{"id":1232,"date":"2019-04-05T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T00:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2025-03-14T11:18:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T00:18:17","slug":"the-sacred-main-gallery-and-papa-tango-sierra-delta-a-visual-exhibition-by-darmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/the-sacred-main-gallery-and-papa-tango-sierra-delta-a-visual-exhibition-by-darmin\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201dThe Sacred\u201d Main Gallery and \u201cPapa Tango Sierra Delta\u201d\u00a0A Visual Exhibition\u00a0By Darmin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


The sacred is in every aspect of our lives. Looking at the meaning of the word sacred there are many ways in which we use it. It is most often connected with religion and spiritual life when what is considered to be holy deserves respect; especially because of a connection with a god. Sacred music, writings and stories are in every culture from relics to temples and the land we walk on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another aspect of \u2018sacred\u2019 is when we hold to a belief or custom that doesn\u2019t get questioned or criticised, and becomes \u201cThe Sacred Cow\u2019 or the opposite when something we hold dear is changed, the term \u2018nothing is sacred\u2019 is bandied about. Everything and more often than not, nothing is sacred, and when it comes to art that surely rings true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The artists who exhibit at BKHG find a way to bring the themes we give them to life and this exhibition is no exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Mother
Mother & Son by Ali Walker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Sacred
Sacred Skin by Narelle Carlyle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Decaying
Decaying divinity by Jen Harkness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Temple
Temple of the Moon by Ali Walker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Bill
Bill McHenry and Ave – Ceramics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Beginning
Beginning of Time by Darmin Cameron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Papa Tango Sierra Delta – <\/strong>A Visual Exhibition <\/strong>By Darmin . <\/strong>These limited edition large-scale signed canvas prints of photographic digital manipulations are designed to elicit reflection and response to the silent epidemic that is sweeping the world, PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Hopelessness, fear and terror are the language of PTSD. Its recipients have a limited capacity to advocate for themselves. It is the perfect storm for apathy and inaction from everyone, including the innocent-ignorant and those who are experiencing the syndrome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Bowling Alley is a good analogy for the experience of PTSD. The Bowling Pins are the different parts of your brain. Your consciousness is the machine that stands the pins up and maintains the order – who you think you are and the process\u2019 you have developed to hold your self together as a person. The \u2018Bowling Ball of Trauma\u2019 comes hurtling down the alley for a full strike on the psyche, sometimes accidentally, sometimes deliberately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a major difference in the \u2018Human Traumatic Response\u2019 to these very different traumatic events. 
Then the real trouble begins, the Ten-pin bowling machine (Your consciousness) is now broken. The Bowling Pins (The different parts of your brain) are scattered everywhere, and there is another \u2018Trauma Ball\u2019 coming, and you cannot get out of the way. So begins the PTSD Cycle. Sierra Oscar Sierra.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening night<\/strong>:
The opening night event \u2018Sierra Oscar Sierra\u2019 was what it implies, an SOS a \u2018cry of help\u2019 an improvised performance piece that demonstrated the journey from – despair to hope, a solution instead of a sacrifice, a healing instead of a horror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During \u2018Sierra Oscar Sierra\u201d Darmin carried a two and a half metre tall cross covered in dollar signs from the road-level carpark to the main-stage, all the while videoing himself with an iPhone on a selfie-stick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darmin said \u201cMy opening performance theatre piece was about showing the compromise needed and the sacrifice it entails to making a dollar, the deep personal cost. Showing the damage the \u2018dollar-making system\u2019 can do and then the journey back to health by choosing mindfulness, by resonating and harmonising with Sam Voolstra Yoga Teacher from \u2018I Love Myself Yoga\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Darmin\"
Darmin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Darmin
Darmin & Sam Voolstra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sam Voolstra serenely meditated throughout the whole performance, to the soundtrack of a ticking clock then the music of Buddha awakening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These exhibitions run until Sat May 25th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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