27 January-2 March 2024 | Blak Flǎneur was an experiential exhibition that invites the audience into artist Travis De Vries' world of walking as an artistic practice.
The term Flǎneur is generally attributed to a man who strolls or idles seemingly aimlessly in the urban space, viewing society. In his blak version of flaneurism, the artist finds strolling the urban space fosters a sense of anxiety, so he walks to leave society and humanity behind, to be both alone with his thoughts and with the greater world. He captures this experience with lenses & cameras both digital and analogue, an extension of his perspective.
Travis De Vries is an award- winning visual artist, who has held solo exhibitions in Edinburgh (UK), Sydney and Regional NSW and has been part of numerous group exhibitions, art prizes and residencies. He is also a trained dancer and is alumni of NAISDA Dance College, where he was awarded the inaugural Chairman's Award.
Travis works across mediums, combining multiple forms; paintings, drawings, projections and experiential sculptures. Storytelling is at the heart of his practice. Through the use of fable, metaphor, symbolism and tropes he invokes a deep connection with audiences to explore a range of both personal and universal themes including; Indigeneity, violence, destruction, politics, love, death and relationships.
Photography by Jade Goodwin
Image photography by Alicia Scott