SCIENCE AND ARTS FESTIVAL
17—24 AUGUST 2002, HOBART, TASMANIA
 

The artists

Patrick Hall

Patrick's and fellow artist, Di Allison's, collaboration is with Russell Bradford.

Objects have a secret language.  Those objects we choose to surround ourselves with, and the way they are gathered, stored and ordered can reveal unspoken narratives. Objects are the physical residue of our experience.  They can trace our past, provide evidence of our losses and map our journeys.

With such concepts as these in mind recent work has focused upon the cabinet as a powerful metaphor for expressing the personal.  The intimate and secret spaces of the cabinet provide the opportunity to create a catalogue or museum of private worlds.

http://www.hallison.com

Title: Cargo of strangers (detail).
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Title: A small museum of forgotten objects.
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