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Elastic is a group of nine artists who create projects that invite other artists to participate with a view to expanding the scope and interpretation of a project. This democratising curatorial model allows unexpected outcomes.
Conceptual Crochet answers the curious question: Why are so many contemporary artists interested in craft techniques? The artists in the exhibition are trained in the Conceptual Art tradition. Their work, however, harnesses critical forces as well as the heightened levels of aesthetic and formal innovation often found in crafts such as knitting, quilting and crochet.
Incorporating a fully operational hydroponic system, as well as turf and plants in the gallery, Day’s work raised ethical issues relating to the urban-country divide.
Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
http://www.castgallery.org/exhibition/archive.htm#exhi2000 12/12/05