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Tension is important. Under too much load, things fray, and eventually snap. Too little tension, however, and there鈥檚 no push and no pull; only slackness. The right amount of tension can be  productive - sharpening senses, attuning us to what is real, risky, and worthy of our attention. Experimental art thrives on tension, drawing its charge from confronting cliches, destabilising norms, proposing new modalities, and cultivating frisson.  

Unpacking Adelaide鈥檚 leading role as the historical world centre of so-called 鈥減ost-object art鈥� today, Push / Pull asks: What kinds of encounters are possible, when 鈥渢he shock of the new鈥� is a  local tradition? How can we 鈥渢hink with鈥� the artistic radicalism of the past in ways that outpace old limitations while retaining experimental essences, and amplifying unruly energies? How can we build worlds within contemporary and experimental art around the act of being mutually present? 

Push / Pull explores these and other tensions in an exhibition and live program offering points of connection with archival and contemporary 鈥渘on-haveable鈥� thought and practice.