Evangeline Rosa, 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 3 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦. Photographer Caillan McLean. Image courtesy of the artist.
Physical touch, the words and messages we exchange with others...
but there is more...
the memories we carry, the emotions we express, then there is love.
So much of what connects us remains hidden from view.
Invisible bonds weave in-between us...
they infiltrate self-imposed boundaries that attempt to meticulously craft and contain our
undulating world.
Our experiences are inherently relational. It is through encounters that we see the world around us from new perspectives; catalysing new learnings, transformations and change.
Close Proximity celebrates the diverse connections that shape us and explores how they emerge during the creative process. The eight exhibiting artists shared studio spaces across the year as part of RMIT’s 2023 graduate residency program. These spaces became a site of physical connection and a space where ideas connected and transformed into realised works. Studios generate labour, activity, experimentation, curiosity and learning; they are places to consider lived experiences, memories collected, histories uncovered, and stories to be shared.
The artists invite us to delve deeper...
\What happens when we look beyond reductive understandings,
embracing the Close Proximities that resonate between us all,
connecting us back to something bigger than ourselves.
Michaela Bear
Lora Adzic, Aaron Ashwood, Maya Grkow, Joel Humphries, Evie (Evangeline) Rosa, Amanda Tonkin-Hill, Canwen Zhao, Joy Zhou
Tuesday 12 December 2023 – Friday 19 January 2024
Please note that First Site Gallery will be closed from 23 December 2023 and reopen 9 January 2024.
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
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