Image: Sarah Walker
MELBOURNE ART BOOK FAIR | THE CONTEMPORARY
FEASIBILITY STUDY
30 MAY - 02 JUN
ALL-DAY PUBLIC EXHIBITION
FREE TO ATTEND
RUNNING AS PART OF MELBOURNE ART BOOK FAIR, THURS 23 MAY - SUN 02 JUN
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Platform Arts is wheelchair-accessible via our Gheringhap St entrance. Unlocked, accessible bathrooms are available on both ground and first floors.
Some seating will be available. Chairs are stools of various heights, with no back support. Detailed accessibility information can be found here.
For accessibility enquiries, please directly contact us at hello@platformarts.org.au
Expanded Field was developed as a mode of enquiry into public and civic spaces in Geelong through the framework of an artist laboratory and public outcome.
Facilitated by artists, academics and architects Steven Rhall, Phip Murray, Vicki Hallet and Jose Rodriguez; the laboratory was designed to explore the City through spatial practice, architecture and phenomenological interventions.
The Expanded Field laboratory allowed space for experimentation, critical dialogues and interdisciplinary collaboration, acting as a locus for the development of a series of text-based works, titled Feasibility Study, installed throughout the City from January 2022 – June 2024.
Installed on streets and buildings, the text pieces situate the conversations from the Lab back in the city itself.
This project was commissioned by the City of Greater Geelong through the Arts Culture Department’s Arts Industry Commissions Program. Presented as part of Melbourne Art Book Fair 2024.
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The Contemporary is a research collective based on Wadawurrung country in Djilang/Geelong. Curators, producers and researchers Ilana Russell (MA. Art in Public Space RMIT), Sarah Jones (PhD. Art & Design UNSW), and artist, writer and photographer Sarah Walker (MFA. RMIT), explore the possibilities for civic reinvention through temporary public art interventions and cross-institutional partnership in a regional context.
