The COFA Annual 2013

With The Force Of A Thousand Suns, 2013, Meteorite, Glass, Metal, Mdf, Dimensions Variable. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • The Distance Between Us, 2013, Inkjet Prints, 184.5 X 45.5cm, Series Of 6, Edition Of 3 + Ap. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • The Distance Between Us, 2013, Inkjet Prints, 184.5 X 45.5cm, Series Of 6, Edition Of 3 + Ap. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • It’S All Inside You, Everything, 2013, Conch Shell, Audio, Dimensions Variable. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • It’S All Inside You, Everything, 2013, Conch Shell, Audio, Dimensions Variable. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • It’S All Inside You, Everything, 2013, Conch Shell, Audio, Dimensions Variable. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • Don’T Forget Where You Came From, 2013, C Type Prints, 20 X 20cm, Series Of 2, Edition Of 1. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • I’M Still Falling, 2013, Super 8 Film Transferred To Dvd, 116sec Loop, Edition Of 3 + Ap. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • With The Force Of A Thousand Suns, 2013, Meteorite, Glass, Metal, Mdf, Dimensions Variable. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • With The Force Of A Thousand Suns, 2013, Meteorite, Glass, Metal, Mdf, Dimensions Variable. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar

  • A Second Chance, 2013, Tree Branch, Automated Fans, Dimensions Variable. Photo: Silversalt

  • A Second Chance, 2013, Tree Branch, Automated Fans, Dimensions Variable. Photo: Silversalt

  • I Wonder How Close I Can Get To You Without Being Near You, 2013, Vintage Postcard, Contemporary Postcard And Artists’ Own C Type Photograph Of Gullfoss Waterfall, Blue Metal Rail Ballast, Metal Pole, Chain, Dimensions Variable, Edition Of 3 + Ap. Photo:

  • I Wonder How Close I Can Get To You Without Being Near You, 2013, Vintage Postcard, Contemporary Postcard And Artists’ Own C Type Photograph Of Gullfoss Waterfall, Blue Metal Rail Ballast, Metal Pole, Chain, Dimensions Variable, Edition Of 3 + Ap. Photo:

  • I Wonder How Close I Can Get To You Without Being Near You, 2013, Vintage Postcard, Contemporary Postcard And Artists’ Own C Type Photograph Of Gullfoss Waterfall, Blue Metal Rail Ballast, Metal Pole, Chain, Dimensions Variable, Edition Of 3 + Ap

  • I’M Still Falling, 2013, Super 8 Film Transferred To Dvd, 116sec Loop, Edition Of 3 + Ap

  • A Second Chance, 2013, Tree Branch, Automated Fans, Dimensions Variable

Gemma Messih
Bachelor of Fine Arts

With the force of a thousand suns, 2013, Meteorite, glass, metal, MDF, Dimensions variable. Photography: Jack L. Dunbar
This meteorite arrived on Earth because Earth got in the way of its trajectory. The collision happened in the Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia in 1911. The meteorite was purchased online in 2013 from a man in Alaska, and then tracked coming towards Sydney via UPS. The next dis-placement came when it was violently forced into the realm of culture, smashing through a glass display box on a gallery plinth. With the force of a thousand suns is a phrase taken from pornographic Japanese manga, referring to male ejaculation. Text by Amelia Groom, 2013

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