Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Inner Sanctum
The idea of an inner sanctum – the private, protected or sacred spaces we create in our homes and communities as a refuge and sanctuary – feels more important than ever in an increasingly noisy world. For curator José Da Silva, the concept also refers to imagination, cultural environments and the artist’s studio. It’s a theme he put to 24 leading Australian artists for the 18th Adelaide Biennial, an introspective exhibition that unfolds across five parts at AGSA. There are opalescent landscapes by Coober Pedy artist George Cooley; a series of colourful paintings of doors that touch on artist Nik Pantazopoulos’s Greek migrant upbringing and queer identity; and a machine-learning work by Paul Knight assessing AI’s ability to comprehend human love by revealing a chatbot-generated conversation between lovers.
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Inner Sanctum runs until Sunday June 2 at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
The idea of an inner sanctum – the private, protected or sacred spaces we create in our homes and communities as a refuge and sanctuary – feels more important than ever in an increasingly noisy world. For curator José Da Silva, the concept also refers to imagination, cultural environments and the artist’s studio. It’s a theme he put to 24 leading Australian artists for the 18th Adelaide Biennial, an introspective exhibition that unfolds across five parts at AGSA. There are opalescent landscapes by Coober Pedy artist George Cooley; a series of colourful paintings of doors that touch on artist Nik Pantazopoulos’s Greek migrant upbringing and queer identity; and a machine-learning work by Paul Knight assessing AI’s ability to comprehend human love by revealing a chatbot-generated conversation between lovers.
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Inner Sanctum runs until Sunday June 2 at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
I’ll Be Your Mirror
AI’s capacity to mirror love and lovers is also explored in interdisciplinary, avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson’s new exhibition at the State Library. Anderson was the inaugural artist-in-residence at Art Intelligence, a collaboration between the Australian Institute for Machine Learning and the Sia Furler Institute at the University of Adelaide. Her show features text generated by AI during her tenure at the uni that emulates the vocabulary, pace and style of her and her late partner of 21 years, Velvet Underground co-founder Lou Reed. The free exhibition also features an AI-generated version of the bible, which debuted at the Smithsonian in Washington DC.
I’ll Be Your Mirror runs until March 17 at the State Library of South Australia.
AI’s capacity to mirror love and lovers is also explored in interdisciplinary, avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson’s new exhibition at the State Library. Anderson was the inaugural artist-in-residence at Art Intelligence, a collaboration between the Australian Institute for Machine Learning and the Sia Furler Institute at the University of Adelaide. Her show features text generated by AI during her tenure at the uni that emulates the vocabulary, pace and style of her and her late partner of 21 years, Velvet Underground co-founder Lou Reed. The free exhibition also features an AI-generated version of the bible, which debuted at the Smithsonian in Washington DC.
I’ll Be Your Mirror runs until March 17 at the State Library of South Australia.
Gondwana VR: The Exhibition
This multi-sensory installation, which screened recently at SXSW, Sundance and Melbourne International Film Festival, brings the 180-million-year-old Daintree rainforest to the SA Museum. The awe-inspiring virtual-reality experience distills 100 years of climate data into a single day, allowing you to witness weather and biodiversity shifts as you navigate ancient trees, rugged mountains and idyllic beaches. Co-creators Ben Joseph Andrews and Emma Roberts have developed an environment inspired by five months of research spent off-grid and on the ground in the World Heritage-listed site. There’s a broader narrative, though: the Daintree is under threat. Each VR cycle presents different possible futures for the forest through artistic renderings informed by climate projections up to the year 2090.
Gondwana VR: The Exhibition runs until Sunday March 17 at the South Australian Museum.
This multi-sensory installation, which screened recently at SXSW, Sundance and Melbourne International Film Festival, brings the 180-million-year-old Daintree rainforest to the SA Museum. The awe-inspiring virtual-reality experience distills 100 years of climate data into a single day, allowing you to witness weather and biodiversity shifts as you navigate ancient trees, rugged mountains and idyllic beaches. Co-creators Ben Joseph Andrews and Emma Roberts have developed an environment inspired by five months of research spent off-grid and on the ground in the World Heritage-listed site. There’s a broader narrative, though: the Daintree is under threat. Each VR cycle presents different possible futures for the forest through artistic renderings informed by climate projections up to the year 2090.
Gondwana VR: The Exhibition runs until Sunday March 17 at the South Australian Museum.
Yucky
This powerful group exhibition centres the perspectives of disabled, chronically ill and neurodivergent artists to explore the personal and political complexities that are part of the disabled experience. Yucky reckons with lived experiences of discomfort, neglect, stigmatisation and isolation through sculpture, photography, installation and performance. It explores societal perceptions of disability and the institutional systems that support and limit disabled people’s autonomy. The exhibition title and premise has been led by artist Sam Petersen, in conversation with ACE. “I felt powerful because I knew this would be so punk and only a person with disabilities can say it publicly,” Petersen says in a statement.
Yucky runs until May 4, 2024 at ACE.
This powerful group exhibition centres the perspectives of disabled, chronically ill and neurodivergent artists to explore the personal and political complexities that are part of the disabled experience. Yucky reckons with lived experiences of discomfort, neglect, stigmatisation and isolation through sculpture, photography, installation and performance. It explores societal perceptions of disability and the institutional systems that support and limit disabled people’s autonomy. The exhibition title and premise has been led by artist Sam Petersen, in conversation with ACE. “I felt powerful because I knew this would be so punk and only a person with disabilities can say it publicly,” Petersen says in a statement.
Yucky runs until May 4, 2024 at ACE.
Dana Awartani
Saudi Arabian-Palestinian artist Dana Awartani reconsiders the concepts and constructs that define Arab culture, employing traditional crafts to tackle a range of contemporary issues. Contemplative, political and poetic, her work has been shown in museums and galleries around the world, including the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the British Museum. At Samstag, she’s exhibiting two moving-image works exploring decoration, tradition and symbolism. They’re showing alongside works by leading SA ceramicist Bruce Nuske, whose intricate, whimsical teapots and pouring vessels draw on an array of botanical references. His works sit in a captivating gallery design by renowned furniture designer Khai Liew, who passed away in December.
Samstag’s current season runs until Saturday March 16.
Saudi Arabian-Palestinian artist Dana Awartani reconsiders the concepts and constructs that define Arab culture, employing traditional crafts to tackle a range of contemporary issues. Contemplative, political and poetic, her work has been shown in museums and galleries around the world, including the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the British Museum. At Samstag, she’s exhibiting two moving-image works exploring decoration, tradition and symbolism. They’re showing alongside works by leading SA ceramicist Bruce Nuske, whose intricate, whimsical teapots and pouring vessels draw on an array of botanical references. His works sit in a captivating gallery design by renowned furniture designer Khai Liew, who passed away in December.
Samstag’s current season runs until Saturday March 16.
Neoterica
Following on from Neoteric, which took over the Northeastern Concourse at the Adelaide Railway Station during the 2022 Adelaide Festival, this sequel, Neoterica, brings 20 mid-career South Australian artists together at the same place. The expansive survey exhibition, also part of Adelaide Festival, celebrates the artists’ enduring contribution to the state’s visual arts landscape. It is curated and led by artist Ray Harris and includes works across photography, painting, printmaking, performance, sculpture, installation, video, sound, and ceramics. It’s also accompanied by a printed catalogue featuring the responses of 20 local arts writers.
Neoterica runs until Sunday April 14 at the North Eastern Concourse, Adelaide Railway Station.
Following on from Neoteric, which took over the Northeastern Concourse at the Adelaide Railway Station during the 2022 Adelaide Festival, this sequel, Neoterica, brings 20 mid-career South Australian artists together at the same place. The expansive survey exhibition, also part of Adelaide Festival, celebrates the artists’ enduring contribution to the state’s visual arts landscape. It is curated and led by artist Ray Harris and includes works across photography, painting, printmaking, performance, sculpture, installation, video, sound, and ceramics. It’s also accompanied by a printed catalogue featuring the responses of 20 local arts writers.
Neoterica runs until Sunday April 14 at the North Eastern Concourse, Adelaide Railway Station.
