Instantly Obscured
InsideOUT
Hobart has a talented pool of arts practitioners, but small gallery spaces, suited to solo shows, installations or performative works are limited. Creative Hobart's ongoing purpose is to make creative experiences and opportunities available and readily accessible to all – artists and audiences.
InsideOUT supports this aim by taking the art OUT, but keeping it Inside.
In this program, all works are contained within the Creative Hobart's new public art platform, InsideOUT, comprised of two portable 'cube' galleries, offering a clean, weatherproof, locked space to display creative work of all suitable kinds.
Peter Maarseveen, Instantly Obscured, 2024/2025.
Exhibiting and performing from 6 March - 21 April 2024.
Where: Elizabeth Street Pier Forecourt, Hobart waterfront
In today's digital age people are so used to just clicking a button to capture an image, then instantly looking at the back of the camera to see what they have taken, deleting it if they don't like what they have seen.
With Instantly Obscured Peter is trying to remind people that there is a lot more to photography than just the press of a button. Here he has set up a Camera Obscura (a large walk-in camera) which will give you a life size view of what it sees. Staying within the camera himself, Peter will be working with willing members of the public to capture their exact image coming through the lens onto the photographic paper. He will be processing the images inside the camera, giving an instant (well 20 minutes) negative image. These images will be displayed for the duration of the project, with new images being captured each time. Working inside the camera, Peter will be building a collection of the Hobart public.
Artist biography
Peter is a photographic artist working with alternative analogue processes. His work revolves around the idea that the making of an image is just as important as the final works. He is currently building an off-grid darkroom which will use solar power and rainwater, as well as low toxic compostable chemicals he has made from the plants surrounding the darkroom.
Performance schedule
The artist will be at the box, working the camera at the times shown below:
- Tuesday 24 December | 11 am - 1 pm
- Thursday 26 December | 11 am - 1 pm
- Tuesday 31 December | 11 am - 1 pm
- Thursday 2 January | 11 am - 1 pm
- Tuesday 7 January | 11 am - 1 pm
- Thursday 9 January | 11 am - 1 pm
Performance times are subject to change.
Find out more about the whole InsideOUT program here:
InsideOUT
This installation is supported by land owner, TasPorts.
