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Texture of Absence: Tai Chi-informed dance workshop
Feb
8
to Jul 5
WORKSHOP

Texture of Absence: Tai Chi-informed dance workshop

  • Sat, Feb 8, 2025 10:30 AM 10:30 Sat, Jul 5, 2025 12:00 PM 12:00
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Jiawen and Carmen will guide you through monthly movement workshops from February to July 2025.

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OCULAR
May
10
to Jul 11
GALLERY, PERFORMANCE, WORKSHOP, PUBLIC PROGRAM

OCULAR

  • Sat, May 10, 2025 9:00 AM 09:00 Fri, Jul 11, 2025 6:00 PM 18:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

What does it mean to be seen? How do we uncover what the image is trying to tell us? And how do we reclaim the image from the mediated world?

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FIELD TRIP: Mapping Forgotten Landscapes of Linton
May
10
11:00 AM11:00
PUBLIC PROGRAM

FIELD TRIP: Mapping Forgotten Landscapes of Linton

  • Saturday, May 10, 2025
  • 11:00 AM 3:00 PM 11:00 15:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Walk, share food and explore how projects can ‘come to us’ and be created through observation, deep listening and responsive practice.

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Refusal / Futurity
May
10
to Jul 11
GALLERY

Refusal / Futurity

  • Sat, May 10, 2025 4:00 PM 16:00 Fri, Jul 11, 2025 4:30 PM 16:30
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An exhibition of contemporary women's self-portraiture and how they use lens-based media to subvert the colonial, western, and patriarchal gaze.

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The Tragedy of Macbeth
May
14
to May 18
PERFORMANCE

The Tragedy of Macbeth

  • Wed, May 14, 2025 7:00 PM 19:00 Sun, May 18, 2025 4:00 PM 16:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Platform Arts’ theatre-in-residence, Overflow, brings their unique retelling of Shakespeare’s most famous work.

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FIELD TRIP: Deep Listening and Making with Country
May
17
11:00 AM11:00
PUBLIC PROGRAM

FIELD TRIP: Deep Listening and Making with Country

  • Saturday, May 17, 2025
  • 11:00 AM 1:00 PM 11:00 13:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Make camera-less photographs through a lumen process, collaborating with time and the sun.

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Beekeeping in the End Times - Film Screen
Jun
5
6:00 PM18:00
GALLERY, PERFORMANCE, WORKSHOP, PUBLIC PROGRAM

Beekeeping in the End Times - Film Screen

  • Thursday, June 5, 2025
  • 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 18:00 19:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

The film screening of ‘Beekeeping in the End Times’ and Q&A with film makers.

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Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography
Jul
1
to Jul 31
GALLERY, WORKSHOP

Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography

  • Tue, Jul 1, 2025 6:00 PM 18:00 Thu, Jul 31, 2025 7:00 PM 19:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

A podcast that features conversations about photography, creativity and the world we live in.

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Texture of Absence: The Performance
Jul
11
to Jul 12
WORKSHOP

Texture of Absence: The Performance

  • Fri, Jul 11, 2025 7:30 PM 19:30 Sat, Jul 12, 2025 8:30 PM 20:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

Jiawen Feng and Carmen Yih explore the physical manifestation of absence to examine how humans experience loss.

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Refusal / Futurity Self Portrait Works
Jul
12
12:30 PM12:30
GALLERY

Refusal / Futurity Self Portrait Works

  • Saturday, July 12, 2025
  • 12:30 PM 3:00 PM 12:30 15:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Refusal / Futurity self-portrait workshop, facilitated by Jody Haines.

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ZOJ: Give Water to Birds: Album Launch
Jul
18
7:00 PM19:00
GALLERY, PERFORMANCE, WORKSHOP, PUBLIC PROGRAM

ZOJ: Give Water to Birds: Album Launch

  • Friday, July 18, 2025
  • 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 19:00 20:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

ZOJ performs at the launch of their second album ‘Give Water to Birds’

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FIELD TRIP: Breamlea
May
3
10:00 AM10:00
PUBLIC PROGRAM

FIELD TRIP: Breamlea

  • Saturday, May 3, 2025
  • 10:00 AM 1:00 PM 10:00 13:00
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Explore the concept of Songlines, through yarning, play, and observing with Kiri Wicks.

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RISING: Communitas Workshop (Geelong)
Apr
27
11:00 AM11:00
PERFORMANCE

RISING: Communitas Workshop (Geelong)

  • Sunday, April 27, 2025
  • 11:00 AM 1:00 PM 11:00 13:00
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RISING’s annual ritual of Communitas is officially kicking off again.

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Buzzing World of Bees + Honey
Apr
16
6:00 PM18:00
GALLERY, WORKSHOP

Buzzing World of Bees + Honey

  • Wednesday, April 16, 2025
  • 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 18:00 19:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Engage your senses in this unique honey-tasting and beeswax candle-making experience. 

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Thinking with Golden Ecklonia: An immersive kelp experience
Apr
12
11:00 AM11:00
PUBLIC PROGRAM

Thinking with Golden Ecklonia: An immersive kelp experience

  • Saturday, April 12, 2025
  • 11:00 AM 1:30 PM 11:00 13:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

A groundbreaking installation and sound walk where art meets science on the shores of Geelong

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FIELD TRIP: Barwon Heads
Apr
10
10:00 AM10:00
PUBLIC PROGRAM

FIELD TRIP: Barwon Heads

  • Thursday, April 10, 2025
  • 10:00 AM 2:00 PM 10:00 14:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Experience intuitive hand-building and ceramic techniques in a natural setting with Kim Drew.

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FIELD TRIP: Geelong Botanical Gardens
Apr
6
10:00 AM10:00
PUBLIC PROGRAM

FIELD TRIP: Geelong Botanical Gardens

  • Sunday, April 6, 2025
  • 10:00 AM 1:00 PM 10:00 13:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Explore with Lucy Allinson noise pollution and how it affects our landscapes.

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SLIP
Mar
21
to Mar 22
PERFORMANCE

SLIP

  • Fri, Mar 21, 2025 7:30 PM 19:30 Sat, Mar 22, 2025 8:20 PM 20:20
  • Google Calendar ICS

Image, sound, and time untether in a combined live foley and dance performance by Aviva Endean and Rebecca Jensen.

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Sympoiesis Group Exhibition
Mar
17
to Apr 17
GALLERY

Sympoiesis Group Exhibition

  • Mon, Mar 17, 2025 9:30 AM 09:30 Thu, Apr 17, 2025 4:30 PM 16:30
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An exhibition showcasing artists working with and through nature.

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Into the Canvas of Time
Mar
8
10:30 AM10:30
WORKSHOP

Into the Canvas of Time

  • Saturday, March 8, 2025
  • 10:30 AM 12:00 PM 10:30 12:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Drawing on principles of Chinese classical dance (influenced by Tai Chi) and incorporating visual art.

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THE CLOUD MAKER
Feb
20
7:30 PM19:30
PERFORMANCE

THE CLOUD MAKER

  • Thursday, February 20, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 19:30 20:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Cloud Maker celebrates goddesses from each of the five female master musician’s cultures, evoking a time when music and language, art and life, were intertwined.

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SYMPOIESIS
Feb
20
to Apr 17
GALLERY

SYMPOIESIS

  • Thu, Feb 20, 2025 9:00 AM 09:00 Thu, Apr 17, 2025 5:00 PM 17:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Sympoiesis celebrates “making with” through sensory experiences spanning visual arts, performance, conversations, and food.

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Fordtown 2024
Oct
19
to Nov 30
GALLERY

Fordtown 2024

  • Sat, Oct 19, 2024 4:00 PM 16:00 Sat, Nov 30, 2024 3:00 PM 15:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

A documentary project exploring the Ford Motor Company's closure and its impact on Geelong.

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Assembled Lines
Oct
19
to Nov 30
GALLERY

Assembled Lines

  • Sat, Oct 19, 2024 4:00 PM 16:00 Sat, Nov 30, 2024 3:00 PM 15:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Rowlands’ work with found objects from Ford Motor Company (Geelong) allows its history to come into focus.

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Ham Hop the Gold Mountain Wife
Oct
19
2:00 PM14:00
PERFORMANCE

Ham Hop the Gold Mountain Wife

  • Saturday, October 19, 2024
  • 2:00 PM 6:30 PM 14:00 18:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

A performance lecture and exhibition presenting the history of Ham Hop, a ‘gold mountain wife.'

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AFTER WALTER HOPPS  Closing Party
Sep
20
5:30 PM17:30
GALLERY

AFTER WALTER HOPPS Closing Party

  • Friday, September 20, 2024
  • 5:30 PM 8:30 PM 17:30 20:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

The community is invited to celebrate the After Walter Hopps exhibition on its closing night.

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Ask a curator
Sep
12
6:00 PM18:00
GALLERY

Ask a curator

  • Thursday, September 12, 2024
  • 6:00 PM 7:30 PM 18:00 19:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

Ask in-person about curatorial practice, gallery protocols, exhibitions, installs, commissions and more.

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Studio Crits
Sep
11
5:30 PM17:30
GALLERY

Studio Crits

  • Wednesday, September 11, 2024
  • 5:30 PM 8:00 PM 17:30 20:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

A space for local practitioners to discuss, analyse and reflect upon their creative practice and works in development.

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Critical Tools for Arts Practice
Aug
29
1:00 PM13:00
GALLERY

Critical Tools for Arts Practice

  • Thursday, August 29, 2024
  • 1:00 PM 3:00 PM 13:00 15:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Learn arts writing essentials, and find the right language to anchor your practice.

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After Walter Hopps Gallery Install Workshop
Aug
24
3:30 PM15:30
GALLERY

After Walter Hopps Gallery Install Workshop

  • Saturday, August 24, 2024
  • 3:30 PM 5:00 PM 15:30 17:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join artist and gallery technician Lucy Allinson for a talk and demonstration on how to install works to industry standards.

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AFTER WALTER HOPPS
Aug
12
to Sep 20
GALLERY

AFTER WALTER HOPPS

  • Mon, Aug 12, 2024 9:00 AM 09:00 Fri, Sep 20, 2024 8:00 PM 20:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

An open call to artists: After Walter Hopps returns in 2024. Platform Arts will hand over the control of their curated gallery program in an open-call exhibition.

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Screening Palestine Series: Resistance, Why? (1971)
Jul
26
6:30 PM18:30
PUBLIC PROGRAM

Screening Palestine Series: Resistance, Why? (1971)

  • Friday, July 26, 2024
  • 6:30 PM 7:30 PM 18:30 19:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

A recently restored documentary by Christian Ghazi captures a crucial cross-section of the Palestinian resistance in Lebanon in 1970.

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Dungeons & Dragons: Open Sessions
Jul
13
12:00 PM12:00
PUBLIC PROGRAM

Dungeons & Dragons: Open Sessions

  • Saturday, July 13, 2024
  • 12:00 PM 3:00 PM 12:00 15:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Enter the world of Dungeons & Dragons, with open game sessions in the Platform Arts Performance Space.

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REFUGIUM SCREENING (2021)
Jun
28
1:00 PM13:00
PUBLIC PROGRAM

REFUGIUM SCREENING (2021)

  • Friday, June 28, 2024
  • 1:00 PM 3:00 PM 13:00 15:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

A short film exploring themes of climate justice, colonial disruption, apocalypse and intergenerational justice followed by a Q&A with Jen Rae and Claire G. Coleman.


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PANEL DISCUSSION: WORLD-BUILDING
Jun
15
11:30 AM11:30
PUBLIC PROGRAM

PANEL DISCUSSION: WORLD-BUILDING

  • Saturday, June 15, 2024
  • 11:30 AM 12:15 PM 11:30 12:15
  • Google Calendar ICS

Panel discussion: world-building through the lenses of art and critical theory, architecture, game design, spatial design, play and spirituality.

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WORLDING
Jun
8
to Jul 19
GALLERY

WORLDING

  • Sat, Jun 8, 2024 3:00 PM 15:00 Fri, Jul 19, 2024 6:00 PM 18:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Alternate realities, memory fields, truth-telling, and material-semiotic worlds are open to exploration in Worlding.

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CURATOR TALK: WORLDING
Jun
8
3:00 PM15:00
PUBLIC PROGRAM

CURATOR TALK: WORLDING

  • Saturday, June 8, 2024
  • 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 15:00 16:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Before the exhibition officially opens to the public, join us for a floor talk with Worlding curator Amber Smith.

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WORLDING PUBLICATION
Jun
8
to Jul 19
PUBLIC PROGRAM

WORLDING PUBLICATION

  • Sat, Jun 8, 2024 3:00 PM 15:00 Fri, Jul 19, 2024 5:00 PM 17:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Features commissioned and reprinted written works by Dr. Peter Hill, Tarryn Love, Dr. Simon O’Sullivan, Robert Schubert, and Dr. Mira Keratova, and a curatorial essay by our Curator, Dr. Amber Smith. 

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May'd Art Festival
May
31
to Jun 1
PUBLIC PROGRAM

May'd Art Festival

  • Fri, May 31, 2024 5:00 PM 17:00 Sat, Jun 1, 2024 3:00 PM 15:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Visit the Public Platform stall at May’d, Creative Geelong's 2-day festival presented in partnership with Melbourne Art Book Fair.

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PUBLIC PLATFORM @ MELBOURNE ART BOOK FAIR
May
24
to May 26
PUBLIC PROGRAM

PUBLIC PLATFORM @ MELBOURNE ART BOOK FAIR

  • Fri, May 24, 2024 10:00 AM 10:00 Sun, May 26, 2024 5:00 PM 17:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Purchase publications from a range of publishers, artists and designers exhibiting at the NGV Great Hall - including our publishing arm, Public Platform.

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SPEAKERS' CORNER
May
17
6:00 PM18:00
PUBLIC PROGRAM

SPEAKERS' CORNER

  • Friday, May 17, 2024
  • 6:00 PM 8:00 PM 18:00 20:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

In celebration of IDAHOBIT and to conclude the FAIRY program, join us to share stories about finding identity and community.

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