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March 2016

Jemila MacEwan

Gallery 1 – Space B Boundary Event Jemila MacEwan Boundary Event comprises two new performance-based video works by Jemila MacEwan – Casa and This Place – filmed on location in… Continue reading

Luke Devine

Gallery 1 – Project Space Luke Devine Luke Devine is a Tasmanian writer and artist. In his work he uses narrative to explore history, nostalgia and class systems. His recent… Continue reading

Butchery

Gallery 2 Butchery Ali McCann, Daniel Price, Jensen Tjhung, Pia Murphy, Vivian Cooper Smith and what. Curated by Vivian Cooper Smith The body is a contested site. Manipulated and claimed… Continue reading

Nicola Page

Gallery 3 Sneaky Habitance Nicola Page A unifying theme across the work is in native and cultivated landscapes and the resulting evolution of a space. Sneaky Habitance looks at identified… Continue reading

January 2016

James Voller

Gallery 1 – Foyer Space Entrance James Voller Entrance places imagery of suburban housing facades from northern Melbourne into the Foyer Space of c3. The photographic intervention engages with the… Continue reading

Kirra Scotland and Natalie Rambaldi

Space A Blossoms Fall, Spill And Echo Kirra Scotland, Natalie Rambaldi Walking through the convent in December, Kirra and Natalie passed a Jacaranda tree in full bloom. The blossoms fell,… Continue reading

Samantha McCulloch – Sophie Neate – Xanthe Waite

Space B Ground(s) Samantha McCulloch, Sophie Neate, Xanthe Waite The medium of photography forms a ground for excursions into other media. The interlacing of mediums enables a retrieval of qualities… Continue reading

Ruby Brown

Project Space Multi-Purpose Gap Filler Ruby Brown Brown’s sculptures evolve through an intuitive hunting and gathering process. Working from a studio hoarded with found objects and structures, Brown develops a… Continue reading

Oracular Vernacular

Gallery 2 Oracular Vernacular Nick Briggs, Nanou Dupuis, Linsey Gosper, Leanne Hermosilla, Blake Lawrence, Hernan Lopera, Sherry McLane Alejos, Michael GF Prior, Natalie Ryan, Gemma Smith, Rudi Williams. Curated by… Continue reading

Travers Nash

Gallery 3 A Divine Heist Travers Nash A Divine Heist features a series of assemblages constructed with found objects and hand-built electronics that interrogate the notion of the “sublime” artistic… Continue reading