Exhibition: A soft space to stand

In a world of hard edges, how do you observe softness? On the inverse, how do you find a stable footing on soft surfaces? Tread gently at The Lock-Up and uncover softness through time-based practices.

'Soft' is at once grounding and unstable, in the ever-changing fleshy vessels that hold you (your own and of others), the porous boundaries between imaginary and visceral worlds, or the socio-political terrains that conceal slippages of shifting ground. Hardness is easily defined in its rigidity, oppression, and the absolute. Softness is more elusive: softness is slippery, subjective, and often taken for granted.

Softness is the methodology in this group exhibition of interdisciplinary practices, installation, moving image, video, film, and animation. Against harsh realities of personal and environmental disasters, or the unyielding grind of time, softness manifests itself as subversion, surrender and resistance. 'A soft space to stand' includes works by Jamie Bastoli, Jasmine Craciun, Alysha Fewster, Fiona Lee, David Lobb, Ali Noble and Nicole Smede. Consider what it means to respond to the social, environmental and existential crises of living.

They're hard launching their Soft Opening Party on Saturday 13 December. Entry by donation, limited capacity, bookings and early arrival encouraged.

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Facilities at Exhibition: A soft space to stand

• Family Friendly
• Non Smoking
• Parents Room
• Pet Friendly - Enquire
• Public Toilet
• Shop / Gift Shop

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Accessibility Information

• Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
• Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
• Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
• Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.