Rebecca Baumann Once More with Feeling 2014, installation view at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Trivision Billboard, plexiglass, theatre spotlight, 3300 x 4300 x 140mm. Courtesy of the artist and Starkwhite. Photo Mark Dwyer
Exhibition
3 Sep — 27 Nov 2016
Set in Motion
A fascinating exhibition of light, sound and movementRoss Manning Six Short Films 2016. six overhead projectors, theatre gel, motors, internal timers, rollers and power supplies. Courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane. Photo Sam Hartnett
Taree Mackenzie Black Line Formation 2013. turnable, tripod, video camera, light box, balsa wood structure. Courtesy of the artist. Photo Sam Hartnett
Žilvinas Kempinas O2 20116. magnetic tape, fan. Private collection. Courtesy of the artist and Lio Malca, New York. Photo Sam Hartnett
Len Lye Colour Cry 1952, installation view at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Courtesy of the Len Lye Foundation. From material preserved and made available by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Photo Glenn Jeffrey
Len Lye Zebra 1965, 2009 reconstruction, installation view at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Len Lye Foundation Collection. Photo Glenn Jeffrey
Rebecca Baumann Once More with Feeling 2014, installation view at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Trivision Billboard, plexiglass, theatre spotlight, 3300 x 4300 x 140mm. Courtesy of the artist and Starkwhite. Photo Sam Hartnett
Set in Motion exhibition view, feat. Ross Manning's and Rebecca Baumann's work. Photo Sam Hartnett
Ross Manning Six Short Films 2016, installation view, detail. Courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane. Photo Sam Hartnett
Set in Motion exhibition view, feat. Žilvinas Kempinas', Taree Mackenzie' and Ross Manning's work. Photo Sam Hartnett
'We might say, speaking in terms of light, color, sounds, atoms, that nothing physical exists in a static state.' - Len Lye
Len Lye Zebra 1965, 2009 reconstruction. fibreglass wand, motor, wooden base. Len Lye Foundation Collection. Courtesy of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre. Photo Sam Hartnett
Each artist’s practice is an experimentation and improvisation with materials and movements.
The exploration of energy, rhythm and motion drove Lye’s experimentation over a 60 year career and a diverse range of media. Presenting kinetic sculpture and film from the Len Lye Foundation Collection alongside contemporary kinetic works by a new generation of artists, Set in Motion inspires us to consider the continued resonance of Len Lye’s work in the 21st century.
The four contemporary artists in this exhibition: Rebecca Baumann, Žilvinas Kempinas, Taree Mackenzie and Ross Manning, have important links with Len Lye, from their reuse of everyday technology and materials, to their experiments with movement along with light, colour and sound. The works in this exhibition trigger sensations beyond the visual, generating an energy and rhythm that actively engage viewers’ bodies and senses.
Curator: Sarah Wall
Nā te rangahau a Lye i te ngī, i te manawataki me te rangaranga i tere tonu aia ki tōna whakamātautau neke atu i te onotekau tau te pūkenga me te wānanga ki ngā kauwaka huhua. Ka whakahau a Set in Motion i a tātou ki te aru tonu i te whakarauoratanga o ngā mahi a Len Lye i te rautau 21 nei, me te aha e whakatairangahia ana ngā hanganga ā-ringa me te kiriata anō hoki mai i Len Lye Foundation Collection me ngā kaiwhakairoiro o tēnei uki.
He hononga tō ngā kaiwhakairoiro tokowhā nei, a Rebecca Baumann rātou ko Žilvinas Kempinas, ko Taree Mackenzie, ko Ross Manning ki a Len Lye, arā, ko tā rātou whakarauora anō i ngā hangarau me ngā matū o nāiarangi, me te aha ka whakamātauria e rātou te korikori ngātahi o te tūrama, te kano me te tangi anō hoki. Ka whakahihiri te whakaaturanga nei i ngā haurongo katoa ka pā ki tua o te tirohanga kanohi, me te aha ka hua mai te ngī me te manawataki hei whakawai i te mata me te tinana katoa o te kaimātai ki te mahinga toi.
Kaiwhakarite: Sarah Wall
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
