"new artefacts" curated by Roger Nelson

Artists: Alfredo & Isabel AQUILIZAN, KHVAY Samnang, Clare MCCRACKEN, Drew PETTIFER, Amy Lee SANFORD, SVAY Ken, SVAY Sareth, Christian THOMPSON Curated by: Roger Nelson The artworks and objects in new artefacts have been “left over” from their proper place in each artist’s practice or working process, and strategically removed from their original contexts. The exhibited objects include working materials, notes, documents and sketches while the exhibited artworks include pieces that, while finished, did not fit within a series, or were edited out in a selection process, or were not included in an exhibition. new artefacts celebrates the physicality and aesthetic of each ‘artefact’ while engaging audiences with the conceptual directions to which they point. Each work is intended to provide departures for conversations and dialogues about the contestable boundaries between process and “product”, documentation and the “real” work, and about the range and overlap of ideas with which the artists engage. new artefacts was supported by the Australian Embassy, Phnom Penh and Institut Français, Cambodge.