PROJECTS

Drawing Lines in The Sand


Christian Edwardes, from Travelling Landscape-Objects series, 2010-2011, Type C photograph

Christian Edwardes, from Travelling Landscape-Objects series, 2010-2011, Type C photograph, 50 x 70cm

 

Julia Davis

Elizabeth Day

Christian Edwardes

Lisa Jones + Derek Allan

Geoff Kleem

Adam Norton

 

Curated by Claire Taylor

Exhibition assistants Caroline McKnight and Samantha Ferris

 

Exhibition on Cockatoo Island

19 February - 18 March 2012

Open daily 11am - 4pm


Public program for Drawing Lines in the Sand on Cockatoo Island Saturday 3 March

Artist floor talks 11am - 1pm
Round table discussion 2 - 3:30pm

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Artist floor talks

11am-1pm
On site
 
11:00 Artist talk: Lisa Jones & Derek Allan - meet at the northern entrance of Dogleg Tunnel (end nearest ferry wharf) 
11:20 Artist talk: Elizabeth Day - if joining at this point meet in the Industrial Precinct sheds 
11:40 Artist talk: Julia Davis - if joining at this point meet in the Convict Workshops 
12:10 Artist talk: Adam Norton - if joining at this point meet on the first floor of the Naval Stores building 
12:30 Artist talk: Geoff Kleem - if joining at this point meet on the first floor of Building 123 (adjacent to Naval Stores) 
12:50 Artist talk: Christian Edwardes - if joining at this point meet on raised turf section of the main plaza  
 
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Round table discussion chaired by Nicholas Tsoutas
From 2pm
Join Nicholas Tsoutas, Michael Goldberg, Ann Finegan, Tom Loveday and exhibition curator Claire Taylor for a round table discussion on Cockatoo Island, key exhibition themes, and the role of site-specific practice in the public domain.
Building 137 (off the eastern end of the Turbine Hall) 
 

Drawing Lines in the Sand presents six installation projects that engage with various aspects of Cockatoo Island’s institutional heritage and topography. They consider the island as a historic, tangible place and a symbolic space more broadly. What connects them is a reflection on conditions of interiority and exteriority in a uniquely Australian context. The exhibition examines the legacy of what Elizabeth McMahon describes as, “the Western colonialist tropism of island territories as condensed sites of acquisition, containment and control,” from a perspective that encompasses contradictory and conflicting extremes, articulating a geographic imaginary particular to the Island Continent. 

 

Visitors can explore a Virtual Reality Simulator, take a walk through a forest of scaffolding, follow a journey descending into a saltmine, hear a ghost of the many machines that once were deafening within the island’s workshops, and perhaps get lost within a giant drawing. 


The exhibition is open daily 11am-4pm. For more information contact 0410 161841, drawinglinesinthesand@gmail.com, or visit www.peloton.net.au/t/projects. For general Peloton enquiries, contact the gallery 02 9690 2601, info@peloton.net.au. For transport information visit www.sydneyferries.info/timetables/cockatoo-island.htm. Cockatoo Island offers accommodation, venue hire, major events, exhibitions, tours, a waterfront kiosk, BBQ and picnic areas and business tenancy. The Visitor Centre is open daily from 10am-4pm and entry is free. Visit www.cockatooisland.gov.au for more information. 

 

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This project has been assisted by the NSW Government through Arts NSW. Julia Davis, Geoff Kleem and Adam Norton’s projects were assisted by a grant from Arts NSW, an agency of the New South Wales Government and supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. The program is administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA). Julia Davis’ project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, it’s art funding and advisory body. The exhibition launch is sponsored by Churchview Margaret River in association with Shorty’s Liquor. 


We are seeking volunteers to help on site. If you would be interested in getting involved, please contact drawinglinesinthesand@gmail.com