Words and Works from a World Away

Artist list

Robert Baines, Nicholas Bastin, Zoe Brand, Melissa Cameron, Anna Davern, Mark Edgoose, Rita-Livia Erikson, Ulvi Haagensen, Mary Hackett, Kristen Haydon, Nils Hint, Naoko Inuzuka, Annika Kedelauk, Inari Kiuru, Aija Kivi, Keiu Koppel, Katarina Kotselainen, Teresa Lane, Urmas Lüüs, Mari Relo-Šaulys & Adolfas Šaulys, Claire McArdle, Kadri Mälk, Hans-Otto Ojaste, Kaire Rannik, Anne Reinberg, Mark Vaarwerk, Tanel Veenre, Linda al-Assi, Anita van Doorn

What do they say about us on the other side of the world? And what do you know about them?

This exhibition unites the northern and southern hemispheres through the work of jewellery and object artists from Australia & Estonia. In each country statements were collected from ordinary members of the public about their knowledge and opinion of the other country. Each artist chose a statement about their country from someone on the other side of the world. The piece they made is a reaction to this statement.
Words spoken across the globe invite a personal study of our own culture and a reaction to other's perceptions of who we are. Each piece is a navigation of an outsider's perspective and the resulting realisations and revelations about our own identity.
The two cultures have been explored through unverified perceptions and understandings. The resulting objects are repositories of both cultural and personal narratives. They examine the global flow of information between two physically and culturally separate countries and provoke an international exploration of self.