20/6/2002
Skins
24HR Art, Darwin
A multi-media installation and projection by Fassih Keiso. 24HR Art is transformed into a wild Middle Eastern disco for the multi-media installation and projection, Skins. The gallery is blacked out, partially illuminated by a mirror ball and party lights. Two huge animal skin drums, on which images are projected, dominate the space.
a multi-media installation and projection by
Fassih Keiso
24HR Art is transformed into a wild Middle Eastern disco for the multi-media
installation and projection, Skins. The gallery is blacked out, partially
illuminated by a mirror ball and party lights. Two huge animal skin drums,
on which images are projected, dominate the space.
Fassih Keiso is a Melbourne-based artist whose multi-media installation
Skins explores tensions between Eastern and Western perceptions of the body
and sexuality. Keiso works with fragments of the human body, breaking it up,
removing it from normal contexts and reconstructing it. The skins' of the
title refer to the taught surface of the drums as well as the cliche of
forbidden flesh'. The artist connects traditional Arabic elements and
music with technologies like video, slide projection, soundscape and text
creating an exciting, immersive installation.
Fassih Keiso was born in Syria, lived in Beirut and moved to Australia in
1993. His work has been exhibited in New York, the UK, Europe, many venues
in the Middle East as well as in Australia. The opening will feature a
performance by a percussion group. The drums will remain for the duration
of the exhibition to be played by the audience.
Launch and percussion performance: 6pm Fri 21 June
Gallery viewing hours are Wed - Fri 10am - 6pm Sat 10
am - 2pm or by appointment.
For more info contact Cath Bowdler or Fiona
Cocks Ph (08) 89815368
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