Another collaboration of multi-dimensional works appealing to all senses will be on show at Wollongong Art Gallery from Friday night.
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Phosphene is a collection of works by Jackie Cavallaro, Tamryn Bennett, Tamara Elkins and Memo Batiz, running until May 8th.
The art-lover is taken on a journey through the gallery which has been transformed by collage, poetry, dance, smell and sound - so to explore our “physical and spiritual connection with nature”.
'I think [multi-platform exhibitions] are so rich and so multi-layered. You’re being stimulated.'
Cavallaro works predominantly with paper and uses images from art history combined, coloured, layered and cut-out to create enigmatic narratives.
“I just collect images … it’s kind of like they find me and I just cut them out so I have a library of images,” she said.
“[My works] are very dreamy and not really thought out, but afterwards I can kind of see a repetitive element like reflections … and having inversions.”
“Exquisite” words by poet Tamryn Bennett are woven through her works pinned along the gallery walls - the pair having collaborated since 2008.
“We have a really similar sensibility,” said Cavallaro. “I really enjoy collaborating. The beautiful thing is the spaces between what you do and the other person does. I think that’s where the magic is.”
Elkins is an interpretive dancer and will have her piece beamed onto one of the walls of the gallery amongst the rest of the works.
Her partner Batiz mixes trees with visuals and a soundscape taken from NASA of the moon, earth and plants dying.
“I think [multi-platform exhibitions] are so rich and so multi-layered. You’re being stimulated,” said Cavallaro. “I think it’s a really rich show.”
Meanwhile Cavallaro believes the arts scene is going from strength to strength.
She has recently returned from 12 months in Europe and has seen so much growth and change.
“I know for me, there’s a real sense of well-being from just being immersed among good art.”
Phosphene will be officially opened by the University of Wollongong’s Associate Professor Shady Cosgrove Friday February 26th at 6:30pm. www.wollongongartgallery.com
