Exhibition Opening: Members, Grant and Wilson

In PhotoAccess’ annual Members’ showcase, a diverse community of artists and photographers come together to explore the idea of the ‘wild blue yonder’. Evoking endless horizons, soaring escape and and the joy of adventure into parts unknown, these works gain emotional and imaginative poignancy in the era of staying at home.

Presenting a self-portrait of her life as a flight attendant, Grant takes inspiration from the aerial viewpoint and restricted perspectives offered through her ‘office’ window. Vignettes framed by the plane’s portholes form abstracted landscapes, printed in cyanotype onto paper ephemera the artist collected during her in-flight duties. Composited to form large-scale panoramas, these views produce skies filled with navigational charts to and from different destinations around Australia.

An immersive video installation, Sky Eternal mirrors moving cloudscapes to create a kind of moving Rorschach inkblot. Accompanied by an ambient soundscape, this mesmerising work mediates on the ways in which the universal and timeless sky unites us all, a metaphor for innovation, positivity, hope and heaven.

This suite of exhibitions will be formally launched, at 6pm Thursday 30th June, 2022 in the PhotoAccess gardens. Please join us for a drink, a chat, and to see some wonderful art! Or if you can’t make it, be sure to catch the live stream of the opening speeches on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photoaccess?