Eugene Hansen, Port Replicator Sample 1

 

Eugene Hansen

9 August - 7 September 2003 in the Hirschfeld Gallery
Port Replicator VJ Rex aka Eugene Hansen

Dinosaurs, cowboys, spaceships, and a man sporting a blue halo. Oversized Chuppa Chup lollies wearing fluffy balaclava hats. The snap crackle pop of audio glitches - all wrapped up in a pink and lilac gallery with a sleek blue racing stripe. Welcome to Port Replicator.

Perhaps the best way to describe a Eugene Hansen exhibition is to think of being in a shopping mall or video game parlour, both of which, like Hansen's work, assail you with sound and colour. Taking as his source material the stuff of our everyday lives - TV programmes, old movies, plastic toys from the $2 shop - Hansen recombines them into an environment which immerses you within it. Seductive, poppy, and pulsing with activity, Port Replicator offers an exhibition experience resembling a hyperactive version of real life.