VACANTGeelong: Open Studio

Open Studio Open Day Wednesday May 24, 1-5pm Come One, Come All
Artists Talks, Collaborative Workshops, Walks, and Conversations about Geelong’s future

VACANTGeelong invites everyone to imagine a bright future for the city. A team of artists, Deakin researchers and students, and community groups are currently working on a vision for Geelong that celebrates and builds on its industrial history, its culture and its potential as a creative and clever city. In the spirit of collaboration and community engagement we are opening our doors to our studio in Nth Geelong.

Where: Cnr Baxter Rd and Blackwell St, Nth Geelong
When: 24th of May 2017, 1 – 5 pm

Meet the Artists and their Works-in-Process
Bindi Cole Chocka, Sarah Duyshart, Merinda Kelly, Robert Mihajlovski, Amanda Shone

In casting Geelong as a city for the future we see art and architecture as active agents in the way we live. They guide us spatially, culturally, aesthetically, emotionally and politically. Artists and researchers from Deakin University have confronted the vacant spaces of Geelong’s industrial past and revealed stories, and practices rooted in place. Through revealing the artists’ works-in-process – videos, drawings, sounds, objects, prints and installations – the Open Studio gives the audience an opportunity to reflect on cultural and labour practices, and practically, to participate in the project.