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April 2018

The News Network Project

Gallery 5 & 6 The News Network Project Alison Alder, Marian Crawford, BaT & Emboss, Neil Emmerson, Richard Harding, Marion Wassenaar, and Trent Walter. The News Network Project examines the… Continue reading

March 2018

Hugh Davies

Gallery 1 Spirit Phones Hugh Davies Spirit Phones are electronic devices created for speaking with the dead. They open up an electronic link between the world of the living and… Continue reading

Matthew Dettmer

Gallery 2 Matthew Dettmer “What the hell is with Stonehenge?” For this exhibition, Dettmer presents a new collection of oil paintings that translate a flux of dissociated images into his… Continue reading

Sarah Walker

Gallery 3 Second Sight Sarah Walker Second Sight is an exhibition that examines the human relationship with spirituality, religion, ritual, and faith. Positioning a cynical look at our collective need… Continue reading

ALTAR

Gallery 4 ALTAR Kasia Lynch, Eddy Carroll, Trevor Flinn, Carmen Reid By definition, an altar is an elevated place or structure, a mound or platform where rites are performed or… Continue reading

Steaphan Paton

Gallery 5 My Jindabyne II. Steaphan Paton Steaphan Paton is a Melbourne-based artist, member of the Gunai and Monero Nations, he grew up in rural Victoria. His work explores colonialism,… Continue reading

Matthew McAlpine

Gallery 6 Matthew McAlpine Hesperia: Land looking West Hesperia: Land looking west brings together a series of artworks by Matthew McAlpine, that examine the colonial legacy of Western Australia’s first… Continue reading

January 2018

Steven Rhall

Gallery 1 Every1’s a Winger Steven Rhall Never could explain just what was happening to me, Just one touch of you and I’m a flame. Baby, it’s amazing just how… Continue reading

Benjamin Sexton

Gallery 2 Keen Benjamin Sexton There is a place in the Gulf of Alaska where people believe two oceans meet. Photographs show one body of water (light), and another body… Continue reading

Liesl Pfeffer

Gallery 3 New Shapes Leisl Pfeffer New Shapes is an exhibition of staged still-life photographs. Pfeffer assembles temporary arrangements of sculpted objects, which she photographs and then dismantles. By pursuing… Continue reading