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12/3/2002

My baby s portable player sound

Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney

ROOM 35

Camilla Cassidy
Tim Silver

Can the notion of Woman become enlarged by myth, even by fictions or stereotypes that seemingly subordinate her? Cassidy's contemporary practice centers around appropriating, challenging and exploring existing female stereotypes, often through utilising subversive, recontextualising strategies.

In this particular instance, Cassidy has invited us to ponder on the plight of that fascinating species, the groupie. Questions beg: how is the groupie perceived/considered by the mainstream? Is she hypothesised as a masochist, a parasite reeking of low self-esteem? Is she a fanatic consumerist, a fashion-victim, a slave to hype and market forces? Or is she a devotee, a highly sexed individual who is acutely targeting her sexual object/objects of desire? And why is it that these lofty forces which constitute art and music, or certain individuals behind the production of these art forms, have the power to rouse this kind attention? Viva la groupie

Sprawled across the gallery wall lays the text 'baby, I wrote a song for you' - the sentiment of so many popular songs. Against the wall sits Silver's electric guitar cast in Crayola crayon. It is, of course, this object that has written the text onto the wall. The work plays into the fantasy of the wanna be rock star; all sincerity, yet little to indicate substance beyond the crayon marks on the wall.

The fragility of the situation is emphasised by the materiality of the work. Does the author continue to write the lyrics of his / her tune at the risk of wearing out the guitar itself? The longer and more frequent the tune will ultimately lead to the evident demise of the object. Here, the concerns of consumption and desire play themselves out.

OPENING WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 6 -8 pm

Gitte Weise Gallery
56 Sutherland Street Paddington NSW 2021
Ph/Fax + 61 2 9360 2659

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