The artists are Richard Blackwell, Kate Dulhunty, Merryn Gates, Elizabeth Kelly, Marcia Lochhead, Ruth Maddison, eX de Medici, Byrd, Raquel Ormella, Martin Rowney, Duncan Smith, Jo Wu,

Sculptor Martin Rowney’s “Backyards”, (mixed media, 2013), comprises five poles that resemble the core samples that this former archaeologist may have once lifted from deep within the earth; regular 10 cm high rounds of, variously, compacted Lego pieces, tumbled red glass fragments, massed coffee beans, squished matchbox cars, twigs and other ubiquitous items are presented as if for examination by archaeologists of the future.

In “Inventions” (found object assemblages, 2013) Kate Dulhunty also repurposes. The hundreds of miniature machine-like sculptures that she recreates from a multitude of broken fragments of everyday objects, found during daily walks, are light-hearted, post-apocalyptic imaginings which transform the familiar and everyday into the inexplicable; what do these tiny familiar/unfamiliars do?

De Medici’s “Ainslie Ave #1 and #2”, (inkjet prints, from Type c neg, 112x152cms 2002, reprinted 2013) present a confronting and stark reality of poverty in local public housing.

Gates’ own work, an image of Walter Burley Griffin printed on to a grey swag, lies as if temporarily abandoned, in a hidden corner.

Marcia Lochhead’s photographic essay on young transgendered Canberrans is compelling; Byrd’s (Dan Maginnity) monumental spray-painted cardboard architectural work maintains its graffiti cred and Jo Wu delights with a neon sculpture that celebrates the women involved in Canberra’s sex industry.