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Fffuture Fffocused Art Prize
Fffuture Fffocused Art Prize
Riff Raff
Exhibition
Preview: Friday 16 June at 5.30pm
Exhibition Runs:
Saturday 17 June – Sunday 16 July 2017
The Physics Room is pleased to announce the inaugural Fffuture Fffocused Art Prize (FFAP), aiming to inspire the nation’s artists to engage with the all-important concept of the future.
“The concept of the future is both exciting and difficult, at once packed with meaning and potential meaninglessness”, say artistic duo Riff Raff, who were commissioned by The Physics Room to organize the prize. “Any investigation into the future will contain elements of both research and speculation…we’re interested to see how artists respond to this particular set of challenges.”
Four finalists will be hand-picked by Riff Raff for the FFAP group exhibition opening Friday 16th June, with the winner being announced at an awards dinner on Saturday 1st July, 2017.
The Physics Room Director, Jamie
Hanton, says the FFAP offers a superb opportunity for
emerging artists to exhibit in a professional gallery space,
with the Supreme Award including a 6-month unpaid internship
at the gallery. Given the limited funding available to the
project, the prize pool will be supplemented with various
items from Riff Raff’s own personal effects, including a
1997 Nissan Bluebird and 1999 Mazda Capella.
The judges
for this year’s prize are Serene Hu, a former GP, and
Roeland Simons, currently the national construction manager
at McDonalds. “Art is for everyone”, says Hanton. “We
thought it was important to include the voices of those who
don’t come from an art background. Serene and Roeland both
have a wealth of life experience that will make their final
decision no less relevant and all the more
interesting.”
The FFAP finalists and public programmes will be announced on Friday 9th June.
Riff Raff
originated as a semi-imaginary artist-run space started by
Li-Ming Hu and Daphne Simons in mid-2016. Previous projects
include: Trust Us, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington,
2017 and Are We There Yet?, Glovebox, Auckland, 2016.
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