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For his first exhibition in Australia, Padraig Robinson (IRE) presents an installation drawn from 7+ years of research into queer archives.
In celebration of IDAHOBIT and to conclude the FAIRY program, join us to share stories about finding identity and community.
Purchase publications from a range of publishers, artists and designers exhibiting at the NGV Great Hall - including our publishing arm, Public Platform.
These text-based public works situate artists’ conversations about the city of Geelong within its own streets and buildings. Presented as part of Melbourne Art Book Fair 2024.
All ages gigs are back at Platform Arts! Comes spend some time with a lineup of infamous local bands.
At once sexy, erotic and confrontational, Barbara Hammer’s landmark documentary operates at the margins between truth and fiction, memory and history,
Irish artist and filmmaker Padraig Robinson explores the impact of the controversial research of pre-queer sociologist Laud Humphreys.
Through the voices and stories of 8 people, this documentary explains the mechanisms of control that the Israeli state deploys to subjugate Palestinians.
Step into a world of transcendence as Zoë Bastin’s Celestial reimagines angels as heralds of the queer extraordinary.
A public conversation between FAIRY artists and co-curators Spiros Panigirakis and Mel Deerson.
Platform Arts is thrilled to partner again with Geelong Pride Film Festival to host the 2024 program launch.
To improve movement and heal injuries, Klein Technique™ focuses on moving from our deepest structural and energetic tissue, the bone, and the connections at the level of the bones.
Join us for a guided walk to discover the story of the Upper Stony Creek Reservoir, which opened in 1873.
RMIT's research network Ocean Research Climate Action hosts a conversation about oceanic entanglements with artists Georgia Nowak, Lichen Kelp and Fiona Hillary,
Platform Arts are inviting artists based in the Greater Geelong and Surfcoast region to be part of a new artist development program.
How might our perception of water as material change when we contemplate and embody its shifting forms?
A new publication that brings together a selection of oceanic works and practices via a collation of fragments.
Experimental theatre company Pony Cam teams up with a group of young artists from Geelong, transforming an urban car park into a large-scale performance space.
In this award-winning landmark documentary, Murawarri woman Essie Coffey tells the story of her own life in the township of Brewarrina.
Join us for a captivating and open exploration of water's influence on expanded artistic practice, hosted at Deakin University’s Geelong Waterfront campus.
Queer-ways is coming to Geelong as part of Victoria’s Pride 2024, a collaboration between the Victorian Government and Midsumma.
Representing nineteen Yolngu artists living in East Arnhem Land, these dynamic painting and weaving works from Bula’Bula Arts tell stories of cultural lore learned through song and dance.
This exhibition opening event will include artist demonstrations and workshops with Andrew and Steve Malibirr, followed by a Welcome to Country in the gallery.
This emerging artist-run collective advocates for an artist-centric framework that celebrates their artistic research and practices, rooted in Geelong and the broader western region.
An opportunity for Geelong-based artists aged 15-22 to collaborate on a performance with Pony Cam Collective.
Platform Arts are accepting proposals for contemporary exhibitions and performance works to present in 2024.
BIENALSUR x Platform Arts present a video programme featuring internationally-renowned artists Francis Alÿs, Carmela Gross, Julia Levstein, Valentina Cardellino & Diego Bianchi.
Holly Goodridge and Shan Dante combine queer theory and expanded painting to challenge societal norms and create a new sense of reality.
A collection of new works by Victoria Jost that explore magic, dreams and fiction. Presented as part of BIENALSUR 2023, with curatorial work by Carlos Gutiérrez (ARG).
An introductory workshop to art-inspired poetry for adults, led by Annie Mullen-Walsh.
This family-friendly fundraiser event is supporting the Bob Brown Foundation campaign to protect Takayna Rainforest in lutruwita/Tasmania.
Within this collective glow, each artist holds their own fire - what fuels their flame? A new exhibition curated by Kiri Tawhai & Tarryn Love.
Norm Jurrawaa Stanley (Kurnai/Wotjabaluk) and Nikki McKenzie (Wadawurrung) present a new body of work as collective Wurriki Art.