“The Zero Dollar Show”
Charlie Sofo, Christopher Carmody, Karena Keys, Zanny Begg, Taree Mackenzie, Dan Bell, Rowan McNaught, Sean Bailey, Nathan Gray, Trish Roan, Vivienne Binns, Helen Shelley, Lisa Radford, Brie Trenerry, Bababa Interna­tional and Mary MacDougall
11 Jan → 16 Jan 2011

In the current climate of financial turmoil we are all supposedly strapped for cash. Thank god for the struggling artist who can turn shit to gold. The Zero Dollar Show addresses contemporary artists’ relationship to materials when there is a question over the concept of value. All artworks in the show were made without a single dollar spent. Found, given, stolen and borrowed materials dictate the construction of each artwork. How does the art­ist define zero dollars in terms of making? Where exactly does worth lay?

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Charlie Sofo holds a BA (Honours) from the Australian National University School of Art, Canberra, 2005 and and an MFA from the Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne, 2013. He has recently completed a studio residency at Gertrude Contemporary, in Melbourne, Victoria, (2013-2015), where he also served as a board member.

Over the past 5 years Sofo has exhibited nationally and internationally, presented talks and classes and occaisionally written for publications.

Recent exhibitions include; ( ), Gertrude Contemporary, Studio 12, Melbourne, 2014; The Small Infinite, John Hansard Gallery, Southhampton, UK 2014; Melbourne NOW, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2013; Everyday Magic, Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2013; Reinventing the Wheel: Ready-made Century, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2013; Desire Lines, curated by Juliana Engberg, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2012; NEW12, curated by Jeff Khan, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2012; Volume One, curated by Glenn Barkley, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2012; Experimenta: Speak to Me, 4th Biennale of Media Art, curated by Abigail Moncrief, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, 2012; Unguided Tours: Anne Landa Award for Video and New Media Arts, curated by Justin Paton, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2011; Tell Me, Tell Me: Australian and Korean Art 1976-2011, curated by Glenn Barkley and Inhye Kim, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea and National Art School Gallery, Sydney, 2011.

Zanny Begg

Taree Mackenzie works across video and installation, exploring the perceptual effects of colour, light and space.

Taree Mackenzie works across video and installation, exploring the perceptual effects of colour, light and space.

Rowan McNaught is an artist and designer in Melbourne; secretary of Darpa press; former co-founder of West Space Journal; co-manager of the artist-run record label BSR; PhD candidate at Victorian College of the Arts.

Sean Bailey

Nathan Gray

Lisa Radford is an artist who writes and teaches. Lisa lectures at the Victorian College of the Arts.In conjunction with the exhibition, West Space and Surpllus also launched Aesthetic nonsense makes commonsense, thanks X, a book presenting a collection of her writings.

Brie Trenerry