Thursday 5 May – Geoffrey Drake-Brockman – Looking Glass Solo Exhibition Opening at Linton & Kay Gallery – St George Terrace – 6pm. Exhibition to be opened by Jude van der Merwe, with a performance of “Belas Artes” by Juliana Areias accompanied by guitarist Mark Shanahan.
After many years of making large-scale public artworks like Totem at the Perth Arena, Drake-Brockman’s first commercial gallery exhibition in over a decade showcases painting, static sculpture and interactive installation. The prominently placed reflective surface is a key motif of the artist—and serves to embed the viewer into the artwork, and to signal the possibility of a portal into another world. With his background in Computer Science, these other worlds are virtual, futuristic domains which evoke “Robot Mythologies”—stories about emotional bridges between real people and created beings.
Visit Geoffrey Drake-Brockman Website
*Photo from The Western Australian Article – Through the Looking Glass .
The song “Belas Artes” ( Fine Arts) was co-composed by Doug De Vries & Juliana Areias as part of the Bossa Nova Baby Album. It talks about Geoffrey’s art works and how Juliana Areias perceives his life and inspirations as an artist. It is also about how Geoffrey’s art works are making Perth and the world more interesting and how his work and love reflect – like mirrows – on Juliana’s personal and artist life -even before their first encounter.
Listen and see the lyrics and translation of “Belas Artes”
sobre as ondas do mar
paira o olhar do meu amor
até chegar, até pousar no meu
e me encantar, me desvendar, me namorar
bela nova é amar , ah!
e me encontrar no fundo do seu olhar
que tem o dom de transformar o que vê
bailarina a girar
em espirais e origamis,
pétalas ou diamantes
que se abrem pelo ar, vão pelo ar…
e me deixo contar
linhas e luz, curvas e sombras
a mão esboça, o corpo brilha
e se extasia de alegria com você
tanta história e vem
de antes de, em si, se encontrar
árvore e banco no mesmo lugar
divagar, respirar e sentir a paisagem
silhueta, capela ao mar
rubro amuleto
pulsar do peito
milagre feito de amor
inconvencional
bel sabor surreal
filmes, romance renascente em tal ritual
tudo em um, sobre a pele em contrastes
de Afrodite, petite mort
Joana D’arc
beija Da Vinci
tableaux vivants d’amour
on the waves of the sea
hovers the gaze of my love
until coming to, until landing on me
and charming me, unravelling me, courting me
beautiful news is to love, Ah!
and encounter myself at the bottom of your eyes
that have the gift of transforming what they see
ballerina spinning
in spirals and origamis,
petals or diamonds
that open in the air, flying through the air…
and let myself be counted
lines and light, curves and shade
the hand draws, the body shines
in ecstasy of joy with you
so much history and begins
before our first encounter
tree and bench in one place
meander, breathe and feel the landscape
silhouette, chapel of the sea
red amulet
pulsating breast
miracle made of love
unconventional
belle savour surreal
films, romance renascent in such ritual
all in one, on the skin in contrasts
of Aphrodite, petite mort
Joan of Arc
kisses Da Vinci
tableaux vivants of love
Juliana Areias - The Bossa Nova Baby 