Contagious Magic

Overview

Nope, we're not finished with the group exhibitions. Pompom is hosting Contagious Magic, a group show featuring seven artists whose practice revolves around video and photography. Both the show title and the featured works apparently make reference to "the otherness" of Jon Hassell and Brian Eno's 1980 album Fourth World, Vol. W: Possible Musics (ten points if you know what that means).

Artists include Vivian Cooper Smith, whose Memory Loss series features rocks his now deceased grandfather collected over decades travelling around WA, exploring themes of time, mortality and memory. There's also Jess Bradford, whose pieces form part of an ongoing project on the Tiger Balm Gardens, a Chinese cultural theme park in Singapore, drawing upon the park's representation of Chinese culture in the form of myths, legends and history. You'll also see work from Simon Del Favero, Charles Dennington, Tina Havelock Stevens, David Greenhalgh and Harley Ives.

A diverse, eclectic show that will suit art lovers possessing short attention spans.

Image: Jess Bradford, 'Haw Par Villa #4', 2016, courtesy the artist and Galerie pompom.