Fabulations, a Creative Occupation
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posted on 2023-10-09, 01:19 authored by Michael Morgan, Jennifer McElwee, Ingrid Petterson, Jessica Laraine Williams, Marita BatnaFabulations, a Creative Occupation
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Geelong, VictoriaStart date
2022-11-25End date
2023-01-13Language
engResearch statement
Background A community collective whose work explored Haraway’s ‘speculative fabulation’ as a provocation to explore impossible worlds. This exhibition encapsulates a range of artforms, recorded and live allied around the Batna's motion to Haraway's theme of 'speculative fabulations'. Batna, leads this collective and explores specific site interventions including, islands in Port Phillip Bay and jetty's and piers in Queenscliffe. This exhibition was the result of converging on Haraway and considering the construction of an artificial occupation at the gallery site. Contribution Artwork included in this exhibition included video, site specific installation. sculpture, typography and performance. The work challenges the conventions of the seamless gallery experience through the integration of public performance in the space. This resulted in a creating a new world inside the gallery and a live performance of the work. Significance Enabled through a City of Greater Geelong funding grant, this exhibition draws together theorists and practitioners from across Victoria to creatively explore the 'Speculative fabulations'Event
Fabulations. Creative Occupations. Exhibition (2022 : Geelong, Victoria)Publisher
Third Space Gallery + OnlinePlace of publication
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