Optical Collusion

Donna Kendrigan and Chris Henschke

25 June - 24 August 2011

Optical Collusion is a collection of pre-cinema optical devices, reworked with post-cinema technologies. The aesthetics of pre-cinema are placed within contemporary contexts. Tricks of perception mediated by technology are not new – magic lanterns and stereoscopes were popular entertainments in the Enlightenment and Victorian eras. Artists Henschke and Kendrigan employ these old techniques to subvert current optical and imaging technologies, and vice versa with an exhibition of hands-on, interactive artworks.

The exhibition displays new works, funded by the Australia Council Visual Arts Board and Screen Australia.

Image: Wheatstone Chamber, interior view, 2010

Artist Talk - Donna Kendrigan and Chris Henschke - Saturday, 6 August, 1.30 pm.