“For more than a decade I have been searching for affordable property to buy on an artists income” said Elvis Richardson, recalling how she began to contemplate that our desires are sold in a constructed manner counter to what life is like for many.
So, to hit refresh, she approaches the depiction of domestic spaces with average to poor quality reproductions instead of a wide-angle lens and mood lighting to emphasise that the story of the “ordinary, the elderly, the low income and the regional whole life-styles are now being re-packaged for investment consumption.” Presented as part of an ongoing project with funding from Australia Council.
Hugo Michell Gallery
13 October to 12 November, 2016
South Australia
Settlement (production still), 2016, HD video, 20 mins, (with sound by James Hayes)
Courtesy the artist and Hugo Michell Gallery, South Australia
