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6 - 24 June 2007 @ Watt Space

Tracie Bertram, artist and Lecturer in Design, Arts & Media faculty at the Hunter Institute of TAFE will open the shows on Thursday 7 June at 6.30pm.

The Loading Dock

Anthropomorphism

RON BELL

ceramic

This anthropomorphic body of work explores the association and similarity of humans with that of the frilled neck lizard. The temperament and moods vary from the peaceful sleeping situation protected by camouflage, to the intimidating fearsome display of aggression, which is actually all bluff. Ron Bell

Ron Bell L - R Awakening paper clay with oxides and crawl glaze; Serenity paper clay with oxides and crawl glaze; Standing Lizard raku fired ceramic

The Long Room

Can I just say I protest to being in this show?

…no I’m sorry there isn’t time.

ANGUS CROWLEY

photography

The artist would like to thank all the people involved in the creation of this exhibition. He would like to thank them for being alive and present to capture these ambiguous narratives on which he could whimsically prey upon. The idea is held precious before the surface. Nothing is sacred. Ansell this one's for you chief. Angus Crowley

Angus Crowley L - R detail of installation (with altered photograph of Allie Mae Burrowes); detail of installation (with altered photograph of Ansell Adams); Morning Glory (encounters with the vixen Georgia O'Keefe) altered photograph.

The Media Space

Stamped out

VICKI HAMILTON

ceramic sculptures - earthenware and porcelain

Environmental issues, which affect the natural world and the survival of native animals, are of major concern to the artist, Vicki Hamilton. Human kind is one of an estimated 10 million species that exist on earth. At the same time we have driven thousands of species to extinction, through exploitation, pollution, wear and human dominance of the land. Rapid climate change is a topical, catastrophic event, which has sped up the extinction rate. Some scientific experts predict a mass extinction of the earth's wildlife (with estimates of 18% to 37% of all species becoming extinct with the next 50 years)[1]. Vicki Hamilton's installation of over one hundred animal tiles and porcelain sculptures of animal heads has been designed to draw a connection with the destruction of native habitats that cause the extinction of animals and human activity. Whilst viewing the delicate wall mounted sculptures, the tiles will crumble underfoot. Thus, the unaware participant physically makes the animal represented in the tile, extinct. Vicki Hamilton

Vicki Hamilton L - R detail of floor tiles bisque fired clay; detail of text installation printed paper; detail of floor tiles bisque fired clay

The Pit, The Locker Room & The Hoist

Basic Chemistry

photography group show curated by Simone Sheridan

photography

19th Century photographic processes and the artist's practice have combined, as have the students from the Alternate Research courses in Photomedia. Experimentation is the focus in these groups as they present work generated by chemistry that is anything but basic. Simone Sheridan

L - R Robyn Davis The mullet rape cyanotype on paper;Sylvia Ray Untitled cyanotype and gum bichromate print; Patrick Mason Faces dsigital prints; Simone Sheridan The Palais cyanotype on paper

[1]The Wilderness Society Brochure March 2007.