In response to Brent Harris’ exhibition Surrender and Catch, South Australian artist Emmaline Zanelli has designed a space for participants to engage in sensory play to experiment with biomorphism - a key technique used in Surrealism. This Studio prioritises ephemerality, transience, and going with the flow.
Visitors to the Studio will learn about Biomorphism which is a technique used by Surrealists characterised by shapes and bodies abstracted and simplified, often resembling microscopic organisms or confusing, unplaceable hybrid living forms. The ephemeral images that participants will make from cardboard will be photographed from above and projected onto the wall, further abstracting the shapes that are created. Funhouse mirrors will also line the walls, providing opportunity for visitors to see strange biomorphic possibilities inspired by their own reflections.
About Emmaline Zanelli
Emmaline (b.1994) is a lens-based artist uses combinations of video, photography, sculpture and performance. Influenced by aesthetics of absurdity and surrealism, she creates work that finds humour and meaning in the everyday. In recent years, her work has explored themes related to fabrication, memory, and labour.
From 2016 - 2023, Emmaline was a co-director of The Bait Fridge, a multi-arts collective based in Tarndanya delivering musical and visual performances across a wide variety of venues from a shopping mall to a public pool. The collective has a central focus on open-format youth workshop experiences, and has worked with young people in Tarndanya as well as regional communities interstate to make process based art including disco parties, temporary fountains and cubby building. This practice increasingly influences Emmaline's personal arts practice, fostering an interest in youth cultures
Free and Open daily, with facilitated sessions on weekends & school holidays - 10am-5pm.