Blurring the boundaries of history, memory and imagination, Chris Denaro's latest exhibition, 'Nocturne', is a blend of physical stop motion and digital motion graphics that embody the genius loci of Teerk Roo Ra.
The Brisbane animator's final project for his Doctorate at the Queensland College Of Art, Chris' exhibition explores the capacity of animation to push and pull at the borders of what is perceived to be 'real' and 'imaginary'.
Describing his work as an "investigation into how conceptions of place are overlaid by aspects of history, memory and the imagination", Chris' work draws on the spirit of place of the former Peel Island Lazaret off the coast of Moreton Bay, Queensland.
“The 'Nocturne' constructions cycle forever, with no beginning and no end, only a slightly familiar hypnotic rhythm to describe a continual process of adaptation and renewal... These artworks consider the animation loop as a mental state, rather than a sequence of events which illustrate a narrative.
“This narrative approach is how people typically engage with animation and is the approach used by Disney and Pixar - whereas my approach is more open-ended, contemplative, challenging and gallery-based... The loop can also be an anxious, compulsive place, divorced from the linear nature of reality, hypnotised in a trance like repetition.”
'Nocturne' will be exhibited at The Hold Artspace in West End, 18-21 February. 
