JUNE 23-JULY 29

curated by Binghui Huangfu

Light and Shade includes three Asian-Australian artists whose work reflects the changing nature of the world that we live in Australia today. The artists come from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds and the demonstrate hybridisation that is contemporary Australia. The artists are Sydney based Suzann Victor (Singapore/Australia), mechanical installation and Mahmoud Yekta (Iran/Australia) video, together with Sangeeta Sandrasegar (India/Australia), a paper cut installation, working from Melbourne.

Sangeeta Sandrasegar courtesy Mori Gallery

JUNE 23-JULY 29 Screening Room

CHUTIWONGPETI’s emmersive video installations focus on the mechanics of perception, dreams, memory and the private world of one’s own unconscious fantasies. “Untitled” (Wishes, Lies and Dreams) involves dream-like imagery of a person wearing rabbit ears navigating dark and silent landscapes. This video installation project was launched in 2001 at the Banff Centre for Arts in Canada.

THE BOX SET: JUNE 23-JULY 29

Jengis Isdianto with his work ‘the faces’, an emerging artist living in Darwin, using the tradition of Wayang ( Wayang is a Javanese word meaning "shadow" or "ghost") and his native home of Java to express the cultural ‘moat’ of language and expression.

AUGUST 4-SEPTEMBER 9
Curated by Jenny Fraser and 24HR Art

Noktûrne
• 1. A painting of a night scene
• 2. An instrumental composition of a pensive, dreamy mood, especially one for the piano...
‘Noktûrne’ explores the themes of nightfall, including ceremony, ritual and legend. New screen based and conceptual works from the Blackout collective will sit alongside customary Aboriginal Art from Injalak Arts and Crafts and Oenpelli, among others.

Artists include:

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Romaine Moreton
Christine Peacock
John Graham
Rebekah Pitt
Jason Davidson
Jenny Fraser
Cameron Goold
Jonathon Jones
Paul Nabulumo Namarinjmak
Dennis Nona
Gabriel Maralngurra
Vincent Serico
Gulumbu Yunupingu

Includes a audio compilation of Blakfella bands including Saltwater Band (Elcho Island, NT), NoKTuRNL (Alice Springs), the Stiff Gins (Sydney, NSW), Sarah Patrick ( Brisbane, QLD), Groovy Lips & the Yang (from Broome, WA), Propaganda Klann (Melbourne VIC) , Rhubee Neale (Redfern, NSW), Blue King Brown (Melbourne, VIC) and Glen Barry.

For more info visit the cyberTribe website.

THE BOX SET-:AUGUST 4-SEPTEMBER 9
banyan tree roots, pandanus,, banana fibre, tree sap, cloth, waxed linen thread.
140cm x 75cmx 75cm

Playfully imitating the corsetry worn by women in early settler times in Australia, A Stitch in Time, questions the attitudes of early settlers and government policy which strived to ‘improve’ the country through cultural genocide and destructive land usage. The wearable art work mocks the totally inappropriate attitudes and clothing worn by Australian settlers and questions the heartache and repercussions which may have been avoided if attitudes were different and white Australian’s came to the party dressed appropriately, so to speak. Through the use of plant materials and contemporary basket making techniques I celebrate the intensity of landscape and climate and the diversity of cultures which influence and surround me where I live in Northern Australia. I believe this is important in present times as humans are encouraged to exploit the earth’s resources and each other without thought or thanks.

Aly de Groot won the 2005 Freedman Foundation scholarship.

SEPTEMBER 15-OCTOBER 21

Suspended in mid-air; half way between the land of the imagination and reality – that creative space where ideas originate.
In the Neverland between the ‘common good’ and the dark side of violence and terrorism. Half way between the world of fantasy and the real world of daily global news reports. This is the Neverland between fulfillment and desire.
The Swamp on the edge of Darwin, is a ‘run amok’ place where young men enjoy going to spin out in cars & let off steam. ‘Zero’ is from The Neverland Series. The images in this series are all taken in The Swamp and are not documentary photos but instead refer to an aspect of the predominantly male cultural energy of The Swamp and of our times.

SEPTEMBER 15-OCTOBER 21
Charles Darwin University Graduate Show
Every year 24HR Art awards one graduate art student from Charles Darwin University with an exhibition of their own the following year. Last year Chai was the winner, and will be installing his work for all to not only see, but to interact with. Through a wonderful and painstaking feat of engineering (a must see to appreciate) Chai has contained an outdoor environment for viewers to see in a comfortable fashion in an indoor area. With slick design and poetic concern for geography and health, all in Darwin look forward to seeing what Chai does next.
Chai states: “Contained open spaces’ explores the connection between spaces. We can’t always see them, and up until now we may not even be aware of their existence, but they are here and everywhere, creating this wonderful world that we live in. They build upon each other creating layers, supporting each other and all they surround. Planet Earth, the solar system, the entire universe is made up of these contained open spaces. Each space is unique and different, though similarities will always be found. Each space coexists creating the foundation for one another. Remove one and the structure will start to rupture and eventually fall to pieces.”

SEPTEMBER 15-OCTOBER 21

Hatstand Pincermovement ,
Darwin’s most unusual pilot-come-artist takes to the alley way of 24HR Art, piloting his ideas on nomenclature after his 12 year escapade with his legal name change to. His photography, often stern period portraits of himself and his partner offer a tongue in cheek disclosure of past and present identities.

NOVEMBER 3-DECEMBER2