[spectre] EAFinfo: BOYADJIEV & CORNISH

[EAF Director]

LUCHEZAR BOYADJIEV CRAWLING CARPETS
"Istanbul: Visual Operative / Crawling Carpets", 2005 is a double 
screen work made during the artist's stay in Istanbul, a city on the 
border between West and East, straddling two continents. The artist 
assumes the persona of an 'operative' gathering data on behalf of the 
European Union, in this still exotic, but changing city. His mission 
is to evaluate the visual environment of Istanbul ahead of Turkey's 
negotiating process for accession to the EU. Always on the alert for 
visual irregularities, the operative shows us images of familiar 
landmarks, Westernised shops, and street bazaars, set to a voiceover 
which conveys the operative's findings. Boyadjiev is addressing the 
different cultural expectations and attitudes that lie at the heart 
of the difficult relationship between Europe and Asia. The artist 
suggests, with dead-pan irony, that perhaps Turkey should be 
integrated into the EU in three stages, gradually and progressively 
extending Europe's standards and systems ever Eastwards .
Luchezar Boyadjiev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, and trained as an art 
historian and theorist at the National Art Academy, Sofia. He started 
exhibiting in 1989. Luchezar was the founding member of the Sofia 
Institute of Contemporary Art and has exhibited and lectured 
internationally, including Manifesta 4, Frankfurt, Germany, 2002; 
Roma in Sofia Bologna, Italy, 2004; Memory Lane 9th Istanbul 
Biennial, 2005; Belief 1st Singapore Biennale, 2006, and The 45 
Minute Retro-Spection in Bucharest. His performances include Pearl 
Guided Tour at the 7th International Sharjah Biennial, United Arab 
Emirates, in 2005. In 2006 he is artist-in residence at the 
MuseumsQuartier, Vienna.

TRACY CORNISH INTERTWINGULARITY
Intertwingularity explores photography as a system of complex 
connections, processes and technologies. This exhibition presents new 
modes of making and thinking about photography by linking 
unconventional/experimental photographic processes with new media 
technologies. It highlights photography's interconnectedness with 
other representational media; and examines the levels of abstraction 
that accompanies digital translations of photographic information. 
Intertwingularity not only explores photography's contemporary 
context, it offers possibilities for photography's future.
Tracy Cornish is currently completing a PhD by Research and lectures 
in Photography at the University of South Australia. Her exhibitions 
include Festival Attitude, Magaza Bitola, Macedonia (2005), World 
Year of Physics Art Prize, Macquarie University, Sydney (2005), 
National Museum of Australia, Canberra (2004), and Australian Centre 
for Photography, Sydney (2002).

6 OCTOBER-4 NOVEMBER 2006 | OPENS 6PM THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER
GALLERY TALKS 4PM FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER
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Government through the Australia Council, it arts funding and 
advisory body and by the South Australian Government through Arts SA. 
The EAF is also supported through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, 
an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.