Front Up

Firstdraft, Eora nation/Sydney

6 April - 29 April 2016

Front Up

Theia Connell

Grace Herbert

Amber Koroluk-Stephenson

Front Up is a group exhibition that examines the façade as the material output of a myriad of forces at work within our social fabric.

Ideologies are often portrayed through outward appearances, positioning the façade as a potent site for exploring imagined realities. However, surfaces can be deceitful, the built environment is saturated with materials that aren’t what they claim to be. Many of these deceptions are well known, and widely accepted, praised for their ability to stand in for something less achievable, reminding us of what is more desirable.

Front Up seeks to address the disingenuous nature of ubiquitous materials, surfaces and structures within the urban landscape. Positioning these materials as both metaphor for, and output of, contemporary social conditioning.

Installation photographs by Zan Wimberley