Sayre Gomez in
Halfway
8 December 2023—11 February 2024
Group show at Yarrila Arts and Museum, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia
How do distance, time, speed and space shape our perceptions of a place; and how does an identity derived from being the ‘halfway point on the highway’ change when the highway is no longer there?
Halfway explores the duality of Coffs Harbour as a place and non-place – a highway town about to be bypassed, where the highway dominates the city’s rhythms and motels, service stations, ‘Big Things’ and tourism places prevail.