About this Event
Visit the gallery outside of regular opening hours: an evening viewing of Apologue Isle
For one evening only, Contemporary Art Tasmania is extending the viewing hours for Apologue Isle. It is free to attend, but places are limited to ensure that audience members are able to enjoy the artworks.
The show runs for approximately 75 minutes. If you would like to view every artwork in full, please arrive no later than 6pm as the gallery will close at 7.30pm.
A project by Andy Hutson in collaboration with Rob Braslin, Robert O’Connor, Merinda Sainty, Theresa Sainty, Kartanya Maynard, Nunami Sculthorpe-Green, Andy Hutson, Ben Yardley, Aaron Everett, Nala Mansell, Kulai Sculthorpe, Erin Hortle, Gabbee Stolp, Mat Ward, Laura Imbruglia, Tom O’Hern, Andrew Hawley, Ethan Rawlins, Kim Jaeger, Sylvie Jaeger, Cheryl Mundy, Rachel Meyers, Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta, Jolie Everett, Sam George-Allen, Genevieve Griffiths, Alex Last, Fiona Hall and Nick Kirmos
Apologue Isle combines storytelling, puppetry and kinetic sculpture, with an increasing sense of urgency to address the fractured relationship between people and nature.
An apologue is a moral fable that lends primacy to non-human entities as drivers of narrative. This project foregrounds nature by giving a tangible voice to the land of Lutruwita/Tasmania. Handmade mechanical puppets in the shape of humans, animals, plants, geological forms and natural forces converse, telling stories of discovery, loss, regeneration and awakening.
For each of the five stories there is a script writer, set builder, musician, and several narrators. Like a Surrealist exquisite corpse, the project has evolved in stages as scripts were developed, sets and puppets designed and built, music composed, and dialogue recorded; each stage building on the one before. The outcome is more than these combined creative endeavours, however: Apologue Isle is also a community of creative people, brought together through the shared ideas and experience of the project.
Accessibility information: Explicit language. Transcripts and roomsheet available via hardcopy or website.
More info: https://contemporaryarttasmania.org/programs/apologue-isle/
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Contemporary Art Tasmania, 27 Tasma Street, North Hobart, Australia
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