Reimagining The Club House
Presented by Found Golf & Good Sport & Katie Kelso
DETAILS
Free, no booking required
Runner Up @ Collingwood Yards
35 Johnston Street, Collingwood VIC, Australia
Re-imaging the Club House is a 12 hour exhibition, competition and networking opportunity (party) at Runner Up. The event presents design as critical in preserving and challenging the codified behaviour of sporting club houses. The event explores the club house as a site of both inclusion and exclusion that catalyses cultural norms associated with race, gender, politics, environment, access and inclusivity.
Re-imaging the Club House includes a designer floor talk and group exhibition with the works of eight designers working across a variety of mediums. There will be a trophy making competition, where participants will compete in teams using repurposed sports affiliated items.
Found Golf, Katie Kelso and Good Sport Magazine will be staging an intervention at Runner Up bar: come prepared to listen to club music, have a sausage from the community canteen, or purchase your latest kit from the uniform store.
Participants
Damien Wright
Damien Wright is an award-winning furniture designer and craftsman. Working almost exclusively with recovered Australian timbers sourced directly from farmers and millers across Australia, Damien is acclaimed for his unique ‘whole tree’ approach to furniture design — utilising indigenous hardwood species which are not traditionally used to make furniture.
Tony Birch
Award-winning First Nations author and academic Tony Birch has written over 13 books and published extensively in Australia and internationally in the disciplines of short fiction, poetry, exhibition content and essays, Indigenous History and critiques of colonialism in Australia.
Darcy Vescio
Darcy Vescio is a Carlton FC footballer entering their 10th season in the AFLW. Having loved arts and crafts from a young age, completing the study and working in the field of graphic design has been a great outlet for Darcy's creative side and translates into a way for them to express themselves across both their football and personal life.
Locki Humphrey
Locki’s approach to object design focuses on minimal intervention, craft and sustainability. Their process is driven by both intuition and intention, an exploration of material, colour, texture, proportion and the potential of recycled materials. Championing Australian manufacturing and designing for deconstruction, Locki's contemporary furniture and lighting challenge convention by balancing craft and innovation. The resulting pieces feel both familiar and refreshingly new.
Maliek Njoroge
Creative Technologist, Exhibition Curator, and Filmmaker with a niche focus on Chess as a medium for storytelling, digital innovation, and community engagement. My work spans art, technology, and research, using chess to explore design, belonging, and cultural narratives. With experience across immersive exhibitions, documentary filmmaking, and startup ecosystems, I thrive at the intersection of creative strategy, emerging technology, and human-centered design.
Millie Savage
Millie is an established jewellery designer with a cult following. She has stores in Melbourne, Byron Bay, London and New York. Her love of jewellery making is centered around a passion for precious and semi-precious stones, as she artfully frames each stone to highlight its unique tones, inclusions, and character. Millie has a particular affinity for Australian opals, showcasing them with remarkable artistry alongside a diverse selection of natural and lab-grown stones.
Kate Rohde
Kate Rohde completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2001. Since then, she has become known for her sculptural object and installation practice, traversing art, design and jewellery projects. In 2015 she was a finalist in the Rigg Design Prize at the National Gallery of Victoria. Her work is in numerous collections including the National Gallery of Victoria and Art Gallery of South Australia.
Charlie White
Charlie White has published extensively in Australia and internationally in the disciplines of short fiction, poetry, exhibition content and essays, Indigenous History and critiques of colonialism in Australia.
Maddison Kitching
Maddison Kitching (1989) is an artist based on the lands of the Kulin Nation whose work investigates human relationships with the more-than-human world. Through painting, collage, and sculpture, Kitching unpacks symbols from architecture, pop culture, science, and literature, examining how animals and plants have shaped human culture and continue to do so.
Ben Jones
Born in 1987 in Frankston, Victoria, Jones’ work reflect his interest in community and local artefacts. His works are characterised by distortions. Thick black outlines divide surfaces and are also used to outline his subjects with deliberate humour and carry a sentiment of ‘staking ones own’, remaining quintessential to Jones’ previous works and how he now frames the image of his neighbourhood. He highlights repeated motifs and recognisable cues, treating each subject as a distinct work. This approach explores collective identity and the balance between decorative and iconic.