SUBURBAN ZEITGEIST

SUBURBAN ZEITGEIST, a photographic exploration of Suburbanscapes, will kick off Canberra’s three-month Vivid Photography Festival with a special preview on Wednesday 9th July.

The exhibition showcases work from 17 artists who are currently undertaking postgraduate studies or have recently graduated from the ANU School of Art’s Photography and Media Arts Department. Reflecting a diverse perception of suburban surfaces and occupied spaces, the exhibition presents various media practices and techniques that question and explore the boundaries of the everyday. Here, familiar suburban landscapes are reconfigured to become a world of peculiar subjects that challenge assumptions of the Suburbs as places of banality, uniformity and monotony. Instead we are exposed to a contemporary archaeology of our dreams and desires for an ideal life against the backdrop of a globalised world.

The exhibition will be opened by Dr Martyn Jolly, Head of the ANU Department of Photography and Media Arts. Dr Jolly is a recognised artist and photography scholar who has played a significant role in fostering the development of practice-lead research at the ANU.