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WATT SPACE

10 - 28 OCTOBER

5 SHOWS

Opened by Paul Selwood, artist, and Lee Zaunders, artist and Lecturer on Thursday 11 October at 6.30pm.

The Loading Dock and The Pit

2007 Mistletoe Acquisitive Sculpture Award

Judges: Ken and Gwen Sloan and Paul Selwood

sculpture

Mistletoe Wines is situated on Hermitage Road, Pokolbin, 7 km off the New England Hwy past Branxton. The principals Ken and Gwen Sloan have provided $2,000 in prize money and up to $4,500 in grants to encourage and assist sculpture students from the University of Newcastle to create works of scale for this award. This is the third occasion of the award with the major prize of $2,000 to be awarded to a work that can be placed permanently in the outdoor Mistletoe Sculpture Garden. Anne McLaughlin

the entries in 2007 Mistletoe Acquisitive Sculpture Award

Belinda Howden The factory reject fibreglass and resin, Dan Lovegrove Environmental Mechanical found objects & scrap metal, Fiona Lee Architecture a Pilotis re-cycled hardwood & steel

Julian Leah Totem steel, wood & fibreglass Karen Robinson Smith The Leap of Faith bronze & steel , Miriam Ertesvag Appellatyion bronze & steel

Sarah Symons Ica-aca paperclay, steel and rubber, Taryn Raffan Gesture bronze, copper, vine, resin

and the winner is:

Julian Leah

Totem

steel, wood and fibreglass

and the winner of the Encouragement Award:

Sarah Symons

Ica-aca

paperclay, steel, rubber

The Long Room

Five Can’t Draw

Group show curated by Neal Booth

NEAL BOOTH SOPHIE BRENTON CAELLI JO BROOKER

FIONA LAIRD ANGELA WILEY

abstract expressionism

With Sophie Brenton’s ‘Dale Frank knockoffs’ and Neal Booth’s ‘Kieferesque’ monoliths, who are we kidding? Five Can’t Draw is an eclectic selection of works from emerging abstract artists. This exhibition is a chance for these artists to push the boundaries of abstraction, materialism and conceptualism forging an identity both beautiful and unique. Neal Booth

Neal Booth Therapy for pain manhole covers, chrome aerosol, fluorescent lights, Angela Wiley Re-written (detail)CDs and black pen, Sophie Brenton White Nolse No 36a (detail) oil on canvas

Fiona Laird Untitled (Landscape) acrylic paint, sand, calcite,medium, Caelli Jo Brooker Ladder (detail) oil and acrylic on board

The Locker Room

To see a world

SOPHIE WEBB and KELLY NILSSON

works on paper

The fragility and ephemeral nature of the natural world, the inner true self and the obscurities of their symbiosis meld together in a collection of mixed media works on paper by university students Sophie Webb and Kellie Nilsson. Sophie Webb

Kelly Nilsson Rotting Melodies chalk pastel on toned paper, Echoes in the Distant Future chalk pastel on toned paper

Sophie Webb both Untitled (Gesture series) charcoal on paper

The Hoist

Unveiling the Hidden Discourse

CLARE MAHAFFY

ceramics

I’ve worked closely with a group of survivors of abuse and domestic violence to create a body of work that would provoke conversation on these issues. Knowing that only within the last 25 years has domestic violence been considered a criminal offence and prior to this it was viewed as a private matter not to be interfered with, I wonder how prevalent this mindset is amongst individuals and communities today. I used creative writing as a tool to give the survivors a voice and hopefully they’ll learn the value of their words. It is now up to the viewers to play their role in “Unveiling the Hidden Discourse”. Clare Mahaffy

Clare Mahaffy Run white raku clay and oxides, Masking (detail) white raku clay and oxides, Broken Ribs white raku clay and oxides

The Media Space

Sweet Memories: Precious Things

ROMONA SMITH

works on paper

In December 2004 I was diagnosed with depression, anxiety and post- traumatic stress. The book Sweet Memories: Precious Things allows the viewer to “enter” the often private world of an individual’s thoughts, feelings and emotions (mental, physical and spiritual) associated with an adult living with the effects of depression and post traumatic stress… Romona Smith

Romona Smith Sweet Memories (details of installation) etching