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What makes a site? Loosely inspired by the surrealist game of Exquisite Corpse, two artists take turns inscribing, (re-)etching and printing the same copper plates. The first person making a mark on a new plate chooses the site, and after that, all additions to the plate must represent the same site using different methods. After each round, one-third of the plate is chopped off, excluding it from further alterations. 

 

Brendan Cooper (Ballarat) is a printmaking, sculpture, landscape, and journey artist. Justas Pipinis (Melbourne/Stockholm) tries to make sense of the things that don’t. The two met while undertaking MFA at RMIT and have been making sporadic appearances in each other’s processes ever since. This is their first full-scale collaboration. 

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Art Trax  23/35 Pratt St, Beaufort VIC 3373

AUGUST 2 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2024  Mon, Fri 11am - 3pm  Sat, Sun 10am - 4pm

OPENING August 4,  2.30pm-4pm

This page: E X Q U I S I T E   S I T E S series.

See also: spin-off VARIATIONS (unique states), glimpses into the PROCESS and INSTALLATION & OPENING views.

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Brendan Cooper

ES1 (QB) State I (2024)

Copper etching on Hahnemühle 350 gsm, 40 x 40

 

​Drawing from sketches and photographs made on-site.

Justas Pipinis (ft. Brendan Cooper)

ES1 (QB) State II (2024)

Copper etching on Hahnemühle 350 gsm, 40 x 40

 

​Plate scratched with bricks from the site. 

Brendan Cooper (ft. Justas Pipinis)

ES1 (QB) State III (2024)

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Copper etching on Hahnemühle 350 gsm, 40 x 40

​Plate kicked around and drawn on.

Exquisite Site 1 (QVM) State I

Justas Pipinis

ES2 (QVM) State I (2024)

Copper etching on Hahnemühle 350 gsm, 40 x 40

​Photo etching of a digitally manipulated site image.

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Brendan Cooper (ft. Justas Pipinis)

ES2 (QVM) State II (2024)

Copper etching on Hahnemühle 350 gsm, 40 x 40

Drawing from sketches and photographs made on-site.

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Justas Pipinis (ft. Brendan Cooper)

ES2 (QVM) State III (2024)

Copper etching on Hahnemühle 350 gsm, 40 x 40

Vegetables bought onsite chopped on the plate.

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Brendan Cooper

ES3 (OMG) State I (2024)

Copper etching on Hahnemühle 350 gsm, 40 x 40

Creative drawing from a site photograph.

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Justas Pipinis (ft. Brendan Cooper)

ES3 (OMG) State II (2024)

Copper etching on Hahnemühle 350 gsm, 40 x 40

Photo etching of a digital photo collage from the site. 

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Brendan Cooper (ft. Justas Pipinis)

ES3 (OMG) State III (2024)

Copper etching on Hahnemühle 350 gsm, 40 x 40

​Sense of the site's historical violence channelled to the plate.

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Justas Pipinis

ES4 (CG) State I (2024)

Copper etching on Hahnemühle 350 gsm, 40 x 40

​Photo etching of a map guiding towards the site.

Brendan Cooper (ft. Justas Pipinis)

ES4 (CG) State II (2024)

Copper etching on Hahnemühle 350 gsm, 40 x 40

​Sketch of an exhibit from a museum onsite.

Justas Pipinis (ft. Brendan Cooper)

ES4 (CG) State III (2024)

Copper etching on Hahnemühle 350 gsm, 40 x 40

​Plate brushed against select site vegetation.

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