The Gleaners' Archive - & OR.

"The Gleaners' Archive"

Curated by Verity Hayward
(Front Gallery)

and

"& OR."

Curated by Dale Nason
(Rear Gallery)

Opening event:
Saturday 1 November, 5 - 8pm

1 - 15 November

WED - SUN 12 - 5PM

The Gleaners’ Archive

Curated by Verity Hayward

Front Gallery

Featuring:

Hannah Evans
Carly Fischer

Carolyn Hawkins

Adriane Hayward

Dominic Kavanagh

Melanie Upton

The Gleaners’ Archive presents the work of six artists who explore ideas of consumption, excess and the discarded through a process of collecting and gathering objects, giving them new life and value. Each artist explores the life cycle of objects from our consumer culture—from growth to decay and back again. Items that are unwanted, discarded, left behind are gleaned and re-imagined, an archaeology that presents a picture of our culture and relationship with what we consume, what we throw away, and what we re-create.

& OR.

Curated by Dale Nason

Rear Gallery

& OR.

An ampersand (&) is a typographic ligature.

It is a ligature of the letters E and T.

The letters O and R do not usually appear in ligature form.

They form the word Or. Do we want a ligature for OR?

'AND' is more common than 'OR' as a word. But the ligature '&' is less common than 'OR'.

What else does this proposition made of two conjunctions mean, or offer?

&/Or

&, or?

"And loving it."

"Or else."

Approximately 40 creatives give their graphic response.

*** The opening night will comprise LIVE actions including:

- the act of tattooing scribbles on people (permanent tattoos)

- letterpress printing on a small proofing press