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2006 Gallery Program launched
3 January, 2006
Two exhibitions that look at human/environment interaction will open at The University Gallery on Thursday 12 January 12 at 6pm - the first exhibition for 2006.
Organic Simulcast by Debbie Livingston and Green Man Resurrected by Phyllis Araneo will be officially opened by Dr Valerie Lewis, Acting President of the Sunshine Coast Environment Council Inc.
Organic Simulcast is an essay of photographic digital prints and projections about the micro and macro world of nature and our built environment from a local perspective.
The exhibition aims to simulate a virtual experience for the viewer to evoke awareness about nature and human encroachment.
It uses interpretive methods of design, photography, film and sound to communicate an appreciation for our natural resources.
New media is a perfect format for USC lecturer Debbie Livingston's spatial art experience - you can almost breathe in the lushness of her topic according to Dawn Oelrich, Gallery Curator.
"She uses a variety of overlapping images and ideas to explore themes of encroachment and changes in the landscape," Ms Oelrich said.
"Some photographs were taken from the cockpit of a Tiger Moth and it give such an atmospheric look to the work."
Phyllis Araneo's paintings in Green Man Resurrected explore her contention that the Green Man image emerges through popular cultural art forms when there is a marked change in the relationship between nature and humanity.
The exhibit looks at the power of the image to affect people's belief systems in relation to nature.
By using painting, Ms Araneo follows the mythology of the 'Green Man' gathered from her research spanning history and crossing cultures.
Her work explores several disciplines including art, philosophy and environmentalism. In some of the paintings, Ms Araneo uncovers resident Australian faces in the leaves, giving a contemporary voice to the message of human oneness with the natural world.
Through Ms Araneo's work, the Green Man personifies the eradication of the man-nature dualism which many ecologists, scientists, artists, politicians and others see as the root of our environmental crisis.
"The Green Man comes back when he is needed and he is keeping an eye on us. Once you see the exhibition you will be seeing the Green Man in everything," said Ms Oelrich.
Organic Simulcast and Green Man Resurrected run until Saturday 11 February.
The University Gallery, located at the campus on Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs, is open to the public from 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday and Saturday from 1 to 4pm. The Gallery is closed Sundays and public holidays. Entry is free.
The 2006 USC Gallery Exhibition Program is proudly supported by Coastline BMW.