'no thing after another' : acab collective

'no thing after another' was a site specific installation created by ACAB collective for Trocadero Art Spaces in Footscray. Drawing on the spatial landscape of Footscray, a work was created that merged video installation with sound art and found objects. Construction sites and vacant lots represent zones of transition common to the landscape of the western suburbs. These places exist on the periphery of our awareness, prompting a simultaneous attraction and unease in those that come across them.
'no thing after another' locates the viewer within a transitory space and aims to preserve the unique poetic identity of the current Footscray-in-transit.

Today we de-installed the work, which was a challenge in the 35 degree heat.The exhibition went well though, and I'm very thankful to all who came along to take a look.
For those that missed it, here are some photographs of the installation...

xo

acab collective at trocadero artspaces

Coming up soon is ACAB collective's new show 'no thing after another' at Trocadero Art Space:
Level 1, 119 Hopkins Street, Footscray 3011

Opening: Saturday the 11th of February between 4-6pm.

We would love to see folks there to have a drink and give us opinions on out latest work.
ACAB collective consists of Zinzi Cuntstruct, Ben Johnson, Nickk Hertzog & Gina Cuntstruct

If you can't make it to the opening, the show is open between the 8th-25th of February. Wednesday - Saturday 11am til 6pm.


‘no thing after another’ seeks the engagement of a hidden tableau visible through select peep holes which offer a view onto the changing spatial identity of central Footscray. Bulldozed lots and worksites are synonymous with the shifting urban landscape. These transitional zones allow things to pass and go unheeded, collecting in anachronistic fissures within the metropolitan cobweb. Outmoded, temporarily functionless places have an enigmatic appeal and simultaneous revulsion. The disjunction between our perception and the world reaches us on the level of affect. The mood of this awareness is uneasiness meeting the strangely beautiful; an awareness of poetics. ACAB collective aims to preserve the unique poetic identity of the current Footscray-in-transit.