When: Sunday 15th May 2022, 10AM
Where: Bennett Gallery
Price: This is a FREE event
Bookings: Numbers are strictly limited. To secure your place, email the gallery on gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au
Join Benalla Art Gallery and Oculi collective for a Guided Tour of the exhibition ACTS I-VII.
A visual meditation on seven modes of being, the expansive exhibition has been conceived by members of the collective in conversation with curator Natasha Christia and as a reformulation of the Seven Year Life Stages (a theory of human development by philosopher Rudolph Steiner).
Exhibiting Oculi photographers will guide visitors through the exhibition’s seven Acts, each a universal state of being (and its binary) lying at the heart of contemporary existence. Artists will discuss the broad conceptual framework of the exhibition and how this was approached as a collective and as an individual photographer. Visitors will enjoy intimate insights into specific works selected or shot in response to each Act, direct from the artists.
Acknowledgements
Oculi is a collective of 18 fine-art and documentary photographers. Since its inception in 2000, Oculi has been the leading influence in photographic documentary practice in Australia, offering a visual narrative of contemporary life in the region and beyond. ACTS I-VII is curated by Oculi members Aishah Kenton, Abigail Varney, Alana Holmberg, Tajette O’Halloran, and Rachel Mounsey in conversation with Natasha Christia.
Acts I-VII is an official exhibition of PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography, a major biennial of new photography and ideas taking place from 29 April to 22 May in Melbourne and regional Victoria. Responding to the theme ‘Being Human’, PHOTO 2022 explores the role photography plays in understanding the contemporary human condition. PHOTO 2022 is produced by Photo Australia in collaboration with cultural institutions, museums and galleries, and education, industry and government partners.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. This project was made possible by the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia. Supported by the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund, an Australian Government initiative.
Thanks to our sponsors. All works have been printed on ILFORD GALERIE Gold Fibre Gloss 310gsm.
