A message in the collar, HOBIENNALE 2019, 15 November 2019–23 November 2019

Curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan

Artists: Ashley Perry, Erin Crouch, Jeremy Eaton, Julia McInerney, Katie Ryan, Nina Gilbert, Stephen Palmer, Zainab Hikmet

‘A message in the collar’ brings together a selection of artists whose practices engage with notions of disclosure from a critical, literary, historical and personal perspective.

The artists employ strategies of confession, refrain, encryption and material syntax to shift the way we engage with language, images and signifiers. The artists wrangle with our contemporary means of communication, one that appears at once transparent and highly
circulated as well as obfuscated and opaque.

These works are further informed by an inclination to circumvent current forms of artistic consumption and dissemination, gradually revealing meaning through prolonged engagement.

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Nina Gilbert, Untitled (an artistic act), 2019, digital video, 7 min 20 sec (foreground) and Erin Crouch, Under the Jumpers, 2017, HD digital Video, running time 00:04:19 (distance)

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Nina Gilbert, Untitled (an artistic act), 2019, digital video, 7 min 20 sec

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Nina Gilbert, Untitled (an artistic act), 2019, digital video, 7 min 20 sec (foreground) and Stephen Palmer, Drift Map #3 and #1, 2018, inkjet print, drafting film, pencil, pin clips, 83 x 59 cm

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Stephen Palmer, Drift Map #3, Drift Map #1, 2018, inkjet print, drafting film, pencil, pin clips.

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Zainab Hikmet, Here and There, 2016, two incandescent bulbs synchronised to sun patterns in Baghdad and Auckland; dimensions: variable and Erin Crouch, Under the Jumpers, 2017, HD digital Video, running time 00:04:19

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Zainab Hikmet, If you knew, 2018, light-sensitive watercolour on 300gsm paper, 29 x 40 cm (foreground) and Zainab Hikmet, Here and There, 2016, two incandescent bulbs synchronised to sun patterns in Baghdad and Auckland; dimensions: variable

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Zainab Hikmet, If you knew, 2018, light-sensitive watercolour on 300gsm paper, 29 x 40 cm (foreground) and Zainab Hikmet, Here and There, 2016, two incandescent bulbs synchronised to sun patterns in Baghdad and Auckland; dimensions: variable

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Katie Ryan, Eartongue, 2019, burnished clay, acrylic and brushed chrome, 112 x 37 x 30 cm

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Katie Ryan, Eartongue, 2019, burnished clay, acrylic and brushed chrome, 112 x 37 x 30 cm (foreground). Ashley Perry, Weather Stones, Sinker, Message Stick, 2017, inkjet on paper, 30.5 x 20 cm

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Ashley Perry, Weather Stones, Sinker, Message Stick, 2017, inkjet on paper, 30.5 x 20 cm

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Ashley Perry, Weather Stones, Sinker, Message Stick, 2017, inkjet on paper, 30.5 x 20 cm (foreground) Katie Ryan, Eartongue, 2019, burnished clay, acrylic and brushed chrome, 112 x 37 x 30 cm

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Erin Crouch, Under the Jumpers, 2017, HD digital Video, running time 00:04:19

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Jeremy Eaton, Through the hand to the mouth (Poison, Beach Rats), 2019, UV exposure dye print on canvas, 94 x 71cm and Through the hand to the mouth (Head On, Pink Narcissus, Beach Rats, A Single Man) 2019, UV exposure dye print on canvas, 94 x 71cm

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Erin Crouch, Under the Jumpers, 2017, HD digital Video, running time 00:04:19. Jeremy Eaton, Through the hand to the mouth (Poison, Beach Rats), 2019, UV exposure dye print on canvas, 94 x 71cm and Jeremy Eaton, Through the hand to the mouth (Head On, Pink Narcissus, Beach Rats, A Single Man) 2019, UV exposure dye print on canvas, 94 x 71cm

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Zainab Hikmet, the biggest secret, 2018, light-sensitive watercolour on 300gsm paper, 29 x 40 cm and would we stay? 2018, light-sensitive watercolour on 300gsm paper, 29 x 40 cm

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Julia McInerney, Hyundai, silver gelatin print through a car window mounted on 1mm steel, 40 x 50.cm and Stephen Palmer, Scenes, 2019, video, 9 mins

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Julia McInerney, Hyundai, silver gelatin print through a car window mounted on 1mm steel, 40 x 50.cm

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Julia McInerney, Petal, 2019, silver gelatin print of a damaged car bonnet mounted on 1mm steel, 5 x 5 cm

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

A message in the collar, curated by Jeremy Eaton and Katie Ryan for the 2019 Hobiennale

Stephen Palmer, Scenes, 2019, video, 9 mins