Constance ARI

Consisting of four works, the exhibition Nightlung draws upon a range of seemingly disparate materials and points of reference, from burnt black apple seeds to Aerogel*, from tennis courts to breath routes, from aluminium anchors to Virginia Woolf. Questions of language and sculpture lie at the crux of McInerney’s practice; the floor sheet is designed to act as a kind of map, offering threads of information and cues that invite the viewer to bridge and intermingle the realms of physical objects with that of the literary.

* Aerogel is thus far the lightest solid to have ever been manufactured. Having a constitution of 98.2% air, it is applied in two of the works in the exhibition—in both its fine particle and solid block forms—as a sculptural syntax for breath or lungs. Amongst its practical uses, Aerogel is employed to gather dust particles from outer space for research purposes.

Bio

Julia McInerney (b.1989) is an Adelaide based artist, having graduated from the Adelaide Central School of Art with a Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours) in 2011. Recent solo exhibitions include The Animal, Bus Projects (Melbourne), The Meadow, The Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia's Project Space, and White Air Anatomy at Felt Space (Adelaide). In 2014 Julia undertook residencies at Fire Station Artists' Studios in Dublin, and SIM in Berlin, upon returning to Australia she undertook a three month residency at Artspace in Sydney, awarded by the Helpmann Academy. Recent grants and awards include Art Start (The Australian Council for the Arts), Carclew Project and Development Grants, Helpmann Academy Project Grants, and a NAVA Sainsbury Sculpture Grant.