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PILOT Project Four
Ship High In Transition
Fristar Viliamu, John Vea, Kirsty Oliver, Sarah Whiteside
17 - 19 June
Gallery Three
“Ship High In Transition” is a show that explores the relationship between the viewer and the gallery, the art objects, the art world in the context of the ‘real’ world. The show negotiates the terrain surrounding individual experience and knowledge and explores how the socio-cultural background of the viewer affects how we see. This is reflected within the work through the varied media and intentions that each of the artists brings to the group. Fristar Viliamu negotiates the unique art object in relation to ideas surrounding copyright and appropriation. John Vea explores labour in the context of the gallery. Though the physicality of the natural object relocated from its environment, the viewer may appreciate the effort gone into its manipulation. Kirsty Oliver photographs reflections in windows that comment upon the way we see as a reflection of ourselves. Sarah Whiteside’s photographs of animals create a unique relationship between the viewer and subject, not often enjoyed in reality. Creating an awareness that, if only momentarily, changes the way the viewer sees and thinks about the subject and themselves.
The PILOT Project (Bachelor of Visual Arts) employs St Paul Street Gallery Three as a teaching gallery. Students work in groups to develop exhibitions focused around their studio concerns. This enables students to experiment with issues relevant to installation and appropriate exhibition practice in advance of their BVA degree submissions. These issues relate to resolving artworks for final presentation, the specifics of a particular space or site and consideration of the spectator and the viewing experience. PILOT Project also develops the professional practice of documenting projects and catalogue production in relation to the contexts and meanings inherent in the artworks themselves. The project also seeks to encourage management skills within given parameters of resources, time and working within a team. The underpinning educational philosophy relies on student input and direction informing the brief and underscores the assessment. In this respect the paper functions as a collaborative research forum. There is constant workplace and community feedback contributing to a vocational and industry emphasis.