Closer Together

'Closer Together' reflects on the 25-year cross-cultural relationship between the Hong Kong Art School and RMIT's School of Art. It is proudly one of the university's longest running transnational educational partnerships.

The Chinese classic text the 'Tao Te Ching' suggests that the world is made up of what we know and what we don't know, which are ultimately the same. 'Closer Together' proposes that togetherness, creative dialogue and art-making can help us understand this – that through these processes we can come to better know the mysteries of the unknown. This exhibition shines a light on 15 artists from the Hong Kong Art School and RMIT community whose works celebrate connectivity and kinship and uncover new knowledge through exchange.

Artists include Kay Mei Ling Beadman, Movana Chen, Ryan Christopher Cheng, Kris Coad, Carolyn Eskdale, Daphne Alexis Ho, Jaffa Lam, Ivy MA King Chu, Sally Mannall, Drew Pettifer, Kate Siu Man Kit, Scotty So, Kwong San Tang, Fiona Wong Lai Ching and June Wong.

Curated by Shirky Chan, Rachel Cheung and Tammy Wong Hulbert.

This project has been supported by the Hong Kong Art School (HKAS) and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO).

For more information visit the RMIT Gallery web page.

Image: Movana Chen, Dreconstructing (detail), 2009, Knitted shredded magazines, 550 x 400 cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Flowers Gallery, Hong Kong. Photography by Gyeonggi MoMA, Korea.

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Acknowledgement of Country

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 'Luwaytini' by Mark Cleaver, Palawa.

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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.

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