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Get ready to be mesmerised - because projection art is back at Geelong After Dark this year! Matt Bonner is the leading artist and he'll be showcasing his work on City Hall in Gheringhap St.
City Hall will be transformed into an organic living musical instrument (in an opening piece called Breathe) and will be then transformed into a dream like surreal landscape with a haunting soundscape (in a piece called Float at the closing of Geelong After Dark.
Gore Place will be transformed into an outdoor gallery space that you really need to see for yourself... Artist include David Rossiter, Chris Fennell and Najmeh Norouzi.
Movements & Creation is an installation performance piece that combines earth and air, chalk and breath, music and drawing. Flautist Brighid Mantelli will perform original compositions that will be amplified and looped whilst candle flame and chalk artist Danielle McCarthy will attempt to capture the shadows cast by performers...
A bloom of illuminated jellyfish against a night sky, floating through Central Geelong, transporting you to the deep blue and the life aquatic. These creatures of luminous beauty will be gliding along Moorabool Street and the waterfront changing colour as they encounter each other and the world around them.
Performances: 7.00, 8.00 and 9.00pm.
Get ready to be mesmerised - because projection art is back at Geelong After Dark this year! Matt Bonner is the leading artist and he'll be showcasing his work on City Hall in Gheringhap St.
City Hall will be transformed into an organic living musical instrument (in an opening piece called "Breathe") and will be then transformed into a dream like surreal landscape with a haunting soundscape (in a piece called "Float") at the closing of Geelong After Dark.
KUBU Studio presents a pop up hypnotic video installation created by local artist Courtney Ward, aka Wallflower. The piece explores the entrancing ability of the element Air and how it connects all living things. Wallflower will also be live painting in response to the video on the evening. -- ‘Dame Nature’s breath mirrors the ebb and flow, the high and low, the rise and fall of every chest.’
An inter-dimensional sculptural rift consisting predominately of air radiates energy as though it were alive. It's kinetic skeleton frames space with light, shadow and colour, questioning our interpretations of reality with a sense of wonder.
CHYA Laneway Jam promises to be a jam-packed night. Complete with a festival-vibe down a cosy laneway setting, audiences can expect live music and mural painting, hot donuts and coffee and can enjoy a contemporary art exhibition in the gallery space. Relax on the astro turf, grab a picnic rug or throw and settle in for a very chilled night of jamming.
This multi-media installation explores the idea of lifelessness; as both a state of mind and a way of escape. Sheer and penetrable walls confine the ‘self’ and act as a fragile barrier from the ‘other’. The light bulges at the seams of the cage-like structure, alluding to the domination of the internal self over the body.
The Heritage Centre will be open from 6-8pm with a special digital curated display of ‘historic aerial views’ of Geelong.
Imagine being completely surrounded by an environment that takes over every surface - only leaving some glimpses of the outside world to flash through. The viewer is completely surrounded by projection, allowing them to explore and question the surface that is in front of them.
Metropolis Gallery, in association with Back to Back Theatre, presents 'The Back to Back Theatre Portraits'.
Award winning artist Steve Salo is collaborating with the internationally acclaimed Back to
Back Theatre company, creating portraits of ensemble actors and artistic director. Meet Steve and preview completed paintings and works in progress.
Naomi Nicholls likes to paint where painting is not meant to go. The brush strokes have escaped the canvas and don’t stay inside the lines. This installation of synthetic polymer paint on layers of adhesive vinyl draws from the lively colours of Geelong and appear to float in air, as if now freed.
The Celtic Lights exhibition showcases Celtic geometric designs crafted from light.
Intricate knot work is one of the distinctive features of Celtic art, and typically represents themes such as eternity and interconnectedness. Be inspired by illuminated colourful knot work patterns, braided chains, spirals, mythical animals and powerful symbolism.
Inspired by Geelong After Dark's theme of AIR, Geelong Sculptors inc. proudly present an exhibition, “Birds of a Feather”. It will open for Geelong After Dark (between 6-10 pm) and will continue to run until May 20. Utilizing a pop up gallery space at 69 Ryrie street outside GPAC, the group have responded with sculptures in a variety of mediums.
A series of votive shrines, progressively installed in empty shop doorways, "Thank You. Please Come Again!" is a devotional work by Geelong’s Retail Cargo Cult. The small shrines, handmade by community members and recalling outsider art, will be illuminated by miniature shopping bags.
