ACCA

Question 1

Full name of ACCA

Answer 1

Australian Centre of Contemporary Arts

Question 2

Name of ACCA exhibition

Answer 2

“From the Other Side”

Question 3

Themes of ACCA exhibition

Answer 3

Theme of gender
Horror’s capacity to transcend and destabilise forms of power

Question 4

Director of ACCA exhibiton

Answer 4

Max Delauney

Question 5

Curators of ACCA exhibiton

Answer 5

Jessica Clarke and Elyse Goldfinch

Question 6

Design of ACCA building

Answer 6

Designed by Wood Marsh
Kunst-halle
4 main gallery spaces, gallery one is 32m long and 8.6m high, ceiling slopes
Contemporary warehouse with flexible spaces
Entrance via the foyer into Gallery space 1 and 2

Question 7

Artwork 1 ACCA

Answer 7

“Calendar Girls” by Maria Kozic 1999

Question 8

Artwork 1 ACCA description and presentation

Answer 8

12 eye-level paintings along the 32m right-hand wall of Gallery Space 1
Hung against a wall painted in ‘Tongue PInk’
Dimly lit at 80 LUX - supports conservation and creates dark, ominous atmosphere
Evokes sexual connotations of photo calendars, objectification of women
Hung level from the bottom at eye-level, with equal distance b/w each work

Question 9

Artwork 2 ACCA

Answer 9

“Breath Hovering Beneath the Base” by Naomi Blacklock (2016-2023)

Question 10

Artwork 2 ACCA description and presentation

Answer 10

Dominating installation resembling a witch’s hat in the left centre of the room
Ritualized sounds and imagery
Witch as a symbol of female marginalization, and also emancipation
Soundscape of screams and quickening breathing interweaves with other noises, creating claustrophobia and discomfort
Placed in the left- centre of Gallery 1- forcing the viewer to stop, look and go around it

Question 11

ACCA conservation considerations

Answer 11

Don’t control go humidity but do control temperature at 21-22 degrees
Lighting only considers aesthetic purposes
Often installations will lack protective cases or barriers
Staff will monitor patrons and make sure they do not touch what they are not supposed to

Question 12

ACCA promotion strategies

Answer 12

Sponsors: DULUX, Australian Govt., RMIT University, The Saturday Paper etc.
Marketing team
Social media: Instagram, regular posts and stories
Artists are tasked with contributing to the promotion
Mailing lists and VIP previews

Question 13

Number of artists and works in ACCA exhibition

Answer 13

19 artists (majority female), 68 artworks

Question 14

ACCA entrance artwork

Answer 14

“Never let me go” by Heather B. Swann- black, wiry eyelashes create division between gallery foyer and exhibition space- sense of crossing a boundary
Invasion of privacy and sense of discomfort

Question 15

ACCA ex. dates

Answer 15

9 Dec 2023- 3 Mar 2024