The intention behind this pairing is to consider the way that different dichotomies operate, such as private/public, hidden/visible, and how these might be questioned or challenged to lessen or break down the taboos around talking about private issues or showing dysfunctionality in public space.
Peter Kozak is a Brisbane-based artist who works primarily in video installation. Focusing on objects located in public space that are fragile, abandoned or affected by violence, his work seeks to draw connections between the material qualities of these objects with human experiences that we don’t often share, such as vulnerability, isolation, trauma, etc. The installation of these videos are then designed to accentuate particular qualities within the objects or to complicate and disorientate them from the ways that we usually experience them to explore ideas around how we manage personal vulnerabilities in relation to the public eye.
Graduating from the Queensland College of Art with First Class Honours in 2017, Peter has exhibited extensively in Queensland at spaces such as Boxcopy (2018), Metro Arts (2017), Outer Space (2016) and The Walls Art Space (2016). Peter has also shown interstate as part of the Footscray Art Prize in Melbourne (2017).