Shimmering Spaces 2
13 April / 05 May 2013
Stockroom Kyneton
Victoria, Australia
Shimmering Spaces 2
project 2: Rumour
project 3: Bespoke
project 4: A.E.I.O.U.
project 5: Reading from Both Sides
The exhibition included 4 projects as part of the three exhibitions titled; Shimmering Spaces. The artworks include, Bespoke, a large-format photograph as the displaced artist dressed as the quintessential English gentleman. A video work titled A.E.I.O.U. exploring issuing relating to language and expectations. Two objects including an artwork titled, Rumour, which is a dazzling stick slowly rotating in a bed of flour (atta). The artworks are part of Rhett d’ Costa’s PhD studies and examine issues relating to national cultural identity, specifically in the context of his dual Anglo-Indian ethnicity. Each of the artworks employs a range of strategies including humour and irony to consider issues of authenticity and belonging.
