24HR Art
Darwin
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Skins
dal 20/6/2002 al 6/7/2002
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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.


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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

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