The Gallery has an ongoing programme of exhibitions and special art events.
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Opening night: Wednesday 22 February, 5-7pm. In a frantic, neon-world, have we lost connection with our inner self? Once we were… seeks to reconnect the ‘loose ends’, and grasp the echoes of an ancient time. From this foundational question the works depart to different worlds. Dates: 21 February-2 March.
Opening night: Wednesday 7 March, 5-7pm. Synthetic Transformation is an exploration into the drawn, the sculptural and their relationships to synthetic animated realities. Dates: 6-16 March.
Opening night: Wednesday 21 March, 5-7pm. Permanent Ephemeral Dichotomies will present artists concept designs and maquettes for a proposed future installation of ephemeral art projects on the grounds of the University campus. The exhibition will explore the visual and conceptual dialogue that could exist between the artist’s proposal and the University of Melbourne’s public sculpture collection. Dates: 20-23 March.
Opening night: Wednesday 21 March, 5-7pm. Seven students studying Architecture and Urban Design and Planning at the University of Melbourne bring to the gallery Of Pieces and Places, an interactive project centred around a tabletop game. Dates: 20-23 March.
Opening night: Wednesday 28 March, 5-7pm. The photograph; its representations of female desire and its ties to the paranormal. Glimpses of another reality, held inside the realm of the photographic. Each image is a paradox; existing simultaneously in the past and the present, pain and pleasure. Dates: 27 March–5 April.
Opening night: Wednesday 28 March, 5-7pm. iProtest highlights the virtual and domestic nature of experiencing revolutions digitally. Zein maps the digital public space into private space by distorting and juxtaposing images of protests. Viewers can explore the optical illusion of patterns against the reality of photographs. Dates: 27 March–5 April.
Opening night: Wednesday 18 April, 5-7pm. Ascending / descending is based on the notion of personal climate, where our own bodily temperature conflicts with current external conditions, and in addition how temperature inherently contextualises the everyday. Dates: 17-27 April.
Opening night: Wednesday 16 May, 5-7pm. The art of collecting will delve into the private and public spaces of Union House bringing together in one place selected artworks that make up the Union’s collection. Dates: 15-25 May.
Closing night and presentation of ‘work in progress’: Friday 1 June, 6-7pm. Be a part of a unique creative development combining physical performance, stop-motion software and multi-media projection. This week-long workshop will involve a group of committed student performers working with two world-class artists in the generation of a totally new work. Dates: 29 May–1 June.