The Hold Artspace, on behalf of the artists, warmly invites you to the opening of ‘_ on this site #3’.
‘_ on this site’, created by Kristian Haggblom of Wallflower Photomedia Gallery, is an Australia-wide project that invites photomedia practitioners to respond to a common ‘site’.
Drawing on Joel Sternfeld’s seminal text of the same name, ‘_on this site’ explores how practitioners use photography to interpret stories of place. The Queensland iteration of the project has been initiated by Kelly Hussey-Smith and features the work of Angela Blakely, Rebecca Smith, Raphaela Rosella, David Lloyd, Ana Paula Estrada, Martin Smith, and Kelly Hussey-Smith, who have each produced work in response to the northern bayside suburbs of Brisbane. The resulting works do not attempt to define the region, but instead reveal what there holds meaning for each artist.
As part of the ‘_on this site’ exhibition, Common Ground will present a selection of contemporary photobooks by women artists responding to ideas of place. Examining themes of tourism, transformation, cycles, intervention and more, this selection will draw upon _on this site’s examination of physical space, and the ways in which women artists have surveyed and navigated their environments over time.
Opening Night: Friday 11th September, 6-8pm
