CCASMANUKA
19-29 Oct 2006

Changing Rooms - Domestically Interior
Elly Kent

Elly Kent’s current exhibition explores renovation, that icon of suburban Australian lifestyle. The impetus for this installation stems from the rooms in which she spent her childhood; rooms in late 19th century houses that were always in various states of disrepair, reconstruction or renovation.

Changing Rooms creates a nostalgic and decorative space using a domestic discard (ring pull) that is rarely associated with these concepts. Elly challenges and subverts assumptions we make about the ‘authenticity’ of those decorative elements that make up ornate patterning.