WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE BOON WARUNG AND WURUNDJERI PEOPLE OF THE KULIN NATION AS THE TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THE LAND IN WHICH WE LIVE, WORK AND CREATE. WE PAY OUR DEEP RESPECTS TO THEIR ELDERS PAST PRESENT AND EMERGING.
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GATHER, COLLECT, TREASURE. TROVE IS A CREATIVE PROJECT IN MELBOURNE (NAARM/BIRRARUNG-GA) EXPLORING MATERIAL AND OBJECT THROUGH PROCESS BASED PRACTICES. BUILDING INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES, TROVE SEEKS TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR EXPLORATION AND COLLABORATION FOR EMERGING CRAFTSPEOPLE.
NGV MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK 2024 EXHIBITION
MURAL HALL, ABBOTSFORD CONVENT
MAY 30 - JUNE 2
FRANKY WALKER
HOLDER FEATURES THE WORK OF EIGHT EMERGING CRAFTSPEOPLE FROM MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES EXPLORING OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE ITEMS WE CHOOSE TO SURROUND OURSELVES WITH AND THE VALUE WE PLACE ON THEM. CONSIDERING THE NOTION OF HOLDING, OF THINGS, SPACE AND SPECULATION; HOLDER IS A MULTI-MATTER EXPLORATION OF HONEST BEAUTY THROUGH POSSIBILITY. MATTER VS VOID, FUNCTION VS ORNAMENT; HOLDER RESPONDS TO THE WAYS IN WHICH AMBIGUITY AND THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTICE OF CRAFT RE-EVALUATES THE ADORNMENT OF SPACE.
AMY VIDLER, ANNIE PAXTON, BEL WILLIAMS, CLAIRE MARKWICK-SMITH, GEORGIE SZYMANSKI, ISABEL AVENDANO-HAZBUN, JESS HUMPSTON, MINHI PARK
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