Kathryn Ruddick and Maya Grkow, ‘River of Time’
Kathryn Ruddick and Maya Grkow’s new exhibition, River of Time explores notions of the environment and human immersion within it.
Anselma Forlano and Jorja Timms, ‘An insatiable desire: Sublimating sadness into textiles’
Using quilting, weaving, and tufting, Anselma Forlano and Jorja Timms channel icky sticky emotions into a trove of curated bambino blankets, exploring a desire to run away and be queer mothers.
Sickly & Nauseous, ‘A very serious, sweet, sick dream world’
A very serious, sweet, sick dream world is a spatial exploration of how a neurodiverse existence feels from the perspective of fem-presenting individuals.
Michelle Chen, 'Mental Jam'
Michelle Chen's Mental Jam is a collection of video games co-created with young people about their lived experiences of depression and anxiety.
Repair Café at First Site
Worn a hole in your favourite garment? Want to learn to fix that up? Drop in to the Repair Café for clothes at First Site this R U OK Day!
Alice Duncan, Lesley Turnbull, and Ciaran Begley, 'Dark Room Encounters'
Featuring the work of Alice Duncan, Lesley Turnbull, and Ciaran Begley ‘Dark Room Encounters’ uses photography, moving image and sculpture to explore the intersections between ecology, identity politics and place.
COLLIDER 'Construction & Destruction'
'Construction and Destruction’ is a new project by Naarm-based collective COLLIDER, which explores the impact of human inhabitation on the natural world.
Karen Song 'Female Monologues'
‘Female Monologues’ is a new exhibition by Melbourne-based artist Karen Song, which examines the ways in which the female body can be informed and echoed by its natural surroundings.
Folding Social
Folding Social is a Masters of Communication Design exhibition that highlights Finland’s history of progressive ideology, through a showcase of innovations taken directly from the book 100 Finnish Social Innovations.
Moon Girle, ‘A Tra$hy Rhapsody’
You are invited to participate in 'A Tra$hy Rhapsody' – a fun and engaging space reflecting on mass-production, self-reflection, sharing, and gift-giving.
Aviva Gandler, ‘In the Memory of the Maker’
Aviva Gandler’s 'In the Memory of the Maker' is a recorded fashion performance, conceptualised in response to issues around over-consumption.
Aaron Ashwood and Yolanda Scholz Vinall, ‘Patchwork’
'Patchwork' began as a response to Melbourne’s lockdowns, prompting the artists to become more playful. The result is a collision of two opposing abstract painting practices creating an immersive space.
Open Day 2022 at First Site
First Site Gallery will be open for RMIT Open Day on Sunday 14 August!