming rare and costly, indicative of the increasing annual losses of domesticated western honeybee hives Europe, America and China. This alarming epidemic is termed Colony Collapse Disorder. 

Globally we rely on domesticated western honeybees to pollinate one third of all food crops, so the disappearances of these bees has dire implications on the international agricultural industry and our food supply. Scientists estimate that the domesticated western honeybee species will become extinct in most parts of the world within twenty years if CCD continues at this rate. CCD is caused by neonics pesticides sprayed on crops; the residual toxin in the plant pollen and nectar weakens the bee’s immune systems, eventually killing the bee. This is compounded by a combination of factors including mites, parasites, viruses, genetics, habitat loss, environmental change-related stress, malnutrition, and migratory beekeeping.

Exhibition launch Saturday 23 November 3-5pm

Public Talk Thursday 28 November 6-8pm

Exhibition Opening Times: Wed to Saturday 12-5pm

Kath Fries has a Masters of Visual Arts from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours from UNSW. She has been awarded a Japan Foundation New Artist Award 2010, ArtStart Grant 2011, NSW Artists Grant 2012 and the inaugural FCMG Grant 2013. Kath works with a site-responsive process using natural and found materials to explore impermanence, memory and the complexities of human relationships with nature. She has been an artist in residence at Hill End NSW; Bundanon Trust, Nowra NSW; Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW; Wonga Wetlands, Albury NSW; Primrose Park, Cremorne NSW; The Lock-Up Cultural Centre, Newcastle NSW and Laughing Waters, Eltham VIC.

For more info about Kath Fries artwork see www.kathfries.blogspot.com and www.kathfries.com

Kath Fries is 10/10 artist in residence at Culture at Work in 2013.

This project is supported by Culture at Work's Accelerator program: where art and science collide

Monday, October 28, 2013

CELLS, BLOOD, NEURONS: Within You Without You Art and About 21 Sep - 21 Oct 2012 at Culture at Work

Image: Melody Lord, Neuron, Within You Without you, working with Dr Adam Hamlin
(QLD Brain Institute & Charles Sturt University Wagga, NSW). Art and About at Culture at Work 2012

Image: Melody Lord, Neuron, Within You Without you, collaborating with Dr Adam Hamlin
(QLD Brain Institute & Charles Sturt University Wagga, NSW). Art and About at Culture at Work 2012

Image: Fiona Davies, Blood, Within You Without You, collaborated with Dr Peter Domachuck Physics Dept
(Sydney University) Art and About 2012 at Culture at Work Sep 21- 21 Oct 2012.

Image: Cells, Within You Without You, Love Mice Mammary Histology, digital print installation at Scott Street Terraces, Sherryl Ryan
working with Prof Chris Ormandy and Dr David Gallego-Ortega, 2012.

Image: Cells Within You Without You, digital print installation on Scott Street Terraces, Sherryl Ryan
collaborating with Prof Chris Ormandy and Dr David Gallego-Ortega, 2012.

Image: Sherryl Ryan, Cells, Within You Without You, Art and About 2012 Culture at Work. 2012
collaborating with Prof Chris Ormandy, Dr David Gallego Ortega Breast Cancer Group Garvan Institute.

Image: Fiona Davies, Blood, Within You Without You, collaborated with Dr Peter Domachuck Physics Dept
(Sydney University) Art and About 2012 at Culture at Work Sep 21- 21 Oct 2012.

Image: Sherryl Ryan, Cells, Within You Without You, HeLa Cells video, Art and About 2012 Culture at Work.
collaborating with Prof Chris Ormandy, Dr David Gallego Ortega, Dr Will Hughes, Garvan Institute 2012

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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Gilbert Grace Exhibition The Common Wheel at Accelerator Gallery 05 Oct - 19 Oct 2013

Image: Gilbert Grace Drawing Accelerator Gallery 02 - 19 Oct 2013

Image: Gilbert Grace The Common Wheel, ArtCycle outside Accelerator Gallery Pyrmont 2013

Gilbert Grace in his exhibition The Common Wheel at Accelerator Gallery 02-19 Oct 2013

Image: Gilbert Grace on Harris Street Pyrmont The Common Wheel Oct 2013

Gilbert Grace Residency 20 Sep - 20 October 2013

Fiona Kemp Exhibition Memory Laps at Accelerator Gallery 07 - 18 September 2013

Image: Fiona Kemp Memory Laps at Accelerator Gallery 07 - 18 Sept 2013 Photo Ian Hobbs

Fiona Kemp Residency 03 August - 03 Sept 2013

Luke Hespanhol Exhibition Milieu Reverb Accelerator Gallery 17 Aug - 06 Sept 2013

Image: Luke Hespanhol recording one of the videos at Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney August 2013

Image: Luke at Accelerator Gallery in front of one of the Milieu Reverb, August 2013.

Image:Installation shot of Luke Hespanhol's exhibition at Accelerator Gallery Milieu Reverb, August 2013.

Luke Hespanhol Residency 17 Aug - 06 Sept 2013

Laura Jade Exhibition White Parazoa III Accelerator Gallery 27 July - 04 August 2013

Image: Laura Jade, White Parazoa III, Accelerator Gallery 27 July - 04 August 2013

Image: Fiona Davies, Blood on Silk Flowers foreground, Accelerator Gallery May 2013

Fiona Davies Exhibition 08 - 15 May 2013

Frances Hansen Exhibition 28 April - 07 May 2013

Image: Frances Hansen, Small Tributes, Accelerator Gallery May 2013 Photo: Sherryl Ryan

Rachel Park Residency Images 2013

Rachel Park I AM, toilet paper, Accelerator Gallery 2013 Photo: Sherryl Ryan 2013