Undercurrent opens at QCP

Please join us for the opening of Undercurrent at the Queensland Centre for Photography on Saturday 22nd September from 4 til 8pm in Galleries 1 & 2. With nearly all of the artists travelling to Brisbane from Adelaide, South Australia for the opening it will be a fantastic opportunity to meet the artists and to view their latest works. The exhibition will open Saturday 22nd September at 4pm and will finish Sunday 14th October. Gallery hours: Wednesday - Saturday: 11am-6pm, Sun 11am-3pm. The Gallery is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Address: 33 Oxford Street, Bulimba, QLD, Australia.
We can't wait to see you there!

Will Nolan

www.willnolan.com.au

After beginning his studies in Adelaide at North Adelaide School of Art, Will moved to Melbourne to further his study in photography at RMIT. In 2003 Will completed his diploma of Applied Photography and returned to Adelaide to begin assisting local and interstate photographers. In 2006 Will undertook study at University of South Australia, Bachelor of Visual Arts specialising in photography. Will is a member of Adelaide's increasingly recognised youth art group and has been invited to exhibit at a number of galleries. Will Nolan is based in Adelaide, South Australia.

Wendy Walker's Fringe Review

Click here to read Wendy Walker's review of the 2007 Adelaide Fringe Festival, from The Australian, Monday 2nd April 2007.
Undercurrent artists are well represented, though some of the challenges of our venue are highlighted in this article.

As a side note to this I would like to add that perhaps more emphasis on education and visual arts policies should be encouraged for all (students, artists, venues, curators, gallery directors etc)so that a clear understanding of policies and positions is held or at least available to all.

Caught on Tape!

Click here to watch the surveillance video of these brazen art thieves.
If you recognise any of the offenders please send us an anonymous email and alert us to their identities.
Thank you.

amy patterson ~ 1001 clouds

while i was working on assembling this piece, these 1001 clouds, i stumbled across a quote that resonated with both what i wanted the piece to do, and with the difficulties i was having in trying to articulate those intentions:

How to describe a world that evades us, not because it is ungraspable but, on the contrary, because there is too much to grasp? ^†

each of these polaroids, up close and in isolation, offers the world made miniature; limitless complexity and ceaseless motion bound and frozen within a fixed and stable frame.
the illusion of knowledge and the intimacy of possession.
but how to maintain this isolation with its fellows pressing in on you, a thousand others jostling for your attention or floating in the sidelines, all of them just as rich, all offering the same intimacy of knowledge? and so attention pulls back, detail and particularity at one scale lost or subsumed so that a different kind of knowing may take its place.
singularity offered up for the creation of something larger...
until a detail catches your eye...
the expansion and contraction of the scale of attention, a motion that is somewhat like breathing, makes room for an awareness of something beyond the range of either scale alone.

{Amy Patterson is a Master of Visual Arts candidate at the South Australian School of Art.}

^† Blanchot, as cited in Golding, S. (1997) The Eight Technologies Of Otherness New York: Routledge p.11

Edward James

My images are created from low-resolution original photographs, which through the process of enlargement beyond their original intent, reveal new interpretations of the subject matter. Previously hidden iconic images are revealed, new technology referencing an older artistic era.

Through this work I have been exploring new explanations of meaning discovered in the open ‘between pixel’ spaces, shaped by the technological limitations of current digital photography.

Edward James
March 2007

Sky of Tears Ultrachrome Print 50 x 50 cms Edition of 7

Sky of Mercy Ultrachrome Print 50 x 50 cms Edition of 7

Empty Sky Ultrachrome Print 50 x 60 cms Edition of 7

Artwork Stolen from Exhibition

This photographic print was stolen last night from the Adelaide Festival Centre - if you see it anywhere please let us know.

If anyone sees this photograph by Mimi Kelly or knows anything about the theft of the work please post a comment on this site with your information or contact the Adelaide Police Department as soon as possible. The work which is a 1m x 1.2m Giclee print was stolen Saturday March 17 between 10 and 11pm from the Adelaide Festival Centre. Police and Adelaide Festival Centre security staff are reviewing the surveillance tapes and will release a description of the offender(s) shortly.

Reviews

Click here to read dB Magazine's review of Undercurrent 2007 at the Adelaide Festival Centre, written by Lauren Sutter.

Greg Ackland

Artist Statement:
This new work deals with contemporary anxieties, it references both political crises and human frailty. It is about those fragments in time when all is not as it seems – at once all that seemed safe now threatens.
Investigating emotional connections to environment, physical vulnerability, and fear this work offers contemplative juxtapositions of the duality of life; cause and effect, joy and sadness, life and death, self and the other. Its juxtapositions offer the comparative refuge of nature, while prodding the viewer to question the relationships that may (not) exist.
It emphasizes the uncomfortable and fleeting positions we often find ourselves negotiating and allows the impossible – time to examine, calculate and hypothesize answers.

The Homogeny of Desire Type C Print 50 x 90 cms Edition of 5

The Submission Type C Print 50 x 90 cms Edition of 5

We Watch in Waiting Type C Print 50 x 90 cms Edition of 5

Danielle Walpole

Danielle Walpole is an Adelaide based photographic artist. Exhibiting regularly since 2000, she has a Bachelor of Visual Art and Applied Design and is a co-founder and core member of the artist collective 'Shoot'.

“My work in 'Undercurrent' incorporates subtle surrealist elements to express unconscious perceptions. Symbolic objects placed within an urban environment portray desire and self-analysis in an everyday reality. Capturing also notions of serenity, danger and journeys, these images illustrate the complex nature of love, both for our self and for others.”

Danielle Walpole
March 2007

for more information on this artist please visit
www.shootcollective.com.au

Exhibition Opening Flix

Undercurrent 2007 officially opened on Tuesday March 6th. With a highly successful opening drawing around 350 people, the artists were all very happy. Opening photos courtesy of Alyssa Fedele.

Will Nolan 'Ben'

Amy Patterson '1001 Clouds'

Greg Ackland

Danielle Walpole

Mimi Kelly

Edward James

Bev Southcott 'City and Cup One'

Rachel McElwee 'Glamour Girl'

Adelaide Festival Centre

Please click here for more information about the exhibition and the venue.

Proudly sponsored by

Undercurrent 2007 is proudly sponsored by;
Hyundai Australia, Red Head Studio Wines, Atkins Technicolour, Total Photographic Supplies (L&P Photographic Supplies), and Elite Picture Framing.
Without your support we really wouldn't be able to do this. Thank you from all of the Undercurrent artists.

Direction

Undercurrent aims to highlight the diverse practices of nine South Australian photo-media artists currently working throughout Australia and abroad.
The exhibition is the idea of both Edward James and Greg Ackland; it’s aim is to expose emerging artists, and is (what we thought) a much needed shot in the arm for photo-media itself in South Australia. In many other Australian states we have seen the profiles of both established and emerging photo-media artists grow, the energy and focus on critical review and discussion intensify and also the increase of exhibition spaces suited to the exhibition of media-intensive works come about. This exhibition then, is our first effort to ensure that South Australia gains vital recognition in this field and can begin to open up conversation between visual arts practitioners.
The artists we selected have developed their practices beyond their various art institutions continuing to make strong and relevant works today.
It is our intent to continue this exhibition bi-annually, offering a springboard for emerging photo-media artists, and encouraging critical review and the development of an awareness, understanding and enjoyment of contemporary photo-media.

Undercurrent 2007 will feature new works by Edward James, Greg Ackland, Amy Patterson, Danielle Walpole, Mimi Kelly, Jen Brazier, Rachel McElwee, Bev Southcott, and Will Nolan.
It is being launched as an Adelaide FRINGE exhibition and will be held at the Adelaide Festival Centre in the main foyer from March 8th - 31st, 2007.

The logo.