HYPERCLAY profiles eight artists at various stages in their careers whose current practice is taking ceramics into bold new territories. Whether printing with clay, transforming rejected ceramic objects or playing at the intersection of the digital and the handmade, the artists in HYPERCLAY are forging new pathways in Australian ceramics.
HYPERCLAY features the work of Walter Auer, Roderick Bamford, Stephen Bird, Jacqueline Clayton, Andrea Hylands, Addison Marshall, Pip McManus and Paul Wood.
A collection of over 30 short videos have been produced to accompany the exhibition, ranging from artists interviews to curators, academics, collectors and gallerists, commenting on why they find a particular artist so exciting, through to ceramic students expressing what inspires them about the work in the show. These videos will be housed in an easily navigated, tablet-housed application, testing the waters of fully integrated digital content into a traditional exhibition space. The digital content is not supplementary – engagement with the digital is paramount to truly understand the works on show.
Over eight weeks, during the opening exhibition at Object Gallery in Sydney, Object Eye profiled each of the artists involved. You can see these profiles, including videos and images of the work, by clicking here.
The iPad app developed as part of HYPERCLAY: Contemporary Ceramics is available as a free download, taking the form of a video-based digital catalogue. For more information on the app click here, or to go directly to the App Store to download (for iPad only) click here. (Please note that it is a large file, and we recommend WiFi to download.)
HYPERCLAY: Contemporary Ceramics is Object’s biggest touring exhibition, including 12 regional and metropolitan venues over two and a half years.
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TOUR DATES
Object Gallery
NSW, 8 October 2011 - 8 January 2012
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
NSW, 20 January - 11 March 2012
Watson Arts Centre
ACT, 5 April - 29 April 2012
Cessnock Regional Gallery
NSW, July - August 2012
JamFactory
Adelaide, SA, 8 September - 20 October 2012
Redland Gallery
QLD, 2 December 2012 - 20 January 2013
Broken Hill Regional Gallery
NSW, February - March 2013
Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery
NSW, April - June 2013
Tamworth Regional Art Gallery
NSW, July - September 2013
Cairns Regional Art Gallery
QLD, September - December 2013
Noosa Art Gallery
QLD, March - May 2014
Western Plains Cultural Centre
Dubbo, NSW, May - July 2014
Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery
Launceston, TAS, August - October 2014
Please note some tour dates are to be confirmed, and are subject to change. Check back closer to the date for final details.
Greg Crowe
16 December 2011
12.28pm