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Weeping gasoline dream

Amy Parker, Brendan Morris, H.B Peace, Liam Osborne, Micah Hesse, Olivia Koh, Rex Veal, Tim Johnson, Unknown makers

Mejia, Melbourne
8 - 30th November, 2019


Text by Chi Tran
Organised by Spencer Lai

Weeping Gasoline Dream - Flyer Final (JP
Chi Tran - on the reciprocity of touch.j
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Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

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Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

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Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

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Olivia Koh
Ikea Mirrors, 2017 - 2019
Found material

His heart was stuffed with dead wings (Jack Spicer, After Lorca), 2018
Mixed media

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Claire Lambe
Title not known, 2014/16
Hand carved Jelutong wood, fabric

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Amy Parker
Lamp, 2018
Scoby, candle

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Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

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Brendan Morris
Be safe at night sleep with a cop, 2019
Skateboard, carpet, decorative bird

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HB Peace
Untitled, 2019
Bleached viscose crepe, costume jewellery

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Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

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Micah Hesse
What You Wore To Work, 2018
4K CG Animated video
Colour, silent
Scrambled duration (approx. 1 minute)

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Rex Veal & Spencer Lai
Industry Standard (after Anna), 2019
Vase, bull rush reeds, dust

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Unknown maker/date
Architectural hobbyist model
Wood, paint, nails, foam

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Unknown maker/date
Mermaid earrings
Silver, bone, pearls
Estate of Linda Lai

Unknown maker/date
Homemade Spiderman costume (long-sleeve shirt)
Cotton, lurex
Estate of Rex Veal

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Manufactured by Watertown Lifetime, c. 1950s Melamine platter with seed imagery
Estate of Spencer Lai

 

Unknown maker/date Eggplant erotic carving Bone
Estate of Linda Lai

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Girlfriend ‘n madick, 2014
Biro on sketchpad paper
unknown maker (signature not legible)
Estate of Spencer Lai
 

Unknown maker/date
Seated monk figurine
Bronze
Estate of Linda Lai

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Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

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Rex Veal
Strawberry, 2019
Latch hook rug grid, strwberry furanone natural isolate, dipropylene glycol

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Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

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Tim Johnson
Public fitting, 1972
16mm film transferred to digital file colour, silent
12:03 minutes

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Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

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Spencer Lai
untitled, 2019
Perspex, high-density foam, acrylic, balsa wood, spray paint, cardboard, plastic, imitation surveillance cameras,
laminated signage, PVC, metal, various floor sweep- ings (e.g: dirt, dust, beading, fabric and objects)

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Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

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Claire Lambe
Title not known, 2014/16
Hand carved Jelutong wood

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Liam Osborne
Grief, 2019
MDF, KD hardwood, acetate, acrylic, liquid nails, builders bog, masking tape, invisible tape


Cum, 2019
Gyprock, acetate, acrylic, photograph, pine, invisible tape

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Rex Veal
Proposal for F/W 2020 Aesop staff uniform (genderless), 2019
Complimentary with purchase Aesop calico bags, cotton thread, zipper

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Documentation courtesy of Jordan Halsall

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