Outer Space JWAC Façade Projection Program 2023
Outer Space JWAC Façade Projection Program 2023 is Outer Space’s digital projection public art program, on display every evening between 5:30pm – 11:30pm across the building façade of Judith Wright Arts Centre. On show from 16 January 2023 – onwards.
For more info on previous JWAC Façade Projection programs, see Outer Face and Location, Location, Location.
Now Showing
the garden of forking paths
Jarrod Van Der Ryken13 February - 12 March 2023
the garden of forking paths expands the experience of public space and memory into one that is rendered through an uncanny topology of abstract geometries. A place of inquiry and mystery - the work unearths the shrouded and subtle intimacies of queerness hidden within a public space historically explored as cruising grounds.
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Jarrod Van Der Ryken is a multidisciplinary artist who works primarily in the mediums of photography, video, and sculptural. His experimental practice often culminates in immersive video installation. Through experimentation with time and space, his work investigates themes of identity, representation, and the complexities of queer experience. The immersive experience of his work allows the viewer to relate to personal and collective emotion and memory, and to forge connections to different communities.
Jarrod completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) at the Queensland University of Technology and has presented solo exhibitions at Wreckers Upstairs, Boxcopy Contemporary Art Space, Metro Arts and Outer Space in Brisbane, Firstdraft and Galerie Pompom in Sydney, and Screenspace in Melbourne.
Past Projections
Oriental FuturesZoe Wong13 February — 12 March 2023
Oriental Futures is a photographic series exploring the oriental setting that is apparent in sci fi cinema, particularly that of Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). This series aims to reconcile the use of ‘Asia’ as decoration within predominantly white storylines by highlighting its appearance and making it central to the images. By placing herself in the images the artist assumes these futuristic Asian stereotypes to question her own identity in relation to how asian culture is perceived in Western cinema.
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Zoe Wong's practice explores her half Chinese, half Australian heritage as well as her queer identity through photographic appropriation and mixed media installations. Her work illustrates the complexities behind the influence that pop culture has on society’s notions of race and identity and how we perceive ourselves through representation in mass media. Wong describes her practice as a “De-Orientalising” practice in which she works to break down and critique notions of the East presented in a Western context.
APOGEEGuy Lobwein16 January— 13 February 2023APOGEE uses computer-generated imagery and game engine technology to explore the critical tensions between current technological advancements, and subsequential planetary ecocide. With the advent of space tourism, spacefaring rhetoric, and the widespread use of game engines for entertainment, the work examines the direct cost of society’s desire to explore other realities, virtual and real. Even with the rapid loss of ecosystems and species currently facing us, a demand for increasingly stimulating experiences prevails. As a result, the widespread consumption of technologically dependant entertainment contributes to a disillusionment which discounts the possibility that such technologies are contributing to the immediate challenge of preserving what remains of our ecological world. APOGEE, being the highest point in orbit, draws conceptual parallels to the climactic criticality of existential analysis in a time where society maintains a desire for the explorations of other realities.
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Guy Lobwein is a contemporary artist from Meanjin (Brisbane, Australia), currently undertaking his Doctorate of Philosophy at the Queensland University of Technology. His research focuses on the use of expanded reality technologies in contemporary art including VR, AR and CGI, exploring how experimental creative practice can generate experiential and critically reflective experiences. Guy has exhibited in numerous exhibitions nationally and internationally, presented his research at multiple conferences and has worked as an artist, technician, and researcher on several Australian Research Council research projects.
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This project has been assisted by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. |