“Flits, Figments and Fabrication”
Carmen Reid
29 July → 20 Aug 2011

Carmen Reid approaches architectural environments as mental terrains in which to blend perceived, lived and imagined notions of occupying space. The movements of the mind are aligned with the movements of the body by applying the notion of a neural synapse to an arrangement of large, fragmented architectural forms. Poised with potential movement, each form can expand or contract a structural element to mimic synaptic connections, while the gap between each form is an active zone in which connective devices move and enable the work to alter throughout the exhibition period.

Carmen Reid graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) in 2009. Drawing on architecture, tactility, neurology and cinema, her work is motivated by the expression of movement, tensions between physical states and mental concepts, and an attraction to storytelling. Carmen was awarded the 2010 Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize and is a recipient of the Australia Council Artstart Grant.