Hypnosis of the Spectacle

 Private view Friday 25th March 2011: 7pm – 9pm 

Open Saturday 26th March – Sunday 10th April 

 Thurs – Sun 12pm – 5pm

Backlit is proud to announce the opening of the new exhibition Hypnosis of the Spectacle.  Featuring works by Terry Buchanan, Claire Beale and Aethan Wills Hypnosis of the Spectacle highlights those reflective moments where a distraction, a fleeting thought or a flash of cognizance can stop you dead in your tracks.  In Hypnosis of the Spectacle we look at capturing these moments, remembering or exposing them and therefore removing them from their typical, ephemeral context.

Terry Buchanan: The Torment, Photograph, 2009

Holding his head high in the proud manner of a royal prince, he surveyed those who were set to prosecute him, each one devoid of conscience or guilt. They were no greater or lesser than he, and yet, their determined pursuit of his annihilation was intensified by sacrificial torment. Perhaps life was the true definition of hell, and death, the greater blessing. He blessed them.

Claire Beale: Four rolls of argentum candela and niger candela, 2009 

Aethan Wills: SnowScape (Sapporo), 2010 

 

 

Main Gallery:

Terry Buchanan

Aethan Wills

Claire Beale

 

Studio Gallery:

Theo Reeves-Evison

 

Project Space:

No Shway Man!

No Shway Man! is an attempt to utilise the mechanisms of Feng Shui to maximise the potential lying untapped within the works of Alice Gale-Feeny, Gavin Frankhorn, John Harris, Tim Hattrick, Kryssy Naylor, Alex Pain, Finbar Jon Prior and Calvin Sangster. Unifying the works into a single experience.

A local Feng Shui consultant has been given total authority in the curation of the space. Enter the space with an open mind to this unfamiliar convention of considering objects.

 

 

Double up!  Pop to Backlit after Surface Gallery where Series No. 2 is Opening by Kyle Hands from 6-8pm.

http://www.surfacegallery.org/index.php/whats_on/kyle_hands_series_no_2/