This all female group show includes the copper plated bronze casts of miniature pots and a life sized upright rabbit (named ‘Poppers’ and ‘Hopper’ respectively) by Stephanie Taylor, as well as mixed media pieces by Gerda Scheepers that consist of coloured line drawings mounted within reconstructed picture frames...

All of these aesthetically interesting, though slightly decontextualized pieces appear to gravitate around the work of Juliette Blightman’s 16mm film An Autonomous Sphere Of Activity. This piece consists of a vintage 16mm projector and a ‘placed’ power cable connected to the adjacent wall. The colour film begins with showing an old clock, possibly from the 60s mounted on the wall showing the time of minutes past 3pm.

The shot shows that the clock is moving more quickly than normal, after which the camera pans to the window, directing the viewers gaze to a sleepy suburban street. This piece, named after a Victor Bergin essay that focuses on the topic of aesthetic contemplation, reflects and translates the air of the text. Apropos, it seems that one unfamiliar with the text may have difficulties ‘unraveling the riddle’ as it were.

Perhaps this is part of the work, re-igniting the discussion on discourse dependency. This piece is similar to much of her other work, most notably her Marcelle, Are You Feeling Bored With Life, also a film shot within a suburban home that was shown at last year’s Zoo Art Fair. ‘An Autonomous Sphere Of Activity’ deals with a similar subject matter, using the interior of old houses and the graininess of the 16mm to subtly mine the concepts of change, time and decay.

Interesting: If not immediately arresting.