the space that binds us 2015
Alison Eggleton with artists Kasia Lynch ǀ Rosa Tato ǀ Katie Jacobs ǀ Trevor Flinn
the space that bind us was an interdisciplinary and collaborative installation project developed in response to historical sites in the township of Natimuk, and presented as part of Nati Frinj, 2015.
Initially conceived by artist/curator Alison Eggleton, the space that binds us explored the humorous and potentially endless idea of social connectedness to specific sites, and what shapes our experience of this; from human bunny baiting, to the ultimate Women’s one song choir, to 1920’s avant garde film making.
November 2015, presented at Nati Frinj, Natimuk, Victoria .
So much of our personal and social memory is anchored in architectural spaces, interiors, the school rooms of our childhood. This connectedness or ‘space that binds us’, has in many ways informed the artists collective idea of what it means to evoke the essence of these spaces and why they are important. Over multiple visits, their research has centred on conversations at kitchen tables or the pub dining room, stimulating collaboration between the artists and the residents of Natimuk. Each site specific art installation uses memory, archive materials and cultural reference as part of its armature. The artists response inhabits these spaces as a kind of elusive form of enquiry and activation. Through sculpture, live art, humour and pop culture, the potentially endless history of our connectedness is explored; producing a new common ground. Alison Eggleton, Curator.
This project was supported by Nati Frinj, Arapiles Community Theatre and crowd funding through the Australian Cultural Fund 2015.
http://thespacethatbindsus.blogspot.com.au/
photograph by Angie Connell
Trevor Flinn
The rabbit and the shaman
installation and performance in the Old Golden Fleece Agent Depot, Natimuk
photograph by Anthony Pelchen
Alison Eggleton
the eye and the machine - homage to Horace Woolmer
installation and interaction in the power house, Natimuk
Photograph by Anthony Pelchen
every drop counts 2011
Sue Ferrari I Phillip Ward I Alison Eggleton
Curatorial project with artists Sue Ferrari and Phillip Ward, in the re-purposed railway station at Dunkeld. An experimental collaboration inspired by Salt Creek in the town of Dunkeld, the installation centred on the element of water as a force which shapes the environment and explored traces of flow and saturation in the landscape.
May 2011 presented in Off the Rails Gallery, Dunkeld, Victoria.