Image from the series Mollie, age 5, Dexter Rosengrave
In association with Crack Theatre Festival/ This Is Not Art presents …
Things Might Have Changed
Emerging Artists Represent Hobart at National Arts Festival …
Local arts organisation Constance ARI will send two artists to represent Hobart
at a national arts festival later this month. Emerging artists Dexter Rosengrave
and Elissa Ritson will present their work in an exhibition titled Things Might
Have Changed at the Crack Theatre Festival, as part of This Is Not Art, a
cultural event held each year in Newcastle, New South Wales.
The festival allows Australian artists to develop their careers with discussion,
networking, skills development and performance opportunities. It is the first
time both artists have exhibited their work in a national context.
“My work is a performance without a performer present. Instead I use
recordings of uncanny narratives, and use my voice to mimic the intimacy of live
performance. This is the first time I’ve presented work in a festival context, so it’s
both exciting and challenging. I’m trying something that I haven’t tried before,”
says artist Elissa Ritson.
The two artists were selected by Constance ARI board member and emerging
curator Lucy Parakhina.
“This is a great opportunity to showcase local artists and ensure that Constance
ARI maintains a dialogue with the wider national independent arts community.
Rosengrave and Ritson have really engaging practices that sit well within the
experimental nature of Crack and This Is Not Art as a whole,” says Parakhina.
Dexter Rosengrave is a Hobart-based artist who works primarily in
photography. Her work attempts to highlight experiences and perspectives that
are often disregarded or hidden. She is currently completing her Bachelor of Fine
Arts at the University of Tasmania. Dexter’s work, ‘Mollie, age 5‘, is an installation
consisting of 30 days of 35mm film shot by a five-year-old girl and is
accompanied by a video interview.
Elissa Ritson is an emerging Hobart artist exploring the fluidity of self and
dynamics of social exchange. Her work, Cut Today, Sold Today, considers sensory
experience in the embodied present.
Constance ARI provides a fluid platform to support emerging contemporary
artists, collectives, and curators. As a siteless model, Constance activates nontraditional
spaces and fosters works that are site-responsive, experimental and
innovative.
For more information about Constance ARI, visit: constanceari.org
For more information about the Crack Theatre Festival and This Is Not Art, visit:
cracktheatrefest.com
www.thisisnotart.org
Lucy Parakhina
