5/9/2002
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24HR Art, Darwin
This exhibition features hauntingly beautiful images, tangible traces and soundscapes from desolate, abandoned sites from around the globe. Belgian artists Christine Wilmes and Patrick Mascaux have documented sites in Mexico, Arizona, Canada, Europe, Western Australia and the Northern Territory and have just returned from outback Queensland.
Photography, Sculpture and Soundscape
christine wilmes and patrick mascaux
This exhibition features hauntingly beautiful images, tangible traces and
soundscapes from desolate, abandoned sites from around the globe. Belgian
artists Christine Wilmes and Patrick Mascaux have documented sites in
Mexico, Arizona, Canada, Europe, Western Australia and the Northern
Territory and have just returned from outback Queensland.
Their work is executed with scientific precision. The chosen site is marked
out into a perfect square, located with GPS coordinates and GMT time is
exactly fixed by satellite. A photographic record is taken of the area and
silicone imprints are made. Recordings of environmental sounds are captured
to complete the survey. This information is then presented in the gallery
as documentation. 24 HR Art will also be presenting a 60m photographic strip
timeline' referencing all the sites the artists have visited over the last
few years.
The artists describe their practice as "poetic archaeology" as they collect
traces from "chaotic landscapes where the course of evolution has been
disrupted by human activities". This on-going project explores the passing
of time, the sadness of failed dreams, lost opportunities and environmental
degradation.
Opening: 6 September 6.00pm
Gallery viewing hours are Wed - Fri 10am - 6pm Sat 10
am - 2pm or by appointment.
24HR Art is financially assisted by the NT
Government through the Department of the Arts and Museums and the Australia
Council, the Federal Government's arts funding and advisory body.
24HR Art, Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Vimy
Lane, Parap, Darwin.