All Washed Up is a presentation of newly commissioned and recent works by Sydney–born, Sunshine Coast–based artist Kate Mitchell. Working across video, performance, sculpture and drawing, the artist infuses a sense of surreal and often absurdist humour into her reflections on contemporary life, its pressures and responsibilities. All Washed Up centres focus on the inevitability of work, ruminating on ideas and deflections of purpose, motivation and agency of choice. Conceived in response to the office environment, Mitchell ponderously unpacks notions of time and labour to elaborate questions of existentialist meaning and value in a manner that holds universal gravitas. With wit and whimsy, Mitchell creates an environment that joyously enlivens the shared office environment, while plotting pathways for escape from it. (Text: Mark Feary)