Introduction

In March 2022 Vicki Ames and David Carson presented their exhibition ABOUT TIME at Gallery Central to celebrate working and exhibiting in Western Australia over the last 26 years, as they felt it was ‘about time’ they had a joint show.

 

The title About Time also referenced a common thread running through their work; they are both concerned with mutability, that is, the changes brought about by the passage of time.

So now, one year later, Ames and Carson will be resident in the Shopfront, 149 Beaufort Street, as part of the North Metropolitan TAFE Artist-in-Residence program. 

 

They will be in residence from 28th February to 2nd April 2023, exploring the immediate locality around Beaufort Street. 

 

Vicki is interested in the distortions and changes in objects and places, specifically worn, discoloured and broken surface areas. Dave is fascinated with places and events experienced over extended periods of time, using time lapse photography and 360º video- metamorphosed into art works, as prints and moving image sequences.

 

Both artists produce work that is abstract but located in experiences of particular places and phenomena.