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Double-Dip Valley

5-part installation, RMIT project space, Melbourne, 2011

The exhibition DOUBLE-DIP VALLEY discusses western-designed outdoor survival methods in an ambivalent Australian context. As inspiration, it takes an »SAS Survival Handbook« (subtitle: “For any climate, in any situation), written by British special-forces soldier John »Lofty« Wiseman. Advice such as “Animal eyes contain water which can be extracted by sucking on them” reveal a fierce take on nature, in stark contrast to the cyclic conceptions of First Nation People.

Katrin Hornek Double-Dip Valley
Katrin Hornek Double-Dip Valley
NATURAL FEELING, HD video, 5:02 min
Katrin Hornek Double-Dip Valley
Katrin Hornek Double-Dip Valley
Katrin Hornek Double-Dip Valley
Katrin Hornek Double-Dip Valley
Katrin Hornek Double-Dip Valley
installation, emergency blankets, garden stakes, poly rope, tape, eye-hook screws, in collaboration with Verse, an architectural design studio by Sergei Netchaef and Naomi Brennan (vsver.se)
Katrin Hornek Double-Dip Valley
ON NATURE, 3 overhead projectors, gumtree logs, garden stakes
Katrin Hornek Double-Dip Valley
ON NATURE, 1: "Animal eyes contain water which can be extraced by sucking on them.", John ‚Lofty’ Wiseman; SAS Survival Handbook, for any climate in any situation
Katrin Hornek Double-Dip Valley
Katrin Hornek Double-Dip Valley
ON NATURE, 2: Melbourne Museum
Katrin Hornek Double-Dip Valley
Katrin Hornek Double-Dip Valley
Melbourne Museum
Katrin Hornek Double-Dip Valley

The exhibition DOUBLE-DIP VALLEY discusses western-designed outdoor survival methods in an ambivalent Australian context. As inspiration, it takes an »SAS Survival Handbook« (subtitle: “For any climate, in any situation), written by British special-forces soldier John »Lofty« Wiseman. Advice such as “Animal eyes contain water which can be extracted by sucking on them” reveal a fierce take on nature, in stark contrast to the cyclic conceptions of First Nation People.