“The Nothing”
Damiano Bertoli, Louise Hubbard, Sanné Mestrom, Deborah Ostrow, Daniel Price, Matthew Shannon and Jackson Slattery
16 Apr → 8 May 2010

The Nothing explored realms of the unknown and potentially unknowable aspects of human understanding – the things that we can’t fully comprehend or for which words and recognisable forms simply do not exist.

The exhibition’s title, The Nothing, is taken from the childhood fable The Neverending Story, wherein an indescribable ‘emptiness’ pervades Fantascia (the mythical land in which the story takes place), chronicling the ‘gap’ between islands of human knowledge and understanding.

The Nothing addressed liminal spaces, transposing and transforming materials from the familiar to the foreign in order to explore themes of uncertainty and crisis.

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Damiano Bertoli

Louise Hubbard

Sanné Mestrom is an Australian experimental and conceptual artist who works mainly in the mediums of installation and sculpture. Mestrom has a research-based practice and incorporates notions of "play" into social aspects of urban design.

Deborah Ostrow

Daniel Price

Matthew Shannon

Jackson Slattery

Jackson Slattery