PRocess and Parts
“Current exhibiting artist Olly Read’s work spills out of the gallery and down onto the ground floor in ‘Process and Parts’, where familiar materials — bras, pillows, bedding, body parts cut from magazines — are reimagined through a deeply tactile, process-driven practice.
Like a bowerbird, Read collects and transforms these everyday objects into sculptural reflections on the body, sensation, and self.
How do you feel the world? ‘Process and Parts’ invites you to explore this question and reflect on the changing form and function of the human body.
‘Process and Parts’, is on display in the Ground Floor Circulation Space at Hive, until 12 October. This display complements the exhibition ‘You Had Me in Stitches’, now showing in the Art Gallery on Level 1. Be sure to experience both!”
The HIVE
Ground Floor, 50 Main St, Ulverstone TAS
26 July - 12 October 2025
“Everyday materials are deconstructed and remoulded as explorations of immediate lived experience by Hive’s featured artist Olly Read. This display complements You Had Me In Stitches now showing in the Art Gallery on Level 1.
Olly Read’s practice is highly material and process driven. Like a bowerbird, Read collects and accumulates material. Body parts — eyes, mouths, ears, noses, and hands — are cut from magazines. Bras are deconstructed into 4 parts — loops, hooks, straps, and cups. Pillows and bedding are synched, sculpted with needle and thread, and joined together. These everyday materials are familiar so their deconstruction subverts understanding. You are invited to consider the boundaries and form of your body in this space. What sensations lie beneath your skin? What parts are interacting with the world? Your eyes, ears, nose, and skin? Has your body changed over time?”