CODES IN PARALLEL
In addition to the international exhibition we present a festival program of exhibitions and events by craft artists, galleries, art spaces and craft groups in support of the IOTA24 theme. August – October 2024, Western Australia.
- This festival event has passed.
Amygdala
Artists
Shelley Cowper and Elmari Steyn
Description
The amygdala is part of the limbic system and controls memory and emotion. The practice of deliberate nasal rhythmic breathing affects the amygdala. This concept of rhythmic breathing and the transient nature of a single breath is the seed from which this installation developed.
Clusters of fragile, layered paper spheres communicate the barely visible existence of breath and translate the thoughts, memories and emotions that for a moment linger, pass, and then are lost.
A collective language between Cowper and Steyn, Amygdala decodes and translates visual memories, artistic voices, and breath into a three-dimensional tangible reality.
Media
Paper
Special Events
Exhibition Opening: 21 September, 3pm.
Soft-Ground Etching Workshop: 28 September, 10am – 3pm.
Print-Making – Line, Depth And Texture: 29 September, 10am – 3pm.
Gallery Opening Hours
Mon – Sun: 9am – 3pm
Accessibility
Wheelchair & pram accessible.
Image Credit
Shelley Cowper and Elmari Steyn, Homestead (detail), paper, etching, cotton thread, graphite, 54 × 62 × 60cm each. Photo: Elmari Steyn.