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| Kath Fries, Linger, 2013, Ficus hillii aerial roots, twine, branches, clay, soil and perspex (detail view) |
"The focus of Mapping Memory, is an exhibition curated around the concept of where we locate our memories, how these are passed on or preserved, how our personal and collective cultural identities are informed by histories encapsulated in various sites or objects, and how they shape our present and future. In particular, this exhibition regards the significance of geographical, architectural, spiritual, cultural, material and imaginary sites where these personal and collective memories may reside. The intention is not one of sentimentality or nostalgia but to recognise pathways to understanding our identities. As Pierre Nora writes in Realms of Memory (1984), “the need for memory is the need for history”. The artists in Mapping Memory draw attention to various material or spatial realms in which memory can be projected and embodied...
Kath Fries’ haunting installation
also emphasises the environment as its point of departure. Linger, which is made from vertical roots from a fig tree adjacent
to the Incinerator, contemplates how memories are deeply ‘rooted’ within a
particular locale. Their grasp and
permeation into an area is enduring and the land becomes a storehouse of
memory; a layered document of tangible and intangible history.
...Within a subject that is vast,
layered, disputed, complex and changing, Mapping
Memory displays a dedicated focus. The
exhibition demonstrates the various ways in which memory is so closely linked
to objects and sites that in turn immediately affects us as individuals,
cultures and societies, and directly influence the formation and understanding
of our personal and collective identities."
(Venita Poblocki, Curator, extracts from Mapping Memory catalogue)
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| Kath Fries, Linger, 2013, Ficus hillii aerial roots, twine, branches, clay, soil and perspex View looking down through studio windows above the gallery. |
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| Kath Fries, Linger, 2013, Ficus hillii aerial roots, twine, branches, clay, soil and perspex dimensions approximately 540x400x220cm |
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| Kath Fries, Linger, 2013, Ficus hillii aerial roots, twine, branches, clay, soil and perspex dimensions approximately 540x400x220cm |
Linger is currently being exhibited in Mapping Memory, a group exhibition curated by Venita Poblocki at the Willoughby Incinerator Art Space; alongside works by Cyrus Tang, Tessa Zettel & Karl Khoe (Makeshift), Thea Weiss, Tim Bruniges & Sarah Mosca, Megan Cope and Nick Fintan.
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