some alchemies [heavy breathing] opens at Project Space!

James Carey and Bridie Lunney’s new exhibition some alchemies [heavy breathing] notions that matter, in all their processes, have no past, present or emergent future; that they are immersed in a continuum of becoming. 

Beginning with a series of situational and material prompts, some alchemies [heavy breathing] activates and evolves over the course of the exhibition through sound works, performance, dance, text and material transformations. These gestures amplify speeds and scales, rhythms and repetitions, cycles and serendipities, collectively intensifying sensations of movement and flow.

Exhibition Contributors

• Bridie Lunney
• James Carey
• Joseph Beuys
• Martina Copley
• Leslie Eastman
• Torie Nimmervoll
• Lilian Steiner
• Rosie Westbrook.

The opening night will feature performances by Torie Nimmervoll, Lilian Steiner and Rosie Westbrook. 

Where

Project Space, Room 1, Level 2, Building 94, 23–27 Cardigan St, Carlton VIC 3053

When

Friday 25 February 2022, 5.30pm-7.30pm.

How much

Free. Capacity is limited and RSVP is essential

some alchemies [heavy breathing] runs at Project Space until Friday 25 March 2022. Read more about the exhibition and our opening hours here.

Additional information

RMIT Project Space has enacted a number of safety and hygiene measures to keep our audiences and staff safe. Please read our COVIDSafe Guidelines before attending this event. Visitors aged 16 years and over must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have a valid medical exemption, and you must check in upon arrival.

With thanks to RMIT Art Collection, Metro Tunnel Creative Program, SVC Civil and Vlaho Burum. This event is part of Melbourne Design Week 2022, an initiative of the Victorian Government in collaboration with the NGV. The bluestone displayed in some alchemies [heavy breathing] was collected after the archaeological dig that occurred on the site behind Young & Jackson's pub as part of the Metro Tunnel project. It was provided to James Carey and Bridie Lunney by the Metro Tunnel Creative Program as part of an artist initiative to retell the stories of the city's history.

Image: James Carey, and I loved her from the absolute marrow of my bones (detail) 2021. Digital print on organic cotton rag. Image courtesy of the artist.

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