June
Australia
2011
Australia
2011
 Oodlies Solo Exhibition Opening Night Tuesday 14th June 6- 8PM
Exhibition runs from the 14th-26th June, Melbourne
Angela Robarts-Bird Gallery
Gasworks Arts Park Cnr Graham & Pickles St Albert Park, VIC
Win 1 of 2 Oodlies Munnys RushCrowds has commissioned 2 custom Oodlie Munnys, signed by artist Joi Murugavell to give away on the opening night of the Oodlies solo exhibition. To be in to win a one-of-a-kind hand detailed Oodlies Munny, simply Sign up to RushCrowds and attend the oodlies opening night on the 14th of June (6-8PM). The winners of these rare collectors items will be announced at 7.30PM. About the exhibition
My 10 Crushes: an Exhibition of Oodlies at Gasworks Arts Park How Twitter became a foundation for artistic inspiration and human exploration. Armed with a box of sharpies and a wild imagination, Malaysian born, New Zealand bred and current Melbourne resident Joi Murugavell has been hard at work on Twitter, breaking down the barriers of formal communication to create an intimate, explicit, compelling and entertaining series of Oodlies for her solo exhibition, My 10 Crushes, at Gasworks Arts Park, June 14 – 26.
My 10 Crushes is inspired by ten people Joi has met on Twitter, has interviewed, and created Oodlies of; representations of each individual’s character traits and a reflection of their stories. My 10 Crushes examines the relationships established on Twitter and showcases the bizarrely intimate and revealing relationships Joi shares with her subjects, whom she has never actually met in person. As Joi explains, “My 10 Crushes is all about discovery; it is about ten people who I have never met, but have inspired me on Twitter over the last two years, and who I have then interviewed for the purpose of the exhibition. The interviews were quite quirky and casual and because of that, they actually reveal more. So I would ask a question like, ‘how big is your penis?’ and then next question would be ‘what was your childhood like?’” Joi’s array of Oodlies takes you on a whimsical journey through the lives of these everyday people, whose stories intrigued her to the point of turning them into artworks. With hilarious and touching stories of people who have battled cancer, through to those who have worked as naked bartenders at their father’s nudist resort, My 10 Crushes is sure to have you laughing, shocked and thirsty for more... MY 10 CRUSHES at Gasworks Arts Park An exhibition of Oodlies inspired by relationships formed on Twitter 14 June – 26 June Opening Night: Tuesday 14 June: Times: 6 – 8pm Venue: Gasworks Arts Park Angela Robarts-Bird Gallery Cnr Graham & Pickles Street, Albert Park VIC 3206 Melbourne, Australia For interview requests and high res images, please contact Cara Williams, Public Relations Coordinator, Gasworks Arts Park, 03 8606 4208 or cara@gasworks.org.au A Note from Joi : From left to right in no particular order that is particular:
Samuel Webster(@wiredjazz), Tanya Pouwhare (@tjpou), Bambi Gordon (@dothewoo) Mirjam Spronk (@mirjamspronk), Buddha (@thebuddhasmiled), Jo Joseph Foster (@jo2foster), Matt Mc Dougall (@mattimck), Jayne Kearney (@indydreaming), Justin Zajac (@nzjayzee), Jacqui Roach Hudson (@1littlebird).
Thank you my 10 crushes: who inspire, give, laugh, irritate, aggravate, count ducks, hold hands, turgle, obsessively examine their every thought to the point of brain failure, being factual in tricky areas of the human heart, deal with being honest even when it feels like daggers to the ass, flirt to give as much as it is to take (generous flirting is a rare thing), play in a way that puts a 5 year olds imagination to shame, loyal, generous, don't die from cancer, deal with the consequences of an inner mind that doesn't match outer minds and understand what I mean when I say "I'm constructively depressed, not cronically depressed".
The off-the-cuff casual format of these interviews aim to dislodge solid thoughts by trickery of abstraction. (token wanky artist statement). What these 10 people have in common is not the fact that I've never met any of them before they became important in my life. I don't know what they have in common, but it is something I hope to discover to make it easy to look for more of the same. (I won't be terribly upset if I don't). My best crushes have been ones that don't involve genital appreciation. Though I'm sure these 10 have lovely genitals. I mean, look at them? A crush involving genitals is seldom productive, I like being productive as we don't live long enough. ... You grew on me like a tumour and you spread through me like malignant melanoma .. I guess I never knew how fast a little mole can grow on you. I should have removed you back when you were benign as you fucking take up too much of my time! (In Italics, Lyrics by Tim Minchin). |
Interviews In Progress Samuel Webster Tanya Pouwhare Bambi Gordon Mirjam Spronk Buddha Jo Joseph Foster Matt Mc Dougall Jayne Kearney Jacqui Hudson Justin Zajac  |
