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Weeping gasoline dream
Amy Parker, Brendan Morris, H.B Peace, Liam Osborne, Micah Hesse, Olivia Koh, Rex Veal, Tim Johnson, Unknown makers
Mejia, Melbourne
8 - 30th November, 2019
Text by Chi Tran
Organised by Spencer Lai



Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

Olivia Koh
Ikea Mirrors, 2017 - 2019
Found material
His heart was stuffed with dead wings (Jack Spicer, After Lorca), 2018
Mixed media


Claire Lambe
Title not known, 2014/16
Hand carved Jelutong wood, fabric

Amy Parker
Lamp, 2018
Scoby, candle


Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

Brendan Morris
Be safe at night sleep with a cop, 2019
Skateboard, carpet, decorative bird


HB Peace
Untitled, 2019
Bleached viscose crepe, costume jewellery




Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

Micah Hesse
What You Wore To Work, 2018
4K CG Animated video
Colour, silent
Scrambled duration (approx. 1 minute)


Rex Veal & Spencer Lai
Industry Standard (after Anna), 2019
Vase, bull rush reeds, dust

Unknown maker/date
Architectural hobbyist model
Wood, paint, nails, foam

Unknown maker/date
Mermaid earrings
Silver, bone, pearls
Estate of Linda Lai
Unknown maker/date
Homemade Spiderman costume (long-sleeve shirt)
Cotton, lurex
Estate of Rex Veal

Manufactured by Watertown Lifetime, c. 1950s Melamine platter with seed imagery
Estate of Spencer Lai
Unknown maker/date Eggplant erotic carving Bone
Estate of Linda Lai

Girlfriend ‘n madick, 2014
Biro on sketchpad paper
unknown maker (signature not legible)
Estate of Spencer Lai
Unknown maker/date
Seated monk figurine
Bronze
Estate of Linda Lai


Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

Rex Veal
Strawberry, 2019
Latch hook rug grid, strwberry furanone natural isolate, dipropylene glycol



Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

Tim Johnson
Public fitting, 1972
16mm film transferred to digital file colour, silent
12:03 minutes



Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

Spencer Lai
untitled, 2019
Perspex, high-density foam, acrylic, balsa wood, spray paint, cardboard, plastic, imitation surveillance cameras,
laminated signage, PVC, metal, various floor sweep- ings (e.g: dirt, dust, beading, fabric and objects)





Weeping gasoline dream, installation view

Claire Lambe
Title not known, 2014/16
Hand carved Jelutong wood


Liam Osborne
Grief, 2019
MDF, KD hardwood, acetate, acrylic, liquid nails, builders bog, masking tape, invisible tape
Cum, 2019
Gyprock, acetate, acrylic, photograph, pine, invisible tape

Rex Veal
Proposal for F/W 2020 Aesop staff uniform (genderless), 2019
Complimentary with purchase Aesop calico bags, cotton thread, zipper

Documentation courtesy of Jordan Halsall
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