Threshold Gallery presents Joey O’Gorman – Peripheral Visions
‘Drawing, sculpture, audio and moving image are employed to trace the affective dimensions of experience. By using pre-reflective processes in these different media, the work focuses on the dynamic interrelation of self and environment, reflecting on our active involvement in perception.
This body of work is part of an ongoing research project that explores a notion of ecological space, which is
posited as a relational space made up of interactions between organisms and the fluxes of energy and matter. Art practice is taken as a mode of entering into and co-creating this space and further drawings, diagrams and videos will be shown in PS2 studios alongside this installation at Flax Art Studios’ North Street studios.
The audio work is an improvised exploration of music that I hold dear to my heart and is dedicated to Jungle DJ Randall, who sadly passed away in July. My favourite DJ from my teenage years raving in the early ‘90s - a complete Don who will be sorely missed.’
Joey is a Belfast-based artist who researches human/nonhuman co-creation of the world. He works in a range of media, including drawing, sculpture, audio and video production, and installation, and is interested in speculative and affective modes of enquiry. He is currently completing a PhD at the Belfast School of Art.
Opening event: 6-8pm Thursday 5 September as part of Late Night Art Belfast
Exhibition dates: Thursday 5 September - Friday 4 October
Threshold is a new street-view gallery space in the two window displays of Flax Art Studios at 7 North Street. Curated by Jennifer Alexander, it invites artists to exhibit in flux, exploring the presentation of their work in an evolving way, and offering audiences a changing site of encounter.
Threshold is an opportunity to respond to the uniqueness of this space -Belfast’s smallest and newest gallery, with its large window displays in the oldest part of the city.
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