fragments of memory and nature

Five new exhibitions will open at Linden - Centre for Contemporary Arts at 6pm Thursday 20 March.

In Gallery 1 a video and object installation by Caryn Giblin titled Reflecting Fragility captures the beauty and fragility of our eco-systems and environment, particularly that of the artist's home on the banks of Lake Hume, where human control of the water systems have created a haunting yet beautiful landscape marked with dead trees.

Jacqueline Herbert and Caroline Ho-Bich-Tuyen Dang make use of natural materials such as wood, paper and wax and the tools and language of mapping to record everyday life, past memories and present surroundings in their exhibition Intersections (Gallery 2).

Dwelling in the Journey is an installation of fragments of interrupted stories. In Gallery 3 Nicola McClelland has placed hundreds of effigies, moulded from steel wool, in a stream across the floor while boat shaped objects also made from spun steel wool and fabric planes ascend the walls.

Private to Public, an interactive and kinetic installation by Cathi Colla in Gallery 4 comprises of moving doors and video projection and plays with the way our sense of touch, feel and memory affects our awareness of space and environment.

Al Munro's Calm Day in Gallery 5 is a series of collages representing landscapes and skyscapes which takes its name from a light blue Dulux paint chip. The work explores a desire to surround oneself with nature, albeit in a sanitised, controlled and calm form.

All exhibitions continue until Sunday 13 April. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Sunday 1.00 - 6.00pm.

For further information or images contact Amy Barrett-Lennard on 9209 6794 or email info@lindenarts.org