PANEL: Quiet Reflections through Photography

Join us for a conversation about photography, togetherness and reflection, as Daphne Alexis Ho and Drew Pettifer explore their medium and artwork in the exhibition 'Closer Together'.

Moderated by Associate Professor Kristen Sharp, discover how photographs can demonstrate a sense of intimacy and connection between both people and places.

About the speakers

Daphne Alexis Ho

Daphne Alexis Ho is a practicing photographic artist based in Hong Kong and her works have been exhibited in Melbourne, Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing, Sanya and Hong Kong. Daphne captures the transcendental phenomenon of nature through an ethereal portrayal of landscape. Her interpretation of landscape is monochromatic and non-representational. In her photographs, Daphne focuses on the energy of nature such as balance, contrast and juxtaposition; fusing pictorial tension with aesthetic sensibility. Emotional aspects such as interaction, the idea of co-existence and infinite exchanges among different elements of nature are prevalent, allowing viewers to experience intensity and tranquillity at the same time.

Drew Pettifer

Drew Pettifer is an artist, (non-practicing) lawyer and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Art at RMIT University. His art practice works across photography, video, print, sculpture, installation and performance and engages with histories of queerness, photographic theory, archival art practices, intimacy, and social politics.

 

'Closer Together' opens Tuesday 20 June. For further information visit rmitgallery.com.

Image: Drew Pettifer, Untitled (Aki on the floor), 2014. Image courtesy of the artist.

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RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.

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