re: cognition/re-cognition

Overview

How much of what we draw is memory and how much is imagination? It's a tricky question, that has no concrete answer, but it's something two Brisbane artists have been exploring for some time now. Michelle Roberts and Sony G Peters are diverse in their art practices, creating work and artistic theories that compliment as often as they clash. Their joint exhibition re: cognition/re-cognition delves into themes and concepts of subjective reality and autobiographical memories, through intense research of both artist’s behalf.

Michelle Roberts is a PhD candidate at Griffith University Queensland College of Art, and she currently investigates the capabilities and influence memory and imagination can have on the future. Her counterpart Sonya G Peters is currently completing her Doctorate in Visual Studies at the same school, where she also teaches. Her current research focuses on the act of drawing, and the notions of what is remembered and what is imagined from an autobiographical perspective.

Opening night for re: cognition/re-cognition is this Wednesday at 5pm, and you can catch the exhibition until the September 1. Don’t forget.