Materiel World: Tactile Tour with Loren Kronemyer
Description
Join us for a tactile tour of Materiel World lead by artist Loren Kronemyer. This tour is designed especially for visitors who are blind or have low vision, offering a detailed, sensory-rich experience. You’ll be guided through the exhibition with verbal descriptions, opportunities to handle select materials, and plenty of space for questions and conversation.
Materiel World is an exhibition that transforms the gallery at Contemporary Art Tasmania into a replica of a gun range, where recycled copper, industrial materials and installation come together in unexpected ways.
When: 5.30pm – 6.30pm, Thursday 28 August 2025
Where: Contemporary Art Tasmania
Cost: Free, bookings essential (limited to six places + support person to ensure a relaxed and accessible experience. Support persons are not required to register). Registrations are open until 27 August.
Content Warnings: Discussion of firearms, images of firearms, loud noises.
Accessibility: The gallery and courtyard are wheelchair accessible. There are a limited number of visitor parking spots in the carpark next to the Contemporary Art Tasmania building (access from Tasma Street). There are three gender neutral toilets onsite, including one ambulant toilet with a handrail.
For phone bookings or access enquiries, contact (+613) 6231 0445
More information about the exhibition:
Materiel World, by artist Loren Kronemyer, is a project that started in 2021 as part of Kronemyer’s ongoing interest in learning and sharing survival skills, both practical (like tool-making) and emotional (like communication and care). This caused her to begin thinking more deeply about her relationship with guns. As an American living in Lutruwita/Tasmania, she feels the positive affects of disarmament here every day. Kronemyer has never owned a gun, but wanted to see if it was possible to learn about them by imagining them as completely peaceful objects.
This led her to the imperfect idea of making a bullet from recycled copper. This bullet that could reverse harm by returning stolen, mined materials back to the earth.
Though the idea of creating a non-harmful bullet was unreasonable and contradictory, it was also a very practical way to learn. Step by step, Kronemyer learned how to make and use every piece of equipment that she was legally allowed to. This journey involved openly navigating uncomfortable and unfamiliar places, including the legal system, heavily armed subcultures, and systems of power and control that surround danger. The title Materiel World borrows a word from the military: materiel, which refers to equipment, munitions, and other non-human supplies.
This exhibit shares the documentation of this learning process, set inside a working recreation of the indoor pistol range where she received training in shooting a gun.
https://contemporaryarttasmania.org/programs/loren-kronemyer-materiel-world/
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. Developed with support from Contemporary Art Tasmania, Cannery Arts Centre Kepa Kurl, Festival of Live Art [AKL] Tāmaki Makaurau and SPACED.
Banner image: Materiel World by Loren Kronemyer, courtesy of Aiesha Hanson.
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