Theirs is an art of the simulacra in the Deleuzian sense, that is, not a copy of a copy but an art of parallel proportions. 1 Rosetzky and Schreuder's simulations of childhood produce the effects of childhood rather than reproduce the appearances of childhood memories. They engage with the derivation of pleasure from nostalgia, from an object supposedly lost but in fact one that is here with us now. Swapcards Lying on my back, on my bed, on the living room floor. Watching the ceiling, the mobile floating in the heat.
School yard crazes, holiday projects, odd balls of wool, spent textas and colouring books.
Memories of the mundane, secure moments of childhood. The installation also included a large mobile, a shag rug called Maverick by Megan Woodward, and a taped therapy session, Reel to Reel , which the audience could listen to through headphones. Boy and Girl feature simple painted illustrations of a boy and girl, each holding a flower, the girl facing us, the boy facing away with his pants drooping down. These colourful cartoon images were copied from children's swapcards of the seventies. The swapcards revel in their retro context - above sits a large colourful mobile, below, a shaggy rug.