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Systematic is an exhibition showcasing seven Australian artists and one New Zealand artist whose works engage with the creative potential of systems to critique, re-imagine or re-invent their workings. Ranging across sculpture, installation, photography, generative animation, painting and assemblage, the exhibition is a playful blend of vibrant and kinetic works that invites viewers to reflect on various contemporary systems and their operations. Posing the question of ‘how things work’ as an imaginative proposal, the exhibition highlights processes of connectivity, organization and inter-relatedness and the interconnections between several different areas of contemporary arts practice.

Systematic has an Education Resource and Teacher’s Guide designed for Grades 5-12 that invites teachers and students to engage with the exhibition through a range of in-gallery and classroom-based activities. The education component is aligned with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) areas of the Australian Curriculum, and the Cross-Curriculum priority area of Sustainability.

EXHIBITION TITLE
SYSTEMATIC

ARTISTS
IAN BURNS
LAURA WOODWARD
PATRICK POUND
TRICKY WALSH
JACOB LEARY
TEGA BRAIN
NADÈGE PHILIPPE-JANON
BILL HART

VENUE
THE PLIMSOLL GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA HOBART

DATES 
8 SEPTEMBER - 14 OCTOBER 2018

Systematic is assisted through Arts Tasmania by the Minister for the Arts. It is also supported through the Contemporary Art Tasmania Exhibition Development Fund, the Hobart City Council’s Creative Hobart Grants Scheme and the University of Tasmania. This project is on the Contemporary Art Tasmania Touring Program and received national touring funding from the Contemporary Touring Initiative, Australia Council in 2020. National tour: The Plimsoll Gallery (University of Tasmania, Hobart TAS); The Academy Gallery (University of Tasmania, Launceston TAS); Artspace Mackay (Mackay, QLD); Devonport Regional Gallery (Devonport, TAS); Bunjil Place (Narre Warren, VIC).

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