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Watt Space
7 - 25 June 2006

Exhibitions to be opened by Graham Lang, artist and Lecturer in Art Theory and Sculpture at the University of Newcastle, on 8 June 2006.

The Loading Dock, Loading Zone and Pit Galleries

The Shed Show
curated by Angela Poole-Wiley

Barbara Callcott, Amanda Hill, Julian Leah, Marika Osmotherly, Angela Poole-Wiley, Maryam Rashidi, Kaylie Salvatori, Karen Robinson Smith, Luke Thompson

sculpture

The sculpture shed is one of the best things about SOFA. This is the working environment where everyone can work together and have some fun at the same time. The students all receive help from one another and receive feedback from both our peers and professional artists. Our lecturer and technical

assistants are of the highest quality and inspire us as students to reach our full potential. Angela Poole-Wiley

Barbara Callcott Made in Newcastle (detail) box cardboard, ladder, tape Karen Robinson Smith The Disobedient Wife 1 (detail) salt, resin, film installation Kaylie Salvatori Wound steel, muslin, cord

Luke Thompson Desexing the Pity(detail) mdf board Angela Poole-Wiley Screen (detail) timber, cloth Maryam Rashidi Self-shedding found objects, plaster

Amanda Hill Dissolving (detail) resin, photographs, string Julian Leah Free spirit (detail) timber, cloth, metal Marika Osmotherly Head ciment fondu, timber

The Long Room and Media Space

Scratched

curated by Laura Jardine

Susan Cairns, Sarah Cockroft, Angus Crowley, Laura Jardine

photography

This is an exhibition of photographic works that have been scratched on the surface of the paper or on the negative. By doing so the sacred nature of the photograph is ruined while the precious negative, as an article which traditionally should not be touched for fear of tainting the image with smearing fingerprints, is treated so with the opposite accord. Laura Jardine

Angus Crowley Facial Hair fantasies p.s. What's the correlation between facial hair and iconic figures? (detail) black and white photograph Laura Jardine Cloister (detail) c - type photograph

Susan Cairns Nightmare / fairytale (detail) digital photograph Sarah Cockroft Elkie 1 - series of 17 (detail) c - type photograph, oil on negative

The Locker Room

What is she looking at?

Kristen Hadden

photography

This is an exhibition featuring photographs of the interior of the now defunct Palais youth venue.The colour photographs in this exhibition have an emotive element to them in that the treatment of light and the shallow depth of field bring a softness to them. The images juxtapose small details of things together with large amounts of space, as I saw the most interesting parts of the ill-fated Palais to be.The title of this exhibition invites the viewer to consider the human element in the conception of a photograph by acknowledging the contemplative gaze of the photographer. Kristen Hadden

The Hoist

Touching the Surface

Prue Sailer

painting

Touching is an intimate exploration of a surface that attracts, repels or stimulates our senses. By closely investigating the nature of the surface we can explore our conditioned or involuntary responses to it. Prue Sailer

Touch (satin) (detail) oil on canvas ; Touch (fish) (detail) oil on canvas; Touch (seaweed) oil on canvas

Exhibition 8.06

Watt Space 7 - 25 June 2006

The Shed Showcurated by Angela Poole-Wiley