Artist talk: Tom Blake w/ Annika Kristensen

Artist Tom Blake discusses his current solo exhibition with Annika Kristensen, 2024 Perth Festival visual arts curator.

FREE / Sunday 7 April / 2-3pm / at Goolugatup Heathcote Gallery

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Tom’s exhibition thoughts are metallic they melt in saltwater approaches the gallery as a coastal stream – specifically a spinning eddy – where the water pauses for a moment before combining with the sea. The exhibition comprises a series of new cyanotypes, wire drawings, looping videos and de-silvered mirrors, each containing an array of recurring elements which together become the silt – fragments suspended within a stream – spinning, falling, rising, dissolving.

The exhibition’s final day is 7 April – your last chance to catch the show!

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Annika Kristensen is the Visual Arts Curator at Perth Festival 2024 and 2023. Annika is an experienced contemporary arts curator with a particular interest in commissioning new work; the civic role of galleries and museums; art in the public realm; and broadening audiences for contemporary art. She was previously Senior Curator at ACCA, and Exhibition and Project Coordinator at Biennale of Sydney.

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Goolugatup Heathcote Gallery is located on the shores of the Derbal Yerrigan, in the suburb of Applecross, just south of the centre of Boorloo Perth, WA.

The precinct's street address is 58 Duncraig Rd, Applecross WA. It is 10 minute drive from the CBD, with ample parking on site. The closest train station is Canning Bridge, and the closest bus route the 148.

The Gallery is wheelchair accessible and ACROD parking is available nearby. Main entry is 1.4m wide, and accessible toilet doors are 0.9m wide. Toilets are unisex. If you are attending an event and require an AUSLAN interpreter please contact us.

Image: Portrait courtesy Parramatta Artists' Studios, photo by Jacquie Manning.