Roller Disco

Australian and international artists explored the interplay between the intimate/domestic and the public/structural in this exhibition presented by curators Alexie Glass-Kantor, Emily Cormack and Chris Sharp. Featured artists included Stuart Ringholt (Australia), Marco Fusinato (Australia), Shimbuhu (Japan), Martin Soto (Mexico), Jean-Luc Moulène (France) and Kosloff. In this work Kosloff explores how movement, gesture and abstraction translate into significance. Her practice embraces various representational strategies, each one linked by an interest in the body and its agency within the everyday. 'Roller disco' is a looped video work that explores the expressive potential of the body; the social and performative function of a public gathering; and how group situations can cultivate a sense of belonging and instrumentality. Digital and analogue processes were combined in a site-specific installation. Kosloff cut a hole in the gallery wall, replaced this hole with semi-opaque Perspex, and rear projected onto this surface. The projected image literally blended into the architecture and could be viewed from both sides representing a new approach in Kosloff's video practice which questions not only what, but how we view, and therefore see in the public realm. A 100-page publication was produced to accompany this exhibition, including essays by the curators. The exhibition was funded by Arts Victoria.