Australian artists in residence Kate Woodcroft and Catherine Sagin wish to extend a warm invitation to a modest island paradise at the Ironhouse. Visitors welcome to stay for refreshments and some snacks. 1-3pm Saturday May 21st (arrive anytime) at the Ironhouse
2011
Streitishvarf, Austurland
the West Wall Gallery, April 18, 2011 ÂIn our practice we construct situations that draw out the tacit and shifting dynamics between ourselves as collaborators, and others. Often absurd or ironic, our performance and video work has aimed to unsettle distinctions between authenticity and pretence, experience and performance, the cliché and the prosaic. Informed by our current residency with Skaftfell, our new body of work takes a humorous approach to the common conceptions of place perpetuated by cinema, advertising, word of mouth, etc. This media produces a cursory level of understanding that we seek to interrogate through performative action. Kate […]