
David Clegg Café Bräunerhof, Stallburggasse 2, Vienna, 29 May 2016 detail from loca projects 2016. Courtesy of the artist
Exhibition
6 Aug — 5 Nov 2017
David Clegg: loca projects / correction
An ongoing project that proposes a re-engagement with reading and listeningDavid Clegg Manchester Street bridge, Christchurch, 20 February 2015. From loca projects 2015. Courtesy of the artist
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This body of work assembles recent photography, sound recordings and text from a variety of times and places, most particularly gathered in New Plymouth, Christchurch and Vienna in response to the writing of Thomas Bernhard and Sergio Chejfec.
What emerges from the exhibition is a sense of being both in and out of place and time. In Clegg’s relationship to his surroundings, the flow and contingency of everyday life are gently evoked, and space seems constructed through the senses, memory and the imagination. Clegg’s practice allows us to momentarily glimpse, in often-overlooked spaces, what may otherwise be dismissed as commonplace.
Curated by Sophie O’Brien and Tendai John Mutambu