‘Cornered’ group exhibition

WHAT: ‘Cornered’ group exhibition WHO: The Don’t Look 2203 Collective & local artists WHEN: Opening:  Thursday 3rd of July @ 6pm, July 4-19, 2008 WHERE:  Don’t Look 2203, 419 New Canterbury Rd, Dulwich Hill (a block back from the corner of New Canterbury Rd and Marrickville Rd) Sydney CONTACT: Phone: Matt on 0404 654 757, Email: dontlookgallery@gmail.com ENTRY: Gold coin donation to assist with costs

Cornered In a world in which we increasingly spend time wandering aimlessly throughout the retail mazes of megamalls resembling small cities, worship frequently at the fluoro alters of the suburban convenience store and look more and more to the one stop super-dooper-market shop for the lot, the 2203 collective ask ‘what has become of the humble mixed business, the milkbar, the take-away, the corner shop?’

The 2203 collective and local artists have recreated the old milk bar, incorporating sound and video installations in Don’t Look 2203 Gallery in Dulwich Hill, Sydney, NSW. Utilising maps, images of ‘disappeared’ corner shops and optical illusion, the effect is eerie, mystical even, as the dusty, antiquated corner store finds new meaning in an age where the Westfield super-mall is king.

Don’t Look 2203 collective will also be showing off their zine collection and other mixed treats in the mixed-business section. There’s no telling what you’ll find down the back, behind the potatoes, in ‘Cornered’!