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READ
16 September - 6 October 2009
Maryann Mussared
Free drop-in workshops and page folding demonstrations
12.00 – 2.00 pm 16, 18, 23, 25 September
READ is an installation of found books, stacked, folded or arranged into new forms.
Maryann Mussared is a mixed media artist whose practice encompasses painting, printmaking, textiles and arranging found objects. In this exhibition she examines and celebrates the book as well as questions the seemingly unstoppable, almost daily advances in technology and how we manage the overwhelming quantity of information to which we have access.
After nearly 600 years, the book is under threat from the inexorable march of technology. With the advent of online publishing and e-books becoming more commonplace, it is possible that existing books will become obsolete and cease to have a tangible form in the very near future.
Will the e-book take over and render the book an obsolete object? Indeed, many recently published books are already out of date. The ever growing popularity of Wikipedia means millions of sets of encyclopaedia and reference books are now virtually obsolete.
What will happen to all the billions of books on shelves around the world? Will their disposal place increased demands on our already overstretched landfill? Or will our fondness for these everyday objects, so tactile and tangible, at least acknowledge that they represent more than their content and reclassify them as decorative, if not anachronistic objects.
Maryann Mussared
Semicircle. Photograph: Provided courtesy of the artist.
Compressed READ 4. Photograph: Provided courtesy of the artist.
Compressed READ 5. Photograph: Provided courtesy of the artist.
Compressed READ 2. Photograph: Provided courtesy of the artist.
Compressed READ 3. Photograph: Provided courtesy of the artist.
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118 Emu Bank, Belconnen, ACT [Google Maps] - OPENING HOURS:
Tuesday – Sunday 10:00am – 5:00pm
Except for regular classes and special events - BUS:
ACTION [Timetable Information] - 300 series buses to Belconnen, get off at Belconnen Community Bus Station and walk down to the Centre, or Route 45 directly to the Centre. - CAR:
Enter eastern end Emu Bank from either Aikman Drive or Eastern Valley Way, from the western end off Joynton Smith Drive or directly opposite the end of Benjamin Way - PARKING:
Emu Bank, Westfield Belconnen and behind Nature Conservation House [Parking information Adobe PDF | 332kb]
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