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Exhibition Opening | Preppers

About this event

Visit Katanning Gallery for the opening of Preppers on Monday November 9, 2020.

Around the world thousands of people are steadfastly preparing for the end of civilisation as we know it. Doomsday preppers, as they’re known, collect specialised survival products, skills, and knowledge, both in real life and as members of online communities. The prepper phenomenon is an expression of widely relatable cultural anxieties.

Preppers examines this global subculture and its distinct aesthetics, jargon and apocalyptic fantasies. The exhibition features five cutting edge Australian and International artists presenting sculpture, installation, video, and prints that reflect their fascination with, and participation in the culture of doomsday prepping.

Preppers invites audiences to engage with a plan for action in the face of current cultural anxieties through high tech and physically engaging contemporary works.

This exhibition tour is dedicated to his significant contribution to the organisation and cultural sector. Paul Thompson was the longest serving Executive Director for ART ON THE MOVE (1998-2015) who died in 2019.

Monday November 9, 2020
FREE EVENT

Exhibition continues until December 5, 2020.

Images

IMAGE CREDIT: DAN MCCABE ‘RED BICCY,’ 2019. IMAGE COURTESY THE ARTIST.