“Seymour”
Veronica Kent
8 Aug → 30 Aug 2008

Athena went to her brother Hephaistos to have new armour made. He asked Athena to marry him. When Athena refused, he attempted to rape her, but she fended him off with her spear and Hephaistos ejaculated on her dress. In disgust, she wiped his seed off onto the ground. But the seed of the gods is supernaturally fertile, and always grow where it falls, and a baby sprang from the ground. Athena took the baby up and set him in a box with a snake to guard him. She took him to her temple on the Acropolis and named him Erecthonius. In time Erecthonius became king of Athens.

The Library and Epitome, 3.14.6.

Seymour was developed during a residency in Greece in 2008. The marble and concrete landscape of Athens was a compelling environment, with a rich history of myths and monuments. These narratives describe fabulous relationships between humans, animals, supernatural beings and objects which inform the exhibition Seymour.

Veronica Kent graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2007. During 2008 she has exhibited at Spectrum Project Space, Western Australia; Kings ARI, Victoria; The Forum Theatre, Victoria; CAPC Bordeaux, France; and CUBE37 in Victoria.

Veronica Kent acknowledges the very generous support of the Dowd Foundation.