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Steph catches up with artist Ash Tower during the exhibition Studios 2022 at Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE).
They wax poetic about knowledge systems – from library shelves and scientific journals to the honor board at the RSL – which may sound like a dry subject, but Ash’s work reveals a contagious reverence for the humanness that surrounds the growing and organising of knowledge. There’s also talk of architecture, gaming, Baz Luhrmann film trivia, and coffins.
Transcript of this episode (PDF)
Show Notes
www.ash-tower.com
Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE)
Postcards from the Bibliopolis, 2013
Barr Smith Library, Adelaide
Studies of Nature, 2017
Nature (journal)
RSL: The Returned and Services League of Australia is a support organisation for people who have served or are serving in the Australian Defence Force.
The Burning of Vision, 2021
Baroque architecture
Via Purifico, 2021
Romeo + Juliet (film), 1996, Baz Luhrmann
Final Fantasy X (game), 2001, Squaresoft
… underneath the grove of sycamore that westward rooteth from the city’s side, so early walking did I see your son. (Romeo and Juliet 1.1.119-121)
14 Things You Didn’t Know About Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet [cosmo article]
underneath the grove of sycamore, 2021, ink on paper. 760 x 560mm
ACE Studio Program
Studios 2022 exhibition at ACE
