We warmly invite you to join us as we celebrate the opening of our two Summer exhibitions
Enjoy a selection of wines by Ernst Hill Wines and other beverages through a paid bar, with a complimentary grazing table by Federici's.
Keg De Souza - Blue Haze: Awaba
Blue Haze: Awaba follows the journey of Eucalyptus, with over 850 species, away from its culturally significant context – the Aboriginal land it comes from. At the hands of the British it was taken from Australia and promoted for being the fastest and tallest growing hardwood including in India where over 170 species were trialled, beginning in the 1840s in the Nilgiri Hills. It quickly became the main tree planted for timber plantations. ‘Nilgiri’ literally means ‘blue mountain’, originally named for the clustered bloom of the blue flowering species Strobilanthes kunthiana, but now also radiates a blue haze due to the eucalyptus plantings.
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Interfacial Intimacies
Interfacial Intimacies brings together artists who hold and express tenderly the multiple aspects of their selves through a series of portraiture and anti-portraiture. Photography, film, installations, sculpture, textile, and performance in this exhibition explore the tensions of our networked personalities - our shadows, our masks, our shame.
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Our exhibitions are on view:
14 December 2024 - 9 Februrary 2025
EVENT DETAILS
When: Friday 13 December 6.00–8.00pm
Where: Museum of Art and Culture, yapang
1A First Street Booragul NSW 2284
Banner image above: Bruno Booth, Body Shots, 2022. 9-minute 4K 9-channel video with audio. UHD panels, Raspberry Pis, coding, speakers, cabling, timber, steel, rubber, fixings, shot bags and acrylic polymer paint. Funded through a DLGSCI Arts Projects. Interfacial Intimacies, installation view at Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, 2023. Photo by Rémi Chauvin.
Image below: Keg De Souza, Blue Haze (2023) as part of Shipping Roots at Inverleith House. Image courtesy of the artist