Dr Cassandra Tytler prepares dirt cookies for Soiled exhibition.
Three new exhibitions with themes as diverse as soil and dirt, musical scores, and photography are opening at Edith Cowan University’s (ECU’s) Mount Lawley Campus this week.
Soiled
Soiled opening at Gallery25 incorporates a series of installation and video works that explore the complex relationship between humans, soil, and dirt.
Actress Kara Perrin gets the special 'dirt' effect application on set for 'It Will Not Be Pure' - part of the Soiled exhibition.
Artist and Researcher Dr Cassandra Tytler is a Forrest Creative and Performance Research Fellow with ECU's Centre for People Place, and Planet (CPPP). With the CPPP, Dr Tytler has had the opportunity to connect with a cross-section of researchers from varying disciplines to enrich this practice-led research.
Through her creative research she aims to bring people, other beings, and places together to foster connection so that exhibition participants experience the work beyond their individual selves.
She hopes that through these experiences people feel a part of larger ecosystems and therefore realise their responsibility to them.
Dr Tytler said the exhibition would explore soil and dirt from an ecological, social, cultural and political perspective.
"The artworks examine how the social narratives of what is 'soiled' and what is 'pure' reinforce hierarchies of race, gender, and social class," she said.
One feature of Soiled is a collaboration with Performing Artist and Aboriginal Noongar/Yamatji man Trevor Ryan. The video is titled, 'Voiceless Mask'.
Dr Cassandra Tytler prepares a latex and plaster mask that Trevor Ryan performs in for the final video work - 'Voiceless Mask'.
Another artwork incorporates pieces of cloth that Dr Tytler buried in places with special meaning to her.
Image of an artwork from the Soiled exhibition.
"The soil speaks," she said.
"If you look closely, you can see some roots have started weaving their way through the fabric."
And a unique and fun part of the exhibition will be the dirt cookies Dr Tytler prepares for participants to sample during the exhibition opening and the artist talk.
"I encourage people to come along and try them," Dr Tytler said.
- Opening: Thursday 14 March 2024 5pm–7pm
- Exhibition dates: 15 March to 17 April
- Floor talk: Wednesday 20 March 12:30pm–1:30pm
- Gallery opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 10am–4pm
- Location: Gallery25 Edith Cowan University, Building 10, 2 Bradford St, Mount Lawley
extract from text score archive
Since 2019, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) PhD candidate Craig Pedersen has composed conceptual musical scores on found index cards, exploring themes of artistic expression, autobiography, collaboration, and performance. This exhibition features nearly 70 index cards displayed with watercolour paintings and prints made during the same period, alongside multiple live musical events where musicians interpret the scores.
- Opening: Thursday 14 March 2024 5pm–7pm
- Exhibition dates: 15 March to 17 April 2024
- Floor talk: Wednesday 3 April 12:30pm–1:30pm
- Gallery opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 10am–4pm
- Location: Spectrum Project Space Edith Cowan University, Building 3, 2 Bradford St, Mount Lawley
Transports
In his debut photography exhibition, WAAPA alumnus Eduardo Cossio unveils a series of images capturing the fluidity of perception. Playing with perspectives, the photographs prompt viewers to renegotiate their perception of the world. Echoing his experimental music practice, the photographs, quiet and contemplative, invite a free-fall into the viewer’s imagination.
- Opening: Thursday 14 March 2024 5pm–7pm
- Exhibition dates: 15 March to 17 April 2024
- Floor talk: Wednesday 3 April 12:30pm–1:30pm
- Gallery opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 10am–4pm
- Location: Spectrum Project Space Edith Cowan University, Building 3, 2 Bradford St, Mount Lawley
Read more about the new exhibitions opening at Gallery 25 and Spectrum Project Space
