InsideOUT
InsideOUT logo over an image of Hobart.
Hobart has a talented pool of arts practitioners, but small gallery spaces, suited to solo shows, installations or performative works are limited. Creative Hobart's ongoing purpose is to make creative experiences and opportunities available and readily accessible to all – artists and audiences.
InsideOUT supports this aim by taking the art OUT, but keeping it Inside.
In this program, all works are contained within the Creative Hobart's new public art platform, InsideOUT, comprised of two portable 'cube' galleries, offering a clean, weatherproof, locked space to display creative work of all suitable kinds.
The InsideOUT cubes are solar powered and can also be mains powered (15Amp plug), dependent on site. Cabling is in place and equipment available for ultra short throw projection in locations where mains powered is available. There are options for hanging works and the lighting track offers the option to rearrange lighting in the space. Each of the three windows is openable to support both hanging and temporary performances.
InsideOUT will stay in place for approximately two months and we are scoping suitable sites across the entire municipality of Hobart.
InsideOUT cube preview
Three images of our InsideOUT spaces nearly complete in the workshop.
Selected artists
The following two artists have been selected for the March and then May installations of InsideOUT. A further two artists have been selected for the remainder of 2024 and will be confirmed subject to funding approval.
The program will be launched on Wednesday 6 March 2024 in front of Town Hall, Hobart, and will be in place until the end of the third week of April.
InsideOUT #1: Cascade Funnel-Web Vivarium, 2024, Matthew Stolp
When: March - April 2024
Artist Statement
The now extinct, Cascade Funnel-Web was located on Muwinina land and Palawa people would have deeply understood the habitat and behaviour of this endemic arachnid. There is little documented evidence of the Cascade Funnel-Web. It was recorded by Vernon Victor Hickman in 1926 and has not been sighted since. Hickman found two spider burrows in the soft bank of a creek at Cascades. He sketched a spider, eggs and a silken funnel web.
In this family-friendly performance, watch the last remaining Cascade Funnel Web weave his home; hoping to catch food or perhaps it's a lonely attempt to attract a mate.
Performance schedule
Artist biography
Matthew Stolp is an Arts Educator, Actor, Character Performer, Screenwriter, and Visual Artist with over thirty years' experience in the creative arts. He is a Senior Secondary Art and Drama teacher and Head of Faculty for the Arts at Guilford Young College. Matthew has worked professionally for Blue Cow Theatre, the Tasmanian Theatre company, MONA, SBS and the ABC. He is the recipient of several awards for his creative work including two Tasmanian Theatre Awards for performance and design.
InsideOUT #2: The Dorney House at Fort Nelson, 2024, Andy Hatton
When: May - June 2024
Artist Statement
In September 2023 I was commissioned by Paddy Dorney to begin documenting "The Dorney House" at Fort Nelson by J.H. Esmond Dorney Architect for the international journal publication by Doco MoMo, a body that recognises important Modernist architecture globally. One of ten to be included in Australia this year, and the only building to be included from Tasmania, this represents a significant moment in the story of this unique property. Through the kind support of the council, I have been documenting the house, the fort and the surrounding land at all times of day.
I feel the greatest gift we can have with any project is time. This being a key ingredient in the success of this structure - a dodecahedron, a time piece, a sundial - abstracting its views as the light shifts and shapes it throughout the day. There's poetry held within these walls and all its expansive glass. The feeling of dawn through to sunrise, shifting moments, wild storms with kaleidoscopic repercussions, the fall of dusk into the dark. There is a deep connection to the environment that envelops this house, and in those moments of transition, the outside comes in, slowly revealing its layers in each pane, portals that dare us to dream, windows to natures soul. Celestial alignment in full force.
Artist Biography
Andy Hatton is a Manchester-born Photographer, Director and Cinematographer, living in Nipaluna / Hobart, Australia. With a background in fine art photography, he brings a cinematic approach to his visual storytelling. His personal style crosses genres, from documentary and travel to editorial and portraiture, h e finds magic in subtlety, creating atmospheric images, with focus on a poetic narrative. Andy's diverse portfolio includes collaborations with Apple, Olympus, National Geographic and Mercedes Benz.