Image: Mel Deerson and Briony Galligan, After Tsarouchis, Policeman arrests Eros, drawing, 2022
GALLERY TWO | MEL DEERSON & BRIONY GALLIGAN
In/visible writing: writing from sensory perspectives
THURS 29 SEP, 4.00-6.00PM
FREE TO ATTEND
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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.
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Please note, Platform Arts is a dry venue.
LAB artists Briony Galligan and Mel Deerson present a writing workshop in Gallery Two as part of their public program for The Question of Angels.
In this workshop, we will introduce participants to some examples of sensory writing, and will open up different approaches to creative writing through a series of sensory writing exercises.
Using angels as an imaginative structure, we will play in the realm where visible and invisible, tangible and intangible, material and immaterial meet: What would an angel smell like? What would they eat? How do they move?
This workshop is suitable for anyone who is interested in writing; no experience is necessary. Ages 18+, all are welcome to attend.
“I’m thinking about being queer and how that was invisible for me for a long time but still probably there, and what does it mean to have an invisible thing beside you or inside you like a soul or desire, and what interferes with its messages and how does it transmit within or through or to me or others. What is the difference between being transparent and being immaterial and how does this relate to my sneaky avoidant tendencies and comfort in being alone and therefore unobserved… How does this relate to obedience or lack thereof, when you commit your sins invisibly? This is on my mind.”
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Mel Deerson and Briony Galligan live on Wurundjeri Country and are visual artists and art school teachers at Monash and VCA. They often work with drawing, installation and performance and have presented work at Bargoonga Njangin Library, North Fitzroy, Naarm/Melbourne, Gertrude Contemporary and at Melbourne Art Theatre. They are developing a new project through Platform LAB in Geelong, Wadawurrung Country across 2022 and early 2023.
