installation view. galerie pompom. photographic documentation by Jessica Maurer
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(no) vacancy (2017)
exhibited at galerie pompom in sydney, may 2017 single-channel 4k video (34 minutes, 38 seconds) with soundtrack cinematography by alex mcggovern music composed by andrew mclellan (no) vacancy is a video work produced in response to a self-directed residency in remote western queensland. drawing on tropes of the gothic novel and employing tactics seen in australian gothic cinema, the work enlists the barren desert landscape as the unfathomable menace to the human psyche. essay by simone hine and kyle weise: (no) vacancy - jarrod van der ryken |