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ANTIDOTE

THE EARTH ISSUE

by Grace Partridge | May 23, 2017 | ANTHROPOCENE

THE EARTH ISSUE

IMAGE CREDIT: ZAN WIMBERLEY

 

Our friends at the Earth Issue featured our latest exhibition Anthropocene. Check it out here.

Instagram post 2337701758061905299_4257437557 #antidoteloves ~ Barcelona’s Liceu opera house reopened its doors on Monday for the first time in over three months to hold a concert - exclusively for a quiet, leafy audience of nearly 2,300 house plants. Organisers said the intention was to reflect on the absurdity of the human condition in the era of the coronavirus, which deprives people of their position as spectators. After the concert, the 2,292 nursery plants placed on every seat were to be donated to frontline health workers.
Instagram post 2334678239782860012_4257437557 As part of an ongoing Instagram series, we’ve reached out to a number of our friends and artists to find out what their antidote is during these isolating times. Today we hear from Pia Johnson, make sure to swipe for the self portrait ✨
Instagram post 2333994089157453020_4257437557 #antidoteloves ~ Kaarina Kaikkonen — an internationally recognized sculptor known for shaping urban landscapes and emphasizing community through her installations. In her works, one can find references to current themes of humanity’s place in their own time, and of basic needs that always exist regardless of environment or culture. Old clothes contain the former user's presence, which wraps around Kaikkonen’s story and places the viewer before something new and unknown, but at the same time exceedingly familiar and intimate. ✨
Instagram post 2332634457188567706_4257437557 We are thrilled to share the news that 'Dancing with the Dead', our delayed group exhibition, is now opening to the public from this coming Saturday, June 20th at @thelockupartspace. Pictured: An absolute must-see, both up close and from afar, is Jemima Wyman's 'Aggregate Icon (Black and white)’, 2020. The size of this mandala collage (almost 2m in diameter!) and its intense detail draws the eye in and around the artwork. Yet, she also asks you to consider where you stand in Newcastle’s former gaol - as she leans into elements of prison and incarceration. Using a black and white colour scheme and exaggerated repetition, the artwork mirrors the tone of a 24-hour news cycle. Faces, over and over, looking out at viewers. Wyman often uses her large-scale mandalas to investigate elements of visual resistance, including camouflage, surveillance and the double-layered histories and meanings behind pattern and textiles; particularly in the context of protest. By drawing on themes of identity and disguise, Wyman exposes how camouflage (and the nuances of it that can be applied) operate from a physical, psychological and political point of view. Credit: Jemima Wyman, ‘Aggregate Icon (Black and white)’, 2020. Digital photo collage, 190cm diameter (unframed). Commissioned by Antidote Projects, 2020. Courtesy of the Artist and Sullivan + Strumpf Gallery. Scroll for full caption details ✨
Instagram post 2331230776203797645_4257437557 We are thrilled to hear that Sarker Protick’s moving video work ‘রশ্মি / Raśmi’ - premiering at our upcoming exhibition ‘Dancing with the Dead’ at @thelockupartspace, has been curated into the upcoming Yokohama Biennale in July. ❣️💭✨💫 @sarkerprotick
Instagram post 2331017447007008599_4257437557 As part of a new Instagram series, we’ve reached out to a number of our friends and artists to find out what their antidote is during these isolating times. Today we hear from Gabrielle Goliath, a multidisciplinary artist known for her conceptually distilled and sensitive negotiations of complex social concerns, particularly in relation to situations of gendered and sexualised violence. Though COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease in many countries around the world, Goliath’s words remain as poignant and prescient as ever; particularly in regards to the ongoing femicide crisis in South Africa. For this reason, we would also like to acknowledge the brutal murders of Tshegofatso Pule and Naledi Phangindawo that occurred in the last week. Scroll to see an excerpt from a video work by Goliath entitled ‘Personal Accounts’, 2020.
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