As we emerge from the post-pandemic vacuum that saw human experience morph in new metaphysical and unphysical ways, we begin to reimagine our utopias. Can we still be whole when we are fluid and unfixed? By working collaboratively and through improvisation, ‘Unfolding Traces’ transforms the Hangar into an immersive space that has the marks and aesthetic values of individual ecosystems yet presents a new being, frozen mid-flux. This complex entity tells stories of infinite transformation, inviting the audience to explore what our cyborg and hybrid identities mean to our sense of community, place, and future worlding. The exhibition weaves together divergent perspectives across the Painting, Sculpture, CAP, Print, Ceramics & Glass departments bound by themes of displacement, cultural bodies and transient identity. Multifaceted approaches suggest fragmental thinking, fluid borders and the blurring of spatial boundaries. Theme and method become one as we work to expand notions of distinct disciplines by rejecting the boundaries and definitions implied by tradition, and forge new ways of being and creating through interpersonal and interdisciplinary play.
Curated by Pigeon Park
Photos by Louis Thornton