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| Kath Fries, Breathing: forest sky snow, 2015, still from silent single channel video, 4:13 loop, vimeo.com/408295856 |
Breathing: forest sky snow, was created during a winter residency at Arteles in Finland. During my first week there while walking in the forest, I often paused to look up into the tops of the trees moving gently in the wind and tried to capture the strange mesmerising quality of those stark silhouettes’ gentle sway. A few nights later, I projected that video footage through my studio window, onto the snow-covered hillslope outside. Breathing: forest sky snow, draws me back into a quiet meditative sensibility, conjuring a cyclic sense of breathing with the Earth.
Breathing: forest sky snow, is currently being shown as part of DemoKinisi in the front window at STACKS Projects, 191 Victoria St, Potts Point, from 22 – 28 April 2020, it can also be viewed online vimeo.com/408295856
Breathing: forest sky snow, is currently being shown as part of DemoKinisi in the front window at STACKS Projects, 191 Victoria St, Potts Point, from 22 – 28 April 2020, it can also be viewed online vimeo.com/408295856
Thanks to The Ian Potter Cultural Trust Professional Development Grant, NAVA NSW Artists' Grant and Sydney College of the Arts' Postgraduate Research Support Scheme, which enabled my participation in the 2015 Silence Awareness Existence residency at Arteles Creative Centre Finland, where this work was made.
DemoKinisi at STACKS Projects
DemoKinisi at STACKS Projects
As a global collective we are witnessing events that will alter our current approach to living. Questions around the importance of a physical space will become more prevalent as we merge more into the virtual world of viewing and consuming art.
DemoKinisi is a response to the unexpected environment we are living in, derivative from two Greek words that translates to people in motion. It is a project with the intent on keeping the physical space of the gallery alive and uncontaminated.
DemoKinisi consists of ongoing artwork projections which can only be viewed from the exterior of the gallery space or online.
DemoKinisi is presented as a gesture of witnessing.
During the twelve-week DemoKinisi program the artists involved will have the opportunity to present work that explore issues around co-existence, daily life, the unknown and perceived reality. The questions that remain to be answered are; how will the anticipated changes in social patterns affect the white cube, and how will we feel when we are allowed back into the gallery space.
DemoKinisi is a response to the unexpected environment we are living in, derivative from two Greek words that translates to people in motion. It is a project with the intent on keeping the physical space of the gallery alive and uncontaminated.
DemoKinisi consists of ongoing artwork projections which can only be viewed from the exterior of the gallery space or online.
DemoKinisi is presented as a gesture of witnessing.
During the twelve-week DemoKinisi program the artists involved will have the opportunity to present work that explore issues around co-existence, daily life, the unknown and perceived reality. The questions that remain to be answered are; how will the anticipated changes in social patterns affect the white cube, and how will we feel when we are allowed back into the gallery space.
Curated by Joanne Makas. #peopleinmotion #artinmotion stacksprojects.com
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