Constance ARI

Folie á Trois exhibited the work of Jamin, Sally Rees and Scott Cotterell in the three diffferent spaces of BUS Gallery, 117 Lt. Lonsdale St., Melbourne.

Jamin

'Common Ground' by Jamin is a series of stencils sprayed directly onto the walls of the main gallery space in BUS. The stencils depict various 'good' and 'bad' characters that have appeared in the mass media - all of them carrying guns. Figures include Saddam Hussein, Trevor Flugge (AWB), David Hicks, Robin Gray, John Howard and Michael Long (AWB). 'Common Ground' investigates notions of guilt and innocence as prescribed by the media and reveals how men in positions of power love to be photographed with a big gun. The stencils were all cut and sprayed in 3 days and were hung on the opposing walls in a mirrored fashion .

Jamin is a candidate for an MFA at the University of Tasmania School of Art, Hobart, where he completed his BFA in 2004 and BFA with First Class Honours in 2005. Jamin has had several solo exhibitions including A.K.A. (CRITERION@Amulet, 2005) and Tasmania: Explore the Possibilities (INFLIGHT, 2007). Jamin has also been involved in numerous group shows including Hatched '06 (PICA, Perth 2006), Group Action 2 (Criterion Gallery, 2006) and the Melbourne & Sydney Stencil Festival (2005, 2006). He is a founding member of the Die Laughing Collective (Jamin, Paicey & Empire) who have had several 'solo' exhibitions together including; Dissent Disrupt Desert (Entrepot, 2004), Die Laughing (Earlyspace, Melbourne 2006) and MAY's (Sydney, 2006); as well as several group exhibitions, private and public commissions and workshops with school groups (including the Youngtown Underpass with Youngtown Primary, Launceston 2006). Jamin has been on the Board of INFLIGHT Gallery since 2005 and Red Wall Gallery since 2006. Jamin is represented by Criterion Gallery in Hobart. www.jamin.com.au

Sally Rees

Sally Rees is an artist, curator and writer based in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. She has exhibited throughout Australia and internationally and has been the recipient of both state and federal funding in support of her wide-ranging practice that incorporates performance, new media, installation and both the written and spoken word. She has held artists residencies at the Western Front in Vancouver, the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris and most recently CESTA in the Czech Republic.  Her work is held in various public collections. In 2005 Sally was awarded an MFA by the Tasmanian School of Art (UTAS) for research in the field of performance video and video installation. Her current individual practice consists mostly of time-based works and photographs that draw on small biographical details (favourite songs, items of clothing, objects in  everyday use) as the starting point for image and scenic development. She is also currently exploring a distracting hobby/sideline in Heavy Metal themed craft and design. As well as her independent practice, Sally has undertaken numerous collaborations with other visual artists, theatre companies, musicians and performers and is a member of international multimedia quartet, D Group. www.sally.vkool.com

Scot Cotterell

'The Life Death Oppositional comprises the residue of two separate google image searches using the terms ‘life’ and ‘death’ as provocations.Partly as a response to recent realist photography, but also to do with setting parameters within a system in order to facilitate the creation of art; a kind of improvisatory structure, I conducted the two searches and chose only images that were photographic and only images that appeared in someway posed or constructed. The connection of photography to visual truth of an actual event is a core interest in this work.The images used now exist beyond the camera that may have created them; they are searchable database items, files on a cd, and now digital prints. I have retained no record of their origin.' - Scot Cotterell

Scot Cotterell is an artist working in installation, performance, moving image and photography. Recent solo exhibitions include Fleeting Platform 2 Melbourne, The Life Death Oppositional at INFLIGHT Ari Hobart, and Feedback T.U.U Fine Art Gallery UTAS Hobart. Recent group exhibitions include SHAKE Next Wave 2006: 100 Points of Light, Folie a Trois Bus Gallery Melbourne, Resonator Long Gallery Salamanca Arts Centre and Text Me... Devonport Regional Gallery. Recent and upcoming commissions include The Mountain Festival Sculpture Trail and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Scot has curated exhibitions and performances for CAST Gallery , Inflight , and Boiler Room: National Improvisation Laboratory, Hobart. Other recent activities include two consecutive Time, Place, Space hybrid-arts laboratories, Adelaide and Brisbane, performances at ElectroFringe new media Arts Festival , Newcastle and Liquid Architecture 6, National festival of sound arts, Melbourne. www.scotcotterell.com