Ilam Campus Gallery Student Series #2: Today as I hung out the wash I saw the world flicker

Image creation occurs at such a rapid pace that images have incidentally become a primary means of mediating interaction and communication with others. Whether we offer a true reflection or a composed version of events, both can evoke a sense of familiarity within the viewer. However, the potential for fabrication casts a shadow of uncertainty over the notion that an image can only be a representation of something ‘real’. 

 Through both moving and still images, Today as I hung out the wash I saw the world flicker works to create a space for consideration of this shadow, this blurred landscape, observing the way it is shifting the modes to which we interact with others, and the influence it has over our perception of our immediate environment. 

Opening event is 5pm, Wednesday 31 July. 

Exhibition ends Friday 9 August. 

The Ilam Campus Gallery Student Series is an annual showcase of some of the current practices at the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury. Being is an Empty Fiction is the first of five short exhibitions that form the 2024 Student Series.