LEISUR[E]SCAPES

Head On Photo Festival 2013

Brett Ramsay

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Dates: 15 May 2013 - 26 May 2013

Location: Global Gallery 5 Comber St Paddington NSW 2021 Australia

Hours: Tue-Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 12pm-4pm

Entry Fee: Free

Exhibition Event:

Official Opening 15/05/2013 8:00 am

What we do in out leisure and vacation time can reveal much of the dreams and desires of our society. LEISUR[E]SPAPES explores the purpose-built leisure spaces of the Gold Coast, investigating society’s increasing trend towards the hyperreal experience. Many of these spaces are built as a simulacrum to another place or another time; however, total realism is never achieved. My project seeks to highlight this tension by documenting the juxtaposition between the simulation and the everyday.

By drawing attention to the absurdity of the leisure environment, this work seeks to interrupt the suspension of disbelief, bring forward the hyperreal, and thus appeal to the common sense of the viewer.