Michelle Knowles is a Brisbane based, emerging contemporary artist. Her practice explores notions such as the uncanny, the fetishisation of objects, performance and ritual, the otherworldly and imaginary spaces. A curiosity in belief systems and broader spirituality is the catalyst for experiments in both video and photographic works that utilise objects, including handmade artefacts, as tools for transformation.
Michelle Knowles
Grimanesa Amoros (new york)
‘Uros Island’
Lighting Sculpture Installation
LEDs, diffusion material, vinyl, custom lighting sequence, electrical hardware
Dimensions: 13 ft 7 in length x 11 ft 2 in width x 26 in depth
La Biennale di Venezia, 54th International Art Exhibition
Future Pass is a collateral project of the 54th International Venice Biennale curated by Victoria Lu, Felix Schoeber, and Renzo di Renzo. It takes place at the Fondazione Claudio Buziol, a non-profit, private instution based in two venues at the center of Venice. After the Venice Biennale this exhibition will also tour to Rotterdam’s Wereldmuseum, the National Taiwan Art Museum in Taichung and the Beijing Art Museum in China.
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Brianne Mackinnon
Brianne extends her practice through the structure of primary and secondary information adopted from the curatorial practices of Seth Siegelaub in the 1960’s, establishing a ‘tertiary-level’ of artistic enquiry. Her current investigations focus on the use of historical appropriation through both material and process.
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Isidro Blasco (uk)
BLASCO uses digital photography and common building materials to assemble three-dimensional constructions that reconstruct interior spaces and outdoor environments culled from the artist’s personal New York cityscape.
BLASCO combines architecture, photography and installation to explore themes of vision and perception in relation to physical experience. His work often references the realm of private or domestic space. Normally his work begins by selecting one angle in a room or outdoors and then constructs a new space from the perspective of that vantage point.
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Michael Candy
Michael Candy is a new and emerging kinetic artist who burst onto the scene in early 2010. Michael approaches kinetic sculpture with an organic aesthetic, often using fallen branches, leafs and even living plant life within his sculptures. His works often aim to provoke thought on the balance of nature and technology, and the conflicts between the two.
Michael is currently studying a bachelor of fine arts and industrial design at QUT.
Website - www.michaelcandy.com
universal traveler from michael candy on Vimeo.
blossom from michael candy on Vimeo.
Christopher Samuels (detroit)
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untitled, installed window, (interior wall) 2010 -
untitled fiberglass, starch 2010 -
circuit bending, plaster, casio sk-1, 9v adaptor, circuit bending tool 2010
Christopher Samuels (b. 1983, Detroit, MI), mostly self-taught, co-founded the artist-run gallery space Org Contemporary in 2009. His work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles and throughout Michigan. In the summer of 2010 Samuels attended the Skowhegan School Of Painting & Sculpture in.