Free 
Join The Pool Show artists David Capra and Katerina Asistin in conversation with Joanna Gilmour, Curator and Acting Director at Lewers: Penrith Regional Gallery as part of Summer Open Day, for an insightful discussion on the ideas and themes behind each artist’s work. From the thrilling performance and community based approach of David’s Birthing Things in the Spirit to his pairing with Annette Kellerman objects, in contrast with Katerina’s compellingly quiet paintings of Mount Druitt Pool.
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Tickets & pricing
Free entry
Duration
11am - 12pm
Accessibility
Wheelchair Accessible
ABOUT
David Capra is performance artist known for his collaborations with dachshund Teena. In 2016 they appeared on the 9 Network’s Today Show to promote their fragrance, Eau de Wet Dogge. In 2015 Teena’s Bathtime was launched at the MCA’s Jackson Bella Room, where visitors related to Teena’s experiences around anxiety – Teena doesn’t quite enjoy bathtime. In 2018 They performed ‘The long and short of it: Life lessons from art-dog Teena’ to an audience of 5000 at TEDx Sydney. The two featured in the 2018 documentary Happy Sad Man, which followed the lives of five men managing their internal worlds. In 2019, David and Teena collaborated with Kaldor Projects, producing a series of educational videos and a Kaldor Studio project at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. He is currently working with Fairfield City Museum & Gallery on an exhibition centred on his home and collection inspired by Memphis Milano.
Katerina Assistin is a Filipino-Australian emerging artist based on Dharug Country in Mount Druitt, who recently graduated from the National Art School with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Exploring the everyday urban environment through her painting practice, Katerina’s works focus on the familiar yet often overlooked landscapes of Western Sydney, with personal anecdotes and photographs guiding her approach.
Summer Open Day is a celebration of the artists from our current exhibitions, with a day of free activities on the closing weekend of The Pool Show The Pool Show, river is a witness and MEGAPIXEL. Enjoy hands-on, artist-led activities for all ages, including water play inspired by Mike Hewson’s Bush Shower; a Pool Cake Competition and a chance to win passes to Ripples Leisure Centre; a pop-up market stall with the MEGAPIXEL artists; and a plein air–style drawing workshop with Katerina Asistin. Live music by Jerrah Patston and Sam Worrad including ‘The Glenbrook Pool Song’. Join The Pool Show artists David Capra and Katerina Asistin in conversation with Joanna Gilmour, followed by a special afternoon tea storytelling session with Jagath Dheerasekara and Paula Sanchez.
