Image credit: Quiet Breathing, 2018, mixed media, image courtesy of the artist
Join Constance Artist Run Initiative on the evening of Wednesday 28th March at 5pm for the
opening celebration of ‘Quiet Breathing’, an exhibition of new works by artist Pirrin Francis.
Francis is a Hobart-based artist who works with installation, text, photography, sound, moving
image and sculpture. Her practice is concerned with compiling and re-constructing personal
narratives to create spaces where reality and imagination intersect. These stories arise out of
lived experiences as well as an interest in mythologies and the natural environment.
Francis graduated from Queensland University of Technology with first class honours in 2011,
and has exhibited nationally and internationally in solo, group and collaborative exhibitions in
Brisbane, Melbourne and Lille (France).
Francis says of the exhibition:
“When I started making work for this show, I was getting over a bout of
homesickness. I sought familiarity through everyday rituals; getting into bed
every night and sleeping became this safe, welcome experience that I would
look forward to. I became interested in dreams as alternate timelines or
narratives and how the process of retelling these events often felt so similar to
recalling memories. I found myself romanticizing memories of home, until they
almost felt like fiction; like a personal mythology. In an attempt to maintain some
kind of connection and intimacy with home I kept a dream diary and collected
transcripts of my family’s dreams over several months with an aim of finding
links between us despite our physical distance.”
Constance Co-Chair Liam James says of the show:
“This is CONSTANCE’s first programming for the year and we are so elated to be
starting with this show. It is exciting to begin our 2018 calendar with a brand new
commissioned solo show by early-career artist Pirrin Francis. She is among many great
young artist who have relocated to the state and enriching our local arts community.”
“We are also delighted to be working with the University again who foster and develop
artists in such a broad range of ways, their ongoing support for the community is
outstanding.”
The exhibition will be located in the Loading Dock space at the School of Creative Arts on
Hunter Street, and will be open on the following dates:
Thursday 29th 10am – 5pm
Saturday 31st 10am – 5pm
Sunday 1st 10am – 5pm
Saturday 7th 10am – 5pm
Sunday 8th 10am – 5pm
Visit: http://constanceari.org
