Hold me as I spill over
Join us for an examination exhibition of the practical component of Erin Hallyburton’s Masters of Fine Art research project, titled Fattening Spaces: Spatial and Material Practices for Challenging Anti-Fat Ideologies.
The project develops and explores the potential of ‘fattening’ as a methodology for sculptural practice. An understanding of fattening is developed through an investigation into fat as a material, an identity and a form of embodiment.
As materials, fats and oils can absorb and be absorbed, liquify and solidify, coat and protect, erode and dissolve. Informed by these material capabilities of fats and oils, this exhibition explores processed cheese and handmade liquorice as volatile and transformative materials. The exhibition leverages these volatile materialities to challenge normative conceptions of the body that fail to account for the ways in which certain bodies inhabit space differently. Sticky, melting material forms throw into doubt assumptions that bodies are coherent, sovereign, and autonomous and questions whether there are solid, tangible boundaries that separate a body from its surroundings.
By incorporating structures that can support the body such as chairs and rails, the exhibition questions how bodies inhabit the space of contemporary art. By challenging conventions that separate difference from normalcy in our conceptions of the body, the exhibition expands contemporary understandings of the body. The exhibition proposes strategies for sculptural practice that accommodate and care for different bodies, enriching the encounter with the artwork.
Event Details
- Date:
- 27 June 2024 at 10:00 am – 5 July 2024 at 5:00 pm
- Venue:
- MADA Gallery, Building D, Caulfield campus
- Categories:
- Fine Art; Gallery / Exhibition; Gallery: MADA Gallery
Description
Join us for an examination exhibition of the practical component of Erin Hallyburton’s Masters of Fine Art research project, titled Fattening Spaces: Spatial and Material Practices for Challenging Anti-Fat Ideologies.
The project develops and explores the potential of ‘fattening’ as a methodology for sculptural practice. An understanding of fattening is developed through an investigation into fat as a material, an identity and a form of embodiment.
As materials, fats and oils can absorb and be absorbed, liquify and solidify, coat and protect, erode and dissolve. Informed by these material capabilities of fats and oils, this exhibition explores processed cheese and handmade liquorice as volatile and transformative materials. The exhibition leverages these volatile materialities to challenge normative conceptions of the body that fail to account for the ways in which certain bodies inhabit space differently. Sticky, melting material forms throw into doubt assumptions that bodies are coherent, sovereign, and autonomous and questions whether there are solid, tangible boundaries that separate a body from its surroundings.
By incorporating structures that can support the body such as chairs and rails, the exhibition questions how bodies inhabit the space of contemporary art. By challenging conventions that separate difference from normalcy in our conceptions of the body, the exhibition expands contemporary understandings of the body. The exhibition proposes strategies for sculptural practice that accommodate and care for different bodies, enriching the encounter with the artwork.