Burgher Tron (acrylic and ink on Gallery wall with attachments) Ramp Gallery, Hamilton. 2 - 22 October 2014.

This wall work was part of a group exhibition titled Assault on Art Precinct 13. The other artists in the show included: Alex John, Craig McClure and Joseph Scott.

A number of works on paper and various studio items including bric-a-brac were brought into the gallery space. Attached directly to the wall they set the template for the install.

Drawing directly onto the wall and adjusting items in and around each work informed the visual decisions made. The show was loosely based on the 1970’s cult film “Assault on Precinct 13”. Video cassettes alluding to that particular movie era, had film titles scribbled on their sleeves. A Television set was placed on a trolley in front of the wall. The screen of the TV was hand painted based on a still from the movie. Underneath the painting and visible in certain spaces the film continued to run for the duration of the exhibition. A tiny plasticene model sat on a chair in front of the television.

References to art education and the art world within Hamilton filtered through some of the drawings. The phrase ‘Burgher Tron’ appeared like a crest or a banner and another heading proclaimed “The Tron needs U”.

Unused drawings and process was left as detritus along the floor operating as ‘litter sculpture’. The whole is presented as a visual assault and a metaphor for cult films and geographical institutionalized art practice.