Audio-described tactile tour: ROCKAMORA

Gallery Tour
5 August 2023
A work-in-progress mock-up of the front of ROCKAMORA's head.
A work-in-progress mock-up of the front of ROCKAMORA's head.

Audio-described tactile tour of Kaspar Schmidt Mumm’s exhibition, ROCKAMORA.

When

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental

5 August 2023

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Access

Join us for an audio-described tactile tour of Kaspar Schmidt Mumm’s exhibition, ROCKAMORA.

'Rockamora' is the name of the giant interactive puppet taking a bath in the exhibition space at ACE.

Learn about ROCKAMORA and be guided through the tactile elements of the puppet, including a mouth that can be felt exhaling a breath of air, skin made of various textured fabrics, and fingernails and teeth made from polystyrene.

Patrons are invited to feed and clean the puppet with a range of props, such as a toothbrush and drink bottle. Patrons are also invited inside the head of 'Rockamora' to use a button panel that activates a series of sound effects, such as burping and yelling.

The artist, Kaspar Schmidt Mumm, will be present to answer questions.

Meeting point: ACE, Lion Arts Centre, North Terrace. If you are unsure of how to find ACE, email Grace to arrange a meeting place on North Terrace.

Email contact for event enquiries: grace@ace.gallery

Feature Image: Kaspar Schmidt Mumm, 'ROCKAMORA' (work in progress), technical design. Courtesy the artist.

Accessibility

Audio description of finding ACE within the Lion Arts Precinct
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ACE accessibility information page
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More information about Kaspar Schmidt Mumm: ROCKAMORA
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  • A wide photograph of the gallery space, in which inhabits Rockamora's head, feet and hands. The space is lit with blue light.
  • A photograph of the gallery space inhabited Rockamora's head, hands, a screen, and large tools. The space is lit with blue light.
  • A photograph of the gallery space inhabited Rockamora's head and a screen.
  • A cropped photograph displaying Rockamora's ear and hair.
  • A cropped photograph displaying Rockamora's mouth.
  • View of one of Rockamora's hands, shot through the other hand.
  • A photograph of the gallery space inhabited Rockamora's head, a hand, a screen, and large tools. The space is lit with blue light.
  • A photograph displaying the inside of Rockamora's head. The interior walls are collaged, and a screen and game console sit in the centre.
A wide photograph of the gallery space, in which inhabits Rockamora's head, feet and hands. The space is lit with blue light.
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Kaspar Schmidt Mumm, 'ROCKAMORA' (2023), installation view, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Sam Roberts.

Artist

Kaspar Schmidt Mumm

Tour audio-describer

Grace Marlow
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Kaspar Schmidt Mumm: ROCKAMORA
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Kaspar Schmidt Mumm is the 2023 recipient of the Porter Street Commission – ACE’s annual award supporting new artwork commissions by South Australian artists.

This project is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, the South Australian Government through Arts South Australia, and City of Adelaide.

Presented as part of the South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival.

ACE tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka panpapanpalyarninthi (inparrinthi). Kaurna miyurna yaitya mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlu tampnthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.

ACE tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka panpapanpalyarninthi (inparrinthi). Kaurna miyurna yaitya mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlu tampnthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.