YARRILA Arts and Museum (YAM) is currently hosting three exciting new exhibitions.
“Interconnected Entities” combines the works of Patricia Piccinini, who melds human and animal forms to create surreal hybrid creatures, and Caroline Rothwell, who explores the relationships between humans and plants.
Both are exhibiting 2-D, 3-D and video art works.
“We are both inspired by the natural world and looking at nature and making something new,” Ms Piccinini said.
The women have been spending time in the local environment and will be back in a couple of years with a joint exhibition about the Coffs Coast area.
“Flowers and People − A Whole Year Per Hour” is a video installation from international art collective teamLab, showing for the first time in regional Australia.
It is about the life cycle of flowers in a Japanese garden.
Massi Cortese from teamLab, said an algorithm results in each cycle of the video being different, with different flowers every five minutes, and each hour representing a year.
Motion sensors detect when people approach a panel, causing flowers to bloom and then lose petals as they move away.
Artist Juz Kitson uses ceramic and video installation to reimagine ancient funeral urns and female figurines in “Shadows Make the Light Shine Brighter”.
The sculptor had access to the huge Nicholson Collection of antiquities at Sydney University.
She was captivated by a small Cypriot fertility figure from more than a 1000 years ago and has collaborated with motion graphics expert Ben Trahair, to turn sculptures into animations that represent genesis and a post-apocalyptic futuristic landscape.
“Every single component in the animation is a sculpture I’ve made, documented through photogrammetry that breathes life into inanimate objects through 3-D animation,” Ms Kitson said,
City of Coffs Harbour Deputy Mayor George Cecato, said the exhibitions were an excellent addition to YAM.
“I’m very proud of these cutting edge, modern and different exhibitions, which might be a bit controversial, but are very creative.”
The exhibitions run until 24 August.
By Andrew VIVIAN
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