RIFE MACHINE

Past Exhibition
26 May - 17 June 2017
A figure clad entirely in bright red 6x4 photographic prints of zoomed-in fallopian tubes stands in a room covered in the same prints.
A figure clad entirely in bright red 6x4 photographic prints of zoomed-in fallopian tubes stands in a room covered in the same prints.

Explore the work of emerging South Australian artist Emmaline Zanelli in RIFE MACHINE, a series of (de)constructed photographic portraits that blur people, spaces, memories and feelings.

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26 May to 17 June 2017

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Drawing on intimate relationships with friends and family members, Zanelli takes a dreamlike approach to her portraits as she pulls her subjects apart and mashes them back together. Thousands of glossy 6x4 patches of skin cocoon her brother’s fishing boat in a human shell; postcard prints of her own removed fallopian tubes are stapled together in a ceremonious suit, making her body whole again; an ex-boyfriend is cloaked in the face of her brother, transforming him into someone he admired.

Deeply personal and curiously sensational, RIFE MACHINE searches for a way of feeling that swims between real and unreal, domestic and dream.

Feature Image: Emmaline Zanelli, Red Room (Safe House), 2017, archival inkjet print, 1189mm x 841mm, edition of 5

  • A figure clad entirely in bright red 6x4 photographic prints of zoomed-in fallopian tubes stands in a room covered in the same prints.
  • A person, wearing a suit made of foam pieces, stands in front of a draping fabric with a mans face printed on it.
A figure clad entirely in bright red 6x4 photographic prints of zoomed-in fallopian tubes stands in a room covered in the same prints.
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Emmaline Zanelli, 'Red Room (Safe House)' (2017), archival inkjet print, 1189mm x 841mm, edition of 5. Courtesy the artist.

Lead Artists

Emmaline Zanelli
Artist

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ACErlu tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka inparrinthi. Kaurna miyurna yaitya yarta-mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlurlu tampinthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi. Ngadlurlu tampinthi purkana pukinangku, yalaka.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the Kaurna people are the traditional custodians of the Adelaide Plains. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today. We acknowledge Elders past and present.