Coo-ee
Call & Response to Land & Art
A curated group show at Timeless Textiles
Background
In January 2022, artist, gallerist and director of Timeless Textiles Gallery, Anne Kempton, ventured out upon a 6 day, 100 kilometre walk along the Alpine Way in Victoria, Australia.
For Anne, the trek was, at times, arduous, however, it also provided her with immersion in, and views of, the astounding beauty of diverse landscapes from high alpine forests to grasslands along the track that winds from Falls Creek via Hotham, Dinner Plain to Harrietville.
After her walk, Anne creatively responded to her experience by making art about her journey and let her artworks call out to others by posting them on the 100 day project on Instagram (#the100dayproject).
Logistics
There is no entry fee, though the cost of transporting to and back (if unsold) from the gallery will be covered by the participating artist.
work per artist
30cm x 30cm max
dimensions
July 20th 2022
signed agreement
18th October 2022
Coo-ee: The Exhibition
Calling Out for Artists to Respond
Now Anne is inviting approx. 60 artists who work in fibre art to make their own creative response to the Coo-ee, or call out of her art inspired by the Alpine Way walk in Victoria Australia. The responses will be presented alongside Anne’s artworks as part of a curated group show.
The word, Coo-ee, is derived from indigenous language and is chosen as the title of the exhibition:
Coo-ee comes from the Dharug word “guu-wii”, literally “come here”, but the Europeans noted early in the piece that the Dharug used it as a shrill call to communicate over long distances.
Coo-ee is said to be amongst the first Aboriginal words taken into English by white Europeans.
Anne will select up to 17 images of her art works which are displayed here at random. Participating artists are to select an artwork as a source of inspiration. Each artist will select one of Anne’s artworks which is “the call” or “Coo-ee” and their own art is “the response”.
The Call
76. misty dreams
my dreams adrift / as the mist engulfs us / loosing sense of time
45. another path
listening to water / babble and chat away / to our marching steps
51. carmichael waterfall
as the water falls / hidden from view in the bush / wanting to be found
95. rolling hills…
rolling hills ahead / as far as we can gaze at / like our own lives
34. our beckoning path
I love to walk / following the footsteps of friends / it is comforting
52. wispy clouds
the wispy clouds swirl / bringing freshness to my face / cheering me onwards
39 roads much travelled
inspiring walk / between trees, flowers and clouds / makes my heart sing
97. aussie skies
our aussie skies / the wonder, joy and desire / to float into it
4. Alpine Walking
walking in the alpines / in this wonderous country / makes my soul sing
29. new growth after fires
regrowing snow gums / reflects the starkness of black / Alpine
74. greyness
The grey that’s worn / peeping green between the rocks / is aging in view
66. billy button
billy button bold / so bold, they take my eye / and I fall over
68. feeling grey
felling blurt grey / the track meanders onwards / taking me forward
57. wedged between
Wedged between rocks / squishy moss and shy lichen / turning hard to soft
55. Post 133
From Pretty Valley / which way to go, Post 133 / Follow the stones
41. hope
Glistening waters / Rocky water surrounds us, / pulling us forward
44. a wiggerly kind of day
today is different / it’s a wiggerly kind of day / bringing much lightness
The Response
Please fill out this expression of interest form, stating your top three choices to respond to. Every effort will be made to give artists their first preference.
Artists will be notified of their response selection via email and confirmation of their inclusion to this curated group show between July 20 – July 25th. Response artwork creation can then commence, with final pieces to arrive at Timeless Textiles Gallery before or on 18th October 2022.
Timeless Textiles Gallery
Timeless Textiles Gallery opened in 2011, and since its inception has developed a solidly expanding reputation as the only commercial gallery in Australia solely dedicated to fibre and textile art. To date, Timeless Textiles has successfully curated four international, four national and four local fibre art exhibitions annually. In addition, Timeless Textiles reaches beyond the gallery to engage with the wider public with its workshop and community art programs embedding its unique place in the social and community calendar of Newcastle and the Hunter region.
We have successfully curated many additional exhibitions in-house as well as hosted by external galleries both locally and interstate including Taste of Textiles at Timeless Textiles Gallery (2014) Holding at Newcastle Art Gallery (2016), Stitched Up at The Lock Up (2017) and re-presented/touring of Stitched Up at Gallery 76, the NSW Embroiderer’s Guild Gallery (2018).
