Current exhibition

Walk: a NETS Victoria touring exhibition

28 August – 27 September 2009, opens Thursday 27 August

In March 2006, eight artists embarked on a three-week journey on the Great South West Walk in Victoria from the Cobbobonee Forest and the Glenelg River, to the ocean and estuaries of Discovery Bay.

From this experience comes Walk, an exhibition highlighting the sense of moving through the landscape rather than following a road or boundary, allowing the artists to experience a sense of immersion and stillness inside the landscape. This exhibition invites the viewer to discover this fragile environment through a diverse range of contemporary art, craft, sound and video art. 

Artists: Peter Corbett, Vicki Couzens, Nicky Hepburn, Brian Laurence, Jan Learmonth, Carmel Wallace, Ilka White and John Wolseley.

Curated by Martina Copley.

Top right: Carmel Wallace 'Marking a Walk' (detail) 2007. Aluminium signpost markers on plywood, engraving. Courtesy the artist and Gallery 101 (Melbourne) Photographer: Terence Bogue

Bottom left: Ilka White, Casting (detail) 2007. Nnylon monofilament, cotton, silk, linen, viscose, rayon. Courtesy the artist. Photographer: Terence Bogue

Events

Saturday 5 September, 2.30 pm - 4 pm Walk free public forum

Join the curator, artists and Richard Hughes from the Wilderness Society for a free public forum about the Walk exhibition. This is an opportunity to meet the artists, discuss their creative practices and consider our relationship to the landscape of the Great South West, Victoria. 

Sunday 6 September, 11 am to 12.30 pm Merri Creek nature and art walk

Accompany local artist Penny Algar and Ann McGregor on a guided walk along the Merri Creek. The Creek is an excellent example of a successful urban waterway restoration project and a landscape which has inspired many artists. Ann is Vice President of the Friends of Merri Creek with a special interest in local birds. Penny is an artist with an interest in the ecology of urban environments.  

Meet at the eastern (Merri Creek) end of Donald Street, East Brunswick: Melways 30 B5 at 11 am.
The walk will take about 1 hour and 30 minutes and will conclude at the CERES Cafe. 
Contact number on the day is Penny Algar on 043 9382 132.  

Tuesday 22 September, 6.30 - 8 pm Guy Abrahams presentation: The Climate Project

Guy Abrahams was recently selected from more than 2000 Australasian applicants to be trained by former US Vice President Al Gore to deliver Mr Gore's Climate Change presentation. He will be doing a free presentation of The Climate Project and discussing the role that art can play in addressing climate change.  

Event location and bookings

All events except the Merri Creek Nature and Art Walk will be held at the Counihan Gallery In Brunswick, 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick. To book phone the Counihan Gallery on 9389 8622.