Eager Beaver
Graham Mathwin
8 — 24 February 2019
Opening Reception: 8 February 2019, 6 - 9pm
Eager Beaver is a series of works by Graham Mathwin that emerged from a concern for ethics of productivity and work that proliferate in the world. They are a set of purposeless machines, both figurative in film and physical sculptures. Much like the ‘useless machines’ that exist only to turn themselves off, these machines embody an absurdity; these oftentimes functional and useful devices are turned against their intended purpose, and liberated into the purposeless excess of existence.
The body of work also emerged from an attempt to move away from language as the content of the artist’s practice, and these machines are therefore gestural creatures that perform physical tasks—however pointless—and can be understood as potential characters for a deranged dance film.
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This project has been assisted by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland |
| Exhibition documentation: Charlie Hillhouse |