An Imprecise Science Commission

Hughes, NA

An Imprecise Science Commission

Hughes, NA

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Hughes, NA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9007-3486	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Glass,, A	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Linz, T	en_US
dc.date	2015-03-28	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	An Imprecise Science	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/122253
dc.description.abstract	Two site specific installations commissioned for the exhibition An Imprecise Science and the occasion of The Gunnery/ Artspace buildings refurbishment	en_US
dc.format	Installation	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	An Imprecise Science	en_US
dc.title	An Imprecise Science Commission	en_US
dc.type	Exhibition
utslib.location	Artspace, Sydney	en_US
utslib.for	1905 Visual Arts and Crafts	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Design
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.consider-herdc	true	en_US
pubs.finish-date	2015-05-24	en_US
pubs.place-of-publication	Artspace, Sydney	en_US
pubs.start-date	2015-03-28	en_US
pubs.rights-statement	This research output was undertaken in response to a commission from Artspace Sydney on the occasion of the exhibition An Imprecise Science, and the refurbishment of the Gunnery building which has housed Artspace for some time. The exhibition, which featured the work of a number of significant and high profile international artists, sought to showcase the 11 artist’s unique engagement with materiality, proposing that “any (artistic and material) approach is an imperfect act, experiment or speculation”. In response to my broader practice and research focus, curators Alexie Glass and Talia Linz requested that I engage, in particular, with the marginal spaces of the Artspace building, that is those spaces where individuals frequent but do not usually consider to be exhibition appropriate. In response I undertook two site specific installations in three sites: the mens and women bathrooms, and the building elevator. Both the bathroom and elevator projects sought to extend my existing research in maligned decorative traditions, and to further challenge the notion that decoration is peripheral. Both installations made explicit connections between decor and the (feminine) body. The bathrooms featured two custom designed wallpapers which integrated motifs based on bodily functions into highly aestheticised pattern. The elevator made use of the existing decor but remodelled it so as to appear closer to the interior of a body. The works significance is demonstrated by its inclusion in this high profile exhibition event featuring internationally established artists such as Walead Beshty (USA), Alicja Kwade (Poland), and Ragnar Kjartansson (Iceland). The exhibition received significant attention in the form of critical reviews in print and other media. The bathroom installation is now on permanent display in the building, extending well beyond the duration of the exhibition.	en_US

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Two site specific installations commissioned for the exhibition An Imprecise Science and the occasion of The Gunnery/ Artspace buildings refurbishment

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