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6/7/2006

Free Artists Floor Talks and 5 Exhibitions

Centre for Contemporary Photography - CCP, Fitzroy

Derek Henderson
Julie Davies
Guy Ben-Ner (israel/usa)
Dominic Redfern
Kate Just

Proudly supported by Naomi Milgrom and John Kaldor.

DEREK HENDERSON THE TERRIBLE BOREDOM OF PARADISE The Terrible Boredom of Paradise, is expatriate New Zealander Derek Henderson’s, post-pictorialist document of a road trip through his homeland. Located between landscape photography and the social, documentary tradition, Henderson portrays a banal, local reality within the cliche'd, beauty of the New Zealand landscape.

JULIE DAVIES A STUDY OF THE INSIGNIFICANTJulie Davies’ A Study of the Insignificant is an ongoing project whereby the artist documents fallen, dead birds within the vicinity of her house and workplace. Having reminded her of a particularly engaging Durer watercolour of a dead bird, Davies sees the images as a type of rhopography; depicting the overlooked, minutiae of the natural, everyday world.

GUY BEN-NER SELECTED VIDEO WORKS 1999-2004Immigrant house-husband Guy Ben-Ner tackles the claustrophobia of being housebound with his two small children, by making art from what’s at hand: the history of cinema and vaudeville, body and conceptual art, video, his children and 19th century literature and philosophy. Narrative laden, these ‘almost documentaries’ make playful use of the everyday whilst tackling larger themes such as exile and imprisonment within the domestic, the narcissism of parenting and loss of childhood innocence under the burden of education. Currently on a DAAD (Berlin Artist in Residence Program) residency, New York based Israeli artist, Guy Ben-Ner represented Israel at the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005.

DOMINIC REDFERN DRAMAIn Dominic Redfern’s most recent installation, Drama he utilises the language and conventions of soap opera to draw in the audience. Redfern aims to break down the relationship between the artist and viewer, configured as two combatants in a melodramatic confrontation.

KATE JUST THE ENTERTAINERHumorous and elusive, The Entertainer continues Just’s interest in creating hybrids of moving image genres. Shot in sepia tone, a lone performer wears a knitted mask of a man’s face. Part ‘old’ movie and part dance video, ‘he’ dances to a song we can’t hear. Just’s use of amateur props and performers combine to give her characters and scenario pathos, revealing that all the location-shot, executively produced, oiled-up booty shaking in the world, can’t really move us.

Enquiries please contact Karra Rees 03 9417 1549 or karrarees@ccp.org.au

DEREK HENDERSON

GUY BEN-NER

THE PROJECTION WINDOW IS SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF YARRA.

exhibition opening thursday 6 july 6-8pm

free artist floor talks saturday 8 july 12pm

Centre for Contemporary Photography - CCP
404 George Street - Fitzroy
Gallery hours: Wed-Sat 11-6pm

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