Assembled Archives
Presented by Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne
DETAILS
Free, no booking required
Buxton Contemporary
Southbank Boulevard & Dodds Street, Southbank VIC, Australia
DATES
Thu 15 May 11am – 5pm
Fri 16 May 11am – 5pm
Sat 17 May 11am – 5pm
Tue 20 May 11am – 5pm
Wed 21 May 11am – 5pm
Thu 22 May 11am – 5pm
Fri 23 May 11am – 5pm
Sat 24 May 11am – 5pm
Assembled Archives is a collaborative project bringing together Buxton Contemporary and graphic design students from the Bachelor of Design at VCA. Taking inspiration from Tony Clark’s current exhibition, Unsculpted at Buxton Contemporary, students reimagined visual storytelling through circular narratives. Drawing on the idea of the Myriorama — a set of 19th-century picture cards that can be endlessly rearranged to form new scenes — the final designs explore how infinite combinations reveal deeper layers of time and continuity. On display in the gallery foyer, the resulting works showcase a range of digitally collaged myrioramas in the form of concertina cards. Visitors are invited to engage with the outcomes by tearing along perforated lines and piecing the images back together in endless combinations, transforming design into a playful, hands-on experience.
Participants
Buxton Contemporary
Buxton Contemporary was initiated in 2014 with a landmark act of philanthropy through the Michael and Janet Buxton Foundation. Along with the donation of their significant collection of contemporary Australian art to the University of Melbourne, the Buxtons provided funds to build this public art gallery on the University’s Victorian College of the Arts Southbank campus. Opening its doors in 2018, Buxton Contemporary continues the ethos of Michael and Janet Buxton’s approach to collecting: supporting contemporary artists and a sustained engagement with the development of artistic practice. Buxton Contemporary’s dynamic program of solo and thematic exhibitions, artist commissions, publishing and learning initiatives connects contemporary art to new audiences, and demonstrates the transformative potential of creative thinking and art-led exchanges of ideas in an educational context.