10th February - 21st February 

Pippa Makgill makes formally inquisitive work, marked by its use of simple materials imbued with loaded meanings.

She morphs the familiar with a tweaked intention, allowing sculptural gestures to slide off their hinges into painterly formalism. Her practice plays on our tendency to make meaning between things that resemble one another, swinging from seriousness to abject humour with a space-consuming presence.

Makgill’s approach has a clear drive to capture spontaneity and presence, intent on finding threads of sensibility woven through the chaos. In the exhibition ‘The floor is lava’, gravity becomes a co-conspirator: materials are suspended, balanced, and teetering, echoing the precarity and energy of play.

This site-responsive work draws out the hidden character of the Old Ambulance Station, with a quiet nod to its culturally significant history and role on the Sunshine Coast.