Thresholds Gallery Talks
Event program
Thresholds talk #1: Subterranean Imaginaries
Image: Julia Davis and Lisa Jones, Thresholds – a chorus #13/11/17, 2017. Unique print on archival paper, 100 x 150 cm. Photograph: Richard Glover.
Saturday 23 January
1.30 - 3pm (30 mins of gallery tour followed by the talk)
Speakers: Vanessa Berry, Marilu Melo Zurita and Eugenia Zoubtchenko.
What is so compelling about underground spaces? Why are we interested in what is hidden under the surface of the city? and what does it taste, smell and feel like to explore the underground?
Artists Julia Davis, Lisa Jones and the curator Claire Taylor will also be present.
Thresholds Talk #2: Liminal Landscapes
Image: Julia Davis and Lisa Jones, Thresholds – a chorus, 2016, production still. Photograph: Richard Glover.
Thursday 28 January
5.30 - 7 pm (30 mins of gallery tour followed by the talk)
Speakers: Elise Edmonds, Dr Lisa Murray and Joni Taylor.
Reflections on transformations of the urban environment, liminal spaces within the city, and the forgotten/hidden city.
Artists Julia Davis, Lisa Jones and the curator Claire Taylor will also be present.
Thresholds Talk #3: Marking Time
Image: Julia Davis and Lisa Jones, Thresholds – a chorus #28/01/17.2, 2017. Unique print on archival paper, 150 x 150 cm. Photograph: Richard Glover.
Thursday 4 February
5.30 - 7 pm (30 mins of gallery tour followed by the talk)
Speakers: Jackie Dunn, Nina Miall, and Nina Stromqvist. Moderated by Donna Brett.
Discussions around slowness and deep time, and their interests in artistic practices that explore ecological, geological and cosmological perspectives on time.
Artists Julia Davis, Lisa Jones and the curator Claire Taylor will also be present.
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Thresholds Talk #4: Barry Keldoulis in conversation with Julia Davis and Lisa Jones
Image: Julia Davis and Lisa Jones, Thresholds: a chorus, 2019. Three-channel HD video installation with surround sound, duration 10:29 mins. Camera: Richard Glover. Editing and post-production: Blue Lucine. Sound design: Derek Allan, Zig Zag Lane. Producer: Claire Taylor. Installation view at Tin Sheds Gallery.
Saturday 13 February
1.30 - 3pm (30 mins of gallery tour followed by the talk)
In 2019 Barry Keldoulis went down into the St. James tunnels with Julia Davis and Lisa Jones while they were working on some of the drawings in this exhibition. In this talk Keldoulis, Davis and Jones discuss the exhibition, the making of the artworks, and the role of site within the artists’ collaborative practice.
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Hero image credit: Julia Davis and Lisa Jones, Thresholds – a chorus, 2017-2019, site-accreted residue on Heritage rag 320 gsm paper, 160 x 240 cm. Installation view at Tin Sheds Gallery. Photograph: Richard Glover.