Do I have to spell it out for you?
Online - Town Hall Gallery
Hawthorn, VIC
Role: Curator
In a world over-saturated with information and misinformation, many artists are turning to more direct modes of communication to expose and reclaim the cultural and political power of words.
Do I have to spell it out for you? brings together a group of artists incorporating language and text into their work to speak directly to their audience. Through puns, song lyrics, spoken word and personal musings, the artists highlight the complexities of language to create community, define identity and tell stories.
The combined works reveal the potency of language as a means of resistance, cultural artefact, joke, and tool of sovereignty.
Featuring: Benjamin Aitken, Chun Yin Rainbow Chan, Kate Just, Nasim Nasr, Claudia Nicholson, Kenny Pittock, Christian Thompson and Shevaun Wright.
Online - Town Hall Gallery
Hawthorn, VIC
Role: Curator
In a world over-saturated with information and misinformation, many artists are turning to more direct modes of communication to expose and reclaim the cultural and political power of words.
Do I have to spell it out for you? brings together a group of artists incorporating language and text into their work to speak directly to their audience. Through puns, song lyrics, spoken word and personal musings, the artists highlight the complexities of language to create community, define identity and tell stories.
The combined works reveal the potency of language as a means of resistance, cultural artefact, joke, and tool of sovereignty.
Featuring: Benjamin Aitken, Chun Yin Rainbow Chan, Kate Just, Nasim Nasr, Claudia Nicholson, Kenny Pittock, Christian Thompson and Shevaun Wright.
05 September - 25 October 2020
![Nasim Nasr, House, Habit, 2017, glicee archival digital print on 320gsm White Cotton Smooth, 100cm x 80cm. Image courtesy of the artist.]()
![Nasim Nasr, Erasure (still from right video channel), 2011, Digital Print on Hahnemuhle 310gsm German Etching Paper, 80 x 45cm.]()
![Kenny Pittock, The Five Flavours of Apocalypso, 2020, acrylic on ceramic, 25 x 5 x 5cm each.]()
![Kenny Pittock, Up and Go, Sit and Stay, 2020, acrylic on ceramic, 13 x 8 x 7cm each.]()
![Claudia Nicholson, All I have are dreams of you, still from video, 2017.]()
![Benjamin Aitken, Ghost Baby, 2019, temporary fencing, oil paint, miscellaneous tie downs, carbonated offerings, 220 x 200cm.]()
![Benjamin Aitken, Extra Sarcasm, 2019, temporary fencing, oil paint, pine, vinyl lettering, miscellaneous tie downs and custom clothing, 220 x 320cm.]()
![Shevaun Wright, Contract for Breach, 2019, paper, dimensions variable.]()
![Claudia Nicholson, All I have are dreams of you (still from video), 2017, Single Channel HD video, 6:56.]()
![Christian Thompson, Berceuse (2017), installation view, Ritual Intimacy, Monash University Museum of Art, three-channel digital colour video, sound, duration 5:47, image courtesy of the artist and Messums London; Gallery Marcolini, Forli; Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne; and Michael Reid Sydney and Berlin. Photography by Andrew Curtis.]()
![Christian Thompson, Berceuse (2017), installation view, Ritual Intimacy, Monash University Museum of Art, three-channel digital colour video, sound, duration 5:47, image courtesy of the artist and Messums London; Gallery Marcolini, Forli; Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne; and Michael Reid Sydney and Berlin. Photography by Andrew Curtis.]()
![Chun Yin Rainbow Chan, Still from Tribune, 2020, 3 channel video and audio, 2:35.]()
![Kate Just, HOPE, 2014, Hand knitted builder's line and retroflective silver thread, viscose, cotton, steel, paint, 280 x 125 x 25cm.]()
![Kate Just, HOPE Walk Leeds, 2014, Type C Digital Print, 180 x 120cm.]()
