BLACKBOX at Schmick Contemporary
Author : Finn McGrath I exited Chinatown's George Street, drenched, a couple kg heavier from torrential downpour, and entered a boastful massage parlour adorned with signs in all different languages, graphics and colours. I felt pressed into the belly of the Anthropocene. Walking up three flights of stairs, the incessant background noise of the city, (the Anthropocene's soundtrack) followed me up, and into the small space of Schmick Contemporary. In an interesting turn of events, I planned to meet and talk about this show and other art things with Thomas Kusturin, Curator of Pr!vat51. We had a great chat over KBBQ with my friend Elliot after this show and it was cool to have this strange sense of closure in chatting with him after writing my review of his show. Addressing the exhibition - BLACKBOX: The colour vibrancy felt in this exhibition, with its overwhelming hue of purple, was not any attempt at escapism from the hum, drum, lum of the inner city. But a true acceptance, o