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THE GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS
An evocative exploration of paths less travelled.
Dates
15 Jun - 13 Jul 2024Galleries
Gallery OneFREE Opening Event
4-6pm, Saturday 22 June
Gallery Opening Days + Hours
10am – 4pm – Monday – Friday | 12noon – 4pm Saturday.
The galleries are closed Sundays and public holidays.
Times subject to change.
Special Event
Join the artist and explore the garden of forking paths on a unique walking tour of the Mount Gravatt Outlook.
Date: Saturday 6 July 2024, 2:30pm – 4pm.
Age Recommendations: Strictly for ages 18+
(Adult themes and sexual references).
Experience a journey of queer desire with the garden of forking paths, an immersive experience merging art, technology and nature.
Explore the overlap of historical cruising grounds and city reserves in a slow cinematic descent from satellite imagery to a digitally rendered treetop in a virtual night.
Multi-channel soundscapes entice and provoke as you engage with and discover aspects of the work and yourself as viewer or participant.
Leave the gallery and delve deeper with access to a purpose-built app, guiding you through the forest’s intersecting pathways.
Surrender to the mysterious beauty of the environment as you follow the artist’s footsteps, leading you down a path of intrigue and self-discovery. Engage, explore, and interrogate moments of decision and action as you navigate this immersive experience.
An evocative and immersive exploration of intrigue and decision.
Download the Room Sheet HERE.
The artists
Jarrod van der Ryken - Artist
Jarrod van der Ryken, a Meanjin (Brisbane) based visual artist, explores identity, representation, and lived experience through multidisciplinary mediums, including photography, video, and sculpture.
His experimental practice often leads to immersive video installations that push the boundaries of time and space.
Jarrod earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) from the Queensland University of Technology. He has held solo exhibitions at prominent art spaces across Australia, including CARPARK, Wreckers Upstairs, Boxcopy Contemporary Art Space, and Outer Space in Brisbane, Firstdraft and Galerie Pompom in Sydney, and Screenspace in Melbourne.
His work challenges the conventional and invites viewers to contemplate the intricate nuances of human existence and self-identity.
Rob Dirken - App Development
Pamela Rosel - Web Design
Jack Mitchell - Graphic Artwork
Hayden Potter - Sound Design
Charlie Hillhouse - Cinematography Assistance