Artist Talk and Drinks Reception: Mythos & Ekstasis

“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.”

― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

Inspired by narrative motifs in Margaret Atwood’s novella The Penelopiad, Kath Abiker has developed a series of atmospheric abstract ’scapes’ which are imaginings of places, spaces and phenomena connected to themes of nature, concepts of female agency, sexuality, ambiguous power and the supernatural.

Kath Abiker will be expanding on these themes and narrative motifs that have inspired her work. Kath will be discussing her current and future practice as well as her working processes and techniques that span fine art and printmaking.

Venues

Artist Talk: VH.0.04, collaborative lecture theatre

Drinks Reception: Verena Holmes Gallery

The gallery is adjacent to the lecture theatre within the Verena Holmes building.