Intimacy Hospital at Don’t Look Gallery
‘Intimacy Hospital’ explores intimate moments experienced by the artists, making public acts, events, spaces and moments that are normally hidden away. In a similar way that artist, Sophie Calle, adds personal decorations to a public phone booth, Intimacy Hospital will ‘curtain-off’ these moments placing them in the public space of the gallery for anonymous guests to view.
Frank Jones comes to terms with his hairy back in a video about showering in the rear alley of the gallery, David reveals his very intimate relationship with Fido… a red corduroy dog which he has slept with for almost 70 years, Jacqueline looks at the lover/carer relationship examining the medical paraphernalia involved in her mother and father’s relationship. The hospital is now open to the public…
WHAT: Intimacy Hospital WHO: By Alexis Armytage, David Urquhart, Frank Jones, Irit Pollak, Jacqueline Olivetti, Matt Rochford (the 2203 collective) and special guests WHEN: Opens Friday February 13, 6pm, Thur Feb 12 – Sat March 7 (exhibition) WHERE: Don’t Look Gallery, 419 New Canterbury Rd, Dulwich Hill, Sydney, NSW Ph: 0401 152 434, Email: dontlookgallery@gmail.com
COMING UP:
David O’Donoghue Sunday Feb 22, 6pm (performance)
This February David O’Donoghue presents a rare live sound performance for Don’t Look Gallery. O’Donoghue will be playing back and manipulating field recordings extracted from the urban fabric of Sydney and Melbourne over the past four years.
David Lynch’s Hands By Greg Shapley Opens Wednesday February 25, 6pm. Thur Feb 16 – Sat March 7 (exhibition)
While movie director, David Lynch, is giving interviews, saying the same old things to the same old people, his hands are giving their own performance. ‘David Lynch’s Hands’ uses a hypnotic visual version of the musical concept of phase minimalism to make Lynch’s digits dance.