Drawing Lines In The Sand

Exhibition 19 February - 18 March 2012. Julia Davis, Elizabeth Day, Christian Edwardes, Lisa Jones + Derek Allen, Geoff Kleem, Adam Norton. Curated by Claire Taylor.

Julia Davis
Elizabeth Day
Christian Edwardes
Lisa Jones + Derek Allen
Geoff Kleem
Adam Norton

"Drawing Lines in the Sand" presents six installation projects that engage with various aspects of Cockatoo Island’s institutional heritage and topography. They consider the island as a historic, tangible place and a symbolic space more broadly. What connects them is a reflection on conditions of interiority and exteriority in a uniquely Australian context. The exhibition examines the legacy of what Elizabeth McMahon describes as, “the Western colonialist tropism of island territories as condensed sites of acquisition, containment and control, ” from a perspective that encompasses contradictory and conflicting extremes, articulating a geographic imaginary particular to the Island Continent.
Visitors can expect to explore a Virtual Reality Simulator, take a walk through a forest of scaffolding, follow a journey descending into a saltmine, hear a ghost of the many machines that once were deafening within the island’s workshops, and perhaps get lost within a giant drawing.
The exhibition is open daily 11am–4pm. For more information contact 0410 161841, drawinglinesinthesand@gmail.com, or visit www. peloton.net. au /t /projects. For general Peloton enquiries, contact the gallery 02 9690 2601, info@peloton.net. au. For transport information visit www. sydneyferries. info /timetables /cockatoo-island. htm. Cockatoo Island offers accommodation, venue hire, major events, exhibitions, tours, a waterfront kiosk, BBQ and picnic areas and business tenancy. The Visitor Centre is open daily from 10am–4pm and entry is free. Visit www. cockatooisland. gov. au for more information.

Image credit: Christian Edwardes, "Travelling Landscape-Objects: A Ship Aground", 2010-2011, Type C photograph, 50x70cm.

This project has been assisted by the NSW Government through Arts NSW. Julia Davis, Geoff Kleem and Adam Norton’s projects were assisted by a grant from Arts NSW, an agency of the New South Wales Government and supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. The program is administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA). Julia Davis’ project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, it’s art funding and advisory body. The exhibition launch is sponsored by Churchview Margaret River in association with Shorty’s Liquor.