Kaleidoscopic

TERRARIUM SALE Entombed behind the glass at the tipping point of ecological crisis, life in the terrarium depends on maintaining chemical balance. This little shop of horrors-esque clearance sale to extinction depends on the sweet nectar of consumerism, snapped and trapped by the ego driven survival mechanisms of the power hungry. If a plant is … Continue reading 5VEG + KAMIKAZE COUTURE →

 Down Down, Wages is Down In a time where the Australian supermarket sector is experiencing unprecedented sales boosts in the billions due to panic hoarding and people eating more at home due to forced closures of restaurants, major supermarket retailers such as Coles and Woolworths are simply not paying their already underpaid workers. In February … Continue reading Kris Perry →

White Wash Created as part of a collection of paintings for Art Month in 2013, and in response to an archival letter from the Chief Protector of the Aborigines, Dr Cecil E Cook, in 1933, which outlined his plan to eliminate the 'hybrid coloured population' by preventing intermarriage between Asians and Aborigines to 'breed out … Continue reading Andrea Davies →

Inspired by a love of big things, an ever-increasing workload and forever losing one's tools, SCREWED by ALIEN PROOF CONSTRUCTION talks of the shackles that bind, the innate frustration at everything being ‘screwed’ and what it will take to get us out of this shit show… Designed and built by Ran Stanton, director of this … Continue reading Alien Proof Construction →

American Tragedy "American Tragedy is a work developed and informed by my ongoing relationship with the USA through family and friends. I grew up there and travelled often between Australia and America throughout my life. This piece was created in about 2008. I had a feeling at the time that the work had a prescient quality. … Continue reading Rachael Lafferty →

Kaleidoscopic's first artist, Rhiannon Hopley's artwork People > Money comments on our governments misguided concerns during this time.This was in conjunction with Micro Galleries @microgalleries international project Words in Windows, a one-week micro disruption across the world. The premise is that while huddled in our homes, we can still connect with neighbours, passers-by and the world by placing words … Continue reading Rhiannon Hopley →