Launch 15th February 5-7pm. Castlemaine Senior Citizens Club Mechanics Lane Throughout 2018 Wide Open Road Art was supported by Mount Alexander Shire council to develop the WORA Conversation series, featuring a range of artists from around the Castlemaine region and further afield. Many have shown with Wide Open Road Art, some are very […]
A Drowned World 2018 Dimensions Variable. Paper, Wax, UV Paint, Silicone, Perspex, Sound Victoria College of the Arts – Riding Hall. Photography Simon Strong. ‘A Drowned World’ My artworks utilise a skilled knowledge of material manipulation, taking common materials to move them through a studied practice of transformation. Scale, surface and form interplay […]
This year I am teaching of two seminars in Analogue Photography Year 1 at Deakin University. It is a great opportunity to explore with the students the basic technical aspects of photography utilising a 35mm camera as well as the broader history and themes of photography as an artistic medium. Daniel Armstrong is the Unit […]
Trocadero Art Space April 4 – April 21 / Gallery TWO Opening 6pm. Wednesday April 4 2018 Artist Talk 4pm April 21 media statement: …. dead weight ……..…..……. the heavy, unrelieved weight of anything inert …………………… Or …….. institutional and economic governing forces that measure the excess burden created due to loss of […]
Images below are part of the digital records taken during the January residency and are sketches of ideas taken from the site, alongside pinhole experiements and experiments in solagraphy which are still insitu and being developed over time. The Gatekeepers Cottage and the Quarantine Station: The Gatekeeper’s Cottage is situated on the 17.5 hectare Police […]
First built in 1861 and active for over 130 years, the Old Castlemaine Gaol has seen men, women and children of all ages pass through its imposing wooden gates. This site is currently utilised as a venue and for historic tours. With its high position above the town, it has the auspicious advantage of 360 […]
Every week I travel down to Melbourne to work and study at Victoria College of the Arts. An exciting opportunity to enter into and intensive phase of exploration and growth. Demanding as the travel is the rich source of information and dialogue that I am involved in make the trips so worthwhile and the […]
Associated works presented for <the space in between> artist group. Artists include Warwick Baker, Jessie Boylan, Gabrielle Brauer, Domenico de Clario, Tara Gilbee, Zoe Hambleton, Penelope Hunt, Lyndal Jones, Fiona Kennaugh, Tobias Richardson, Jacques Soddell, Robyn Walton, Hayley West. This project focuses on the energy of enquiry and the spaces of creative practice that broaden beyond the […]
Big Walk to Golden Mountain is one of several national events marking the 160th year of Chinese migration to the goldfields. This month-long project pays tribute to the 500km walking trek from Robe in South Australia to the central Victorian goldfields undertaken by gold seekers from the Guangdong region in China. Devised by Castlemaine based […]
Albert Namatjira loved the songs and dances of the 1940’s and 50’s but was never able to participate in the white communities’ social events. This performance honours the songs he loved and prepares a space in which he is invited to dance with us. Friday 24 March 2017 9pm (1hr) The Burke and Wills […]