Eddie Abd’s ‘The unbearable right to see and be seen,’ Katy B Plummer’s Margaret and the Grey Mare’ and Leanne Tobin’s ‘Memories of Water (Badu)’
You are invited to attend a private preview of our summer suite of exhibitions at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (CPAC) from 3:30pm, Friday 8 December 2023.
This invitation is non-transferable, and places are strictly limited.Please RSVP by Thursday, 30 November, 5pm.This afternoon preview will introduce three ambitious solo exhibitions by
Eddie Abd, Katy B Plummer, and Leanne Tobin, all commissioned by CPAC.
Guests will be welcomed over drinks and appetisers at Bellbird Dining and Bar, a unique opportunity to meet the artists and preview the Bellbird summer menu.
Following a brief introduction from Luke Létourneau, Curatorial and Collections Lead, the artists will guide guests through their exhibitions and provide valuable insights into key themes and artworks.These exhibitions represent each of the artists' most ambitious projects to date. All pose sharp questions about this contemporary moment, and consider ideas of image-making, the troubling gifts passed down through lineage, and making community and belonging within the scars of colonisation.
Program3:30pm – Guests Arrive
4pm – Welcome and introduction by Luke Létourneau (Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre)
4:30pm – Leanne Tobin will guide guests through her exhibition
‘Memories of Water (Badu)’5:00pm – Eddie Abd will guide guests through her exhibition ‘
The unbearable right to see and be seen’5:30pm – Katy B Plummer will guide guest through her exhibition
‘Margaret and the Grey Mare’7:00pm – Event Close
ABOUT THE EXHIBITIONS‘The unbearable right to see and be seen’ by Eddie Abd‘The unbearable right to see and be seen’ is a new major solo exhibition by artist Eddie Abd. The exhibition explores the tension between self-representative image making and the gaze, inviting an examination of the values we assign to the images that we create and consume. Using both digital images and embroidery, Abd investigates opposing notions converging: modern/ancestral, the homeland/country, the curated/mundane and the digital/tactile.
‘Margaret and the Grey Mare’ by Katy B PlummerMARGARET AND THE GREY MARE (Katy B PLUMMER, music by Sally Whitwell) is an opera, a fever dream about an opera and an immersive video installation. It was made in collaboration with a chatbot, coded to act as a channel to an ancient Celtic land spirit. The project takes place in a nameless forest at the height of the European witch-trials, and explores the possibilities of Artificial Intelligence as oracle, witchcraft as a feminist framework, and the troubling gifts passed down through lineage.
‘Memories of Water (Badu)’ by Leanne Tobin‘Memories of Water (Badu)’ reveals glimpses of life from pre and post colonisation in this region where the Georges River flows. The exhibition provides a insight into the often-overlooked Cabragal Dharug connection to badu (water) and Ngurra (country). Tobin has a long history with Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, however ‘Memories of Water (Badu)’ marks her first solo exhibition with us.
For any media enquiries, please contact:Alexandra Mitchell (Curatorial Assistant and Exhibitions Administrator)
02 8711 7726 |
MitchellA@casulapowerhouse.comPhotos by Garry Trinh
