NADIA ODLUM
Temporary Frictions
9 October – 7 November 2020
STATION | SYDNEY
Temporary Frictions continues Nadia Odlum’s interest in the aesthetics of urban space, examining the structures that control our movement: the friction between the moveable body and immoveable environments. Central to her practice is an investigation of our perceptual insights and how these can be activated to facilitate different, yet shared, experiences.
Materially, the works are created using offcuts of metal, acrylic and vinyl that the artist sources from sign-makers and industrial manufacturers. Formally, she references temporary barricades, barriers and hazard signage used in the urban environment. These structures have been handmade (imperfectly) by the artist, creating loving replicas of ubiquitous objects. Through the combination of surfaces that are both reflective and transparent, the works give a sense of fragility and precariousness.
Odlum’s site-specific installation asks the viewer to navigate the space, experiencing the immediacy and activation of light and reflection, creating both rhythm and friction. Playing with perception, orientation and movement, Temporary Frictions responds to the current and somewhat charged experience of the body in public space.
Temporary Frictions is Nadia Odlum's exhibition facilitated by Art Incubator as part of their program supporting emerging Australian artists.
Nadia Odlum
Temporary Frictions 2020
installation view
Nadia Odlum
Temporary Frictions 2020
installation view
Nadia Odlum
Temporary Frictions 2020
installation view
Nadia Odlum
Temporary Frictions 2020
installation view
Nadia Odlum
Temporary Frictions 2020
installation view
Nadia Odlum
Temporary Frictions 2020
installation view
Nadia Odlum
Temporary Frictions 2020
installation view
Nadia Odlum
Temporary Frictions 2020
installation view
Nadia Odlum
To erode and to fade 2020
synthetic polymer paint on mirrored acrylic
diptych, total: 105.0 × 105.0 cm
Nadia Odlum
From over here 2020
vinyl on aluminium
29.0 × 20.0 cm
Nadia Odlum
From over there 2020
vinyl on aluminium
29.0 × 20.0 cm
Nadia Odlum
From over here, From over there 2020
vinyl on aluminium
diptych, total: 58.0 × 40.0 cm
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Intimacy through proximity (left) 2020
vinyl and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium
40.0 × 29.5 cm
Nadia Odlum
Intimacy through proximity (right) 2020
vinyl and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium
40.0 × 29.5 cm
Nadia Odlum
Intimacy through proximity (left and right) 2020
vinyl and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium
diptych, total: 80.0 × 59.0 cm
Nadia Odlum
Intimacy through proximity (left and right) detail 2020
vinyl and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium
Nadia Odlum
Shifts (in motion) 2020
mirrored acrylic, synthetic polymer paint, vinyl
diptych, total: 99.0 × 37.5 cm
Nadia Odlum
Shifts (in passing) 2020
synthetic polymer paint and vinyl on mirrored acrylic
diptych, total: 99.0 × 37.5 cm
Nadia Odlum
Shifts (in obstruction) 2020
mirrored acrylic, synthetic polymer paint
diptych, total: 99.0 × 37.5 cm
Nadia Odlum
This friction is a dance 2020
vinyl on mirrored acrylic
70.0 × 14.0 cm
Nadia Odlum
Walks at night (route one) 2020
vinyl and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium composite panel
42.0 × 35.0 cm
Nadia Odlum
Walks at night (route two) 2020
vinyl and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium composite panel
42.0 × 35.0 cm
Nadia Odlum
Walks at night (route one and two) 2020
vinyl and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium composite panel
diptych, total: 84.0 × 70.0 cm
Nadia Odlum
Temporary frictions 2020
two-way mirrored glass, steel
each panel 92.0 × 120.5 cm; dimensions variable
Exhibition Text
Essay
by Rebecca Gallo
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