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Phantasia

Magdalena Bors, Mark Kimber, Andrew Mamo, Alexia Sinclair, Simon Strong

“a brilliant tour de force of manipulated conceptual photography's power”
Robert McFarlane, Sydney Morning Herald

Vivid, complex and magical, the works in this exhibition abandon the traditional realm of the photographic – the real world – to conjure images of the fantastical. The result of highly skilled and detailed construction, these enchanted scenes are either created as theatrical settings and then photographed or pieced together from hundreds of photographic fragments.

The concept of ‘phantasia’ was proposed by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle to describe the way the mind makes images of things not directly in front of the eye. These could be memories of real events, projections of what is happening out of sight or purely imaginative inventions. Writing at a time when art was considered not as an act of creation but as the knowledgeable execution of a set of skills, the word ‘phantasia’ suggests both that artistry flows from the activity of making, and that memory and imagination are parts of the same process. The life of the mind is a world of images whose potency is not constrained by whether they arise from real experience or pure fantasy.

Exhibition Details

Hire fee: $3000 +GST (exclusive of freight)
Recommended space requirements: 70 - 100 running metres
Insurance value: $20,000
Dates Available: to end of 2010
Works: 23 prints framed / 12 faced mounted onto acrylic total: 35
Crates: 5
Exhibition support material:

Floor notes for photocopying
Museum captions
Didactic text panel
Touring manual including installation and packing instructions
Media disk and Press release
Venue response form

Download: Touring Information (PDF format)

For complete information about this project please contact the ACP Program Department

Tony Nolan, Program & Touring Coordinator
tel +61-2 9332 1455 (ext. 204)
fax +61-2 9331 6104

IMAGE © Alexia Sinclair Christina of Sweden 2007
IMAGE © Magdalena Bors Castle on the Hill 2007
IMAGE © Simon Strong The Field 2006
IMAGE © Andrew Mamo Every Distance Longer 2003