“Object Quorum”
Madé Spencer Castle and Alice Mathieu
16 May → 14 June 2014

Object Quorum investigates the possibility of removing one’s subjectivity from the act of selecting. Over a period of 28 days, Madé Spencer-Castle and Alice Mathieu will assemble one collection of objects each, stemming from the same object of unknown origin. Each day the artists will bring a new object to the gallery to add to their collections, leaving it in the foyer to be placed chronologically by West Space staff.

Alice Mathieu is a Melbourne-based artist, curator and writer with a highly collaborative practice that investigates relationships between people and objects. By attempting to remove subjectivity and curatorial control in her exhibition making process, she advocates for more fluid relations between artist/curator and object/artworks. Mathieu holds a Bachelor of Fine Art (2011) from the Victorian College of the Arts and is currently completing a Master of Art Curatorship at the University of Melbourne. She is a current KINGS Artist Run committee member and Gallery Assistant at the George Paton Gallery. Recent exhibitions include (object, object), DUDSPACE; Extended Family, Knight St Art Space; and Creativity and Correspondence, The George Paton Gallery.

Madé Spencer-Castle is an interdisciplinary artist and curator, interested in the shifting values of objects. After graduating with First Class Honours from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2012, Madé has held numerous exhibitions throughout Victoria and interstate. Recent curatorial projects include: dudproject #1 (co-curated with Lyndal May Stewart), KINGS Artist Run and DUMMY (co-curated with Alice Mathieu), Mailbox Art Space.

In 2014/15, Made will be undertaking a 3-month residency in Colombia at the Campos de Guitterez Foundation, Medellin. Madé is the Co-Director of DUDSPACE, and a committee member of KINGS Artist Run.