DESIGN CANBERRA @ CCAS
As part of DESIGN Canberra Festival, Canberra Contemporary Art Space hosted four exhibitions: Aurora by Tyler Jackson, HOME:MADE group show, The Stills by Lucy Irvine, and Roguetopia by Davey Barber and Lucy Irvine.
Image: Tyler Jackson, render mock-up installation view at CCAS of Launch Towards the Second Sun, 2022, metal, aluminium, acrylic glass, lacquered paint, LED lights, raspberry pi, and sensors, 280 x 230 x 30cm, and Black Marble 2012, 2022, mirror acrylic glass, MDF, metal and acrylic paint. Image courtesy of the artist.
AURORA
by TYLER JACKSON
5 - 27 November 2022
A collection of new light-based works by New Zealand artist Tyler Jackson with an audio piece by Jack Jenkins. Referencing Bauhaus ideas of design, re-contextualised within the setting of DESIGN Canberra Festival, Aurora questions how we think of design within the context of new technologies, and more broadly how we perceive light and space in our technological age.
Image: Lucy Irvine, The Stills (detail), 2021, Photo: Lean Timms.
THE STILLS
by LUCY IRVINE
5 - 27 November 2022
Lucy Irvine, DESIGN Canberra Festival’s designer-in-residence, created The Stills as the signature work for the Festival. Irvine chose two small sections of weaving, cast them in bronze, then used repetition and pattern forming to show the iterative process of transformation. Irvine describes The Stills as a “woven cinema”, capturing transformation in stop motion: frame by frame we see change as reassuringly measurable.
Image: Lucy Irvine and Davey Barber, Roguetopia, Clem Cummings Bus Shelter, 2021. Photo by Davey Barber.
ROGUETOPIA
by LUCY IRVINE and DAVEY BARBER
5 - 27 November 2022
Inspired by Lucy Irvine’s artwork According to Plan, Irvine and photographer Davey Barber (5 Foot Photography) document the takeover of Canberra’s iconic 1970’s architecture. Commissioned by Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre for the 2022 DESIGN Canberra Festival.
Image: Marika Svikis, Layers Sunrise Lamp, 2022. Photo by Jason Paparroulas.
HOME:MADE
5 - 27 November 2022
A curated selection of new furniture, homewares, and jewellery by some of the most exciting early career designers and makers from across Australia. HOME:MADE is a signature exhibition for DESIGN Canberra Festival presented by Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre. Featuring artists: Leon Curtis, Kayannie Denigan, Leonie Kamutu (Ikuntji Artist), Mitjili Napurrula (Ikuntji Artist), Marika Svikis, Sarra Tzijan, Eloise White and Bling Yiu.