CONFLUENCE
by Chris Brown and Alpha Sierra
Opens 6pm Friday 15 September
Confluence is an exhibition that explores the intersection of chance and coincidence; specifically that residing between the physical and temporal spaces. Photographers Chris Brown and Alyssa Salamon investigate the complex and unpredictable result when two separate perspectives collide. Drawing inspiration from the dynamic expression of human experience and the natural world, Confluence examines the beauty that emerges when specific space, time and phenomena meet. Driven by experimentation, the exhibition features a series of photographs that explore a contrast between togetherness and isolation, considering the moments of serendipity and synchronicity that shape our lives. Brown and Salamon's works challenge us to see the world in a new light and consider the power of chance in shaping our perceptions.
Chris Brown Artist Bio
Chris Brown is a multidisciplinary artist and photographer based in Mulubinba, Awabakal Country, Newcastle NSW. Brown’s practice draws from the power and complexity of the ecosphere and how this intersects with raw emotional states of being. Utilising digital and traditional film photography techniques, his work encompasses landscape, still life, abstraction and deconstructed portraiture, supported by visceral creating writing to invoke the subject’s inner voice. Showcased throughout 10 solo and 14 group exhibitions, Chris has also completed a residency programme with The Lock-Up Gallery, NSW.
Alpha Sierra Artist Bio
Lake Macquarie/Awabakal based artist, Alyssa Salamon, developed her creative identity under the pseudonym "Alpha Sierra" - a response to the reluctance of referring to herself as an artist; the name derived from her initials in the phonetic alphabet.
With a strong belief that art allows for creative freedom, she's developed a range of self-taught, multidisciplinary skills - perhaps a positive reaction to a negative agitation with stagnation.
Her work explores the ways we communicate without language, comparing commonalities between differing cultures and environments. With a consistent mood and melancholy, she explores similarities of the civil landscape, using her practice to transcend these boundaries.
With few works exhibited in group shows, 'Confluence' is her first completed body of work.
Onwards Gallery
6 Torpey Place Hamilton
Opens 6-9pm. 15 September 2023
Continues Sat-Thurs 11am-4pm.