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Amiel Courtin‑Wilson
TRYING TO COAX A LION OUT OF MY CHEST
OPENING FRIDAY 31 JULY 6 ‑ 9PM
EXHIBITION SAT 1 UNTIL SAT 15 AUGUST
AT UTOPIAN SLUMPS
5/25 EASEY STREET COLLINGWOOD
GALLERY HOURS: WED‑SAT 12‑6PM
OTHER TIMES BY APPOINTMENT: 0403 009 291
Non‑profit curator‑run arts initiative Utopian Slumps is pleased to announce
the opening of Trying to Coax a Lion out of my Chest by Amiel Courtin‑Wilson
from 6 ‑ 9pm on Friday 31 July 2009.
Amiel Courtin‑Wilson is an acclaimed filmmaker whose multi‑award winning
feature documentaries Chasing Buddha (2000), Bastardy (Nominated Best
Documentary AFI Awards 2009) and short films On the Other Ocean (2005)
Cicada (2008) have screened at major international film festivals, including
Sundance and Cannes.
He has exhibited his video installation work internationally and lectured at
institutions, conferences and festivals including the University of
California Los Angeles, VCA, RMIT, AFTRS and the Australian International
Documentary Conference. Exhibition highlights include ŒI thought I knew but
I was wrong‑ New Video from Australia¹ which toured the Asia‑Pacific region
2004‑2005 (ACMI in association with Asialink, co‑curated by Alexie Glass and
Sarah Tutton), ŒAll my friends are diseased¹ at Seventh Gallery, 2005;
ŒAustralian Culture Now¹ at ACMI, curated by Rhys Graham, 2004; and ŒFormal
Explorations¹ at Seventh Gallery, curated by Rebecca Cannon, 2001.
After working across documentary, drama and video installation, Amiel
started drawing in 2004 to purge the daily static from his brain. Amiel¹s
automatic, reductive ink drawings are an attempt to exorcise the palpable
semi‑articulated joy, sorrow and regret that sit somewhere in the centre of
his body. They represent an unbearably dense accumulation of coal, bright
light, horror and ecstasy, and offer an alternative insight into the
filmmaker¹s perception of the visual world.
Trying to Coax a Lion out of my Chest will present Amiel¹s first solo
exhibition at Utopian Slumps, 5/25 Easey St, Collingwood (via alley) from 1
to 15 August 2009. For further information please contact Melissa Loughnan
on 0403 009 291 or melissa@utopianslumps.org.
Founding Director
Utopian Slumps
5/25 Easey St Collingwood VIC 3066
Gallery hours Wed to Sat 12 ‑ 6pm
www.utopianslumps.org
Sunday, July 26, 2009
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