Jess Johnson and Simon Ward Terminus 2017-18 (still), virtual reality experience in five parts: colour, sound. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Commissioned with the assistance of The Balnaves Foundation 2017. Purchased 2018.
This is the ONLY CHANCE
to experience this amazing exhibition in South Australia
Inspired by Sci-Fi, comics and fantasy movies, Terminus is a virtual reality (VR) installation that transports the viewer into an imaginary landscape of rich colour and intricate patterns. These dream-like places are populated by humanoid clones and cryptic symbols, and explored via a network of travellators and gateways.
Terminus presents a quest, a choose-your-own adventure into the technological. Prepare yourself for a slippage of time and space as your journey propels you through five distinct realms: you will pass through Fleshold Crossing; take respite in Known Unknown; lose yourself within Scumm Engine; bravely face impending danger in the tower of Gog & Magog; and experience the brink of sensory overload in the psychedelic scenes of Tumblewych.
Jess Johnson and Simon Ward Terminus 2017-18 (still), virtual reality experience in five parts: colour, sound. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Commissioned with the assistance of The Balnaves Foundation 2017. Purchased 2018.
Here you will encountering optical challenges and visual puzzles as they journey on a quest; where you’ll come to understand that reality is not fixed but both malleable and multiple.
With their pioneering use of virtual reality, artists Jess Johnson and Simon Ward hold a unique position amongst contemporary art practitioners. Johnson’s drawings are transformed from analogue into digital, and from solo practice into cross-disciplinary collaboration, forming the basis of this virtual experience, which was then animated by Ward and enriched with input from Smith and Clarke.
Jess Johnson and Simon Ward Terminus 2017-18 (still), virtual reality experience in five parts: colour, sound. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Commissioned with the assistance of The Balnaves Foundation 2017. Purchased 2018.
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Read the interview with the artists here: johnsonposter.pdf (nga.gov.au
National Gallery of Australia: Jess Johnson: Balnaves Contemporary Art Intervention (nga.gov.au)
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Terminus is a National Gallery of Australia Initiative, as part of The Balnaves Contemporary Series of innovative projects. The National Gallery of Australia acknowledges funding support from Visions of Australia Touring and the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Programs, both Australian Government programs aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians. Terminus was commissioned with the assistance of The Balnaves Foundation.
