Artist story/ Dawn Ng documents the melting of a pigment-infused block of ice

The multichannel installation 'The Earth is an hourglass' 2024 documents the time-adjusted melting of a pigment-infused block of ice across five channels of video, expanding the hypnotic effect of Dawn Ng’s video practice into an enveloping visual experience.

Ng’s work across a wide range of contemporary media is unified by subtle gradations of colour, which function as a way of exploring the passage and experience of time. Since 2018, Ng has filmed and photographed stages in the disintegration of frozen blocks of coloured pigment. Her videos compress the entire 20-hour process of decomposition into a mesmerising 20 minutes.

Seventy artists, collectives and projects from more than 30 countries feature in the eleventh chapter of the flagship QAGOMA exhibition series, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. Bringing compelling new art to Brisbane, the Triennial is a gateway to the rapidly evolving artistic expression of Australia, Asia and the Pacific. The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art is QAGOMA's (Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art) flagship exhibition series.

11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
30 Nov 2024 – 27 Apr 2025
Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art
Free entry
https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/apt11

Dawn Ng, Singapore b.1982
‘The Earth is an hourglass’, comprising:
'The Earth is an hourglass' 2024 installed for ‘The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’
Single-channel 4K video: 16:9, colour, 38:33 minutes
Purchased 2024 with funds from the Melbourne Art Foundation and the QAGOMA Foundation
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art
© Dawn Ng
'Orbit I' 2024 and 'Orbit II' 2024 installed for ‘The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’
Two-channel 4K video: 16:9, colour, 38:33 minutes
Courtesy: The artist and Sullivan+Strumpf, Singapore

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
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