The exhibition’s theme is mediated communication. The title borrows from philosopher Gilbert Ryle description of the mind as ‘the Ghost in the Machine.’ The ‘wire’ can be seen as channels of communication such as the human voice, a telephone cable, Skype, text, or email. The ‘ghost’ might take many forms: the misunderstanding of a word or a look, an error in translation, a technical glitch, interference in transmission, or the barriers created by time and loss. The exhibition look at ways in which communication through different channels aid and fail us, in addition to asking wider questions about the ways in which we communicate. It takes in a rich range of art forms, from sound to painting, from film to 3-D printing and from digital photography to kinetic sculpture and interactive installation.
The opening event will feature two performance works. The first, Still Lives by Daniel Kok, is a durational performance which looks at the precariousness of bodies when bound by rope, while the second, a dramatised reading by Tania de Rozario and Lynn Lu titled Fuse II, examines ideas of technology in relation to personal histories.
Participating artists: Emma Charles, Sarah Choo, Debbie Ding, Suzanne de Emmony, Camilla Greenwell, Daniel Kok, Joo Choon Lin, Lynn Lu, Gavin Maughfling, Luksch-Patel, Shubigi Rao, Anne Robinson, Tania De Rozario, Emma Talbot,Min-Wei Ting, Zai Tang
Programme
Opening event: Thursday 18 August 2016
7pm and through:Still Lives by Daniel Kok; 8pm: Fuse II by Tania de Rozario and Lynn Lu