In Transit has been a six-month pilot program that proposed new ways of utilising disused buildings in public sites. Two shops in the Wellington Street Bus Station were turned into screen spaces and graced with predominantly new works from 46 early career artists aged under 35.

A big thank you to all the artists involved (in the order they exhibited): Tom Freeman, Gian Manik, Ocea Sellar, Julian Stadon, Hannah Jackson, Jacob Ogden Smith, Tom Penney,  Elise/Jurgen, Laura Hindmarsh, Claire Krouzecky, Jamie Macchiusi, Steve Berrick, Lisa Businovski, Mat de Koning, Kenta McGrath, Kate Faulds, Oliver Kellow, Tom Cramond, Erin Coates, Sohan Ariel Hayes, Lee Kennedy, Markela Panegyres, Benchwork, Darius Kowal, Caris McCabe, Elizabeth Pedler, Tatjana Seserko, Ian Cox, Rebecca Girling, Jen Pitch, Alan Wade, Alan Arazo, Emma Bland, Dylan Hewson, Michelle Williamson, Jostein Larsen, Thao Ly, Stacey Northey and Jared Rowe.

It was wonderful to have this opportunity to show their works to the general public, and I sincerely hope the project sets a precendent for future screen space exhibitions within the city.

A big thank you to editor FayAnn D’Souza and photographer Daniel Grant for their assistance in creating and documenting the exhibitions. Below, the final gallery from Daniel capturing works from ECU’s Student Exhibtion.

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Please contact katie (at) foodchainperth.com with any queries about In Transit.

Three of four student exhibitions have been shown, so now there’s a heap of great installation images by Daniel Grant for your browsing pleasure.

First, a series documenting Exhibition 7, which featured Darius Kowal, Caris McCabe, Elizabeth Pedler and Tatjana Seserko from UWA.

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A selection of images from Curtin students Alan Arazo, Emma Bland, Dylan Hewson and Michelle Williamson.

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And a gallery showcasing Ian Cox, Rebecca Girling, Jennifer Pitch and Alan Wade from Central TAFE.

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I’ve been away for almost a month, so sorry for the delay in posting info about the recent exhibitions – wifi was not as plentiful as expected during my travels. There have been a couple of great exhibitions from Curtin and Central TAFE students, and I’m just about to install the final in the student exhibition series. Head down before October 24 so you can check out what ECU students have produced over the past few years, and keep checking the website as you will soon be inundated with install pics of Exhibitions 7-9!

In Transit’s six month trial is almost up, but I’m doing my best to ensure that the spaces continue to operate until the bus station is demolished. I’m interested in working with guest curators too, so if you’re interested in programming the spaces for a fortnight or want to share ideas, feedback or critique, get in contact - katie (at) foodchainperth.com

Jostein Larsen
Nicklas Learns to Fly, 2009

Thao Ly
Moving Still, 2005

Stacey Northey
Kalos Eidos Scope, 2009

Jared Rowe
Undertow, 2007
Revolve, 2006

The fourth in the series of foodchain’s In Transit student exhibitions sees Edith Cowan University’s Film and Video lecturer, George Karpathakis, select a collection of dynamic works from ECU graduates.

Jostein Larsen, Thao Ly, Stacey Northey and Jared Rowe impressed Karpathakis when studying at the university, and he selected their works partly because of their strong visual presence and their ability to resonate with the viewer despite their lack of sound. They screen at two sites within the Wellington Street Bus Station from October 11-24.

Jared Rowe examines new ways of traversing the city through Revolve, which follows a skater as he fluidly navigates public spaces including laneways, carparks, alleys and footpaths. His film Undertow guides the viewer through a moody close-focus examination of the space beneath a jetty.

Nominated during the 2005 ISA Festival and Awards and the 2005 WA Screen Awards, Thao Ly’s Moving Still takes the viewer from an oscillating cityscape to a strikingly coloured dreamscape via the conduit of a dreamy young girl’s imagination. Days pass and terrains change before multiples of the girl meet up for some fun beneath the DNA tower.

Stacey Northey’s experimental Kalos Eidos Scope juxtaposes a curious eye with the hypnotic, glittery patterns found within a kaleidoscope. As the work progresses, tension builds through a constantly rotating viewpoint and increasingly quick cuts between the peering eye and the mesmerising patterns.

Jostein Larsen presents a humorous stop-motion short, Nicklas Learns to Fly. A sky-gazing boy wistfully climbs trees and stairs with the hope of becoming airborne. After falling asleep, he ‘awakens’ to discover he has the ability to fly, and promptly hangs high above the city, arms outstretched. As darkness falls and with the moon in the distance, he decides it’s time to fly home.

Browse through the below gallery to see a series of stills drawn from these student works.

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Ian Cox
Random, 2010

Rebecca Girling
Sleepless, 2010

Jennifer Pitch
Say, 2007
Colours, 2009
Tears, 2009

Alan Wade
MadGlow 3, 2010
Random, 2010 (collaboration with Ian Cox)

As part of a commitment to support the exhibition of new works by early career artists, foodchain invited video and new media art lecturers from Perth art schools (UWA, Curtin, ECU and Central TAFE) to select four student exhibitors to participate in fortnightly exhibitions.

Jeremy Blank, Central TAFE’s Coordinator of Electronic Arts, selected Ian Cox, Rebecca Girling and Alan Wade from the Visual Arts Diploma course, as well as Jennifer Pitch, who is currently completing her Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts.

The works range in scope from pulsating experiments in light and colour to innovative narratives that creatively represent the heady emotions of sleeplessness and heartache. Others in the series utilise inventive filming techniques, traversing familiar city environments via the viewpoint of a rotating bicycle wheel to redefine the manner in which audiences view their surrounds.

Browse through a series of stills drawn from these student works and be inspired by the burgeoning creative output of a new generation of outstanding young artists.

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An image from Michelle Williamson's 2010 series depicting levitating bodies

Michelle Williamson
By Candlelight, 2010

Michelle Williamson was born in Perth in 1991, and is currently completing the second year of her Fine Arts studies at Curtin University. Her practice traverses digital photography, painting and media and electronic arts, where she maintains an interest in stop-motion animation.

For In Transit, Michelle exhibits a new work, By Candlelight. The video was created during her studies earlier in the year and forms part of a larger body of work exploring ‘the impossible’. A series of digital photographs depicting levitating bodies was also created to accompany the work – a still from this series is included above. Utilising stop-motion filming techniques to capture the process of lighting a group of candles, the work resites the viewer into a realm where the imagination is encouraged to take over, and their surroundings are open for interpretation.

Still from By Candlelight, 2010 by Michelle Williamson

Still from By Candlelight, 2010 by Michelle Williamson

Still from By Candlelight, 2010 by Michelle Williamson

Still from By Candlelight, 2010 by Michelle Williamson

Still from Unity, 2010 by Dylan Hewson

Dylan Hewson
Unity, 2010

Dylan Hewson is an independent media artist and second year Fine Arts student at Curtin University. His video practice is informed by studies of light and texture and how they respond to organic forms and movement. His work aims to create a sense of aesthetic cohesion for the viewer, giving substance and form to various surfaces via illumination.

Unity is a collection of experiments in light and movement that utilise the shifting terrain of the artist’s body to give dynamic form to illuminated fabric. Using only a torch, the artist’s form and clothing, it attempts to develop an evasive abstraction with the aim of eliciting a range of responses, aesthetic and otherwise, from the viewer.

Still from Unity, 2010 by Dylan Hewson

Still from Unity, 2010 by Dylan Hewson

Still from Unity, 2010 by Dylan Hewson

Still from Waiting, 2010 by Emma Bland

Emma Bland
Waiting, 2010

Emma Bland was born in Perth in 1991, and is currently completing the second year of her Fine Arts studies at Curtin University. Her practice spans digital photography, print media and media art, in particular, stop motion animation.

Waiting, 2010 is new work and marks Emma’s first foray into illustrated animation. Set within a familiar bus station environment, it is a succinct study into ways in which individuals react to the imposition of waiting in a fast-paced, modern world. With dynamic linework that embodies the frenetic pace of the public transport hub, Waiting is a sensitive study that furthers Emma’s interest in stop motion animation.

Still from Waiting, 2010 by Emma Bland

Still from Waiting, 2010 by Emma Bland

Still from Waiting, 2010 by Emma Bland

Still from Altered Vision, 2009 by Alan Arazo

Alan Arazo
Altered Vision, 2009 

Alan Arazo is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Arts at Curtin University. His practice encompasses media arts, digital photography and video editing. For In Transit’s Curtin Student Exhibition, he debuts a recent work – a kaleidoscopic video entitled Altered Vision, 2009.

Altered Vision explores how the interpretation and understanding of daily routines can be seen from dynamic new perspectives. As the work progresses, still images are incorporated into a final sequence that reveals a version of reality that is rarely experienced.

Alan says, “The hyper-colour quality of the work captures the attention of the audience, encouraging them to ponder how the distorted imagery can be translated into objects with a ‘real-life’ presence. An aim in constructing the work is to encourage the viewer to continue to play this ‘guessing game’. As the work nears completion, the established visual language is quickly interrupted by a series of ‘unsettling’ and ‘awkward’ images. The viewer is left to question why these images were introduced, and the impact they have in informing and initiating broader interpretations of the work.”

Still from Altered Vision, 2009 by Alan Arazo

Still from Altered Vision, 2009 by Alan Arazo

Still from Altered Vision, 2009 by Alan Arazo

You can browse through some installation snaps by Daniel Grant of Exhibition 6. Thanks to Benchwork, Sohan Ariel Hayes, Lee Kennedy and Markela Panegyres for allowing us to screen their fantastic, and in most cases new, video works.

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