BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.8.2//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Life Threads X-WR-CALDESC:Salamanca Arts Centre X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Hobart BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Hobart BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 DTSTART:20260404T160000 TZNAME:AEST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Hobart BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 DTSTART:20260404T160000 TZNAME:AEST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Life Threads DESCRIPTION:Wendy Tilley\n\n\n\nExhibition Dates:Tuesday 4th August –  Friday 28th August\, 2026Monday to Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pmWeekends: t o be announcedOpening Event:Thursday 13th August\, 5:00pm – 7:00pm\, 2 026An unexpected entangled assemblage of suspended raw clay threads\, th at descend from the rafters catching botanical motifs and remnants of hi stories\, before finally returning to its previous state.––––– ARTIST STATEMENTLife Threads is a suspended raw clay installation that w ill be made onsite. An entangled assemblage of clay covered threads that will drape\, curl\, and trail\, to fill spaces within the gallery. Vine like forms that seem to grow out of the rafters including botanical mot ifs that develop out of the clay. I am interested in highlighting the fr agility of life and the beauty of death and decay as well as alluding to themes of entanglement\, impermanence\, temporality\, and botanical mig ratory history\,\n\n\n\nThe creation of the work will be performative an d experimental. The making will be onsite in the gallery and take around 2 weeks during which the public are invited to visit and observe. I als o plan to document the making of the work via photos\, video\, and writi ng. Towards the end of the exhibition the suspensions will be taken down and plunged into tubs of water\, returning the clay to its previous sta te.\n\n\n\nI am fascinated by the material properties of clay and the po ssibilities that the material can communicate. As the clay dries it will shrink and crack. Movement of the suspended threads will also be unpred ictable and this will potentially cause the clay to fracture further. Sh ards of unfired clay are expected to break off and will stay where it la nds on the wooden gallery floor. The abstracted botanical vestiges will be an embodiment of my thinking and also catch hold of the complex histo ries surrounding place.\n\n\n\nA sense of transience will be established \, with the suspended threads and botanical motifs reflecting growth and movement while the raw unfired clay is in a state of flux and explores the influence of duration and time. This work will be an unexpected\, cu rious\, and playful exploration of decay and renewal evoking fragility a nd vulnerability as well as robust strength and durability. It challenge s the notions of permeance/impermanence\, value/valuelessness\, and trut h/untruth\n\n\n\nLife Threads is a unique installation that layers imper manence and strength and is made in and reflective of place. Suspended d rapes and vertical threads of unfired clay descend from the rafters catc hing botanical motifs and remnants of histories with debris cascading to the floor. While finally towards the end of the exhibition the threads of clay will be dismantled and immersed in water\, returning the clay to its previous state to leave a new narrative of thinking.\n\n\n\n\n\nAcc essibility\n\n\n\nWheelchair access via Lift in The CourtyardAccessible ToiletRegistered Assistance Animals welcome URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.sac.org.au/events/life-threads/ UID:urn:uuid:78a9e90d-8c38-409b-91a4-01d4747d979d STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260714T183057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260804 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260828 LOCATION:Salamanca Arts Centre Level 2 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR