LEIGHTON CRAIG
Soft Rhythm of Existence

Stepdown is delighted to commence our 2024 program with the exhibition Soft Rhythm of Existence by Meanjin/Brisbane based musician and artist Leighton Craig.

Comprised of a suite of intimate and minimal-gestured page works, these diaristic traces almost suggestively act as a visual score for the accompanying sound piece recording played in the space. 

In the words of Leighton; 

"I think of both my visual and audio works as a fuzzy geometry of the everyday, documented in the manner of a diary entry. Drawings of vertical lines descending and colour blocks are a rhythmic meditation on passage and the marking on paper of an existence. Indeed a number of the works in this exhibition are made on aged/found paper, already containing their own history and markings of time.

My approach to making work is largely unchanged over nearly 30 years. I remain in love with the simple beauty of words and geometric form, the infinite extension of the line and a modest economy of means. While I have extended my colour and sound palette over the years, the energy and light of black remains a wonder, and reduced scale continues to excite me."

Opening Celebration: 5:30pm-, TUE 9 JAN