In the Shadow of Photography showcased a visual essay by Slovakian-born Magda Stanová which reflected on how photography changes our social behaviour. Combining humour and philosophy, Stanová’s exhibition considered questions such as why photography causes stage fight and why photographs are rectangular when camera lens are circular. The exhibition included photographs, collages, drawing and video…

Clare Davies’ magical room, a miraculous memory, drifted between abstraction and figuration, immersing the viewer in a scaled up, three-dimensional installation which emanated from a strange, small drawing. With voluminous and linear elements receding and encroaching, the miraculous appeared potentially dark and awkward in this floating dreamscape. Fremantle-based Clare Davies has long been intoxicated by…

Guy Benfield presents a chaotic frontier pottery shop in celebration of the suburban and bohemian aspirations of the 1970s. His elaborate installation incorporates vast pots – paper mâché and ceramic, works on paper and video – vulgar and informed by absurdist theatre.   Benfield immerses himself in the earthy textures and feel of the 70s,…

The Detour was shot on location at the site of Castle Fun Park on the outskirts of Mandurah. More than a record of the demise of a theme park, Spiers expressed his disquiet about the insertion of fantastical Western European architectural vistas into this suburban bushland. As Spier’s melancholic images testified, the hermetic nature of…

Datadrum v.2.04  was an interactive video installation in which the transmission of sound became  visualised as it traveled across a model city.The video was mapped onto miniature architectural models and participants drummed on electronic pads to interact with the work, triggering sound and image events. This transmission reached out to people inside the Sixth Dimensional…

Apocalypse is an enduring theme that has permeated Western culture for millennia. While the end of the world as we know it is traditionally figured in religious terms, apocalypse is continually redefined in new contexts and continues to feature in the popular imagination.   Revelations presents the contemporary interpretations of six Western Australian artists with…

Well into the seventies, Fremantle remained the first port of call for most immigrants entering the country by sea. As a port city, the memory of Fremantle is forever etched in the minds of many a migrant, or ‘New Australian’. The narratives behind Lloyd Triestino begin with that experience. An intimate, nostalgic exhibition, Lloyd Triestino…

Vision exhibited a selection of prints and drawings from the City of Fremantle Art Collection which related to ideas and the expression of an ecstatic inspiration or epiphany. A feeling of realization, to illuminate a deeper understanding whether psychological or literal is an experience often associated with the process of art making. Visual artists attempting…

In an ambitious installation, Paul Uhlmann extended  his enquiries into the interconnectedness of all living things beyond the two-dimensional, and into the grounds of Fremantle Arts Centre. Visitors were able to enjoy his exhibition from the vantage point of the Centre’s upstairs verandah simultaneously looking into the gallery and looking out over the grounds. As…

Acclaimed Western Australian artist Tim Burns produced his artist’s book A Pedestrian Series of Postcards in 1976. It documents his guerrilla – style postcard project and subsequent print media response to his campaign to raise public opinion regarding the introduction of pedestrian crossings in Mildura, a regional City in northern Victoria. Burns’ relationship with Mildura began in…