january

Media Studies continues Western Australian artist Bennett Miller’s ongoing thematic interests in human behaviour and in particular the many complicated relationships that exist between humans and the natural world.

This exhibition is a series of new video works and small sculptures, many of which remix or repurpose an existing aspect of popular culture. One example is an edit of the reality television show Survivor that is chopped down to feature only the moments in which an animal appears on the screen. Similarly, in a series of small kinetic sculptures we see existing media machines rewired to perform repetitive, often redundant tasks. In varying ways and contexts the video and sculptural works are linked thematically by a parody of the ways humans have altered and reinterpreted the environment that surrounds them.

Local audiences may be familiar with Miller’s work through his five-year presentation of a fake Amish community, Barnraiser which was presented by Lismore Regional Gallery at Splendour in the Grass.

Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun: 10am-4pm; Thurs: 10am-6pm
Entry by Donation
Lismore Regional Gallery
11 Rural Street, Lismore (map)
Sarah Harvey
02 6627 4600
art.gallery@lismore.nsw.gov.au
www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery
www.lismoregallery.org/

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Blinman Slag is an art/science exploration of mining slag waste from the Blinman Copper Mine in the Northern Flinders Ranges of South Australia.

Examining slag from historical, geological, mineralogical and cultural perspectives, the exhibition by Grayson Cooke explores the strange beauty of mining waste as a window into the enormous forces humankind exerts upon the earth. These forces are immense but frequently rationalised within narratives of technological progress or economic necessity.

While anti-mining activism uses public action and protest to draw attention to the negative environmental and social effects of resource extraction, this project takes a different approach, seeking new ways to manifest and image the changes wrought upon the earth by human activity.

Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun: 10am-4pm; Thurs: 10am-6pm
Entry by Donation
Lismore Regional Gallery
11 Rural Street, Lismore (map)
Sarah Harvey
02 6627 4600
art.gallery@lismore.nsw.gov.au
www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery
www.lismoregallery.org/

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‘Sign of the Times’ is the title for the new member’s exhibition at Blue Knob Hall Gallery. As these titles are often chosen the year before, it seems an appropriate theme given the current circumstances in Australia and worldwide. In times of great turmoil, there are often positive signs that come out of it all. We learn more, we become more informed out of necessity and many more people, young and old are speaking out about their future and what’s needed to look after this planet we live on.

 ‘Leaf Matters’ in The Solo Space, is an exhibition by Sue Boardman and Michael Hannan. "Leaf Matters" is a play on words, a springboard for ideas to inform the development of the exhibited works. It can mean topics surrounding leaves; it can refer to the significance of leaves, such as their ability to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere ("Leaves matter."); and it can indicate a mass of leaves ("leaf matter").

Thurs: 10-3pm; Fri: 10-3pm; Sat: 8.30-3pm; Sun: 10-3pm
Free Event
Blue Knob Hall & Gallery
719 Blue Knob Road, Lillian Rock (map)
02 6689 7449

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I am so very pleased to announce my first solo exhibition, titled 'Yugen' showcasing 15 of my abstract art pieces. This collection of work focuses on the theme of nature, emotions and movement.

With the warmest of hearts I thank you all. Hayley Sherriff from Emotiv Abstract Art xx.

Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm
Free Event
Serpentine Gallery
17a Bridge St, North Lismore (map)
0416 555 692
emotiv.abstract.art@gmail.com

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Featuring artists: Brook Andrew, Tony Clark, Peter Cooley, Geoffrey Hannah, Deborah Kelly, Belem Lett, Jennifer Leahy, Danie Mellor, Marc Newson, Técha Noble & Romance Was Born, Joan Ross, Justin Shoulder, Esme Timbery, Jenny Watson, Louise Zhang, Renjie Teoh (cartouches)

Rococo and Colonial are often considered to be disparate, undisputable categories that neatly divide periods of time. This separation offers little opportunity to consider parallel histories — how similar or different things might be happening elsewhere or at the same time.

RocoColonial examines the overlap between Rococo and Colonial and begins by acknowledging that both can be intrinsically related and link Australia to a wider, speculative world of multiple, concurrent histories. The exhibition features artists and designers, who in their varied practices are destabilising the dream of Australia Felix (the lucky country) and whose material and conceptual language opens up the paradigms of the Rococo and Colonial to contemporary reinterpretation and re-engagement.

Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun: 10am-4pm; Thurs: 10am-6pm
Entry by Donation
Lismore Regional Gallery
11 Rural Street, Lismore (map)
Sarah Harvey
02 6627 4600
art.gallery@lismore.nsw.gov.au
www.facebook.com/LismoreRegionalGallery
www.lismoregallery.org/

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Gentle yoga held early every Wednesday.

6.15am - 8am
Cost TBC
Birth and Beyond Nimbin
54 Cullen St Nimbin (map)
02 6689 1529

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The Nimbin Farmers' Market is a great opportunity to buy fresh produce with very limited food miles, including bread, meat, vegetables, tofu, cheeses, and other seasonal fruit and veges. All produce is grown locally, by local farmers, for the enjoyment and health benefits of locals and visitors to the village.

3pm - 6pm
Free Event
Green Bank Carpark
39 Cullen St, Nimbin (map)
Jason Grignan
02 6689 1512
jason@von-we.com

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