Dream Home
'DREAM HOME'Late opening: Fri 14, Sat 15 & Sun 16 May until 9 pm |
Apr 24 - Jun 6, 2010Daily opening: Tue - Sun 11am - 5pm |
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Gary Barber
In a twist to the Open Houses theme, Phoenix Brighton takes visitors on a voyeuristic tour of a home which has been inserted into a public gallery space. Moving through a labyrinth of hallways, rooms, wardrobes and hidden spaces, visitors can catch glimpses of the private lives of its inhabitants.
Sculptor Ben Thomson has designed a floor plan into which he and other artists have poured their dreams and fantasies in the form of installations, photographs, paintings, drawings, film, sculpture and animation. Rather than replicating a literal domestic interior, the spaces evoke a range of memories and qualities associated with notions of ‘home’ -- comfort, vulnerability, ambition, nostalgia, secrets and discovery.
Glimpsed through windows and heard through the walls, a cast of characters begins to reveal itself. From adolescent dreamers and nuclear families to time travellers and transients, the protagonists appear through the objects they gather and the atmospheres they create. Visitors will encounter the house’s diverse occupants through the work of Gary Barber, Alvaro Collar, Fox & Gammidge, Jonathan Gilhooly, Caitlin Heffernan, Rona Innes, Kim L Pace, Natalie Papamichael, Jim Sanders, and Ben Thomson.
The gallery also houses a collection of ‘dream boxes’ created by Phoenix Brighton artists, and visitors will have the opportunity to mix with the household in a series of gatherings and events.
HOUSEWARMING PARTY: Meet the artists, explore the house and experience a number of impromptu performances throughout the evening. Friday 23 April, 6 – 9 pm.
HOME MOVIES: Do you have old films in your attic that deserve a fresh viewing? Bring along your favourite standard 8, super 8 or 16 mm film to Gary Barber in the Dream Home to see them on screen. Projectors provided; drop in any time. You can also bring in your old film cameras for an estimate of their value.
Sunday, 16 May,12 noon - 4 pm
In the evening there will be a special screening of films selected from those brought in during the day.
Sunday 16 May, 7 - 9 pm
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