Palimpsest Projects

Featuring Tony Bowen, Steve Dutton, Gina DeCagna, Khushboo, M Lissoni, Stevie Ronnie, Oriane Stender and Christie Swallow. 

Curated by Gina DeCagna

Private View: Thursday 26 September, 6–8 pm. RSVP to gallery.

Teatime Curator’s Talks: Thurs 10 and 17 Oct 3.30-4.40pm. Just drop in.

Artist’s Talk with Oriane Stender: Sat 12 Oct at 2pm. Just drop in.

Maps as Palimpsest: Discussion and reading: Sun 13 Oct 2-4pm. Just drop in.

World-building from Tactile Language: A Walk and Collaborative Workshop: Sat 19 Oct. 2-4pm. Please book HERE

For more details and to sign up for events, read more: www.palimpsestprojects.org

Contact [email protected] to arrange a visit by appointment

How does the material status of our lived experiences affect how we move through the world, transgress certain boundaries, or stitch together ‘sense’ from pieces that otherwise could remain fractured? 

This Language Rematerialised brings together an eclectic group of artists, each responding to a call out by Gina DeCagna for different articulations of ‘palimpsest’ in our society.

palimpsest (n):
i) a parchment that has been rewritten over and partially erased,
ii) something that has changed over time and shows evidence of that change

One of the best-known mentions of the concept of ‘palimpsest’ was by George Orwell in his iconic book 1984 while describing how history gets transcribed by the powerful.

By featuring 4 artists who are in early or emerging stages of developing their professional practices [Khushboo, Christie Swallow, M Lissoni and Gina DeCagna] in dialogue with 4 others who have been further along in their careers [Tony Bowen, Steve Dutton, Stevie Ronnie and Oriane Stender], this show initiates a generational and geographical exchange of lived experiences and approaches to making new stories from the old. A central aim is to indicate how contemporary art can be a form of expression for both holding onto and rejecting – remediating and restoring – in society, as part of a lifelong process of evolving one’s sense of self and identity.