Solo exhibition at The Barracks Arts Centre / Willow Court (former asylum and hospital), New Norfolk, curated by Sean Kelly, June 11 – July 23 2023
Elizabeth Day, Invisible Words Invisible Worlds: Tasmania’s consciousness is littered with dark incidents, 2020, unravelled wool, stitching, felt, framed, dimensions 45 x 100 cm.
Slide 1: Elizabeth Day, drawing of Norfolk Island Penitentiary door, 2023, unravelled wool, muslin, stitching, c. 250 x 150 x 4 cm. Slide 2: Elizabeth Day, New Norfolk Asylum door at Willow Court, 2023, unravelled wool, muslin, stitching, c. 300 x 100 x 4 cm. Slide 3: Elizabeth Day, Obsolete 1827 Longford Gaol door (Norfolk Plains), 2021-2022, unravelled wool, muslin, stitching, 3 pieces (2 framed), dimensions variable. Note: When Norfolk Island was disbanded in 1806 occupants went to Norfolk Plains (Longford) and New Norfolk, both in about 1827.
Elizabeth Day, Installation view at The Barracks Gallery of other framed digital prints from the series Invisible Words Invisible Worlds, 2016-2017, altered electron microscope imaging of nanotubes (this project was developed during a residency with the Centre for Organic Electronics, University of Newcastle, 2014-2017, and supported by an Australia Council Career Development Grant); and framed works from the series Unravelling of Form: Invisible Words Invisible Worlds, 2017-2023, unravelled wool, muslin, felt, dimensions variable. Includes detail of Invisible Words Invisible Worlds: The family moved to silence the child.
Exhibition catalogue
Derwent Valley Arts
The Barracks Arts Centre / Willow Court (former asylum and hospital), The Avenue, New Norfolk, TAS
June 11 – July 23 2023 (Saturdays and Sundays 11am – 4pm)
https://www.derwentvalley.art/current-exhibition
ELIZABETH DAY 