Archive : 2017

Born in Melbourne in 1991, Aitken is co-director of the Melbourne gallery Nicholas Projects. He was highly commended in the 2014 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture and was selected by critic Ashley Crawford and 2010 Archibald and Wynne winner Sam Leach for the 2014 NotFair art fair. His last solo show at the Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre was opened by Professor Jon Cattapan, which was followed up by being a finalist in the Brett Whitley Travelling Scholarship, the Archibald, a trip to New York, a residency in Los Angeles and a residency at the Art Vault. Ben is collected by many public and private collections Australian wide, including the Buxton Collection, PriceWaterhouseCooper and Lismore Regional Gallery. Instagram: @sniflthreesix

Informed by media archaeology and archival theory, Kurtis Adamson utilises discarded photographic negatives from the early 1900s to explore the relationship between analogue and digital media, and the changing perceptions around photographic archives. His hauntological inspired archive alludes to the social spectral concerns of digital data collection & identification, whilst also exploring a link between memory and objecthood which digital photography rarely evokes. Dear memo – ry, please don't forget me… aims to provide reflection and encourage contemplation of the digital age we live in as we increasingly create a digital legacy for future generations.