OPENING EVENT: Wednesday 22 June from 6:00pm at ANCA Gallery. Free to attend, no bookings required.
The Succours are Canberra based visual artists and creative arts specialists; Tilly Davey (on clay), Heidi Lefebvre (on textiles), Daniel Vukovljak and Naomi Zouwer (on paint). The Succours are artists who untether themselves from expectations around outcome and exist for the process.
‘Material Purpose’ is an experiment. Discussion around different creative practices traces intersecting process and shared thematic manifestations.
The ANCA gallery will be a hothouse of imagery, text, cottons and sturdy objects. Materials will be manipulated and “OTHER” will be generated by The Succours.The artists have provoked, prodded and stimulated each other's practices to produce this body of work, some works are POLISHED and some will never be complete.
During the exhibition period ‘The Succours’ will invite members of the local community into the exhibition space to make, discuss and play with tools, tensions and techniques with the artists. Viewers will be invited to take something home from the show as the artists want to ensure their collective footprint is LIGHT and the community is involved.
Naomi Zouwer is a Canberra based, cross-disciplinary artist. She works across drawing, printmaking, painting and textiles mediums making works that engage with ideas of cultural heritage, identity and the social role of personal objects. Naomi also has expertise with creative processes and design to improve engagement, collaboration, and learning. When she is not at her studio Naomi enjoys working on projects with research and cultural institutions, a wide range of educational organisations (from pre-school to tertiary) and community organisations.
Daniel Vukovljak creates works that embrace intuitive responses to exploring consciousness, perception and presence, allowing for play and experimentation. Through this process, Daniel explores themes of escape/fantasy, grief, technology, and portraiture.
Heidi Lefebvre With experience in education, ethical engagement, and community development, I create inclusive spaces, facilitate workshops, and construct installations. My interdisciplinary practice creates a parley between object: subject, process: outcome. I use reclaimed and recycled items. Through a process of resuscitation, the final objects are imbued with notions of the familiar made new.
Tilly Davey’s practice questions the vulnerability of humanity and the daily struggles which the world at large faces and has done so since time is memorable. Her work in the community and personal practice often explores the notions of power structures and the repercussions which are caused in communities due to unrealistic expectations and poor power dynamics. The work Tilly produces and the public art programs she directs seek to prompt reflection on the need to break down barriers between people working in different sectors of the community, such that diversity is celebrated not only conceptually, but as a practical and organisational methodology.