SITUATE / 1 August to 10 October 2017
PROJECT SPACE / 6 October to 16 November 2017 (Opening 5 October 5-7PM)
Rui MIzuki is a Kyoto-based artist who is the recipient of the 2017 SITUATE / Asialink / Tokyo Wondersite residency exchange. His project will explore Melbourne's urban environment through drawing and photography, with a particular focus on skate culture.
SPARE ROOM / 6 October to 16 November 2017
A Female is a moving sculptural installation, made of timber, paint and springs, which investigate the spectacle, the female breast and touch. Through explorative participatory touch, the “suspended painting” is visually transformed into a fascinating visual experience, hovering between the bodily and the object.
SITUATE / 20 September to 30 October 2017
SITE EIGHT / Friday 5 October to Thursday 26 October
Yin-Hua Chu is the recipient of the 2017 Taiwanese Arts Residency Exchange, supported by RMIT University and the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts. Deciphering Cities_Melbourne uses the city of Melbourne as a point of departure. By tracing and sketching fragmented references of Melbourne found on the internet, including vintage maps, old photographs and film stills, Yin-Hua visualises her imagination of Melbourne before her actual arrival. During the residency period Yin-Hua will use these source materials to construct the gallery space and invite ‘Greeters’ (local volunteers who guide tourists on free walking tours of the city) to present this ‘Imagined Melbourne’.
LIGHTSCAPES / 26 June to 29 October 2017
Weng Io Wong's Encroachment aims to look into the relationship between human consciousness and technology. Her work investigates the complex and interlacing relationship between self and virtual identity, specifically paying attention to the qualities of anonymity and repetition that manifest there.
LIGHTSCAPES / 26 June to 29 October 2017 at Knox Place
RMIT:ART:INTERSECT presents the work of three students from the Master of Fine Arts program delivered through the Hong Kong Art School in collaboration with RMIT University.
LIGHTSCAPES / 26 June to 29 October 2017
The 50s and 60s were the golden age of Hong Kong's movie industry. At that time, a unique approach was adopted to overlap images on the film to create a variety of visual experiences. This project, which was developed by Hong Kong artist Carol Lee Mei-Kuen, uses as its ground a series of historical movie posters from this period. Dialogue Across the Years considers the role and position of the public and of advertising in both this source material and its light box installation. Through "time drawing", Lee reproduces, remembers and reinvigorates some of the captivating and wonderful stories of Hong Kong's cultural history.
SITUATE / 17 August to 29 October 2017 at AIR Krems, Austria
Jeremy Bakker is the recipient of the 2017 SITUATE Austrian Arts Residency Exchange.
SPEAKER / 29 March 2017, 12.30-1.30PM at RMIT Building 24, level 1, room 1
SITUATE / 1 September to 14 October 2017 at TNUA and KdMoFA, Taiwan
James Geurts is the recipient of the SITUATE Taiwanese Arts Residency Exchange.
LIGHTSCAPES / 30 October 2017 to 1 April 2018 at Knox Place
Forming a part of the 2017 Graduate Exhibition for the Master of Arts – Art in Public Space this series of images represents works undertaken in the public realm by five of our recent Graduates: Luping Chen, Grace Leone, Jasmine Pilcher, Julie Stevens and Lyndall Watson.
Candidates explore the public realm in keeping with their arts practice and research interests. These images present a curated mapping of the research journey undertaken in a range of public contexts that engage in conversations around borders, cities and construction, affect and immersion, infrastructure and memory.
LIGHTSCAPES / 30 October 2017 to 4 January 2018 at the RMIT Building 2 Lightwell
Long lived by the idea of a starry sky, this series explores the Australian night sky and its stars as an investigation of light, detail and texture. Reinforced by the presentation in lightboxes, these landscapes are forced into an artificial setting, mimicking the light illuminated from the galaxy. The tactility of the print medium is also extended by the puncturing of fine holes through the print to emphasize texture.
