2017 Art in Public Places program

1–30 September 2017

Altona Altona Meadows Altona North Brooklyn Laverton

Newport South Kingsville Spotswood Williamstown

opening night

Image credit: Amanda Clark, Light up Logan artist 2017

Friday 1 September, 6–8pm Logan Reserve, Altona Art In Public Places Opening

Light Up Logan Launch

A celebration of art and ideas as everyday spaces become art sites

A weekend of projection, light art and music by the sea

Why not dine on Pier Street, Altona on the night? From fine dining to casual drinks, Altona’s very own eat street is right next to Logan Reserve – so come down early, or stay late after the launch and enjoy.

Benny Walker With live music from NIMA Award nominated singer songwriter, Benny Walker

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A Message From the Mayor Welcome to Art in Public Places, where everybody can experience, explore and celebrate the arts through exhibitions, events, installations, pop-ups and performances in unexpected places.

Art in Public Places has been an annual month-long celebration of the arts in Hobsons Bay for many years. 2017 marks the move of Art in Public Places to a biennial event, which will provide an even richer experience for our community. Art in Public Places combines the best of Hobsons Bay’s arts offerings with opportunities for local artists to work with international ground breakers. It brings about connections between arts and businesses across the city, encourages collaboration and highlights the beauty and diversity of Hobson Bay’s natural and built environments. Local trader associations, businesses, event producers, schools, arts networks and groups all join in with Council to present Art in Public Places for the community - and we thank everyone involved for their hard work and support.

It’s been said before, but there really is something for everyone to experience through this month of all things cultural.

So take a look at this year’s program, mark your favourites on a map, and enjoy experiencing the arts in Hobsons Bay. What a great way to explore our city.

Cr Sandra Wilson Mayor of Hobsons Bay

We acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional land of the Kulin Nation. We recognise the First People’s relationship to this land and offer our respect to their elders, past and present.

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Light Up Logan

Light Up Logan

Friday 1 September to Sunday 3 September

Art In Public Places and Light Up Logan Launch event Friday 1 September from 6–8pm Logan Reserve, Pier St, Altona

Friday 1 September 6pm – Official opening of Art in Public Places. All welcome.

6.30pm – Benny Walker Indigenous singer songwriter, rising star Saturday 2 September 6.45pm – David Murphy, live performance of his artwork with musicians Michael Havir and Adam Simmons.

Sunday 3 September 6pm – Sean McLaughlin and a band of great local players

This exciting program includes works by established and emerging light artists with projections, lights, sculpture, shadow and even sound.

Light up Logan will officially open Art in Public Places with a special launch event on Friday 1 September, and then features guest musical artists over the weekend. Light Up Logan works are best viewed at sunset or dusk.

Light Up Logan - the artists Amanda Clark – Larus Canus in Flexus (Gulls in Transition) In this work, Amanda Clark uses light emanating from a translucent cube and projecting into the distance to explore the transient nature of things. The images created, familiar as they are in this location,

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appear to be in a state of flux, moving and changing colour as the light from within moves and changes. In doing so, they address the transient moments of life, the people and events that touch us momentarily and are gone in the blink of an eye.

Amanda Clark is a Melbourne based visual artist working with light based installations, digital imagery and large scale projection.

Elizabeth Hooker Elizabeth Dalton Hooker aka “Paradise” is a multi-disciplinary artist from western Melbourne. Her practice encompasses fine art, drawing and contemporary street art – with each informing the other. Works are created with a bold and distinct style and often referencing the ancient world.

Giovanna Inserra – Carridged Away Giovanna Inserra is a local resident and artist who lives in Laverton. With her honours in Fine Art from RMIT, she works in light, public art, sculpture and lithography.

Giovanna’s work primarily investigates the body, creating art works that celebrate history, contemporary society and provoke thought for the everyday person.

Nancy Lang – Who’s Watching Nancy Lang is a Melbourne based multimedia artist.

Who’s Watching is a projected video of eyes from fish, birds and mammals that have called the Altona foreshore home. Nature is celebrated through the variety and creativity of these jewel-like eyes. However, rapid change has meant that some of these eyes are now gone; the work reflects on Nancy’s concerns for our environment – our home.

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David Murphy – Sight of Sound Newport’s David Murphy will present his work Sight of Sound as a part of Light up Logan. Informed by his passion for music as much as his fine arts practice, Murphy uses water and liquid metals as mediums that respond directly to music to produce a remarkable array of stunning and beguiling projections and images; music becomes visible in real time and with mesmerising beauty in an exchange between the senses.

David Murphy is an award winning, multidisciplinary visual artist whose work often explores and reflects the interplay between mathematics, music, sacred geometry and science. These themes have played out through his large scale public art commissions, in ephemeral and event based works as well as his creation of a series of experimental music instruments.

The Sight of Sound is on for three nights, with a live, one off performance on Saturday night from David Murphy, Michael Havir and Adam Simmons where the audience can watch sounds, and hear images in a feed-back loop between music and video art. Don’t miss this!

Louis Joel Arts & Community Centre The Louis Joel Arts & Community Centre has a proud history of engaging the community in all forms of art and art based activities.

This lighting project will have children and adults creating flowers from recycled bottles and plastics that will be planted in the Louis Joel gardens, taking on a magical and artistic quality when illuminated by solar powered lights.

Lighting and project consult: Philip Lethlean

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PORTable Container

PORTable Container: Art Voyages in Public Places Presented by Hobsons Bay City Council in partnership with The Substation and Footscray Community Arts Centre and funded by Victoria International Container Terminal Limited (VICT).

Mesh Mash, The Substation and FCAC have joined forces for a four week stint of creativity coming from a mobile shipping container that will be located at four locations: 5 to 9 September Harrington Square, Altona 13 to 16 September The Substation, Newport 20 to 23 September Central Square, Altona Meadows 27 and 28 September Woods and Lohse Streets, Laverton

Leading artists, creative street activation, bringing design ideas to life, entertainment - you know you will want to be a part of all of that!

Mesh Mash Mesh Mash is a design house informed by social and environmental commentary, expressed by leading designers and street artists, alongside young people and emerging artists.

Lining up in the Mesh Mash jerseys to take on the visitors are Mesh Mash Foundation Crew members, Beaza Worcou and Ashlea Hoenig. Both hailing from the western suburbs, Beaza and Ashlea are design artists at the start of their careers. meshmashdesign.com.au

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Celeste Potter Vs Mesh Mash at Harrington Square Celeste Potter is an ARIA Award nominated illustrator and animation director. She has created album art and music videos for some of Australia’s best loved indie artists, including Courtney Barnett, Regurgitator, Sarah Blasko, Bertie Blackman, Jen Cloher, An Horse, Husky, and more. She’s also a musician. Oh, and she illustrated an animation for Sesame Street. Check out Celeste’s illustration reel at www. celestepotter.com and then come and create art in public with her and Mesh Mash in a shipping container in Harrington Square.

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Tue 5 September 3–6pm Wed 6 September 3–6pm Thur 7 September 3–6pm Fri 8 September 3–6pm Sat 9 September 10am–1pm - Live entertainment and Lignite performance

by WBC (Wild Books Collective) Harrington Square Carpark adjacent to Maidstone Street, Altona, next to Westona station celestepotter.com

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Plastic Loaves Vs Mesh Mash at The Substation

Drasko Boljevic VS Mesh Mash at Central Square

Lead by Zarnie Morcombe the Plastic Loaves practice spreads over innumerable creative areas including curation, graphic design, art direction, fashion design, painting, video and typography. Plastic Loaves materialised the graphic design for the past 20 issues of Fashion Journal magazine and the first two editions of Ladies of Leisure zine.

Drasko Boljevic is an urban artist living in Melbourne. You may have seen Drasko’s work when unexpectedly looking down in the laneways of Melbourne, where he regularly collaborates with street art group Legion of Ninjas.

Wed 13 September 3.30–6.30pm Thur 14 September 3.30–6.30pm Fri 15 September 4–10pm - Street Party featuring Tokyo DJ Asahi Sat 16 September 10am–2pm Substation 1 Market Street Newport plasticloaves.com

2017 has already been a busy one for Drasko; he was invited to participate in the Benalla Wall to Wall Festival of Street Art and won the Encouragement Award at the Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition with his piece Sunflower.

Drasko has been dedicated to exploring different techniques in his endeavour to produce exciting and vibrant works from path mapping to projections, installation and the creation of 3D illusional spaces.

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He has some big plans for Central Square so come down and see them realised in (and out of) the container.

Wed 20 September 3–6pm Thur 21 September 3–6pm Fri 22 September 4–9pm Sat 23 September 10am–2pm Sun 24 September 10am–2pm Central Square Altona Meadows (outside carpark) draskoboljevic.com

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The Indirect Object Vs Mesh Mash at Woods and Lohse Street The Indirect Object is an award-winning puppetry and experimental arts group.

With projects ranging from live art object theatre, interpretive puzzle rooms, giant roving puppets, and exploratory workshops who knows what they’ll deliver in a container with Mesh Mash and you. Come down and find out.

Wed 27 September 2–5pm Thur 28 September 3-8pm Lohse Street Reserve Laverton (opposite train station) theindirectobject.com

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Glow

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Commonwealth Reserve Rotunda, image by Guilia McGauran

Glow featuring the Ugly Bug Ball Friday 8 to Sunday 10 Sept Commonwealth Reserve, Williamstown

Illuminated Angels by Born in a Taxi Friday 8 September 6.30pm–8pm

Artist workshop

Saturday 9 September 2–5.30pm

Ugly Bug Ball featuring Hoodoo Mayhem Saturday 9 September 6–8pm

Imagine if hundreds of little handmade creatures and a great big, glowing light took over the rotunda at Williamstown's Commonwealth Reserve. Now, imagine the children of Hobsons Bay were behind this transformation...well, that is exactly what's happening, and everyone’s invited to join in.

Students from Seaholme, Newport Lakes, Spotswood, Newport Gardens, Williamstown, Altona North and Williamstown North primary schools are busily creating fantastic critters from recycled materials, under the guidance of their art teachers and local artists, Debbie Harman Qadri and Beka Hannah.

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Illuminated Angels, image by Paul Dunn

Image by Jacqui Taylor Photography

Be there on Friday night to enjoy the beauty of the space with Born in a Taxi’s Illuminated Angels. Then, the creatures and their little makers will take over Commonwealth Reserve to create a huge installation, and a lot of fun. On Saturday 9 September, there will be music and workshops to make your own critters, culminating in an all-in Ugly Bug Ball and the celebration of the large scale transformation of the rotunda into Glow.

This event is a celebration of nature, springtime and revelling in the outdoors – so bring your family, let your imagination run wild and get ready to glow.

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Artists-In-Business

The Artists-In-Business program has been a feature of Art in Public Places, since its inception, more than ten years ago. At that time, the concept was about innovation; how to provide opportunities for local artists, how to encourage and celebrate their practice. Local businesses showcasing the art of talented, emerging artists, who may have otherwise fallen outside the scope of formal gallery exhibitions was not commonplace. Likewise, audiences who may not have been in the habit of visiting traditional ‘art spaces’ were receptive to the experience of encountering art as they went about their day.

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We are particularly proud to present the following talented artists and their wonderful business hosts:

1. Audrey Buttigieg Cardona Stepping Stone Café, 27 Schutt St, Newport 2. Loraine Callow Poppi Williams, 21 Ferguson St, Williamstown Bezirk Altona Café, 1a Millers Rd, Altona 3. Will Dickerson Doyle & Sons, 101 Hudsons Rd, Spotswood 4. Ilanit Gros Carter Smith Devlin, 213–215 Nelson Plc, Williamstown 5. Greg Hanlon Duchess of Spotswood, 87 Hudsons Rd, Spotswood 6. Jenny Hickinbotham Platform 177, 177 Ferguson St, Williamstown

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7. Little Art Big Art Village Real Estate, 20 Hall St, Newport

14. Glen Redmond Pizza Cult, 89 Railway Ave, Laverton

8. Robert Mancini Misc. 312 Melbourne Rd, Newport

15. Angela Sparks Angela Sparks Gallery, 3/50 Hudsons Rd, Spotswood

9. Mesh Mash Say it Sister, 30 Hall St, Newport Replenish, 20 Douglas Pde, Williamstown 10. Laverton Link Centre vs Mesh Mash Replenish, 20 Douglas Pde, Williamstown 11. Nandita Nadkarni Kodama Coffee, 69–71 Stevedore St, Williamstown 12. Mike Nicholls Two Birds Brewery, 136 Hall St, Spotswood 13. Shane Paton Quazi Design, 150 Hall St, Spotswod

16. Catherine Storm Hey Blondie, 44 Hall St, Newport 17. Rosie Marshall The Gallery, Williamstown Library, 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown 18. Westonia49 & UpShop Industries Burn City Smokers, 31a Vernon St, South Kingsville Sew Happy Workshops, 29 Vernon St, South Kingsville Westgate Health, 19 Vernon St, South Kingsville

Blockumentary

Blockumentary is the closing night event for Art in Public Places Thursday 28 September Lohse Street Reserve, Crn Lohse and Woods streets, Laverton

6pm - Music performance 6.30pm - Welcome 6.45pm - One Hit Wonders (Open Mic) 7.20pm - Blockumentary film premiere MC Ian Pidd 7.40pm - DJ 8pm - Event ends

Five years ago, Woods Street Arts Space transformed a disused building, the former Laverton Post Office into a vibrant arts space. The face of Woods Street has changed in that time. Blockumentary is a short film that documents that change from the viewpoint of locals, giving light to the stories and the characters that make our community.

For the film screening, Lohse Street Reserve will be transformed into an outdoor cinema with a big screen, popcorn and even a red carpet for our very own Laverton stars.

In addition to the film screening, music performances and a DJ will get the vibe going, while the area’s restaurants and cafes will tempt tastebuds.

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Come early to be part of One Hit Wonders, an open mic session inspired by the array of local performers at the annual Block Party events. Strut your stuff for one song (and bring your cheer squad, as the loudest reaction will win the day!).

Everyone is invited to join in - register via facebook.com/woodsstreetarts or on the day.

Blockumentary was made in collaboration with Woods Street Arts Space and Light Works. Light Works is a Melbourne based video production company founded by Nick Scott and Lee Ramseyer Bache. Lee and Nick produce thoughtful and innovative videos through respectful engagement with diverse communities. lightworks-studios.com

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Forest Fringe

Image by David Monteith-Hodge

Forest Fringe X Melbourne Fringe

Presented by Melbourne Fringe and The Substation, in association with Hobsons Bay City Council.

Forest Exchange Lab: Laverton

Tuesday 26 Sept, 6.30–7.30pm Woods Street Arts Space, 44 Woods Street, Laverton

Forest Exchange Lab Day of Action: Newport Friday 29 Sept, 10am–6pm The SUBSTATION, 1 Market St, Newport

Forest Exchange Lab Afternoon Assembly 2: Newport

Friday 29 Sept, 5pm (60 minutes) The SUBSTATION, 1 Market St, Newport

The conversation is going global and the UK’s Forest Fringe comes to Melbourne’s west.

UK-based risk-takers (and risk-chasers) Forest Fringe are on site in the western suburbs of Melbourne for the Forest Exchange Lab, a creative residency that explores the relationship between artmakers and the places where they make their art. Forest will be carving out a fringe-away-from-fringe, a space for critical conversation, deep experimentation and the seeding of new work.

Forest Fringe co-directors Andy Field (UK) and Deborah Pearson (UK/CAN) together with Associate Artist Mish Grigor (SYD) and three local artists will first spend a week in Footscray, before inhabiting The SUBSTATION and Wood Street Arts Space.

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Image by Giulia Delprato

There will be art-making, mischief-making and some serious deep thinking with a Day of Action (day-long performance creation project), an Afternoon Assembly and a discussion at Woods Street Arts Space.

All listed sessions are free, but bookings are essential. Go to melbournefringe.com.au

Image by Jemima Yong

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Relaxation Agency RLX:tech

Relaxation Agency RLX:tech

by Kate Geck Friday 1 to Sunday 10 September Newport Retail Precinct

You don’t always need to ‘break up with your phone’ in order to practice mindfulness. In fact, make sure you bring it with you to really experience this new commission by Melbourne-based artist Kate Geck. Relaxation Agency RLX:tech is a selfguided augmented reality tour consisting of a series of therapeutic, interactive totems placed around Newport’s retail precinct.

The totems are artworks in themselves, but using an app on your handheld device to scan them augments that reality and takes you straight to relaxation. Triggering a series of (tongue-in-cheek) guided meditations, Relaxation Agency RLX:tech can help you to deal with various kinds of social media anxiety — like being unfriended or no one liking your selfie.

Download the app and follow the markers which will lead you on a relaxing, mindful walk around Newport.

Kate Geck is a visual artist working in interactive installation, sensory space, sound works, augmented reality, illustration, animation and textile mediums.

Based in Melbourne, Geck’s practice is themed around many current social discussions such as social media anxiety, feminism and what she likes to call “mediated vs. unmediated immediacy”.

RLX:tech has been commissioned for Channels Festival 2017 in partnerships with the Substation and Art in Public Places.

Download the augmented reality Layar app (free for iOS and Android) to view the work, details are available on the Channels website: channelsfestival.net.au/rlxtech-kate-geck

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Speaking Bunting

Brooklyn South Kingsville

Speaking Bunting

by Sayraphim Lothian

In Speaking Bunting, the community is invited to drop by and write good advice, old sayings and folklore and knowledge on bunting flags that will then be sewn together on site and hung for others to read. As part of this project there is a free DIY Little Bunting drop in workshop where participants will be guided through the making of their own bunting to take home.

Speaking across generations and cultures through bunting.

Friday 15 September, 11am-3pm, 5pm-8pm Saturday 16, 11am-3pm Sunday 17 September, 11am-3pm 17 Vernon St, South Kingsville Friday 22 September, 11am-3pm Saturday 23 September, 11am-3pm Sunday 24th September, 11am-3pm Brooklyn Reserve, Nolan Ave, Brooklyn Supported by the Brooklyn Neighbourhood Project.

Sayraphim Lothian creates playful experiences for people. Her ‘Guerrilla Kindness’ reminds people of the niceness of life and the rewards for those who take the time to stop and look around them once in a while. Her works can be found in streets all around the world.

Sayraphim and her sewing machine will be in Brooklyn Reserve and Vernon Street and everyone is welcome. sayraphimlothian.com

The Care Taker Is In

Altona Gate Spotswood

The Care Taker Is In

by Dan Goronzy

Have you got something on your mind? A thought that keeps bugging you? A feeling that just won’t go away?

Saturday 9 September, 11am–1pm Sunday 10 September, 11am–1pm Friday 15 September, 11am–1pm Sunday 17 September, 11am–1pm Hudsons Road, Spotswood Saturday 9 September, 3pm–6pm Sunday 10 September, 3pm–6pm Altona Gate Shopping Centre

Sit down and relax. The Care Taker Is In. Sitting on the street with some comfy chairs the Care Taker will collect your anonymous cares, especially ones you would like to be free from.

Dan Goronszy creates unusual arts experiences that provoke big conversations about humanity and the world. She is a multi-disciplinary artist drawing on participatory installation, puppetry and physical theatre to connect with audiences who may not seek out the arts. dangoronszy.com

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Grasslands

Grasslands

Friday 1 to Saturday 30 September Airtime, Altona Meadows Skate Park Orbital, Central Square, Altona Meadows

Grasslands focusses on the importance of the once-expansive grasslands and the way Indigenous people and animals lived on this local land, prior to colonisation.

Facilitated by Wemba Wemba Wergaia man Dean Stewart and local artist Heather van Heerwaarden, Grasslands began earlier this year with cultural talks attended by members of the Hobsons Bay community, at the Loom Room in Williamstown and in Laverton’s McCormack Park, with Dean, sharing ideas and stories of indigenous life in this area as it would have been. Following the talks, artist led workshops responded to the ideas discussed. Using native grasses, a weaving workshop hosted by Yorta Yorta woman Donna Blackall and a Bush Animals sculpture workshop with Gunditjmara woman Bronwyn Razem, were held at the

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Loom Room and painting workshops with young people from the Laverton Link Centre were held at Woods Street Arts Space, responding to those same themes with paintings of the natural environment.

The artwork created during these workshops, will be shown during Art in Public Places at two unique outdoor ‘galleries’ in Altona Meadows: Orbital and Airtime Orbital, Central Square - the weaving and sculpture works will be displayed in the exhibition spaces located within the exterior wall of the Aldi supermarket.

Airtime, Altona Meadows Skate Park – artworks are printed and exhibited on the flag poles located at the Queen Street Skate Park in Altona Meadows.

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Dean Stewart is a passionate Wemba Wemba Wergaia man of Victoria, with over 25 years’ experience creating, co-ordinating and conducting cultural education, conservation, tourism, and interpretation programs and projects.

Donna Blackall is a Yorta Yorta woman who has been weaving for approximately nine years. Her beautiful work is represented in the Koori Heritage Trust and she is a cultural guide in Melbourne.

Gunditjmara fibre artist, Bronwyn Razem is a member of the Victorian Aboriginal Weavers Collective and a great teacher of her craft.

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LIGNITE

LIGNITE Wild Books Collective

Saturday 9 to Saturday 30 September Harrington Square, Altona

Performance art viewing with soundscape

Saturday 9 September, 11.00am–1pm Saturday 30 September, 11.00am–1pm

Did you know that Harrington Square is built on the site of an old coal mine? There is a marker stone on the site which marks the location of the Altona coal mine, and recognises the importance of the coal mining industry in Altona’s history. But is there another perspective? Local art makers Wild Books Collective (WBC) think so and they’re planning to respond through a range of installations, collaborations and performances across Harrington Square throughout September.

WBC will create a sensory narrative that asks the community of Harrington Square to remember the brown coal (lignite) mine that once dominated the area and to examine the other side of history and our current reliance on coal and fossil fuels. The works encourage connection and

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empathy, a spirit of inquisitiveness, and a sense of radical creativity.

- A roof installation suggests the conditions that workers in the Altona mine would have experienced but also the impacts of coal dust on the neighbouring communities.

- A new mural by Tony Mead explores the themes of history of coal and future of coal.

Addressing the inexactness of descriptions of the actual location of the Altona mine, a 45 foot radius around the Harrington Square Coal Mine Monument will indicate the location of the mine mouth.

In addition, window treatments and black yarn bombing of trees and bollards around Harrington Square will contribute to the

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transformation of Harrington Square into a site for ideas and discussion about coal, history and the future.

The Wild Books Collective are three artists, Susan Miller, Stephen Louis and Genevieve Collier, who work collaboratively with community to create art installations and artworks in a broad range of mediums and materials. Brought together with a shared belief in art as a vehicle for social change, WBC have created public artwork in the western suburbs since 2014. facebook.com/variegatedfeather

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Spirits of Time and Place

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Spirits of Time and Place New Public Art Commission

The restoration and renewal of the life of this waterway. A reflection of recent changes here. They are a metaphorical representation of the people whom have chosen to be guardians, carers, restorers and custodians of the land from the distant past, the present and the future.

Geoffrey Ricardo

Selected from submissions received from artists around Australia, Spirits of Time and Place comprises eight sculptures, which explore the symbols and metaphors of the area.

Lower Kororoit Creek has been a focus for Toyota Australia for many years. Together with the Friends of Lower Kororoit Creek and Hobsons Bay City Council, Toyota has worked to highlight the natural beauty of this area. Council, the Victorian State Government and Melbourne Water also contributed to the project.

Geoffrey Ricardo’s Spirits of Time and Place was commissioned for Kororoit Creek as part of a legacy project by Toyota Australia, being the construction of a 2km section of shared trail and site specific public art.

The creek has been a tributary of life for thousands of years. These sculptures can be looked at as playful spirits, totems or mythological creatures that oversee and reflect aspects of the area. They are a discussion of the human influence on the place. The lives lived in this area.

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Geoffrey Ricardo’s works are the most recent addition to the public art collection within Hobsons Bay. The Hobsons Bay Public Art Collection includes six installations along the Hobsons Bay Coastal Trail (Bay Trail), a number of other site specific works, and a series of markers and interpretive panels that inform and celebrate the physical, cultural and social context of the city. The collection features works created by some of Australia’s leading artists.

For further information about public art in Hobsons Bay go to hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/publicart

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Altona In A Box

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Altona In A Box

A series of workshops took place in August at Bunnings and the Louis Joel Arts & Community Centre to create these little boxes, which will then be displayed at the Joel Gallery.

16 to 18 September The Joel Gallery, Louis Joel Arts & Community Centre, 5 Sargood Street, Altona

Launch event

Friday 15 September, 7pm Altona In A Box is a community art project, engaging with residents, community groups, schools and businesses to decorate a wooden box, made from recycled pallets, inside and out. The box can be filled with personal or collective stories, images and objects or just be painted – the boxes are an expression of our perceptions and experiences of Altona.

Mobil Altona and Louis Joel Arts & Community Centre have funded the project.

Bunnings Altona is a major project partner.

The members of Hobsons Bay Men’s Shed and the Department of Justice and Regulation constructed the boxes from pallets donated and delivered by Bunnings.

For further information, please contact Kim Reilly, Louis Joel Arts & Community Centre on 9398 2511.

Satellite Events

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The Satellite Events program within Art in Public Places, is a chance to highlight and promote some of the arts events and organisations within Hobsons Bay.

instrumental in securing the centre for the local community in 2003. A digital mural uses the principles of trompe-l’oeil to acknowledge Joan’s public achievements and her loves.

Spring Art & Artisan Exhibition Presented by Hobsons Bay Arts Society 1 to 14 September Launch event: Friday 1 September, 7pm All welcome The Joel Gallery, Louis Joel Arts & Community Centre, 5 Sargood Street, Altona Members of Hobsons Bay Arts Society present their annual Spring Exhibition featuring artworks in a variety of mediums and styles, together with artisan crafts including textiles, jewellery and woodcraft.

Craft as Art

Presented by the Loom Room Sunday 10 September, 10am to 4pm The Corner Building (Williamstown Senior Citizens Centre) Join the Loom Room for a special workshop led by textile artist Ilka White focusing on natural dyeing and resist. The Loom Room will also offer an ‘open house’ on Wednesday 6 and Wednesday 13 September for a range of textile techniques to support people’s different creative practices. These sessions will be available from 10am to 1pm at The Corner Building.

Joan’s Garden

Williamstown Community & Education Centre, 14 Thompson Street, Williamstown Joan’s Garden reimagines a small, outdoor space and commemorates Victoria’s first female premier Joan Kirner AC, who was

The Centre will run a free Morning Tea every Wednesday at 11.00am on 6, 13, 20 September.

From the Bush to the Beach

The Joel Gallery, Louis Joel Arts & Community Centre, 5 Sargood Street, Altona 30 September to 12 October Launch event: 29 September, 7pm An exhibition showing the work of artists living in the Buloke region as part of Hobson Bay City Council’s friendship alliance with Buloke Shire.

Drawn By The Bay

Presented by Hobsons Bay Libraries Entries are open until Saturday 7 October in one of the biggest western suburbs art prizes. Young illustrators (prep to year 12) who live or study in Hobsons Bay or who are Hobsons Bay Libraries members are invited to enter their original artwork, using any medium and inspired by a book of their choice, into the competition.

For more details visit any Hobsons Bay Libraries branch or go to libraries.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au

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Gravity System Response

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Gravity System Response

by Ash Keating

Exploring the energy of paint, air, water and gravity combined, Gravity System Response is a series of six canvas panels by renowned Melbourne-based artist, Ash Keating.

Presented by The Substation and Ash Keating Friday 1 September to Tuesday 31 October The Substation, 1 Market Street, Newport

Installed on The Substation billboards, the work is a broad study of colour and its emotive properties, with swathes of yellows, reds, pinks, magenta and white fields folding in on one another. Cascading down the surface, each intricate variation across the interconnected panels marks the passing of time spent spraying, washing and waiting, exposing Keating’s borderline obsessive commitment to the repetitious and ritualistic layering of paint.

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Designer: Liana Lucca-Pope helloidea.com.au

Hobsons Bay Civic Centre foyer, 115 Civic Pde, Altona This year’s artwork for Art in Public Places shines a light on a range of public places throughout Hobsons Bay. The cover image features Altona’s pier, but sites from Altona Meadows, Laverton, South Kingsville, Altona North, Spotswood, Williamstown, Newport were all captured as part of this project.

The images are showing in an exhibition in the Hobsons Bay Civic Centre foyer in September.

Photographer: Giulia McGauran giuliamcgauran.com Neon artist: Carla O’Brien carlaobrien.com

Liana is a Monash University design graduate with over 15 years industry experience. She has lectured in design and typography for leading institutions and served on the Council of the Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) Victoria.

Map (page 18–19): Alex Hotchin alexhotchin.com Alex is an illustrator, map maker, adventurer and observer of small details. She makes art and books to tell stories about the world around her, and is especially interested in the art of map making and the inherent subjectivity of experiencing a place.

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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND 3 SHOWS ONLY 24-26 NOV 2017

IF: INDUSTRIAL FASHION Our most daring and innovative fashion makers have drawn inspiration from the architecture that surrounds us to reinvent our built environment in a wild and wearable form.

Fri 24 Nov 8pm. Sat 25 Nov 8pm. Sun 26 Nov 2pm.

Williamstown Town Hall • $25 / $20 con (plus booking fee) Bookings: (03) 9932 4074 or hobsonsbaytickets.com.au PRINCIPAL PARTNER

DEBORAH PEARSON (UK/CAN)

HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY In 1956, there was a popular uprising against the USSR in Hungary. The battle was fought primarily form the Corvin Cinema, and led to one of the largest refugee crises of the twentieth century. In a performance spanning the length of the 1956 comedy about football that was scheduled to premiere at the cinema in the week of the uprising, DEBORAH PEARSON unlocks a surprisingly personal story.

20 – 23 SEPTEMBER, 8PM $25/15 TICKETS FROM THESUBSTATION.ORG.AU PRESENTED BY THE SUBSTATION, FOREST FRINGE AND MELBOURNE FRINGE

NELSON PLACE PRESENTS

street art SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN theatre street art singing theatre meeting singing FOR storytelling KIDS meeting exhibitions Commonwealth Reserve, Williamstown storytelling exhibitions Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 September

FREE & FUN THINGS For futher details visit www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au

workshops painting mosaic pottery sewing photography workshops

workshops workshops painting painting mosaic painting mosaic pottery cultural pottery dance sewing pottery sewing photography photography exhibitions photography

44 Woods Street, Laverton VIC 3028 PO Box 21, Altona VIC 3018

44 Woods Street, Laverton VIC 3028 44 Woods Street, Laverton VIC 3028 PO Box 21, Altona VIC 3018 PO Box 21, Altona VIC 3018

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Program by suburb

Art In Public Places 2017

Suburb

Date

Name

Altona

Fri 1 Sept

Light Up Logan Launch & Art in Public Places Opening Night

IFC

Altona

Fri 1 to Sun 3 Septmber

Light Up Logan

2-3

Altona

Fri 1 to Sat 30 Sept

Artists In Business

Altona

Tues 5 to Sat 9 Sept

Portable Container - Harrington Square

Altona

Sat 9 to Sat 30 Sept

Lignite - Harrington Square

Page

10-11 4-7 24-25

Altona

Fri 15 to 18 Sept

Altona In A Box

Altona Meadows

Fri 1 to Sat 30 Sept

Grasslands - Airtime & Orbital

28

Altona Meadows

Wed 20 to Sun 24 Sept

Portable Container - Central Square

4-7

Altona North

Fri 1 to Sat 30 Sept

Spirits of Time and Place

26

Altona North

Sat 8 to Sun 10 & Sun 17 Sept The Caretaker Is In

22-23

21

Brooklyn

Fri 15 to Sun 17 Sept

Speaking Bunting

20

Laverton

Fri 1 to Sat 30 Sept

Artists In Business

10-11 14-15

Laverton

Tues 26 Sept

Forest Exchange Lab

Laverton

Wed 27 Sept

Portable Container - Lohse Street Reserve

Laverton

Thur 28 Sept

Blockumentary

4-7 12-13

Newport

Fri 1 Sept to Sun 10 Sept

Relaxation Agency RLX:tech

16-17

Newport

Fri 1 to Sat 30 Sept

Artists In Business

10-11

Newport

Wed 13 to Sat 16 Sept

Portable Container - The Substation

Newport

Fri 29 Sept

Forest Exchange Lab

Newport

1 Sept to 31 Oct

Gravity Systems Response

by Ash Keating

South Kingsville

Fri 1 to Sat 30 Sept

Artists In Business

4-7 14-15 30 10-11

South Kingsville

Fri 15 to Sun 17 Sept

Speaking Bunting

20

Spotswood

Fri 1 to Sat 30 Sept

Artists In Business

10-11

Spotswood

Sat 8 to Sun 10 & Fri 15 Sept

The Caretaker Is In

21

Williamstown

Fri 1 to Sat 30 Sept

Artists In Business

10-11

Williamstown

Fri 8 to Sun 10 Sept

Glow - Born in a Taxi (Fri only)

8-9

Williamstown

Sat 9 Sept

Glow featuring the Ugly Bug Ball

8-9

Art in Public Places features several outdoor events. In the event of wet or windy conditions, changes to the program may occur. Updates will be made (on facebook and web), and can be referenced through the Hobsons Bay Visitor Information Centre on 9932 4310, 7 days 9am–5pm.

Art in Public Places is produced by the Arts and Culture unit, Hobsons Bay City Council A special thank you to contractors, partners, schools, specialists, supporters and volunteers and to representatives from the following organisations The Substation

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Footscray Community Arts Centre Melbourne Fringe Festival Channels Festival Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre Hobsons Bay’s trader associations and all of the local businesses who support this program And all of the artists!

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