“Each as the Other”
Kiera Brew Kurec
19 July → 10 Aug 2013

Each as the Other explores points of flux and dualities, while striving for harmonic unison within two bodies and their spatial environment. During the exhibition the artist and another performer will repeat a simple sequence of choreographed moves over the course of each day. The two performers will begin each day standing in diagonally opposite corners of gallery, facing outward, their backs turned to each other; their fronts pressing in the very corners of the room. They will stay in this position for 30 minutes. The performers will then turn and face each other and walk to meet each other in the centre of the room. In the centre of the room they will stand face to face, bodies pressing against each other for 30 minutes. They will then return to their corners and repeat the process again. The performers will be dressed in middle grey matching uniforms, and the gallery will also be painted in middle grey. The painted gallery walls and uniforms act as a neutral setting for the performance to take place while creating a space of equality, being a mix of both binary opposites of black and white.

Kiera Brew Kurec graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a BFA Painting in 2007 and graduated with first class Honours in 2010. She has lived and worked in Melbourne, Berlin and New York. Kiera has undertaken residencies in Europe and the U.S and interned at Franklin Furnace archive inc. in New York. Kiera has exhibited and performed extensively in artist run spaces, art fairs, festivals and commercial galleries throughout Melbourne as well as exhibiting in Brisbane, Newcastle, Berlin, and New York. Kiera is a recipient of Australia Council New Work grant, and Copyright Agency Limited Career Fund, she is currently undertaking her MFA.