The Studio: Melt and Move

6 Jul 2024 – 20 Oct 2024
Open daily, with facilitated sessions on weekends & school holidays

10am-5pm

Free

The Studio

All ages

In response to Brent Harris’ exhibition Surrender & Catch, South Australian artist Emmaline Zanelli has designed a space for participants to engage in sensory play to experiment with biomorphism - a key technique used in Surrealism. This Studio prioritises ephemerality, transience, and going with the flow.

Visitors to the Studio will learn about Biomorphism which is a technique used by Surrealists characterised by shapes and bodies abstracted and simplified, often resembling microscopic organisms or confusing, unplaceable hybrid living forms. The ephemeral images that participants make from cut-out cardboard are photographed from above and projected onto the wall, further abstracting the shapes that are created. Fun-house mirrors will also line the walls, providing opportunity for visitors to see strange biomorphic possibilities inspired by their own reflections.

Please note - this space contains some flashing light that may not be suitable for people who experience photo-sensitivity

Emmaline Zanelli, Photo by Thomas McCammon

About Emmaline Zanelli

Emmaline (b.1994) is a lens-based artist uses combinations of video, photography, sculpture and performance. Influenced by aesthetics of absurdity and surrealism, she creates work that finds humour and meaning in the everyday. In recent years, her work has explored themes related to fabrication, memory, and labour.

From 2016 - 2023, Emmaline was a co-director of The Bait Fridge, a multi-arts collective based in Tarndanya delivering musical and visual performances across a wide variety of venues from a shopping mall to a public pool. The collective has a central focus on open-format youth workshop experiences, and has worked with young people in Tarndanya as well as regional communities interstate to make process based art including disco parties, temporary fountains and cubby building. This practice increasingly influences Emmaline's personal arts practice, fostering an interest in youth cultures