Monday, May 4, 2009
new show at utopian slumps
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INVITATION
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Akira Akira
ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR (PROVISIONAL TITLE)
OPENING FRIDAY 8 MAY 6 ‑ 9PM
EXHIBITION SAT 9 UNTIL SAT 23 MAY
AT UTOPIAN SLUMPS
5/25 EASEY STREET COLLINGWOOD
GALLERY HOURS: WED‑SAT 12‑6PM
OTHER TIMES BY APPOINTMENT: 0403 009 291
Non‑profit curator‑run arts initiative Utopian Slumps is pleased to announce
the opening of ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR (PROVISIONAL TITLE) by Akira
Akira from 6 ‑ 9pm on Friday 8 May 2009.
ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR (PROVISIONAL TITLE) marks Akira¹s first
solo exhibition in Melbourne. PROVISIONAL TITLE at Utopian Slumps is the
second instalment from the ongoing series ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR,
following WORKING TITLE at Canberra Contemporary Art Space in 2008.
ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR is an ongoing project, presenting an
unstable body of work in constant transformation, a topological process
through which the artworks¹ relationships with different architectural
spaces and institutional frameworks are in constant negotiation.
At the centre of the project both physically and conceptually sits
Spillberg, an ongoing work from Akira that was first realised in late 2005.
Through a number of its physical manifestations and other investigations
undertaken concurrently, Spillberg has become a substance that contains
several varying degrees of viscosity, hence fluidity, velocity and speed
within its singularity. For PROVISIONAL TITLE, Akira continues to
investigate this idea of multi‑viscous entity in an increasingly expansive
manner by incorporating a combination of architectural fragments, geological
condensation and sculptural spillage.
Born in Japan, Akira lives and works in Adelaide, South Australia. He
completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the South Australian School of Art in
2005 and has since held several solo exhibitions including All that is solid
melts into air, Cube Contemporary Art Space, Canberra, 2008; Paint that
never dries, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, 2006 and Modular 4,
Project Space, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, 2003.
Select group exhibitions include Persuasion Equation, Linden Centre for
Contemporary Arts, Melbourne, Against Amnesiacs! Lifestyle Showroom,
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, 2006; Someone shows something to someone,
Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 2006; Things will be great, MOP, Sydney,
2006 and Mentor/Mentored, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, 2005.
Akira¹s work is held in the collection of the University of South Australia.
THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR (PROVISIONAL TITLE) will take place at Utopian
Slumps, 5/25 Easey St, Collingwood (via alley) from 9 to 23 May 2009. For
further information please contact Melissa Loughnan on 0403 009 291 or
melissa@utopianslumps.org.
Founding Director
Utopian Slumps
5/25 Easey St Collingwood VIC 3066
Gallery hours Wed to Sat 12 ‑ 6pm
www.utopianslumps.org
INVITATION
‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑
Akira Akira
ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR (PROVISIONAL TITLE)
OPENING FRIDAY 8 MAY 6 ‑ 9PM
EXHIBITION SAT 9 UNTIL SAT 23 MAY
AT UTOPIAN SLUMPS
5/25 EASEY STREET COLLINGWOOD
GALLERY HOURS: WED‑SAT 12‑6PM
OTHER TIMES BY APPOINTMENT: 0403 009 291
Non‑profit curator‑run arts initiative Utopian Slumps is pleased to announce
the opening of ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR (PROVISIONAL TITLE) by Akira
Akira from 6 ‑ 9pm on Friday 8 May 2009.
ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR (PROVISIONAL TITLE) marks Akira¹s first
solo exhibition in Melbourne. PROVISIONAL TITLE at Utopian Slumps is the
second instalment from the ongoing series ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR,
following WORKING TITLE at Canberra Contemporary Art Space in 2008.
ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR is an ongoing project, presenting an
unstable body of work in constant transformation, a topological process
through which the artworks¹ relationships with different architectural
spaces and institutional frameworks are in constant negotiation.
At the centre of the project both physically and conceptually sits
Spillberg, an ongoing work from Akira that was first realised in late 2005.
Through a number of its physical manifestations and other investigations
undertaken concurrently, Spillberg has become a substance that contains
several varying degrees of viscosity, hence fluidity, velocity and speed
within its singularity. For PROVISIONAL TITLE, Akira continues to
investigate this idea of multi‑viscous entity in an increasingly expansive
manner by incorporating a combination of architectural fragments, geological
condensation and sculptural spillage.
Born in Japan, Akira lives and works in Adelaide, South Australia. He
completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the South Australian School of Art in
2005 and has since held several solo exhibitions including All that is solid
melts into air, Cube Contemporary Art Space, Canberra, 2008; Paint that
never dries, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, 2006 and Modular 4,
Project Space, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, 2003.
Select group exhibitions include Persuasion Equation, Linden Centre for
Contemporary Arts, Melbourne, Against Amnesiacs! Lifestyle Showroom,
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, 2006; Someone shows something to someone,
Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 2006; Things will be great, MOP, Sydney,
2006 and Mentor/Mentored, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, 2005.
Akira¹s work is held in the collection of the University of South Australia.
THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR (PROVISIONAL TITLE) will take place at Utopian
Slumps, 5/25 Easey St, Collingwood (via alley) from 9 to 23 May 2009. For
further information please contact Melissa Loughnan on 0403 009 291 or
melissa@utopianslumps.org.
Founding Director
Utopian Slumps
5/25 Easey St Collingwood VIC 3066
Gallery hours Wed to Sat 12 ‑ 6pm
www.utopianslumps.org
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