Jasper Knight’s new series is based on stills from the 1945 black-and-white noir film The Lost Weekend directed by Billy Wilder. The film focuses on a character who is consumed by temptation while visiting New York for a weekend. Knight often centre his series around a single subject matter, whether it be the discarded Renault car factory at Ile Seguin, an island at Boulogne-Billancourt on the western edge of Paris; the dilapidated Docklands of Melbourne; the Junk and the Jumbo Kingdom restaurant that sank within the great Hong Kong harbour; or the artist’s sinking family boat depicted in his exhibition Joan Sea. However in this case The Lost Weekend, is the first body of work by the artist to follow a single protagonist as opposed to a location or object, acting as a survey of one character in different stages as he descends into the depths of despair. We welcome you to join us for opening celebrations on Saturday 12 October 2-4pm.