ROCKAMORA
2023 Porter Street Commission exhibition by Kaspar Schmidt Mumm.
Adelaide Contemporary Experimental
June 10 2023 to August 12 2023
ROCKAMORA is a site specific installation and sculpture that builds on Kaspar Schmidt Mumm’s fascination with participatory sculpture. Sunken into the gallery floor, ROCKAMORA is a thug taking a bath at Adelaide Contemporary Experimental in need of care and compassion. By feeding, cleaning, playing and caring for this confronting antagonist, ROCKAMORA is not an enemy to be defeated but a form in need of repair.
Investigating the gradations of humanity and the act of healing, ROCKAMORA welcomes audiences to partake in these restorative processes. Through positive social engagement, this extensive project speaks to how we approach discrimination and oppression through empathy and care. ROCKAMORA suggests we can better understand harassment, compassion and collective good. With a welcoming spirit, ROCKAMORA encourages play and participation, encouraging guests to kindly tend to its creature comforts. Through mutual understanding and benevolence, audiences will partake in healing this thug whilst contributing to a new form of social justice.
Feature Image: Kaspar Schmidt Mumm, 'ROCKAMORA' (work in progress), technical design. Courtesy the artist.
Artist
Kaspar Schmidt Mumm is the 2023 recipient of the Porter Street Commission – ACE’s annual award supporting new artwork commissions by South Australian artists.
Presented as part of the South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival.
This project is supported by the South Australian Government through Arts South Australia.