An excerpt from an accompanying exhibition text Side B: Disintegration, by Jensen Tjhung:
"Copper is an old metal that conducts heat and electricity. From the pinkish orange-wine shine, it develops, over time, a green-brown patina like an old coin, like lost treasure. It is traditionally used in the process of brewing beer and distilling whiskey, like bourbon. When you mix peroxide with copper, it produces a shimmering bluish translucent reaction, known as "ghosts" or Ghost Copper.
The sleeve concept for the soundtrack to the Monkees anti-pop art flick HEAD was to be a mirror. As a vinyl record is about the size of your head, the idea was when you hold the album up you see a reflection of yourself. Except it didn't really work. The mylar foil stock they used wasn't really mirror-ey enough and only reflected a fleshy, haunted blur of yourself, like an oily ghost slipping off the page. The mylar wrecked the printing machines and a lot of them peeled off over time and production costs were so astronomical it nearly sunk the label. It became rare and self-destructive the moment it was born and somehow you were involved."
Artist
Colleen Ahern
Opening Event | Thursday 27 August 5-7PM