The Tunnels
Underneath the Adina Hotel on Victoria
Square (entrance via the Adina Hotel courtyard).
When: 19th April – 2nd May 2013
Did you know that our city has a series of
old, disused tunnels that once connected buildings across the city? I’ve always
associated Adelaide’s ‘underground’ with sub-cultures and crusty punks, never
once did I consider that we had a sub-terra network reminiscent of cities like
Vienna.
The Tunnels is new visual art and
performance space that makes use of Adelaide’s underground tunnels, exposing
the underground as an exciting and unusual part of our city. Beneath the Adina
Grand Hotel, the basement tunnels will be transformed into an unexpected venue.
Artists have been asked to respond to themes derived from the context;
Oxygen/Humility for the first exhibition, and Beneath/Roots for the second. The
exhibitions run for two weeks each, and feature 32 exhibiting artists, and 28
performing artist. The artists involved in The Tunnels are all young and
emerging artists from SA who work across a variety of artforms. The focus on
performance art is really noteworthy, adding a dynamism to the exhibition
experience.
Curated by the team at Artsake productions,
The Tunnels present art as something that can be experienced. They make use of
the unusual venue to build awareness of the encounter with the artworks and
performances.
Also check out the ABC News coverage here!
Text: Copyright Adele Sliuzas, originally published on The Thousands
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