The trace is not a presence ... 2024

when: 29 August 2024 - 24 June 2025 | venue: Chau Chak Wing Museum | cost: Free | address: University Place, University of Sydney, Camperdown NSW 2006 | tickets: https://www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats-on/exhibitions/the-trace-is-not-a-presence.html

published: 29 Aug 2024, 5 min read

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'The trace is not a presence but is rather the simulacrum of a presence that dislocates, displaces, and refers beyond itself.' - Jacques Derrida

Through the hands of five Australian artists from different Chinese diasporic communities, The trace is not a presence… highlights both the active process of making, and the experience of transcending the past towards a present that is not immediately identifiable and complete.

A trace is a materialised passage of time, history, and memory. The exhibition includes historical documents and cultural objects to suggest traces of the past, as well as contemporary artworks by:

  • Dongwang Fan

  • Jenna Lee

  • Cyrus Tang

  • John Young

  • Louise Zhang

The paintings, sculptures, installations, videos and prints exhibited illustrate how traces can be fabricated, replicated and threaded into the present.

Here, the process of fabrication and reproduction is a positive act, destabilising staid notions of authenticity. The differences artists create potently distinguish them from being static copies or 'doubles' of the so-called origin.

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The trace is not a presence ... 2024 | What's on in Camperdown

The trace is not a presence ... 2024 is on 29 August 2024 - 24 June 2025. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Camperdown.

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Event Details

what: The trace is not a presence ... 2024
when: 29 August 2024 - 24 June 2025
venue: Chau Chak Wing Museum
city/suburb: Camperdown NSW

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