Hillvale Presents:
Ben Hattingh
Clem McNabb
EJ Hassan & Kaede James Takamoto
Ed Gorwell
Gabrielle Hall-Lomax
Harley & Handen
Lina Zackariya
Mert Berdilek
Sarah Cutbush
Sophie Smith
Wilhelm Philipp

13.09.2024 - 06.10.2024

Exhibition opening: Friday 13th September

Exhibition runs Friday 13 September — Sunday 6 October
Curated by Hillvale Gallery

Hillvale Presents our major group exhibition for 2024. Ben Hattingh’s work taps into this undercurrent of disillusionment. His stark, unpeopled landscapes reflect the eerie calm of a society where familiar structures no longer function as they once did, leaving behind an unsettling void. Clem McNabb’s artful and intimate eye depicts a community of trans people they met just after turning 21. Ed Gorwell’s selection of everyday moments mainly focuses on unplanned still life arrangements allowing the viewer to reconsider the relationships that exist between the spaces, objects and people. Kaede James Takamoto and EJ Hassan present their collaborative project ‘Palaver’ is an on-going visual dialogue centered around female identity and their response to feeling seen. Gabrielle Hall-Lomax’s collection of images are from an ongoing project exploring identity, memory, and intergenerational connections among women, with a focus on matrilineal heritage. Harley & Händen’s practice showcases the life of sex workers through playful film photography. Lina Zackariya maintains a deep connection to her Islamic faith and South-Asian culture, through a focus on the resilience and beauty in maintaining tradition while navigating and integrating a different cultural landscape. Mert Berdilek, an Australian-Turkish filmmaker and photographer traversed 8000km+ on road across Türkiye, to explore how the country has changed, or hasn't since its formation 100 years ago. Sarah Cutbush’s project Hidden Valley encapsulates her interest in speculative documentary photography, exploring how this way of working can be used to address silences within the community archive. Sophie Smith is interested in the representation of feminine-presenting people in fashion and how this influences individual constructions of femininity. Wilhelm Philipp’s delves into Australia’s thriving paleontology scene in ‘Dinosaur Dreaming’,  through documenting four digs spanning from 2019-2023.