22 March to 19 April, 2014
(Opening: Friday 21 March 6pm)
1 million years sees the return of another former
Darwin-based artist to NCCA, with NSW-based Hayley West employing sculpture and
video-based performance to address persistent themes in her work relating to
the 'vestigial': the embodiment of memory, archive and grief.
NCCA's
Screen Room will become a 'makeshift temple' through fabric-based sculptures
and a video work in which West performs a series of acts in a prehistoric-like
'grotto' setting in the Blue Mountains where she resides. These acts broadly
suggest family histories, bereavement and the vestigial. 'By contextualising
the vestigial into a contemporary art framework', states West, 'there is an
attempt to alleviate grief, relax impending emotional upheavals, or assist in
the recovery of supressed or avoided emotions'.
Link: 1 Million Years - NCCA
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