when: 23 January 2025 - 23 February 2025 | venue: The Concourse | cost: Free | address: 409 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood NSW 2067 | website: https://www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Events/Infrangible-Matter-Tracing-the-Elements?transfer=74266c3d-034b-439f-a7f7-27b47241d139
published: 07 Feb 2025, 5 min read
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The exhibition, Infrangible Matter; Tracing the Elements is inspired by the five elements or agents within traditional Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean cultures. The elements of Fire, Water, Wood, Metal and Earth inform cosmic cycles, the interior of the body and the natural world.
In Chinese traditional culture these five elements are called 'Wǔxíng'; in Korean culture they are referred to as 'O Haeng' and in Vietnamese as 'Ngũ Hành'. Variations of these elements appear in the cultural heritages from across the globe, including Japanese 'Godai', Hinduism and Greek Mythology.
Infrangible Matter; Tracing the Elements explores a variation of the five Sinosphere elements; focusing on Fire, Water, Air, Metal and Earth from a cross-cultural perspective. It examines these five elements in the context of contemporary arts practice. Artists in the exhibition draw from a variety of cultural roots to offer conceptual and poetic interpretations of the elements and how they can reflect deeper themes. Fire, Water, Air, Metal and Earth become agents to address current reflections on colonisation, the environment, migration, personal ritual and more.
Artists: Min-Woo Bang, Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen, Frankie Chow, Thomas C. Chung, Charlotte Foster, Ganbold Lundaa, Quan Zhu Ma, Pamela See, James Tylor and Hirofumi Uchino
Image: Thomas C. Chung, 'As Far As I Could See' (i), 2023, video still
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The exhibition, Infrangible Matter; Tracing the Elements is inspired by the five elements or agents within traditional Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean cultures. The elements of Fire, Water, Wood, Metal and Earth inform cosmic cycles, the interior of the body and the natural world.
In Chinese traditional culture these five elements are called 'Wǔxíng'; in Korean culture they are referred to as 'O Haeng' and in Vietnamese as 'Ngũ Hành'. Variations of these elements appear in the cultural heritages from across the globe, including Japanese 'Godai', Hinduism and Greek Mythology.
Infrangible Matter; Tracing the Elements explores a variation of the five Sinosphere elements; focusing on Fire, Water, Air, Metal and Earth from a cross-cultural perspective. It examines these five elements in the context of contemporary arts practice. Artists in the exhibition draw from a variety of cultural roots to offer conceptual and poetic interpretations of the elements and how they can reflect deeper themes. Fire, Water, Air, Metal and Earth become agents to address current reflections on colonisation, the environment, migration, personal ritual and more.
Artists: Min-Woo Bang, Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen, Frankie Chow, Thomas C. Chung, Charlotte Foster, Ganbold Lundaa, Quan Zhu Ma, Pamela See, James Tylor and Hirofumi Uchino
Image: Thomas C. Chung, 'As Far As I Could See' (i), 2023, video still
Go see Infrangible Matter; Tracing the Elements 2025.
Infrangible Matter; Tracing the Elements 2025 is on 23 January 2025 - 23 February 2025. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Chatswood. Call 02 9777 7972 for details. Visit their website at https://www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Events/Infrangible-Matter-Tracing-the-Elements?transfer=74266c3d-034b-439f-a7f7-27b47241d139.
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