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ALETHEA RICHTER : PULSE SYSTEMSPARKER CONTEMPORARYAPRIL 9 - MAY 504 | 2025ART GALLERY SPECIALISING IN CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN PRINTMAKING, PAPERMAKING & ARTIST BOOKS Message

Alethea RichterPulse Systems (installation view)Undivided Attention I & Pulse 1, 13, 4, 3, 11, 10, 9, 8, 2025

Alethea Richter: Pulse SytemsApril 9 - May 5, 2025 PARKER Contemporary38 Hope Street, South Brisbane, 4101In response to our post-digital world, Alethea Richter’s Pulse Systems extends her engagement withdigital fluidity and fixed structures through screenprinting. By translating digital marks alongside hand-generated marks, Richter explores the ephemeral qualities of screens—fluctuating luminosity, transientcolours, and movement to create dynamic works of expansion and contraction, that resists staticinterpretation. Central to the print series is an exploration of process, play, material, and iteration bypushing against established structures and the insertion of the artist within this system. Richter beginswith the creation of six interchangeable matrices which are combined to investigate how sequencing,layering, and colour interactions affect outcomes. This interplay between boundaries and intuitivedecision-making reflects her broader inquiry into how much can be derived from within the parametersof a system, and the instability of presumed knowns. For Richter, screen-printing is both an inquiry and an evolving dialogue, where each layer and colourshift influences the next. Responding to what unfolds in the process, she negotiates control andunpredictability, allowing disruptions and subtle instabilities to shape the final composition. PulseSystems embraces rhythm and repetition within fixed parameters, mirroring the logic of digitalconstruction and dissemination while pushing against rigid structures. Through this material andconceptual exploration, Pulse Systems reconsiders how we experience images—how we see, interpret,and feel the digital world materialised in physical form. The compositions resist definitive resolution,instead encouraging dynamic engagement with the viewer—an invitation to slow down and navigate thelayered complexities of contemporary visual culture.Alethea has been selected for multiple group exhibitions including Disruption International PrintmakingExchange 2023 and the Highpoint Centre for Print International Juried Print Exhibition Stand Out Prints2022 and 2024, Minneapolis. She was awarded in 2022 with the Grey Hand Press Internship Award andwas shortlisted for the Iain Turnbull Memorial Prize in 2021. In 2023, Alethea was awarded theRavenswood Australian Women’s Emerging Artist Prize and selected for the Print Council of Australia2023 Print Commission. In 2024, Alethea was awarded ‘Best in Show’ at the Ipswich Art Awards andmost recently awarded the Burnie Print Prize ‘Emerging Artist’ Prize in Tasmania.

Alethea RichterDivided Attention I, 2025Multilayer silk screen on 100% Cotton Rag Paper, 56cm x 76cmUnique state

Alethea RichterDivided Attention II, 2025Multilayer silk screen on 100% Cotton Rag Paper, 56cm x 76cmUnique state

Alethea RichterRenewal (HD), 2019Video 90 Second1920 x 1080 (pixel dimensions)

Alethea RichterPulse Systems (installation view)Pulse 6 (2.4.4.6.6.5), 2025, Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cm | Paper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cm (Framed)Renewal (HD), 2019Video 90 Second1920 x 1080 (pixel dimensions)

Alethea RichterPulse 1 (1.2.4.4.4.4.6.4), 2025Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cm | Paper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmEdition of 5 + 1 AP

By translating digital marksalongside hand-generatedmarks, Richter explores theephemeral qualities of screens—fluctuating luminosity,transient colours, andmovement to create dynamicworks of expansion andcontraction, that resists staticinterpretation.

Alethea RichterRenewal (Wide Format), 2019Video, 90 Second3744 × 832 (pixel dimensions)

Alethea RichterPulse Systems (installation view)Undivided Attention I & Pulse 1, 13, 4, 3, 11, 10, 9, 8, 2025

Alethea RichterPulse 2 (4.1.2.4), 2025Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cm | Paper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmEdition of 5 + 1 AP

Alethea RichterPulse 3 (1.1.3.4.5.5), 2025 (detail)Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cmPaper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cm

Alethea RichterPulse 3 (1.1.3.4.5.5), 2025Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cm | Paper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmEdition of 5 + 1 AP

Alethea RichterPulse 4 (1.2.3.4.3.4.4), 2025Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cm | Paper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmEdition of 5 + 1 AP

List of worksAlethea RichterPulse 1 (2 4.1.2.4)2025 Edition of 5 + APPulse 2 (4.1.2.4)2025 Edition of 5 + APPulse 3 (1.1.3.4.5.5)2025 Edition of 5 + AP Pulse 4 (1.2.3.4.3.4.4)2025 Edition of 5 + AP Pulse 5 (1.4.2.4.4.4.3.6)2025 Edition of 5 + APPulse 6 (2.4.4.6.6.5)2025 Edition of 5 + APPulse 7 (1.2.6.5)2025 Edition of 5 + APPulse 8 (1.2.3.3.3.3.3.3.3.3.3.1) 2025 Edition of 5 + APMultilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cmPaper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmMultilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cmPaper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmMultilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cmPaper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmMultilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cmPaper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmMultilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cmPaper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmMultilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cmPaper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmMultilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cmPaper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmMultilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cmPaper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cm$490$490 | $950 (1/5 Framed) $490$490$490$490$490 | $950 (1/5 Framed)$490

Pulse 9 (1.2.3.6.5.4)2025 Edition of 5 + APPulse 10 (1.2.3.6.4.4.4.6.2)2025 Edition of 5 + AP Pulse 11 (6.6.1.2.6.6)2025 Edition of 5 + AP Pulse 12 (1.2.3.4.3.3)2025 Edition of 5 + APPulse 13 (6.4.4.6.2.2.4.4.6)2025 Edition of 5 + APDivided Attention 1 2025 Unique StateDivided Attention 22025 Unique StateRenewal (HD)2019Renewal (Wide Format)2019Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cmPaper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmMultilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cmPaper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmMultilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cmPaper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmMultilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cmPaper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmMultilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cmPaper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmMultilayer silk screen on 100% CottonRag Paper, Bleed print 56cm x 76cmMultilayer silk screen on 100% CottonRag Paper, Bleed print 56cm x 76cmVideo 90 Second1920 x 1080 (pixel dimensions)Video 90 Second3744 × 832 (pixel dimensions)$490$490 $490$490$490 | $950 (1/5 Framed)$1,200$1,200POAPOA

Alethea RichterDivided Attention I, 2025 (detail)Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cmPaper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cm

Through this material andconceptual exploration,Pulse Systems reconsidershow we experience images—how we see, interpret,and feel the digital worldmaterialised in physicalform.

Alethea RichterPulse 5 (1.4.2.4.4.4.3.6), 2025Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cm | Paper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmEdition of 5 + 1 AP

Alethea RichterPulse 6 (2.4.4.6.6.5), 2025Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cm | Paper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmEdition of 5 + 1 AP

Alethea RichterPulse 7 (1.2.6.5), 2025Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cm | Paper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmEdition of 5 + 1 AP

Alethea RichterPulse 8 (1.2.3.3.3.3.3.3.3.3.3.1), 2025Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cm | Paper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmEdition of 5 + 1 AP

This interplay betweenboundaries and intuitivedecision-making reflectsRichter’s broader inquiry intohow much can be derived fromwithin the parameters of asystem, and the instability ofpresumed knowns.

Alethea RichterPulse Systems (installation view)Divided Attention II, 2025 & Pulse 6, Pulse 7, Pulse 2, Pulse 5, 2025

Alethea RichterPulse 9 (1.2.3.6.5.4), 2025Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cm | Paper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmEdition of 5 + 1 AP

Alethea RichterPulse 10 (1.2.3.6.4.4.4.6.2), 2025Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cm | Paper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmEdition of 4 + 1 AP

Central to the print series is anexploration of process, play,material, and iteration bypushing against establishedstructures and the insertion ofthe artist within this system.

Alethea RichterPulse 12 (1.2.3.4.3.3), 2025Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cm | Paper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cmEdition of 5 + 1 AP

Alethea RichterRenewal (HD), 2019Video, 90 Second1920 x 1080 (pixel dimensions)

Alethea RichterPulse Systems (installation view)Pulse 1 (2 4.1.2.4), Pulse 13 6.4.4.6.2.2.4.4.6), Pulse 4 (1.2.3.4.3.4.4), 2025Multilayer silk screen on Fleur De Coton,Image size: 28cm x 28cm | Paper Dimensions: 44cm x 38cm

Alethea RichterSilkscreen Matrix Layers created for Pulse Systems by the Artist 1 - 6, 2025

PARKER Contemporary acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands, and pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging.Presented by: PARKER ContemporaryCurated by: Emily ParkerArtist: Alethea RichterALETHEA RICHTER: PULSE SYSTEMSAPRIL 9 - MAY 5, 2025ISBN: TBCCatalogue design by Emily Parker | Images courtesy the artist and Emily ParkerPublished: April 10, 2025

PARKER Contemporary38 Hope Street, South Brisbane, QLD 4101 • www.parkercontemporary.com.au • @parkercontemporaryauinfo@parkercontemporary.com.au • +61 4 38 389 762© Alethea Richter and PARKER Contemporary, 2025