Event details
Join us for the official opening of two new exhibitions at Town Hall Gallery: major exhibition 'Slow Read’ and community exhibition 'Desire Lines' by Anna Kiparis.
Free, bookings encouraged.
Refreshments will be available for purchase.
About the exhibitions
Slow Read
In an era of constant scrolling and visual saturation, ‘Slow Read’ turns our attention back to the printed page and to quiet, deliberate acts of looking and reading. The featured artists are all drawn to printed matter, creating artist books and multi-disciplinary artworks that explore the possibilities of the book format. Within this exhibition, artist-led publishing is recognised as a rich creative practice and an art form in its own right.
Featuring: Zoë Croggon, Gracia and Louise, Nadia Hernández, Deborah Kelly and others.
Desire Lines by Anna Kiparis
Photographer Anna Kiparis explores the unofficial dirt trails that form when walkers consistently choose a more direct, or convenient, route instead of following a planned path, known as “desire lines”.
Walking through nature is an essential ritual for Kiparis, finding comfort and calm in the repetitive movement and taking notice of the details in the local landscape around Gardiners Creek. Documenting these desire lines and surrounding scenery with her camera allows Kiparis to take moments of pause, while contemplating human impact on natural landscapes.
This exhibition invites reflection on our relationship with nature and the marks we leave behind, acknowledging the universal impulse to wander, deviate and forge our own path.
Accessibility of this space
- Accessible car parking
- Accessible drop-off area
- Automatic doors
- Accessible toilets
- Ramps
- Clear signage
- Lifts
- Quiet areas
- Wide passageways.
Image credit: Visitors at the official opening of ‘Aspects of Abstraction: Charles Nodrum Collection’, Town Hall Gallery, 2024. Photography by ImagePlay.
