Milledge Elliott Trap dismantled for costume
Milledge Callitris columellaris resin (Native Australian Coastal Cypress) ready for testing
Milledge Copper cauldron with beercaps, studio test
Milledge Beercap costume in situ with coal rocks
group exhibition
Psychomagic: Dead Matters
55 Sydenham Road, Gadigal/Sydney
20 September – 3 October 2014
artists
Ryan Bell, Carla Dal Fornp, Kel Henderson, David Haines & Joyce Hinterding, Hana Hoogedeure, Astrid Lorange, Tarquin Manek, Annette Mckinley, Clare Milledge, David Milledge, Shirley Ogilvie, Sam Wickham, Tori Wrånes
Ryan Bell, Carla Dal Fornp, Kel Henderson, David Haines & Joyce Hinterding, Hana Hoogedeure, Astrid Lorange, Tarquin Manek, Annette Mckinley, Clare Milledge, David Milledge, Shirley Ogilvie, Sam Wickham, Tori Wrånes
curator
Clare Milledge
Clare Milledge
photography
Jamie North
Jamie North
Psychomagic: Dead Matters is an experimental laboratory that began on September 20th 2014 and will culminate in an event on October 3rd. During gallery opening hours visitors will be able to view the installation in various stages of forming and deforming, artists may or may not be in attendance at these times.
The name of the event Psychomagic: Dead Matters refers to the book Psychomagic by the cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky, in which he writes: “I realized that many people carry an act inside, which ordinary conditions do not let them materialize. When someone is offered the concrete possibility and favorable circumstances to publicly express the act asleep in side them, it is very rare that the person hesitates.” The aim of the project is to provide a fertile ground for acts to materialize with a focus on process and collaboration. The phrase Dead Matters refers partly to the abilities of the chosen artists to highlight the vitality of all matter through engagement with and transformation of non-living materials such as data, inanimate objects and metals into resonant energy. Artists have had the opportunity to source material (or not) from a shared folder containing research data on biodiversity in Northern NSW. Artists have also been invited to contribute to this shared resource and collaborate in any way they see fit. The outcomes of the project are largely unknown. The curator’s primary role has been to facilitate and support the requirements of the contributing artists.
roomsheet
from the speakers and sub:
Tarquin Manek and Carla Dal Forno
Extraordinarybanquet-Neonatrium-Polishdumpling-Spacefork-Stonegarden-Chamberriddim-Foulwishingwell-Heartmirage-Redsquares-Royalstride-Starmarch-Volcanicthroat-Currawongs-Doctorslamentabletable-Melonbitter-Rolledlandscape-Cogs-Lonelywhirsnopurrs-Panpipefantasy-Slowbass-Swallowarc-Violinpizzicato-Wristwatch-Psychomajickacidicworship-Alienunion-Majorplanet-Bleepblees-Murderaudio-Rolledlandscape-Sinkingritual
randomly played sound works
under the floor:
Tori Wrånes
Research Joshua Tree
video
on the walls, on the floor:
Clare Milledge
Total Environment for Psychomagic: Dead Matters
various costumes, objects, wallpaper
takeaway:
Astrid Lorange
Psycho Index
textworks
events on October 03 2014:
Ryan Bell, Kel Henderson, Hana Hoogedeure, Clare Milledge
The Utilitarian Image: Metallic Rites
Sam Wickham
Full at the Quadrillion Moons
David Haines And Joyce Hinterding
Broadcast from Black Mountain
FBI Radio Canvas interview between Fran Barrett and Clare Milledge, featuring the exhibition, and Carla Dal Forno and Tarquin Manek's Bleepbees.