'Hinterland'

The idea of the hinterland directly revolves around what could be described as a geographical area which has been forgotten or left alone for whatever reason the people of a country might have. The focus of this exhibition will take  a more symbolic/metaphoric approach to the understanding of Hinterland as a premise for this exhibition. 

The idea that the ‘Hinterland’ can lie ‘beyond what is visible’ opens up the possibilities for the exploration of this word. This idea and understanding of Hinterland carries the same usage of the word in late colonial Britain where hinterland was used to express the breadth and depth of ‘other matters’. But with regards to the practice of the artists participating in this exhibition the focus for the exploration can be narrowed down to memory. The metaphorical usage of Hinterland in relation to memory, indicates an exploration of the hinterland of memory, whether personal memory or the collective memory of a people. There is a strong possibility that the artists participating will undertake their own exploration from the personal point of view, where the almost forgotten and less vested memories will become the landscape being traversed and exposed.

15 March - 05 April