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2 collections

ANTICIPATION IS HALF OF THE SEDUCTIONBLINDSIDE 2018 EMERGING CURATOR MENTORSHIP

Anticipation is Half of the Seduction is an exhibition that considers the heightened states of being that exist between sites of release and resistance. Whether it be found in the tension between consenting bodies or the impact of colliding objects, the dynamic movement that exists between the attraction and repulsion of energy is everywhere. Considered through artworks that both document and demo

Thursday 06 December 2018 to Friday 21 December 2018
Opening: Thursday 06 December 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

BEING THERE | Mia Middleton

Using coded depictions of depth perception, Being There presents works which unpack the interdependent states of presence and absence, surface and void, and examines their pertinence and application within contemporary place making.

Mia Middleton

Wednesday 14 November 2018 to Saturday 01 December 2018
Opening: Thursday 15 November 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

ENDLESS PROJECTION | Stephen Palmer

Endless Projection explores the production of perceptual experience through the interposition of the eye and the photographic apparatus.

Stephen Palmer

Wednesday 14 November 2018 to Saturday 01 December 2018
Opening: Thursday 15 November 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

BLINDSIDE | B-SIDE

BLINDSIDE B-Side celebrates BLINDSIDE’s fifteen-years as an ARI that supports creative experimentation and will recognise artists who have contributed to form our vibrant arts community.

Thursday 01 November 2018 to Saturday 10 November 2018
Opening: Thursday 01 November 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

AND THEY ALL SAY YOUR NAME | Talia Smith & Zainab Hikmet

To long is to yearn for something or someone separated by distances in time and/or space. And they all say your name explores the subject of longing for a moment in time or place through light: an energy that is momentary and transient.

Talia Smith Zainab Hikmet

Wednesday 03 October 2018 to Saturday 20 October 2018
Opening: Thursday 04 October 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

UNSEEN | Jan Murray

Unseen continues Murray's enduring exploration of the traditions of trompe l’oeil and investigation of the ‘anatomy’ of painting - specifically the relationship between the intrinsic and extrinsic architecture of the two dimensional canvas and the wall on which it is installed.

Jan Murray

Wednesday 03 October 2018 to Saturday 20 October 2018
Opening: Thursday 04 October 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

ALL OF USBLINDSIDE FIRST NATIONS PROJECT | Curated by Jessica Clark

All of us presents a contemporary framework by which to explore the importance of collaboration and the connections between artists, their practice, and the audiences they reach.

Thursday 13 September 2018 to Saturday 29 September 2018
Opening: Thursday 13 September 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

PRESENCE

Presence looks at the ways in which the presence of the body is signified and materially understood through discussions of autonomy, the digital body, queer embodied experience and fetishisation.

Zoë Bastin

Wednesday 22 August 2018 to Saturday 08 September 2018
Opening: Thursday 23 August 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

UNFATHOMING | Jeremy Bakker

Reaching out for things that can't be touched, holding on to moments already passed—we try to find something that endures within the constant change.

Jeremy Bakker

Wednesday 01 August 2018 to Saturday 18 August 2018
Opening: Thursday 02 August 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

VISIBLE ABSENCE | Alex Walker + Nick James Archer

And it collapsed Fixed, Unfixed, A Trace Self, Other, Self-Other Irreconcilable Fragments Longing For It’s Other Construction Shroud

Alex Walker Nick James Archer

Wednesday 01 August 2018 to Saturday 18 August 2018
Opening: Thursday 02 August 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

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RETURN FLIGHT MEL>CHC | Curated by Elizaveta Maltseva

Departing from Melbourne, Australia, Return Flight is an international collaborative project, a cultural exchange opportunity and a multidisciplinary arts platform for emerging and established artists and writers.

Wednesday 11 July 2018 to Saturday 28 July 2018
Opening: Thursday 12 July 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

REPARAR MEANS TO REPAIR | Camila Galaz

Reparar Means To Repair uses video and dialogue to explore intergenerational rifts created by mass violence and the attempts to mend damage done - both governmental reparations and personal acts of repair and remembering.

Camila Galaz

Wednesday 20 June 2018 to Saturday 07 July 2018
Opening: Thursday 21 June 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

SERPENT SONGS / WINDSHADOWS | Gerard Crewdson

For SOUND SERIES 2018, Gerard Crewdson presents site-specific acoustic sound sculptures.

Gerard Crewdson

Wednesday 20 June 2018 to Saturday 07 July 2018
Opening: Thursday 21 June 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

BEYOND THE VEIL | Anastasia Booth, Daniel Gawronski, Guy Grabowsky, Josh Hook, Paulina Hupe, Cristal Johnson, Tessy King, Hernan Lopera, Diego Ramirez, Britt Salt, Michele Sierra, Jake Treacy.

Beyond the Veil is a group exhibition that seeks to expand and transform the perceptions, traditions and experiences of the white cube as an exhibition model.

Anastasia Booth Diego Ramirez Daniel Gawronski Josh Hook Paulina Hupe Tessy King Hernan Lopera Britt Salt Jake Treacy Guy Grabowski Cristal Johnson Michele Sierra

Wednesday 30 May 2018 to Saturday 16 June 2018
Opening: Thursday 31 May 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

BUREAU OF METEORANXIETY | Alex Tate and Olivia Tartaglia

As climate change wreaks havoc on the planet, so too it inflicts turmoil on our psyche. Bureau of Meteoranxiety (BoMa) is here to help.

Alex Tate Olivia Tartaglia

Thursday 10 May 2018 to Saturday 19 May 2018
Opening: Thursday 10 May 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO TRAINS | Susana Pilar Delhante Matienzo, Adriana Arronte, Diana Fonseca Quiñones, Mia Salsjö, Robyne Latham, Angela TiatiaIntercambio: Cuba Australia Video Exchange

Intercambio: Cuba Australia Video Exchange is a part of a five-year artist residency and exchange program between RMIT School of Art and the Wifredo Lam Centre for Contemporary Art, culminating in a presentation of Australian works at the 2019 Bienal de la Habana.

Angela Tiatia Susana Pilar Delhante Matienzo Adriana Arronte Diana Fonseca Quiñones Mia Salsjö Robyne Latham

Wednesday 18 April 2018 to Saturday 05 May 2018
Opening: Thursday 19 April 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

SITE(S) | Lina Buck, Garth Howells and Paul Murphy

Site(s) is inspired by how the force and meaning of locations can shape Art making. It explores the processes of each exhibiting artist in relation to space and site. Varied locations manipulate the meaning of art objects, objects that stand as both a response and homage to the site.

Lina Buck Garth Howells Paul Murphy

Wednesday 18 April 2018 to Saturday 05 May 2018
Opening: Thursday 19 April 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

PERLUSTRATA no. 1 | Amarie Bergman

In Perlustrata no. 1, a translucent, snow-white textile configures a pleated line in a phenomenological intervention of geometric simplicity. The line takes the form of a three-dimensional double curve within BLINDSIDE Gallery Two, which redefines its architectural space.

Amarie Bergman

Wednesday 28 March 2018 to Saturday 14 April 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

THE LUNATIC | Henry Trumble

The Lunatic (1) is a new body of work by Henry Trumble about the images we construct and carry within us that create our perception of the universe. The exhibition presents a series of photographic objects, such as contact prints exposed by the light of the moon and the restaging of a chance encounter with a pool of planetary particles.

Henry Trumble

Wednesday 28 March 2018 to Saturday 14 April 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Professional Development Programs 2018Writing Successful Proposals And Grants | Andy Tetzlaff, Lucie Mcintosh

Interested in how to further develop your skill in applying for grants and proposals? Join artist and curator Andy Tetzlaff and BLINDSIDE Director, artist and curator Lucie McIntosh, as they discuss and explore the three key components required for producing successful grants and exhibition proposals. Ample time will be set aside for audience questions.

Lucie Mc Intosh Andy Tetzlaff

Wednesday 11 April 2018 to Wednesday 11 April 2018
Art talk in Victoria, Australia.

Fly, Sky High ... Dubai

Fly, Sky High... Dubai is an extension of Majed Fayad's previous work about the clash of Western and Middle Eastern cultures. Taking a highly visual approach to the consumerism and capitalism invading the East, Fayad reconstructs the interior of a highly recommended Arab airline based in the Middle East. The Emirates flight lounge at BLINDSIDE examines the impact of globalization through western

Wednesday 07 March 2018 to Saturday 24 March 2018
Opening: Thursday 08 March 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

BLINDSIDE SUMMER STUDIOResidency January 2018 | Fayen d'Evie + Katie West

During the residency, we plan to invite conversations about embodied approaches to archiving, and to experiment with writing stories, histories and concepts handled as part of the Museum Incognita's first phase of embodied encounters. The residency will evolve organically, with openness to change, culminating in a public exhibition that may include performative lectures or storytelling.

Katie West Fayen D’Evie

Thursday 18 January 2018 to Monday 22 January 2018
Opening: Thursday 18 January 2018
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

2017 EMERGING CURATOR MENTORSHIP ALWAYS THERE AND ALL A PART

ALWAYS THERE AND ALL A PART EMERGING CURATOR MENTORSHIP Curator | Andy Butler Curatorial mentor | Emily Cormack

Wednesday 06 December 2017 to Friday 22 December 2017
Opening: Thursday 07 December 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

BLINDSIDE B-SIDE

For B-SIDE, BLINDSIDE will present a large scale exhibition of works for sale by our accomplished and significant alumni. Exactly half of the work in B-SIDE will be hidden. Each artwork on display in B-SIDE will be linked to a partner work (a b-side), which will be revealed only to the buyer.

Friday 03 November 2017 to Friday 10 November 2017
Opening: Thursday 02 November 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

21 JUN - 8 JUL 2017 | CHINESE WHISPERS AND OTHER STORIES | Pia Johnson, Tammy Law, Janelle Low, Siying ZhouOPENING | Thursday 22 June, 6-8pm

Chinese Whispers and Other Stories is an exhibition that brings together four female artists of Chinese descent. Through photographs and video, their work negotiates ideas about cultural identity, otherness and place through stories of migration, diaspora and belonging.

Siying Zhou Pia Johnson Janelle Low Tammy Law

Wednesday 21 June 2017 to Saturday 08 July 2017
Opening: Thursday 22 June 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

21 JUN - 8 JUL 2017 | ENTANGLEMENTS | Kimberley Pace + Jessica TanOPENING | Thursday 22 June, 6-8pm

Entanglements establishes a dialogue between the practices of Perth-based West Australian emerging artists Jessica Tan and Kimberley Pace through the manifestation of objects and site-specific installation.

Kimberley Pace Jessica Tan

Wednesday 21 June 2017 to Saturday 08 July 2017
Opening: Thursday 22 June 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

31 MAY - 17 JUN 2017 | 'NOW YOU'VE DONE IT' | James ParkinsonOPENING | Thursday 1 June, 6-8pm

‘Now You’ve Done It’ addresses issues of advanced capitalist systems of control and how the child is implicated in the structural order of these states.

James Parkinson

Wednesday 31 May 2017 to Saturday 17 June 2017
Opening: Thursday 01 June 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

31 MAY - 17 JUN | THE LONG DISTANCE | Clare LongleyOPENING | Thursday 1 June, 6-8pm

Clare Longley is a painter who is interested in the how the spontaneity of movement, when amplified or diluted by different mediums, can convey the nature of collective an unconscious desire. Often the processes she uses to get to a final output are performative in nature, but with different end points.

Clare Longley

Wednesday 31 May 2017 to Saturday 17 June 2017
Opening: Thursday 01 June 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

10 - 27 MAY 2017 | NO WOMAN IS AN ISLAND | Carla Adams, Jessie Adams, Emily Besser, Clara Bradley, Frances Cannon, Jessica Cochrane, Zoe Croggon, Anna Farago, Kate Just, Anthea Kemp, Stephanie Leigh, Kim Leutwyler, Zoe WongOPENING | Thursday 11 May, 6-8pm

No Woman is an Island is an ambitious group exhibition of Australian artists that focuses on female experience through the conceptual framework of the ‘female gaze’.

Kate Just Zoe Croggon Carla Adams Jessie Adams Emily Besser Clara Bradley Frances Cannon Jessica Cochrane Anna Farago Anthea Kemp Stephanie Leigh Kim Leutwyler Zoe Wong Sophia Cai

Wednesday 10 May 2017 to Saturday 27 May 2017
Opening: Thursday 11 May 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

19 APR - 6 MAY 2017 | INFORME | Jaime Hall + Tara O'ConalOPENING | Thursday 20 April, 6-8pm

Informe investigates the potential that video and sculpture has for generating different registers of experience – aesthetic, cognitive, sensory and critical.

Jaime Hall Tara O'conal

Wednesday 19 April 2017 to Saturday 06 May 2017
Opening: Thursday 20 April 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

29 MAR - 15 APR 2017 | DEBUT XIII | Trent Crawford | Lucy Foster | Edith Gilfedder | Silvi Kadillari | Darcy Smith | Julia TrybalaOPENING | Thursday 30 March, 6-8pm

In its thirteenth year, BLINDSIDE DEBUT brings together a dynamic selection of Melbourne’s Fine Arts graduates

Julia Trybala Debut Xiii Trent Crawford Lucy Foster Edith Gilfedder Silvi Kadillari Darcy Smith

Wednesday 29 March 2017 to Saturday 15 April 2017
Opening: Thursday 30 March 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

PLAY | IDOLATRY RATIO | Benjamin Portas[13 FEBRUARY - 26 MARCH 2017]

Idolatry Ratio looks at our relationship with the lexicon of consumerism – promoting products and painfully familiar brand narratives through a simulated space.

Benjamin Portas

Monday 13 February 2017 to Sunday 26 March 2017
Art benefit in Victoria, Australia.

PLAY2 | QUEERTECH.IO SCREENING DATES | 6 JAN - 26 MAR 2017 | Big Screen, Federation Square

QUEERTECH.IO is collection of digital artworks by local, national and international LGBTQI+ identifying artists curated by Alison Bennet, Travis Cox, Xanthe Dobbie & Mark Payne.

Soda Jerk Alan Warburton Aj Kearns Mo Cohen Pila Darling Michele Vescio Travis De Jonk Xanthe Dobbie Siyu Mao Luke Miller Mark Payne El Pelele Miriam Poletti Mark Ramos Richard Sawdon Smith Jonathan Armour Beau Torres Pati Solomona Tyrell Michael Wilde Alison Bennet

Friday 06 January 2017 to Sunday 26 March 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

8 - 25 MAR 2017 | STRAIN AND STRUCTURE | Ro NoonanOpening | Thursday 9 March, 6-8pm

Strain and Structure is a body of sculptural work that quietly demands a sense of inquiry and intimacy, aiming to evoke in the viewer the will to touch, get closer, go around and slow down.

Ro Noonan

Wednesday 08 March 2017 to Saturday 25 March 2017
Opening: Thursday 09 March 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

8 - 25 MAR 2017 | SWEAT | Elwyn Murray + Aaron BillingsOPENING | Thursday 9 March, 6-8pm

A collaboration between multi-disciplinary artists, Aaron Billings + Elwyn Murray.

Aaron Billings Elwyn Murray

Wednesday 08 March 2017 to Saturday 25 March 2017
Opening: Thursday 09 March 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

15 FEB - 4 MAR 2017 | HELIOTROPE | Leslie EastmanDaytime Opening Saturday 18 Feb, 12-2pm

Heliotrope explores metaphors of light and our relationship to a larger context.

Leslie Eastman

Wednesday 15 February 2017 to Saturday 04 March 2017
Opening: Saturday 18 February 2017
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.