LURE Exhibition text for Seren Wagstaff and Joseph Botica Outer Space, Brisbane1 November - 9 December 2024
by Olivia J. Bennett
“Lures are confusing. They’re mimetic in how they
try to replicate the amphibious and memetic in the
shapeshifting play they engage with. At first cast,
their performance feels calculatedly vulnerable,
even as their purpose remains crystal clear. It’s this
very calculation that slips through your fingers—a
chasm of desire and denial ignited by the anxious
churn of choppy water, with Bundy rum sloshing
in the boat’s bowels and the chum, both fish and
friend, surfacing along the way.”